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  • THE PRESIDENCY. HE SECA:11E MORESI.RE Of' H:."SE:..~ ~HiE:N&:vl:RAL KY STALWARTS, SUCH AS DIRECTOR-GE~IERA!.OF NATlONAl.. POt.!CE MAJOR GENERAL NGUYEN 1.3(a)(4) , . ;.,Ae 'fNw. ·' IDl'nONe- .. a. • IN 27429 1.3(a)(4) PAGE 5 OF 7 PAGES 1.3{a)(4
  • BECAME, IF NOTAN£NDIN ITSELF, ATLEASTA WELCOME. BY PRODUCT or TH£ AFFAIR. I OIALWITHTHIS PKENOM£NON IN MOR£DEATILIN PARAGRAPH ~t~f 14 BELOV. 9. l HAVENOTTHUSFARMENTIONED KY•s ~OL£. IT IS A.OlFFIClD.t ON£TO ASSESSANDONEIS TEMPTED ta NAlSEPROVOCATIVE
  • concen~rate at will and destroy his tordea . ~1ecemeal. l\b.ake, , ooa.e.~ o:t~ :ob-1:i-~t"O?tc~'kY
  • to the Department. the following to the same end: , A. How we can best expose the new Government and its plans to the press b~backgrm;mders -- by Thieu and Ky, for example, as plans develop. B. The possibility in January -- over U.S. The arguments of a report
  • . . COUNTER-,OF.fENSIV£. " :. PRESIDENT'..· i':'/'}. 'THIEU,. VIC£. P.RE_S!D£NT. ·KY'~ , .AND >PRIME .MINISTER '. HUONG ,.-· ,..: ,:· . .· ~- • . ,t~::{}{:~·'.- -}.. ATT£NOEDi . AS Oil):: . A(L' THE ; l'lI-N lSTERS ANO : ·TPP-.LEVEL ., CIVIt .:ANit
  • THIS WOULD Rt SUOJECT OF IMMEDIATE otscusstoN.VI/ KY A~D LAM AFTER THEIR AHRIVAL. 6 •• .. BUNKER BT ------- ___ i __-- ---,. --·-·. NNNN .,! .1 .. . 1 • I ·,· . I AC'nON w .... ,. DeeemNr 9, 19'1 -- 9:-tO •• m. Mr. Preew..t: Henwltla call
  • 1n an ob•ervatlon made to me thl• mornlna after breakfast by Dick He belleYe ■ Cy Vance le the be•t el.Dale Helnu. man we could u•e to 1lt down with Ky and try to get him to play ball with Thieu throu1h the pre ■ ent crl Ucal pha•e 1n Vietnam. Helms
  • . This man, Nguyen Huu Nghia, who speaks Russian and holds a Ph.D. degree in psychology, described . demonstrations as ''very effective" encouragement for the North Vietnamese. He compared the situa­ tion to that of France during the Indochina War~ He said
  • such as Nguyen Luu Vien, Tran Van Huong, Mai Tho Truyen, Vo Long Trieu, Ha Thuc Ky, Tran Van Tuyen, Phan Quang Dan, Tr-an Van An, and others, Thieu said that perhaps s-u.ch individuals could be asked to serve as an advisory council to the · government and that he
  • ; that is, some underst~nding __ about thaeDMZ;' an understanding with refer­ ence to the cities. We went through long talks having to do with reconnaissance. They were kept fully informed. And Thieu came along and Ky came along on all these talks. They understood
  • of a peaceful settlement of the war. Nguyen Van Tien ... told 'Naturally we do not envisage the departure of US forces from one day to the next, or even within a month.- We appreciate the expression ... within a reasonable period of time.'" C::J 50 EO 12958
  • ;{;•1Si•10RA!ING THE DIEN BIEN PHU VICTORY, CONCLUDES: "ALL wE ~~VE !0 DC IS TO STAGE REPEATED ATTACKS AND WIDESPREAD UP- ro '.:JIN COM?LETl::VICTORY... THC: 8 NAY LETTER FROM HO C.~I ;UNH TO NGUYEN HUU THO, ~RAISING TH£ EXPLOITS OF RECENT ·;;~YS, UR
  • -~KY~·S·.' HAND , . REl.liF.--WO~KS- tt ILL fALlER.-: .SEFOR£ KY TALKS WITH TKU:U, KE WILL PROBAaLY TRY TO l,ITI A- :: SOAITH! G SPECTACULAR WITn REGARD TO AR ING THE PEOPLE.ENO s· ·r, :A. Y. ON 13 FEBRUARY VICE PR ESIDEt-.tt NGiJYE N CAO KY AN. ou
  • WWRoatow:rln l(he Sanh and Dien ·Bien Phu DENIS WARNER ToPhu was simply a battleDienthatBien lost ~toST WESTERNERS, the Indochina \Var for the French. To General Vo Nguyen Giap, who won that battle and has now launched his divisions against the allied
