In private talks with US officials, Diệm insisted that the army was responsible for the pagoda attacks and that Tung's men were already under the control of the JGS.
Dalam perbincangan pribadi dengan para pejabat AS, Diệm menyatakan bahwa pasukan tersebut bertanggung jawab atas serangan pagoda dan bahwa pasukan Tung siap berada di bawah kontrol JGS.