19 APRIL MEMO ON SOUTH VIETNAMESE POLITICS ('NATION IN FERMENT')

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May 19, 2004
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April 19, 1967
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Approved-For Release'2004/016114 CIA-RDP80R 20R000500060061-0 19 April 1967 MEMORANDUM FOR THE DIRECTOR SUBJECT: 19 April Memo on South Vietnamese Politics ( "Nation in Ferment") 1. The attached memorandum was prepared at my request and it- )duction was brokered by the Vietnamese Affairs Staff, but it re_iw,cts the work of many hands. Mr. Layton of ONE/FE did the basic d.rafting. OGI and FE/VNO assisted in its preparation and contributed ideas to it. The final editing was done by the VAS. It is, thus, a joint effort in which all Headquarters elements concerned with South Vietnamese politic s have participated. 2. The memo was prepared primarily as an operational aid and rc ide for the Political Action Division of the Saigon Station. It is, however, x_ a compendium that many U. S. Government elements concerned with Vietnam might find useful. I intend to recommend at the 20 April Exec- utive Committee meeting that in addition to distributing it within the building and pouching; it to Saigon, we send copies to Messrs. Rostow, Komer, Bundy, Unger, McNaughton and, possibly, McNamara; attempt et copies to Ambassadors Bunker and Locke; and send several copies k,o .de Vietnam Working Group, I NR, and the working level components of DI A. 3. I deliberately had this opus printed as a blind memorandum with a SECRET classification to enhance its utility and avoid drawing attention to its CIA origin. 25X1 George A. Carver, Jr. Special Assistant for Vietnamese Affairs Approved For Release 20O41b6/14?: ;CIA-RDP80R01720R000500060061-0 Approved For Release 2004/06/14: CIA-RDP80RO172OR000500060061-0 O/DCI/SAVA:GACarver/mee Distribution "Prig; - DCI w/att 1 - /DDCI w/att 1 - _D/ONE w/att 1 - :DDI w /att 1 - D/OCI w/att 1 - :ID/OR.R v/att I - DDP w/att 1 - C/FE w/att 1 - G/FE/VNC) w/att 1 - +DCI (Dean Moor - 3/att) I - IDNE/FE (2/att) 1. - SVN/IDo1 Acts (Gen)flile w/att I - GAC Chrono woattV 1 - VA.S Chrono w/att Approved For Release 2004/06/14: CIA-RDP80RO172OR000500060061-0 Approved For Release 2004/04-?bI*-RDP80R01720R000500060061-0 19 April 1967 ? EMORA.NDUM FOR THE DIRECTOR SUBJECT: Lodge's 19 April Weekly (Saigon 23485 NODIS) 1. This is Lodge's final weekly. He closes (pare 37) by saying that a week from "today" (19 April) I hope to be home and by thanking President Johnson "for your trust in rne, for your never-failing backing and for your leadership so full of insight." 2. Other subjects discussed include (1) National Reconciliation and the GVN's (finally) announced program (2) The political situation (Lansdale jumped the gun reporting that the military had picked Ky.) (3) Hanoi's thinking# an exhortation to the P id res ent not to be duped (paras 11 - 18) (4) The military situation (nothing new) (5) Casualties, a discussion of current statistics, VC attacks on RD teams and general VC terrorism (paras 22 - 31) (6) Chieu Hoi figures (still up) (7) Economic indices, a resume which includes the fact that rubber trees in III Corps are deteriorating, possibly as a result of U. S. herbicide operations (para 36) George A. Carver, Jr. Special Assistant for Vietnamese Affairs Attachment Distribution Original - Addressee, 1 - TA C Chro opproved or Ra4t elease, : CIA-RDP60FR01720R660500060061-0