  • £SREPLACING NGUYENTHI DINH lNlW))j . i. HG HUY GIA.P (C\fAL HUY GIAP5)) ts JtEPL,tCING NGUYEN MU\J..T}JO.:::.-:::;·::-:-;:::·\·. « t(;UYEENX XUWU):Tt!0'J)), ·CH ·IRM4N•• F-lHE ·.CENTRAL..COMt'!_1TrlE OF · . lHE NAT!ON~.L LISEi!A'l:lON F~ONT
  • THE NORTH viETNAMESE n; THE FCHTHCOi'HNG NEGOTIATIONS MIGHT BE ~0S5IBLE TC ACTREALISTICALLY ANDFLEXIBLYSO THATIT T: >C~!~VE ~ ?2~CEFUL 3IITLE~~~T. 14. CVER~CFFEE.THERE~AS SCMEDISCUS~IONCF THE FUTURE CELEEATIONS,INCLUDING THE FUNCTION CF GENERAL KY
  • ZFF•4 FMAMEMBASSY VIENTIANE TO SECSTATE WA$HDO FLASH 8294 COt/tROL: Sl4Q DECLASSIFIED E.O. 12958,"'Sec. 3.6 NLJ 97-Z.'il By -~ , NARA Date 111-S--?.f STATE GRN.C BT 6 EC R it VIENTIANE 6241 NOD1S/CROCODILE 1. NGUYEN CHANHASJUST HANDED MEA
  • THAT IN GEN£RAL THE RESULTS HAD BEEN VERY GOOD, THE CRITICISM HAD BEEN GENERALLY CONSTRUCTIVE, AND THERE WAS BROAD AGREEMENT THAT MORE SACRIFICES ~ERE NEEDED FOR THA NATIONAL EFFORT. POSES ~'EP.E H~ THE PRESENT 11. THIEU ADDED THAT HE HAD MET WITH CAO DAI
  • and a broad spectrum of US military and civilian officials. I did not tra·vel in Ill Corps but had good sessions with our old and new Regional Officers. In Saigon, I saw a wide variety of people includi1tg Thieu, Ky, Prime Minister Huong, Interior Minister
  • FROMHIS POINT OF VIEW, BUT, AS HE HADTOLD AMB.BUNKER,HE WOULD BE HAPPYTO CONSIDERA MEETINGEARIF IT WASESSENTIAL. LIER "SOMEWHERE" ·s. WEWERESEEING KY IMMEDIATELY AFTERFOR GEN. WESTMORE- LAND70 REPORTON HIS.TRIP TO WASHINGTON, ANDI ASKEDTHIEU IF HE
  • type All professional of approach via an uncle of Nguyen Huu Tho, Chairman of National Liberation Front, turned out to have been made up out of whole cloth -a complete fabrication. That was Operation THRUSH. Nevertheless, Therefore, next few days. lt 1
  • OF PREViN'fING TH£ AT l'tt£ DMZ AND OU ENEMY FROM GETTING SET JiOR MAJOR ATTACKS THECITIES WHILEINFLICTINGHEAVY CASUALTIES~ _MODERATE ENEMY ACTIVITY CONTINUED THROUGHOUTTHE COUNTRYON 25-.::,-26AUO .68, 'WITH THE HEAVIEST ENGAGEMENTOCCURING NEAR TAM KY IN I
  • their homes in order to route the Viet Cong. There have been some encouraging indications of Cao Dai cooperation with the Government of Vietnam in Tay Ninh in driving Viet Cong out of villages and towns and in connection with recovery operations. D. IV Corps
  • REGARDING AMERICAN INTENTIONS, THE FEA:=?OF' A~i::R!CAN ABANDONMENTHAS, I THINK, VERY CONSIDERABLY LESSENED. ~LTHOUGH SOME ANXIETY IS STILL EVIDENT, EXEMPLIFIED IN T~£ KIND OF STATEMENTS KY HAS MADE GOING IT ALONE IF NECESSARY, THE::C: IS :WC~ MORE
  • HELD A WO RKI NG MEETING WITH TOP GV. OFFICIALS F~R TWO HOURS ON JULY IS, FOLLO WED BY A WORK ING LU NC~_ JN . PR ESE NT ON uVN SIDE WERE THIEU, KY, HUONG, MI~ I STER S VY, KH 1:: :~ HO, GENERAL CAO VAN VIEN, DEPUTY RD MI~ISTER LAC, AND PRESID EN .~ AL
  • wlth Vice Preeldent Ky tonl1ht. Military aituatlon - Secretary Cllfford/Gueral Wheeler -- General .Abrama bellevea enemy haa lDtentlona to launch offenaive Pueblo Ne1otiatlona - Secretary Ruak -- Report on meetln1 with North Korean• acheduled
  • . PARTY NOWCONSISTS AMB NGUYEN THO .I.;;'-~ ... : ...-, . f •·-~' CHAN FROM MOSCOW, DRVN FONOFF WEST·EUROJIEA N DI RECTOR-_ .' '., f. '..... : · f.::, ·vo VAN suNG, AND ATTACHE-I_NTERPRETER·LE KY GIA.I INSTE_AD OF ··:.>:j ::./':.: : tr' ';,_PHANoo_ AN NAM
  • : Herewith a sensitive report on Ky' a view a about our conditions. I do happen to believe that, Harriman or no Harriman, Thieu baa to be given aome latitude to deal with hi• political problem, a• well a• to save Hanoi'• face. When you get a good feel