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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCYECANCOD RETAIN OR ИСТСКИХСOTTEED COATOZO0010 This material contains Information affecting the National Defense of the United States within the meaning of the Espionage 793 and: 794; the transmission or revelation of which in any mannerst S-E-C-R-E-T COUNTRY SOUTH VIETNAM SUBJECT DIELY DATE OF INFO.. PLACE & 150AIGCA מבוסון קנאה CLASSIFICATION DISSEMINATION CONTROLS Laws Title 18, U.S.C. Secs.. FECGE C WUY NOFORN/CONTINUED CONTROL/NO DISSEM ABROAD/BACKGROUND USE ONLY REPORT NO. TDCS DB-3/650,938 A DATE:DISTR T WEARD THET OMO HYD TIEDE AR WARNING TO PRESIDENT DIEM OF A POSSIBLE COUP D'ETAT ON NIGHT OF 1-2 AUGUST 1962 PRECEDENCE 1 1. AUGUST 19 מיום PRIORITY _ DUNGAN CEDESED TO CRYER Yт вьютер уолаLISE VAD TO BURBEЕ ВОВ БОРТ КKAYSEN 1 AUGUST 1962 : ECO-VIETNAM SAIGON AUGUST 1962 : REFERENCES. IN KILDUFF PETERSEN 1895 THE AG 19 JHE VIOON VE FISCHLESINGER (1 DATE ACQ: DED HOT FELIX JЬЕ ОВІСТИУЕCE OL CAN FEEE(енталньше. APPRAISAL SEE BELOW FIELD REPORT NO. BELK THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION: SOURCE GRADINGS:ARE DEFINITIVE: AP.PRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTANT NOSNHO KLEIN SOURCE PARAS 2-4 AN AMERICAN OBSERVER; FROM LIEUTENANT COLONEL NGUYEN VAN CHA! PARA PARAS AVIG 5-8 CAN AMERICAN OBSERVER; FROM MAJOR LONGAT AC NETITBALL KOMER 9: AN OFFICER OF THE PRESIDENTIAL SECURITY SERVICE (C), WHO IS BELIEVED TO REPORT WITHOUT THE THE KNOWLEDGE OF HIS GOVERNMENT RASKIN A TEUDUA I ال است. اما انة مكة المالية لا تق SAUNDERS СОФТИТСУБЛIMP OLLICER OF THE GIV DIИЯ БОАТИСІМІ СОЛЕВUNEAL HYD ILLESCELLED HEADQUARTERS COMMENT. ALTHOUGH THE COUP D'ETAT DESCRIBED IN THIS SRT 10 ЧИГHO DON ROLAN TEDOUA IVO BRUCH COSTARЛОЛЧКА ТА -БЛЕТ ЛАЯНИНО А ТАНТ CETATE (22) DIVA YTDAUJA YRЯАТЫМ ИСПЛЕЯ ЛАТЕЧАЈ REPORT DID NOT OCCUR ON THE NIGHT OF 1-2 AUGUST 1962, THIS REPORT IS BEING DISSEMINATED SINCE IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THE INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED MIGHT EVOLVE THAOTAED HE DID HOL ЕКГути лав 8312 он иге сомTEGULE A PLAN FOR A FUTURE COUP AGAINST THE DIEM REGIME. SEE FIELD APPRAISAL IN ER ΤΟΛΟΓARD CHO CONTECIOMED JHVL MOL WOHE JHVA JAO VYAN HALVГТСИЗ НЕЯ PARAS. 