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ORIGINATOR : CIA FROM : TO : TITLE: Information Report DATE: 9/25/1962 PAGES: 2 SUBJECTS: DOCUMENT TYPE : CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 9/10/2000 OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS: National Security Files, Box 196: Countries, Vietnam, General 9/22/62- 9/27/62. Box 6.

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This material contains information affecting The National Defense of the United States within the Espionage Laws Title 18, U.S.C Secs 793 and 794, the transmission or revelation of which in any manner to an unauthorized person is CONFIDENTIAL (When Filled In) CLASSIFICATION - DISSEMINATION CONTROLS CHINA (TAIWAN) LAOS NO FORE IGN DISSEM COUNTRY SOUTH VIETNAM SUBJECT PROPOSED JOINT CHINESE NATIONALIST- REPORT NO. TDCS-3/523,453 SOUTH VIETNAMESE INTELLIGENCE OPERATIONS DATE DISTR. 25 SEPTEMBER 1962 IN LAOS PRECEDENCE ROUT INE SMITH-BUNDY _DUNGAN _KAYSEN IN KILDUFF DATE OF INFO. MIO SEPTEMBER 1962 REFERENCES POUKSEN _ SCHLESINGER TAYLOR PLACE & DATE ACO. VIETNAM, SAIGON (21 SEPTEMBER 1962) FIELD REPORT NO. FVS 7977-BELK APPRAISAL 2 SOURCE THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION. SOURCE GRADINGS ARE DEFINITIVE. APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS-TENTATIVE A HIGH-LEVEL MEMBER (B) OF THE CHINESE NATIONALIST DIPLOMATIC MISSION-JIN SAIGON, WHO IS BELIEVED TO REPORT WITHOUT THE KNOWLEDGE OR APPROVAL OF HIS GOVERNMENT. KLEIN KOMER RASKIN _SAUNDERS

: 1. IN MID-SEPTEMBER 1962, TRAN KIM TUYEN, CHIEF, PRESIDENT I AL SECURITY SERVICE, PROPOSED TO HUANG TIEN-MAI, CHIEF OF THE CHINESE NATIONALIST NATIONAL SECURITY BUREAU INTELLIGENCE STATION IN SAIGON, THAT SOUTH VIETNAM AND NATIONALIST CHINA CONDUCT JOINT INTELLIGENCE OPERATIONS IN LAOS. TUYEN CLAIMED THAT THE DETERIORATING SITUATION. IN LAOS, AND THE STRONG POSSIBILITY THAT THE GOVERNMENT OF VIETNAM WOULD BREAK RELATIONS WITH LAOS, NECESSITATED.. IMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION OF SUCH A PROPOSAL TUYEN TOLD HUANG THAT HE ENVISIONED THE ESTABLISHMENT OF INTELLIGENCE: STATIONS ON THE BORDER BETWEEN LAOS.. AND SOUTH VIETNAM, AS WELL AS IN LAOS, TO SUPPORT JOINT VIETNAMESE/ NATIONALIST: CHINESE AGENT OPERATIONS CONFIDENTIAL :: CLASSIFICATION - DISSEMINATION CONTROLS NO FORE IGN DISSEM GROUP I Excluded from automatic downgrading and declassification STATE/INR DIA ARMY/ACSI NAVY AIR JCS SECDEF NSA NIC AID USIA OC.I ONE OCR ORR. ов! 00 EXO STATE DIR L TELEGRAM INFORMATION REPORT TELEGRAM FORM 5-62 1Ka OBSOLETE PREVIOUS EDITIONS. (15-20)

CLASSIFICATION - DISSEMINATION CONTROLS CONFIDENTIAL NO FORE IGN DISSEM TDCS-3/523,453 IN 28327 (When Filled In). PAGE 2 ! 2. HUANG CONCURRED IN PRINCIPLE, BUT ADVISED TUYEN THAT HE HAD TO OBTAIN THE APPROVAL OF THE CHINESE NATIONALIST GOVERNMENT BEFORE ENTERING INTO DETAILED NEGOTIATIONS. ON 19 SEPTEMBER HUANG TELEGRAPHED HIS HEADQUARTERS IN TAIPEI, OUTLINING TUYEN'S PROPOSAL, AND REQUESTING EARLY APPROVAL.

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