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• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP66B00403R000200160020-9
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 16, 2016
• Document Release Date: December 29, 2004
• Sequence Number: 20
• Publication Date: August 25, 2000
• Content Type: PREL

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FCOND LEAD VIET NA"^ (300)
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SAIGON, VIET NAM., AUG. 2..~ (AP)-NAJ. C.:N.
TODAY AS PRR'ESIDENT, CAPITULATING TO THE ANGRY liE:MANJS OF STUDENTS AND
I-t`JDI)HISTS FOR AN END TO DICTA.TOFIAL FULE.
KHANH, 37, STEPPED DOWN ONLY NINE DAYS AFTER ELEVATING HIMSELF
Fl-.OM FPF'MIFF TO PRESIDENT. HE ALSO TOF'E: UP A CONTROVE:F:SIAL NEW
CONSTITUTION GIVING HIM STRONGMAN POWER IN A NATIONAL. EMERGENCY.
HOWEVER, KHANH STILL COMMANDS THE ARMY AND REMAINS HEAD OF THE
COVER.NMENT.
JUBILANT BECAUSE THEY APPARENTLY BROUGHT KHANH TO HEEL, THOUSANDS
OF DEMONSTRATORS MARCHED THROUGH SAIGON, CHEERING AS THEY PASSED THE
HEADQUARTERS OF SEVERAL POLITICAL LEADERS.
KIH!ANH'S ANNOUNCEMENT CAME AFTER MORE THAN 20,000 STUDENTS CONVERGED
ON THE PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE PUILDING. IT WAS THE LAF'CFST ANTICOV`E.:I;NMrNT
OUTPOURING SINCE VIET NA WON ITS INDEPENDENCE: FFOF FY-ANCE 10 YEAfC, A('O.
DEPUTY PREMIF:H NrUYFN XUAN OANH TOLD THE' STUDENTS THIS,' AFTI NOON
THAT KHANH WAS PESIC:NIN(' AND I)ISPANUINC HIS JUNTA OF' "s0 !4F;l:?Y
F'F:FOF:F. IT IS DISSOLVE:I), HOWEVE:F, THE JUNTA WILL FEET TONIGHT TO ELECT
P PFFI?EIEF=, POSSIBLY YHANH.
LACY IN THE CONFUSED VIITNA.'`?E:SE: POLITICAL PICTURE WAS EA.J. (!N.
:UONC' VAN MINH, THE POPULAR; BUDDHIST WHO LED THE OVERTHROW OF THE HATED
13IFE FF-GIME LAST NOV. 1.
PINE, KNOWN AS "'IC MINIM," WAS REMOVED AS FIGUREHEAD CHIEF OF
STATE IN THE AUG. 16 SHAKEUP. A GOVERNMENT S-OUf CE SAID TODAY 11':
FROF>ARLY WILL BE BROUGHT PACK AS CARETAKEP CHIEF OF STATE.
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KHANH ALSO OPENED THE DOOR TO CIVILIAN POLITICAL ACTIVITY.
"'~'Y SOME MEANS OR ANOTHER," HE TOLD THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
"A RULING COUNCIL WITH THE SAVE. POWERS AS THE PRESENT JUNTA HUT
MADE UP OF CIVILIANC WILL RE CREATED. THE CIVILIANS WILL LE: PICKED
FF'OV A. PROA.D 5PECTF;UM OF POLITICAL PARTIES AND C;FOUPS SO AS TO F;F
COMPLETELY REPRESENTATIVE."
ON SATURDAY, IN A DIRECT CONFRONTATION WITH THE STUDENT LE:ADE'i `',
KHANH SPID FREE POLITICAL ACTIVITY WAS I"POSSIGLE A'LCNC AS THE
CO`t, 1.IN1ST F> NACE FE CSI; TED.
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COMMUNISTS (SCHEDULED)
NEW DELHI, INDIA, AUG. 25 (REUTERS)-NATIONWIDE
INDIAN COMMUNIST PARTY DEMONSTRATIONS OVER RISING FOOD PRICES
ENTERED ITS SECOND DAY TODAY WITH REPORTS MORE THAN 1,500
ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE TO DATE.
SOME 100,000 PARTY MEMBERS, INCLUDING COMMUNIST
LEADER S.A. DANCE, LAUNCHED A FIVE-DAY, NATIONWIDE PROTEST
YESTERDAY HOPING TO GET THE BACKING OF ONE MILLION INDIANS.
