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Title:
Plans of government to assassinate Ambassador Lodge, other high embassy officials, and Thich Tri Quang, and burn the chancery
Date of Creation:
October 9, 1963
Date of Declassification:
June 1, 1985
Type of Document:
Cable
Level of Classification:
NOT GIVEN
Status of Copy:
SANITIZED
Pagination, Illustration:
3 p.
Abstract:
Government of Vietnam (GVN) authorities were planning to allow student demonstration in front of the American embassy chancery under cover of which about 100 GVN agents would attack the embassy and assassinate Ambassador Henry Cobot Lodge, other high-ranking embassy officials, and Thich Tri Quang after which the chancery would be set fire.
Indexing Terms:
Declassified Documents Reference System Location:
1985-002482