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Title:
Major General Tran Van Don details the present situation in South Vietnam
Date of Creation:
August 24, 1963
Date of Declassification:
April 12, 1976
Type of Document:
Information report
Level of Classification:
NOT GIVEN
Status of Copy:
SANITIZED
Pagination, Illustration:
14 p.
Abstract:
Major General Tran Van Don details the present situation in South Vietnam; the plan to establish martial law; and his views on South Vietnam's future (it is impossible to be rid of the Nhus. Diem makes decisions, but he relies heavily on Nhu as an advisor; army morale is deteriorating; Buddhists seem to hold sway over the people; army was given orders to attack the Buddhist pagoda at Xa Loi). Information Report, TDCS DB-3/656,252. Aug. 24, 1963. 14 p. Security classification not given. SANITIZED copy. Released Apr. 12, 1976.
Indexing Terms:
TRAN VAN DON
NGO DINH DIEM
NGO DINH NHU
MADAME NHU
TON THAT DINH
TRAN THIEN KHIEM
DO CAO TRI
NGUYEN KHANH
HUYNH VAN CAO
MAI HUU XUAN
NGUYEN NGOC LE
LE VAN KIM
DUONG VAN MINH
THICH DUC NGHIEP
LE VAN TY
LE QUANG TUNG
TRAN TU OAI
TRAN VAN MINH
VAN THANH CAO
TRAN VAN TU
THICH TRI QUANG
NGUYEN TON HOAN
TRAN VAN CHUONG
NGUYEN NGOC THO
AUGUST 1963 MARTIAL LAW IN SOUTH VIETNAM
BUDDHIST CRISIS OF 1963
SOUTH VIETNAMESE ARMY MORALE
XA LOI PAGODA
11 NOVEMBER 1960 MILITARY COUP

Declassified Documents Reference System Location:
1977-93C
Link to Full Text:
http://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=2120211041