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ORIGINATOR: CIA FROM: TO: TITLE: Information Report Re: Comments DATE: 1/28/1962 PAGES: 3 SUBJECTS: DOCUMENT TYPE: CLASSIFICATION: RESTRICTIONS: CURRENT STATUS: DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 9/10/2000 OPENING CRITERIA: COMMENTS: National Security Files, Box 195: Countries, Vietnam, General 11/13/61-11/31/61. Box 6.

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COUNTRY SOUTH VIETNAM REPORT NO. TDCS-3/500,097

SUBJECT COMMENTS OF TRAN VAN LY ON THE DESIRABILITY DATE DISTR 28 JANUARY 1962 PROBLEMS AND CONSEQUENCES OF A COUP D'ETAT INFO. DATE OF 25 JANUARY 1962 PLACE & DATE ACQ. VIETNAM, SAIGON (26 JANUARY 1962) APPRAISAL PRECEDENCE ROUTINE COSTIN TAYLOR REFERENCES IN 18750 KAYSEN RETAIN OR DESTROY FIELD REPORT NO: PF-VS7006 THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION: SOURCE CRADINGS ARE DEFINITIVE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT IS TENTATIVE: SOURCE AN OVIETNAMESE NATIONAL ARMY OFFICER WORKING AT THE GENERAL STAFF HEADQUARTERS, FROM TRAN VAN LY.

ON 25 JANUARY 1962 TRẦN VAN LY, OPPOSITION LEADER IMPRISONED FROM NOVEMBER 1960 TO FEBRUARY 1961 FOLLOWING STHE CATTEMPTED COUP OF 1960, SAID THAT CERTAIN GENERAL OFFICERS HAVEL CONSULTED WITH HIM THE POSSIBILITY OF ATTEMPTING A COUP D'ETAT (FIELD COMMENT. (TDCS-3/500,042) FVS-6999/BY THE SAME SOURCE REPORTED HIM AS POLITIC ADVISOR TOE GENERAL NGHIỆME) ESUCHEA COUP WOULD BE TO PREVENT THE COUNTRYIEROM FALLING TINTO THE HANDS OF THE VIETNAMESE COMMUNISTS AVC) NED SAID THA THAT HE WAS SIN IN AGREEMENT WITH ATH THESE GENERALS IN PRINCIPỨC ON THE NECESSITY FORTA COUNTDIETAN, BUTEWAS WORRIED BOTH ABOUT THE METHOD TO BE EMPLOYED HAND THE CONSEQUENCESTO LY WASL AWAPE THAT CUERPAIN FOEFT POALLAND RELIGIOBSTGROUPS IWISHEDATOT MUUNTOFE CONFIDENTIAL CLASSIFICATION DISSEMINATION CONTRO

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A COUP WITH THE SUPPORT OF MILITARY ELEMENTS. HOWEVER THESE GROUPS WERE TOO DIVIDED TO BE SUCCESSFULLY BELIEVED THE ONLY SUCCESSFUL COUF WOULD BE ONE MOUNTED BY THE ARMY ITSELF (FIELD COMMENT

TRAN VAN LY WAS A MEMBER OF THE "CARAVELLE" OPPOSITION GROUP 2. (cs-3/474,755) ACCORDING TO THE SOURCE OF FVS-59087HE WAS MOVING TOWARD A

NEUTRALIST POSITION IN 1960 AND WAS DISAPPOINTED OVER CONTINUED SUPPORT TO DIỀM BY THE US A BRITISH OFFICIAL SERVICE REPORTED

THAT WHEN HE WAS RELEASED FROM PRISON ON 8 FEBRUARY 1961, HE WAS FORCED TO SIGN A DECLARATION OF LOYALTY TO DIEM.) TΕΤΟ SOUTH VIETNAMESE PRESIDENT

SPEAKING IN GENERAL TERMS, LY SAID THAT IN SETTING UP SUCH A COUP TWO THINGS WERE IMPORTANT: TO AVOID BLOODSHED AND TO ORGANIZEAS SMALLA FORCE AS POSSIBLE IN ORDER NOT TO ALLOW THERE

FLAN OF ACTION TO BE EXPLOITED BY THE VC. LY'S SOLUTION WOULD BE TO HAVE THE GENERAL OFFICERS DECLARE THE WHOLE OF SOUTH VIETNAM YET TO BE IN A STATE OF SETGE. THE TROOPS WOULD THEN BE FORBIDDEN * 108020 CU TO MOVE WITH THOUT AN EXPRESS ORDER FROM THE REVOLUTIONARY COMMITTEE DELE OF AND ALL ROADS LEADING TO SALICONE HOUD RESOUARDED.

IN CASET THE COUP WEBE SUCC CCESSFACERICLUTINARY COMMITTE ECL OF THREE GENERAL OFFICERS WOULDACI PORT LAVERYDAY GOVERNMENT, BUSINESS DALS WITH THE HELP OF TECHNICAL ADVISORS AND ESTIALIS THE SECRETARIES OF STATE WHO WOULD HAVE REMAINED AT THEIR POSTS. DURING THI PERIOD THE PEOPLE WOULD BE ABLE TO CHOOSE THE HEAD-OF-THE-STATE CONFIDENTIAL CLASSIFICATION DISSEMINATION CONTROLS NOFORN/CONTINUED CONTROL

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  1. (FIELD COMMENT. LY TALKED TO SOURCE IN GENERAL TERMS. IT IS NOT KNOWN WHETHER THIS WAS BECAUSE OF RETICENCE ON LY'S PART IN RESPECT TO SOURCE, OR WHETHER LY IS NOT IN FACT INVOLVED IN THE ALLEGED PLANNING OF GENERAL NGHIEM.)
  2. FIELD DISEM. STATE MAAG USOM CINCPAC PACFLT ARPAC PACAF

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