10 THROUGH 14. PARASOTA 2 CHWM CORNERLIED MILHOOL KOLHER ЕХЫГУИЛON LHVL THЕ ВЫБИСК МICEL это ON 1 AUGUST 1962 LIEUTENANT COLONEL NGUYEN VAN CHAU, CHIEF OF THE TISLIEKA TON QMA JАСТИЧНЕВИЙ EAW TRENOVE EMAUX TAHT UPPSTUM ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM (ARVN) PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE SERVICE, STATED AT APPROXIMATELY 2100 HOURS THAT HE HAD BEEN INFORMED THAT PRESIDENT NGO DINH X A OOO HOME ТЧУПИТИС СВИЛЕН ИТ 720 HE TMAOTARD GTA Сино утер SVJED JE HE BETTEAED IREL PHIONDEY CELESYT NVI Hη DIEM HAD BEEN WARNED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF A COUP D COUP D'ETAT OCCURING ON THE NIGHT FREAM CATEL OF ATHED COMMEND KYOK OSTANMUNT DOOBO (SOURCE COMMENT CHAU DID NOT NAME THE INDIVIDUAL-FROM pactpeciftention Guwagrading and Excluded from autocratic PRATHAM LJOEN OF 1-2 AUGUST 1962. ة للالاتدبا لاشASSIFICATION DISSEMINATION CONTROLS S-E-C-R-E-T ماه ELAED THE NOFORN/CONTINUED CONTROL/NO DISSEM ABROAD/BACKGROUND USE ONLY STATE ARMY/ACSI NAVY AIR JCS SECDEF NSA NICAM OCI ONE 120XX 288X 109 DIA CIB VIDE EXO TELEGRAM INFORMAT TION REPORT TELEGRAM ИСLОНИ CORLIMCED COMBOT BYCKOKONALD ASE

S-E-C-R-ET ATE CLASSIFICATION - DISSEMINATION CONTROLS NOFORN/CONTINUED CONTROL/BACKGROUND USE ONLY/NO DISSEM ABROAD YWAMI POA YUSA ابی IN -TDCS DB-3/650,938 PAGE TWO DIV - : WHOM HE RECEIVED THE INFORMATION) YMIO, ZEU: THE 3-CHAU-ADDED THAT THE COUP WAS ALLEGEDLY-BEING-PLANNED-BY-A-GROUP-OF HORT JADE MAN SENIOR ARVN OFFICERS LED BY ARVN CHIEF OF FIELD COMMAND MAJOR GENERAL DUONG VAN MINH CHAU ALSO STATED THAT HE BELIEVED THAT BRIGADIER GENERAL MAI HUU XUAN, CHIEF OF THE QUANG TRUNG TRAINING CENTER, MIGHT ALSO BE INVOLVED. CHAU INDICATED THAT XUAN'S INVOLVEMENT WAS INFERENTIAL AND NOT EXPLICIT. S זמזוזה TJES PIROTRIVE CONCURE AGOM ATM CRVD CETEL OL JHE CHAU COMMENTED WITHOUT FURTHER EXPLANATION THAT THE FRENCH MIGHT ALSO TO LEECOGU It" ΕΜΙΟΣЯ МHIC ENT TERTARA 4000 WHOTOS A FOR ANY A ИТ ЛАЗТАЯНЧА СМЕНЯ Э BE INVOLVED. CHAU CONJECTURED THAT NOT MORE THAN TWO ARVN BATTALIONS WERE INVOLVED. HE DID NOT EXPLAIN THE BASIS OF HIS CONJECTURE. DIRANIHVTED STICS TJ 12 500RIETE THVL THE INDIAIDOVIE THAOTAED NICHE ΕΛΟΓΛΕ 5 AT APPROXIMATELY 2200 HOURS ON 1 AUGUST, MAJOR LONG, CHIEF OF THE .ТИЕММОЗ SANTHAUSCAR : : CAPITAL REGION MILITARY SECURITY SERVICE (MSS) STATED THAT A CENTRAL TELE- T VEALPONCH LEE COME DIEJIVI DECKTEED DЕHТа COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER OF THE GIA DINH PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT HAD INTERCEPTED ON 1 AUGUST A VIETNAMESE, COMMUNIST (VC) RADIO MESSAGE, IN, PLAIN TEXT ADDRESSEDADES ANAY المنامة لمنة OW (3) EDIVER YTIHUJER JAITивная ант го изогино HA ni TO THE VC SAIGON/CHOLON ZONE COMMITTEE INSTRUCTING ALL VC MILITARY UNITS TO B بعد جدلت من ابط محافات BONUCE L5 ימ- RUTOWA OBASKET LEON