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Title:
Progress of Huynh Van Lang and Pham Ngoc Thao with plans for coup d'etat
Date of Creation:
September 11, 1963
Date of Declassification:
June 1, 1985
Type of Document:
Information report cable
Level of Classification:
NOT GIVEN
Status of Copy:
SANITIZED
Pagination, Illustration:
4 p.
Abstract:
Huynh Van Lang, Saigon University economics professor, and Lieutenant Colonel Pham Ngoc Thao, currently assigned to the presidency, by 11 September 1963 had the support of four general officers and a unit commander in the Presidential Guard for their planned coup d'etat. Timing of the coup depended upon a favorable balance of supporting troops in the Saigon area. A secondary plan called for elimination of the Nhus through ambush when Madame Nhu returned from the airport.
Indexing Terms:
HUYNH VAN LANG
PHAM NGOC THAO
NGUYEN KHANH
DUONG VAN MINH
HUYNH VAN CAO
NGUYEN HUU HANH
NGUYEN KHAC BINH
NGO DINH NHU
MADAME NHU
TRAN THIEN KHIEM
SOUTH VIETNAMESE PRESIDENTIAL GUARD
SOUTH VIETNAMESE 5TH INFANTRY DIVISION
SOUTH VIETNAMESE 23RD INFANTRY DIVISION
SOUTH VIETNAMESE 21ST INFANTRY DIVISION
PLANNED MILITARY COUP AGAINST NGO DINH DIEM GOVERNMENT

Declassified Documents Reference System Location:
1985-002475