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Title:
Meeting of top generals discuss redefinition of Army role and possibility of coup d'etat by Ngo Dinh Nhu
Date of Creation:
August 28, 1963
Date of Declassification:
January 31, 1996
Type of Document:
Information report cable
Level of Classification:
NOT GIVEN
Status of Copy:
SANITIZED
Pagination, Illustration:
6 p.
Abstract:
Intelligence cable regarding a decision by South Vietnamese generals that martial law be lifted. There is a possibility that Ngo Dinh Nhu is preparing to mount a coup d'etat against President Diem.
Indexing Terms:
NGO DINH DIEM
NGO DINH NHU
MADAME NHU
TRAN VAN DON
DUONG VAN MINH
TRAN VAN MINH
TRAN THIEN KHIEM
LE VAN KIM
TRAN TU OAI
MAI HUU XUAN
PHAM XUAN CHIEU
TON THAT DINH
LE QUANG TUNG
LE VAN NGHIEM
TRAN VAN KHIEM
POLITICAL SITUATION IN SOUTH VIETNAM
AUGUST 1963 MARTIAL LAW IN SOUTH VIETNAM
MILITARY COUP PLANNED BY NGO DINH NHU
Declassified Documents Reference System Location:
1999-1849