TIROLEMMUL СОГОМЕТ ИСОКИ ЛУИ е КЛЕТИ PREPARED-FOR-AN-UPRISING AT MIDNIGHT-ON-1-AUGUST (SOURCE COMMENT MAJOROНИГОЙ Inlet WLED DIDI YOELECEIPTILIAS VODSVI ДАТАЛГА HFTO BELOW HO LONG DID NOT IDENTIFY THE ORIGINATOR OF THE MESSAGE) HEADQUARTERS COMMENT'K DVIEWCO LYCE (SRI TEUERA I IMO TDCS-3/518,127 REPORTED THAT ON 23 JULY 1962 THE VE IN THE SAIGON AREA WERTHPЕЗІИСЕВ SORI TOUDUA ΤΟ ΣΤΑΘ KELERENCE ORDERED TO CEASE ALL TERRORIST ACTIVITIES AND TO PREPARE FOR A POSSIBLE COUPONEL YETVUCO КУЛГЕЙ : D'ETAT COOL DIENG OF MICHE OF T-S MOTEL Toes 6. MADHUC VIDE DVIE D1215 FENGOBE TO MAJOR LONG ADDED THAT GENERAL XUAN HAD INFORMED THE VIETNAMESE POOLE AIRT -GOVERNMENT ON-25-JULY-1962-THAT-HIS-INTELLIGENCE-SECTION-HAD-INTERCEPTED-A- ان معراج منك 1 КЕБОВИО 1203-608 ΠΟΣΗ COALIGEDI GOALHOCHO DIPARK VEHOLD BECKOLONED ΠΡΕ ΟΤΑ VC DOCUMENT INSTRUCTING VC PERSONNEL TO BE READY FOR AN UPRISING IN ABOUT ONE CLASSIFICATION DISSEMINATION CONTROLS MAR230 16 επίτπου οι ιερ S-E-C-R-E-T NOFORN/CONTINUED CONTROL/NO DISSEM ABROAD/BACKGROUND USE ONLY با تشكر يا صدهاءت RI 20

S-E-C-R-E-T C FICATION DISSEMINATION CONTROLS NOFORN/CONTINUED CONTROL/NO DISSEM ABROAD/BACKGROUND USE ONLYшся сонцет \DWORCHIOD 223 INFR TDCS DB-3/650,938 PAGE THREE EDARBER TOG WEEK. (SOURCE COMMENT. T MAJOR LONG DID NOT KNOW THE ORIGINATOR OR THE ADDRESSEE OF THE INTERCEPTED DOCUMENT, NOR DID HE STATE TO WHICH VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT AGENCY GENERAL XUAN HAD REPORTEDEID IN DEN IMAJOR LONG ALSO REVEALED THAT AN MSS AGENT PENETRATION OF THE VC OF UNTESTED RELIABILITY HAD REPORTED ON 1 AUGUST THAT HIS VC SUPERIOR IN CHAU HIEP (THIRTY KILOMETERS WEST OF SAIGON) HAD INSTRUCTED HIM ON 31 JULY TO BE ALERT مة. FORVA COUP, AND TO MEET HIS VC SUPERIOR IN SAIGON FOUR HOURS AFTER THE COUP BEGANA CONE УЕМЫ ИХСЕL ACK THE VIEVE OF CEE OR INE CAR ELEMENA AMIED D AT つ ΤΙΑΣ vrao : 85 MAJOR LONG ALSO STATED THAT A HAND HAND GRENADE GRENADE HAD EXPLODED IN THE GO FIELD COPHTAL VAP AREA OF SAIGON ON THE NIGHT OF TAUGUST INJURING SEVEN VIETNAMESE WOMEN YBA AND CHILDRENE (SOURCE COMMENT THE RELEV CLEVANCE OF THE EXPLOSION TO A COUP ATTEMPTHIS NOT CLEAR, BUT MAJOR FLONG HELIEVED THAT THE E-EV EVENTS MIGHT BE CONNECTED F-5 IONEL POMEAEY НА УБНОКІЛЕГX JHE SWE LIAR THE MOUNT TALETO TUE THE PRESIDENTIAL (SECURITY SERVICE (SEPES) LI INTERCEPTED CODED RADIO MESSAGES ON AUGUST ON FUNUSUAL FREQUENCIES THE TEXT OF THE MESSAGES WHEN TH THE DECODED WERE IN VIETNAMESE AND FRENCH AND AND STATED THAT A COUP WOULD OCCUR ON THE NIGHT OF ET 2 AUGUST ARVN UNITS HAVE BEEN ALERTED IN