WAR IN VIET NAM FATEFUL: NOLTING

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000600010039-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 3, 1999
• Sequence Number: 39
• Publication Date: May 6, 1964
• Content Type: NSPR

STATINTL .
Appproved For Release 1999/09/17
Fron4 EdiO Ottror
Pra~pr Pr?4 Paps
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' Conslider what he had to nary ;
in :.n in,trr'view in his famil.V ,
home at FOG Park ave. tltisa
* The : trurrae against, the ;~
Viet Cong insurt;cncy in Viet
Nam wag bcin~; icon under ~.
the fiovernrnent: of f'residcnt;
Ngn llinh Diem.
? Tite m?erthrrnv of Diem
last November ryas a "cr,.~tly y
error'",?that cost: the Srnrtb ~
Vietnamese forces morncntum i
they arc still trying Co regain. ,
o ~? cou[i wris "stimu-
]atcrl" by rertrrin srclions anti
at.titurles of the United St.ntes
government.
GPYRGHT
FORMER AMBASSADOR FREDERICK E. NOL7ING JR?
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NEWS-LEADER
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icy 7!'1'I,x;;R, VV}IITI.I;X
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~Sq~ath;,Vict IV'ainr?r,. -, f
ow as 1 u' frn~tter ich- ~
?monder prepares to embark '
on a new career--he will br+,-
crirnr~ a vice Presidrnt in the
int.eruational division of. Mor-t
g;ln Guaranty Trust Co. on
,tuly 7-.-hfv tltoughts still turn ,
.~
rrr~,ci. important. and C.ontro-;
iiEi'i.AC%F.U IDY J,OD(i;~
(Some reports say N;?slting ;
was replaced as ambassador '?
to Viet Nam bccausr. of leis: ;?
support of the Uicm rrs;inrr. +
Dicnt rePot?tcrlly hurl hrcn cn? ,
gaged in t'elifiious Pcrsr?culion
of Rurlrlhist monks, Nr,llini; ; CiA ~V3S(jx.yjE':iD ?-`? - 1
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Ifnrn?y Cabot ]..odi;e. .1 rsrUi?
tart' junta. overthrru' and ;~Ir+x'
7)irm in ear9y Nnvrmher,)
'The call, Pnlisherl Virginian,
says tbrlay that. Aicrn was nof.
only winning the war but that
"t.hc F.iudrlhist agit.,ttion, as is
,
now generally recognized, l; which acted in a disciplined
hurl a Political motive and had' ? manner."
grievances."' '"
* Contrary to some press a
speculation, 'the Central Ii1?+'
telligt`nce Agency should not
1??rt blamed for the overthrow
?ot: ~ T~iem.
GPYRGHT
~
The CIA ~t'as not free- ?!
i wheeling or making policy on
Its own in Viet Nam. Our
government's influence ? and
?r actions last. fall-which I
think aerc costly errors of
judgment-can not, in fairness ~
' he attributed to the CIA
.,
.a er, encra
I{hank, whom Notting knew
"quite? well,,' is a "good
soldier, a man of? ability and
imagination,' and one who, I
believe, has sound and I;ood in,.
tentf~~nv fei? hia UConInS,, ... , ..
Approved For Release 1999/09/17 :CIA-RDP75-001498000600010039-6