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Title:
Situation appraisal as of 14 December 1963
Date of Creation:
December 16, 1963
Date of Declassification:
April 15, 1975
Type of Document:
Information report
Level of Classification:
SECRET
Status of Copy:
ORIGINAL
Pagination, Illustration:
6 p.
Abstract:
Situation Appraisal as of 14 December 1963 [lack of ability of new rulers to face struggle against VC; MRC rightly called 1-2 Nov. action a revolution, having swept away Diem regime controls; VC have been quick to fill vacuum of authority; VC activity projected to increase; press now attacking sensitive govt.; Sihanouk of Cambodia proposal to "federate" with S. Vietnam infuriates military regime; arrests of former officials]. Information Report, TDCS DB-3/658,479. Dec. 16, 1963. 6 p. Attached cover sheet, Mike Forrestal, NSC, to McGeorge Bundy, Spec. Asst. for National Security Affairs [indicating one of the best wrap-ups on Vietnam and suggesting it be shown to the President]. SECRET/NO FOREIGN DISSEM/NO DISSEM ABROAD/CONTROLLED DISSEM/BACKGROUND USE ONLY. Declassified Apr. 15, 1975.
Indexing Terms:
DUONG VAN MINH
NGUYEN NGOC THO
DO CAO TRI
NGUYEN KHANH
NORODOM SIHANOUK
HENRY CABOT LODGE
TRAN KIM TUYEN
NGUYEN DUY BACH
HUYNH VAN LANG
PHAM NGOC THAO
MILITARY REVOLUTIONARY COUNCIL
MILITARY COMMAND ASSIGNMENTS
POLITICAL SITUATION IN SOUTH VIETNAM
NEUTRALIZATION OF SOUTH VIETNAM
CAMBODIAN NEUTRALITY
VIET CONG INFLUENCE IN RURAL AREAS
STRATEGIC HAMLET PROGRAM


Declassified Documents Reference System Location:
1975-57B