VIET NAM: SIGNS OF THE TIMES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00001R000300490049-9
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 17, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 20, 1998
• Sequence Number: 49
• Publication Date: August 26, 1964
• Content Type: NSPR

Approved For~Release 2000/08/26 :CIA-R
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In the wake of tlxe largest anti?gov Last week, too, an official of the :'
n~ ernment outpouring since Viet Nam Central Intelligence Agency suggest? I
-~ won its independence from Ia ranee 10 ed the possibility of "some kind of {
negotiated settlement" of the hostili?_
~- years ago, Maj. Gen. Nguyen Khanh .ties in, South Viet Nam.
`' capitulated to angry demands of stu-. The plan dated June 8 was appar- ,~
cents and Buddhists for ~ an ena to ' ently made public by the adminis-
;, dictatorial rule. ~ trat~on because a copy wa$ .said to
The 37-year-old general stepped -have been obtained by T}fe: Chicago
;~.? dawn onl nine da s after elevatin Tribune, which indicated 'it planned
y y g < to print excerpts.
~~ himself from premier to president of ~ '
''. South Viet Nam. He also tore up a ~ Willard Matthias,. a member of ;
contro~rersiai.new constitution giving CIA s Board of National Estimates.;
him strongman power in a national ant'i' ~iuthor of ttie 50?page working
~. emergency paper, said that there was "serious
~k~; .doubt that victory can be won.'.' He..~
Back in the confused political pie- , ~ indicated that, at best, "a prolonged
'? tore is Maj.- Gen. Duong Van Minh, stalemate" might be achieved: ~;
f the Buddhist who led the overthrow
~~ of President Ngo Dinh Diem last Nov. In view of past accusations relative ;`
''' 1. Minh, known as Big Minh, was re- to the CIA's ,role in South Viet Name
~~ moved as figurehead chief of state in one wonders if Gen. Iihanh has been,:
~` the Aug. 1G shakeup. Governments. ..toppled by our own people to pave the:;
Dave beeiz turned over three times ~ waY for implementation of the Mat? i
since last~Nov. 1. '? thias Plan., j
i Gen. I~hanh's ascendency to power ?Perhaps it is prophetic that this
has' purportedly had the blessin~~ of chicken should come home to the.+
U.S. authorities. The CIA was blarned roost during the Democratic National
-far the coup which toppled President Convention.