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ID Document
00004 Proposal to establish close relationship with Army (1961)
Document Type: Cable
Classification Level: NOT GIVEN
Copy Status: SANITIZED
Declassified: December 19, 1974
00005 Belief of senior Vietnamese officials for need of state of national emergency and government reforms (October 18, 1961)
Document Type: Information report
Classification Level: NOT GIVEN
Copy Status: SANITIZED
Declassified: December 1974
00006 Conversation with Dr. Tuyen on situation in Vietnam (October 18, 1961)
Document Type: Memorandum
Classification Level: NOT GIVEN
Copy Status: SANITIZED
Declassified: December 1974
00007 Saigon station to seek firm assurances that Dr. Tuyen will be prevented from engaging in unnecessary covert manipulations (December 31, 1961)
Document Type: Cable
Classification Level: NOT GIVEN
Copy Status: SANITIZED
Declassified: December 1974
00008 Conduct of South Vietnamese Election of 9 April 1961 (November 14, 1961)
Document Type: Current intelligence memorandum
Classification Level: SECRET
Copy Status: ORIGINAL
Declassified: January 14, 1975
00009 President Diem's orders officers briefing the Taylor Mission (November 15, 1961)
Document Type: Information report
Classification Level: NOT GIVEN
Copy Status: SANITIZED
Declassified: January 15, 1975
00010 Operations in South Vietnam (1961)
Document Type: Dispatch
Classification Level: NOT GIVEN
Copy Status: SANITIZED
Declassified: December 1974
00011 Details on the conduct of the South Vietnamese Election of 9 April 1961 (November 16, 1961)
Document Type: Current intelligence memorandum
Classification Level: SECRET
Copy Status: ORIGINAL
Declassified: January 15, 1975
00012 Communist liberation committees in South Vietnam (1968)
Document Type: Intelligence memorandum
Classification Level: CONFIDENTIAL
Copy Status: ORIGINAL
Declassified: November 6, 1974
00013 Security conditions in Kien Hoa province; changes in communist tactics; presence of high level communists in southwest Vietnam (November 22, 1961)
Document Type: Information report
Classification Level: NOT GIVEN
Copy Status: SANITIZED
00014 Views of Dr. Tran kim Tuyen on Vietnamese reactions to increased US military aid (November 22, 1961)
Document Type: Information report
Classification Level: CONFIDENTIAL
Copy Status: ORIGINAL
Declassified: June 6, 1975
00015 Situation appraisal as of 30 November 1963 (December 2, 1963)
Document Type: Information report
Classification Level: SECRET
Copy Status: ORIGINAL
Declassified: April 24, 1975
00016 Situation appraisal as of 7 December 1963 (December 7, 1963)
Document Type: Information report
Classification Level: SECRET
Copy Status: ORIGINAL
Declassified: April 24, 1975
00017 Situation appraisal as of 14 December 1963 (December 16, 1963)
Document Type: Information report
Classification Level: SECRET
Copy Status: ORIGINAL
Declassified: April 15, 1975
00018 CIA plans to send special team to South Vietnam to develop necessary covert resources for info re effectiveness of MRC and public acceptance of new government (December 23, 1963)
Document Type: Information report
Classification Level: SECRET
Copy Status: ORIGINAL
Declassified: April 15, 1975
00019 Intelligence appraisal for the week ending 28 December 1963 (December 30, 1963)
Document Type: Information report
Classification Level: SECRET
Copy Status: SANITIZED
Declassified: April 15, 1975
00020 Situation report as of 0725 hours local time 30 January 1964 (January 29, 1964)
Document Type: Intelligence Information Cable
Classification Level: CONFIDENTIAL
Copy Status: ORIGINAL
Declassified: May 29, 1975
00021 Situation report as of 0800 hours local time 30 January 1964 (January 29, 1964)
Document Type: Intelligence information cable
Classification Level: CONFIDENTIAL
Copy Status: ORIGINAL
Declassified: May 29, 1975
00022 Report of conversation between General Nguyen Khanh and senior MAAG adviser re imminent coup by pro-neutralists, pro-French generals led by General Xuan (January 29, 1964)
Document Type: Field report
Classification Level: NOT GIVEN
Copy Status: SANITIZED
00023 OCI comment on critic from Saigon (January 29, 1964)
Document Type: Cable
Classification Level: SECRET
Copy Status: ORIGINAL
Declassified: May 29, 1975
00024 Background of coup staged by General Nguyen Khanh (January 30, 1964)
Document Type: Cable
Classification Level: NOT GIVEN
Copy Status: ORIGINAL
00025 Situation in Hue following coup and reaction to coup (January 30, 1964)
Document Type: Intelligence information cable
Classification Level: NOT GIVEN
Copy Status: ORIGINAL
00026 Pro-neutralist generals within the government have surrendered to coup led by General Nguyen Khanh (January 30, 1964)
Document Type: Cable
Classification Level: SECRET
Copy Status: ORIGINAL
Declassified: May 29, 1975
00027 Khanh coup group considers selection of younger civilian as Prime Minister; four generals flown to Da Nang where they they will be imprisoned (January 31, 1964)