THE SAIGON AREXEDED ГOAG FOR FIELD COMMENT CHAU IS CONSIDERED TO BE A FAIRLY RELIABLE SOURCE, WHO HAS PREVIOUSLY STATED THAT OF ALL THE ARVN OFFICERS GENERAL DUONG VĂN MINH WAS THE MOST LIKELY TO LEAD A COUP ATTEMPT GENERAL MINH HAS BEEN VOCAL CRITIC OF THE DIEM REGIME INSOFAR AS DIEM'S EFFICACY AGAINST THE VC IS CONCERNED. GENERAL MAI HUU XUAN, FREQUENTLY RUMORED TO BE A MEMBER OF_VARIOUS_COUP GROUPS, 2--SEC-R-E-T VABOND LA CLASSIFICATION DISSEMINATION. CONTROLS 150 NOFORN CONTINUED CONTROL/NO DISSEM ABROAD/BACKGROUND USE ONLY ממוח

S-E-C-R-E-T CLASSIFICATION DISSEMINATION CONTROLS NOFORN/CONTINUED CONTROL/NO DISSEM ABROAD/BACKGROUND USE ONLY UK Con IN TDCSDB-3/650,938 PAGE FOUR. IS KNOWN TO HAVE BEEN DISSATISFIED WITH HIS PRESENT ASSIGNMENT AND TO HAVE HARBORED RESENTMENTS AGAINST DIEM FOR ALLEGED SLIGHTS DESPITE THE FACT THAT DIEM PROMOTED-HIM FROM COLONEL TO BRIGADIER GENERAL SEVERAL YEARS AGO MAJOR LONG HAS EXHIBITED PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE IN HIS PRESENT POSITION ה 11 FIELD COMMENT IT IS POSSIBLE THAT ALL OF THE INFORMATION PROCEEDED FROM A SINGLE -SOURCE OR FROM TWO SOURCES AND THE VARIATION IN DETAIL WAS IN THE ORAL ACCOUNTS OF DIFFERENT SOURCES THE GOVERNMENT OF VIETNAM (GVN) CENTRAL INTELLIGENCES ORGANIZATION (CIO) WAS UNAWARE OF ANY POSSIBLE COUP SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHTON 1-2 AUGUST. HOWEVER, AT APPROXIMATELY THE SAME TIME, THE NORMAL PRESIDENTIAL GUARD HAD ALREADY BEEN REINFORCED AND POLICE CHECK POINTS ALSO SEEMED TO HAVE BEEN REINFORCED. GIVEN THE ADVANCE LALERT BY THE GUN MILITARY AND SECURITY ELEMENTS, JAIT IS PROBABLE PROBABLE THAT ANY INTENDED INTENDED COUPL COUP WOULD BE ABORTIVE FIELD COMMENT 12. AT10200 ON 2 AUGUST SAIGON WAS QUIET AND THERE E WERE NO SIGNS APPARENT OF ANY COUP ATTEMPT, EXCEPT FOR THE ALERT OF SOME OF THE GVN ELEMENTS STATED IN PARAY 10B VAD LO WEEL Eте ас альIOS IN SVICOM HOME Horse VLEN JE COль (JHTB13 KIFIELD COMMENT.THE INTERCEPTIOFLA INTERCEPT OF AL PLAIN PLAIN TEXT TEXT VE RADIO MESSAGE REFERRED TOLIN PARA FIVE IS NOT CONVINCING CHAND RAISES THE POSSIBILITY THAT THE VC MIGHT HE ENGAGED IN A CONFUSION MANEUVER. SEPES CAPABILITY TO INTERCEPT AND DECODE A MESSAGE IN THE SAME DAY, AS REPORTED IN PARA. NINE E, IS QUESTIONABLE CS I4LFIELD DISSEM-ESTATE CINCPAC CARPACICPACARE PARENTABRE COMPASHAL 8-D-O-KE-L S-E-C-R-E-T (Эспись СОЛЕLL MYLOS FONG DID HOL RMON LE OFICIRVICE END OF MESSAGE WEBOYD EVCKED CLASSIFICATION DISSEMINATION CONTROLS JEE VODKECAER NOFORN/CONTINUED CONTROL/NO DISSEM ABROAD/BACKGROUND USE ONLY לי