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Title:
Review of recent developments in South Vietnam
Date of Creation:
August 26, 1963
Date of Declassification:
January 31, 1996
Type of Document:
Intelligence memorandum
Level of Classification:
SECRET
Status of Copy:
ORIGINAL
Pagination, Illustration:
5 p.
Abstract:
Intelligence memorandum reviewing developments in South Vietnam. General Don is given the authority by President Diem to handle Buddhist agitation. This control leads to raids against four pagodas in Saigon and a declaration of martial law.
Indexing Terms:
NGO DINH DIEM
NGO DINH NHU
TRAN VAN DON
NGUYEN DINH THUAN
THICH TINH KHIET
THICH THIEN HOA
THICH THIEN MINH
THICH TRI QUANG
TON THAT DINH
DO CAO TRI
NGUYEN NGOC LE
PHAM XUAN CHIEU
LE VAN KIM
LE QUANG TUNG
NGUYEN KHANH
MADAME NHU
TRAN THIEN KHIEM
TRAN TU OAI
NGUYEN VAN Y
POLITICAL SITUATION IN SOUTH VIETNAM
BUDDHIST CRISIS OF 1963
AUGUST 1963 MARTIAL LAW IN SOUTH VIETNAM
Declassified Documents Reference System Location:
1999-1848