Document Type: Intelligence information cable
Classification Level: NOT GIVEN
Copy Status: SANITIZED
00028 Plan underway to free arrested generals (January 31, 1964)
Document Type: Intelligence information cable
Classification Level: NOT GIVEN
Copy Status: SANITIZED
00029 Duong Van Minh's willingness to join the new government (February 1, 1964)
Document Type: Intelligence information cable
Classification Level: NOT GIVEN
Copy Status: SANITIZED
00030 Reactions to American retaliatory action against North Vietnam (August 6, 1964)
Document Type: Intelligence information cable
Classification Level: NOT GIVEN
Copy Status: SANITIZED
00031 Planned changes in the leadership of the Government of Vietnam in the next ten days (August 11, 1964)
Document Type: Intelligence information cable
Classification Level: NOT GIVEN
Copy Status: SANITIZED
Declassified: May 1975
00032 Appraisal of the situation in South Vietnam (February 14, 1964)
Document Type: Memorandum
Classification Level: SECRET
Copy Status: ORIGINAL
Declassified: June 26, 1975
00033 Appraisal of the situation in South Vietnam (February 18, 1964)
Document Type: Memorandum
Classification Level: SECRET
Copy Status: ORIGINAL
Declassified: June 26, 1975
00034 Situation in South Vietnam (February 20, 1964)
Document Type: Intelligence memorandum
Classification Level: SECRET
Copy Status: ORIGINAL
00035 Efforts of Colonel Duong Ngoc Lam to promote a coup against General Nguyen Khanh (February 25, 1964)
Document Type: Intelligence information cable
Classification Level: NOT GIVEN
Copy Status: SANITIZED
Declassified: June 26, 1975
00036 Marine Brigade Commander's concern over the possibility of another coup (February 25, 1964)
Document Type: Intelligence information cable
Classification Level: SECRET
Copy Status: ORIGINAL
00037 Situation in South Vietnam (February 28, 1964)
Document Type: Weekly report
Classification Level: NOT GIVEN
Copy Status: SANITIZED
Declassified: June 26, 1975
00038 Schemes of Dai Viet leaders to assume power (February 29, 1964)
Document Type: Intelligence information cable
Classification Level: NOT GIVEN
Copy Status: SANITIZED
Declassified: June 26, 1975
00039 Situation in South Vietnam (March 6, 1964)
Document Type: Weekly report
Classification Level: SECRET
Copy Status: ORIGINAL
Declassified: June 26, 1975
00040 Money supply and the price level in South Vietnam (August 1964)
Document Type: Current support brief
Classification Level: SECRET
Copy Status: ORIGINAL
Declassified: July 18, 1975
00041 Situation in South Vietnam (August 5, 1964)
Document Type: Weekly report
Classification Level: SECRET
Copy Status: ORIGINAL
Declassified: July 8, 1975
00042 Situation in South Vietnam (August 13, 1964)
Document Type: Weekly report
Classification Level: SECRET
Copy Status: ORIGINAL
Declassified: July 8, 1975
00043 Infiltration of communist bloc trained sabotage personnel into South Vietnam (July 12, 1961)
Document Type: Information report
Classification Level: NOT GIVEN
Copy Status: SANITIZED
Declassified: December 1974
00044 Kosygin delegation to North Vietnam (February 1, 1965)
Document Type: Intelligence memorandum
Classification Level: SECRET
Copy Status: ORIGINAL
Declassified: November 5, 1975
00045 Viet Cong irregular strength (November 7, 1966)
Document Type: Draft working paper
Classification Level: CONFIDENTIAL
Copy Status: ORIGINAL
Declassified: July 16, 1975
00046 Strength of Viet Cong "Main Force Support Personnel" (December 2, 1966)
Document Type: Information paper
Classification Level: SECRET
Copy Status: ORIGINAL
Declassified: July 16, 1975
00047 New York Times article concerning VC defections and desertions 18 December 1966 (December 19, 1966)
Document Type: Memorandum
Classification Level: CONFIDENTIAL
Copy Status: ORIGINAL
Declassified: July 16, 1975
00048 History of strength estimates of the Communist (April 2, 1968)
Document Type: Memorandum
Classification Level: SECRET
Copy Status: ORIGINAL
Declassified: July 16, 1975
00049 Case for higher guerrilla strengths based on shortcomings in the MACV RITZ Reporting System (May 2, 1968)
Document Type: Memorandum
Classification Level: CONFIDENTIAL
Copy Status: ORIGINAL
Declassified: July 16, 1975
00050 Intelligence failures in Vietnam : suggestions for reform (January 24, 1969)
Document Type: Memorandum
Classification Level: NOT GIVEN
Copy Status: SANITIZED
00052 Current state of morale in North Vietnam (May 12, 1967)
Document Type: Intelligence memorandum
Classification Level: NOT GIVEN
Copy Status: SANITIZED
Declassified: April 13, 1976
00054 Biographical sketch of Vu Van Mau (May 14, 1964)
Document Type: Biographic register
Classification Level: CONFIDENTIAL
Copy Status: SANITIZED
Declassified: July 27, 1976
00055 Biographical sketch of Nguyen Xuan Oanh (February 10, 1964)
Document Type: Biographic register
Classification Level: CONFIDENTIAL
Copy Status: ORIGINAL
Declassified: May 24, 1976