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2 documents contain the indexing term 20 MAY 1965 MILITARY COUP
ID Document
00264 Police information available to Defense Minister Nguyen Van Thieu concerning possible coup attempt on 20 May and government countermeasures (May 20, 1965)
Document Type: Intelligence information cable
Classification Level: NOT GIVEN
Copy Status: SANITIZED
Declassified: September 16, 1977
00358 Situation in South Vietnam (May 26, 1965)
Document Type: Directorate of Intelligence report
Classification Level: SECRET
Copy Status: SANITIZED
Declassified: July 26, 1978