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Title:
Situation in South Vietnam
Date of Creation:
April 10, 1964
Date of Declassification:
July 9, 1976
Type of Document:
Monthly report
Level of Classification:
SECRET
Status of Copy:
ORIGINAL
Pagination, Illustration:
10 p.
Abstract:
The Situation in South Vietnam [political situation: Khanh and the military will exercise power to the exclusion of civilian political leaders; Khanh has been declared Chairman of the Military Revolutionary Council and has dissolved the Council of Notables; Khanh has promised that elections for the National Assembly will be held within six months; the govt. has begun a new pacification program; a series of trials of former Diem associates has been opened. Military situation: fix-and-destroy and clear-and-hold operations are effective in northern provinces; Viet Cong continue to stress terrorist activities. Economic situation: fear of a rice shortage has dissipated, but administrative problems have delayed supplying rural areas. Diplomatic situation: relations with France continue to be strained by the neutralization issue; South Korea may offer military aid; use of Chinese Nationalist troops is under discussion. Situation in North Vietnam: Ho Chi Minh calls for US and GVN adherence to Geneva Accords and withdrawal of US troops; extensive trenchworks and underground shelters are being built in urban areas]. Directorate of Intelligence, Intelligence and Reporting Subcommittee of the Interagency Vietnam Coordinating Committee Monthly Report, OCI No. 1374/64. Apr. 10, 1964. 10 p. SECRET/NO FOREIGN DISSEM. Declassified July 9, 1976. Johnson Library, NSF, Countries, Vietnam, Vol. 7.
Indexing Terms:
NGUYEN KHANH
NGUYEN TON HOAN
HA THUC KY
KIM CHONG-PIL
PHOUMI NOSAVAN
SOUVANNA PHOUMA
HO CHI MINH
PHAM VAN DONG
RUMORS OF MILITARY COUPS
MILITARY REVOLUTIONARY COUNCIL
COUNCIL OF NOTABLES
PROMISED ELECTIONS FOR NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
TRIALS OF FORMER DIEM OFFICIALS
POLITICAL SITUATION IN SOUTH VIETNAM
ECONOMIC SITUATION IN SOUTH VIETNAM
MILITARY SITUATION IN SOUTH VIETNAM
SECURITY SITUATION IN SOUTH VIETNAM
VIET CONG ACTIVITIES
VIET CONG MILITARY ACTIVITIES
VIET CONG TERRORIST ACTIVITIES
AN GIANG PROVINCE
QUANG TIN PROVINCE
BINH DINH PROVINCE
PHUOC THANH PROVINCE
QUANG NGAI PROVINCE
KIEN HOA PROVINCE
LONG AN PROVINCE
BINH DUONG PROVINCE
PACIFICATION PROGRAM
DIPLOMATIC SITUATION IN SOUTH VIETNAM
SOUTH KOREA
REPUBLIC OF CHINA
CAMBODIA
LAOS
FRANCE
NEUTRALIZATION OF SOUTH VIETNAM
Declassified Documents Reference System Location:
1978-228B