THEIR STRATEGY CONSISTED OF COURTING ARREST IN PEACEFUL
DEMONSTRATIONS AND PICKETED BANKS, STOCK EXCHANGES,
WHOLESALE GRAIN MARKETS AND GOVERNMENT OFFICES.
POLICE WERE WELL-PREPARED FOR THE PUBLICIZED PROTEST,
AND ABOUT 200 COMMUNISTS WERE ARRESTED IN EARLY MORNING
RAIDS IN SOUTH INDIA COMMUNITIES EVEN BEFORE THE DEMONSTRATIONS
BEGAN.
IN MADRAS ALONE THERE WERE 632 PERSONS TAKEN INTO
CUSTODY. MORE THAN 50 WERE PICKED UP DURING A MARCH ON
NEW DELHI'S. CENTRAL MARKET AND HUNDREDS MORE WERE ARRESTED
AS THEY PICKETED GRAIN MARKETS AND STATE LEGISLATURE GATES
IN LUCKNOW, BOMBAY, CALCUTTA AND ELSEWHERE.
NO VIOLENCE WAS REPORTED*
AS THE COMMUNISTS MOVED TO PICKET BANKS AND STOCK
EXCHANGES TODAY, POLICE CO-ORDINATED THEIR ACTIONS FROM A
CENTRAL HEADQUARTERS HERE, SET UP LAST WEEK AFTER A
MEETING OF TOP POLICE OFFICIALS FROM THROUGHOUT THE NATION.
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FIRST ADD NEW DELHI COMMUNISTS X X X NATION.
THE GOVERNMENT, UNDER PRIME MINISTER LAL BAHADUR SHASTRI,
CURRENTLY FACES A CRITICAL FOOD PROBLEM WITH THE WINTER HARVEST
STILL MORE THAN A MONTH AWAY.
FOOD LINES HAVE ALREADY BEGUN TO FORM IN SOME
COMMUNITIES AND THE COMMUNIST DEMONSTRATORS HOPE TO BE ABLE
TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE UNREST.
THE PROTEST IS SHASTRI'S FIRST TEST OF STRENGTH
WITH THE COMMUNIST PARTY SINCE ASSUMING OFFICE THREE MONTHS
AGO AFTER THE DEATH OF PREMIER JAWAHARLAL NEHRU.
GRB 6=AM
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MILITARY REVOLUTIONARY COUNCIL STATEMENT
SAIGON DOMESTIC SERVICE IN VIETNAMESE 0800 25 AUG 64 S
(TEXT) THE MILITARY REVOLUTIONARY COUNCIL MET ON THE MORNING
OF 25 AUGUST AT THE HEADQUARTERS OF THE HIGH COMMAND OF THE
REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM ARMED FORCES AND DECIDED:
1--TO REVOKE THE 16 AUGUST 1964 CONSTITUTION;
2--TO CONVENE URGENTLY A MILITARY REVOLUTIONARY COUNCIL SESSION
TO ELECT A NEW CHIEF OF STATE;
3--TO DISSOLVE ITSELF AFTER THE ELECTION OF THE NEW CHIEF
OF STATE IN ORDER TO DEVOTE ITSELF TO PURELY MILITARY TASKS AND
TO LEADING THE REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM ARMED FORCES IN THE STRUGGLE
AGAINST THE COMMUNISTS, NEUTRALISTS, COLONIALISTS, AND ALL FORMS
OF DICTATORSHIP AND TREASON;
4--(TO ENTRUST) THE ELECTED CHIEF OF STATE WITH THE
RESPONSIBILITY OF CONVENING THE NATIONAL CONGRESS TO BUILD A NATIONAL
STRUCTURE THAT CONFORMS TO THE ASPIRATIONS OF ALL THE PEOPLE
AND RESTS ON THE BASIS OF THE STRUGGLE AGAINST THE COMMUNISTS,
NEUTRALISTS, COLONIALISTS, AND ALL FORMS OF DICTATORSHIP AND TREASON
IN ORDER TO BUILD THE COUNTRY IN FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY;
5--THAT IN THE MEANTIME THE NATION'S ADMINISTRATION IS
ENTRUSTED TO THE PRESENT GOVERNMENT.
SAIGON, 25 AUGUST 1964,
FOR THE MILITARY REVOLUTIONARY COUNCIL; THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
25 AUG 625A FTB/GE
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