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• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80R01720R000500110092-0
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 5
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 8, 2004
• Sequence Number: 92
• Publication Date: June 1, 1968
• Content Type: CABLE

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ALLEGEDLY: BEING SENT TO-PARIS TO AUGMENT
LE: DUC THO, BOTH BECAUSE OF HIS PARTY RANK ,AND HIS
MOST, INTERESTING. PERSON ON LIST I5,
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LONG RECORD OF PARTY RESPONSIBILITY
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8. THO'S DISPATCH TO PARIS IS BOTH INTERESTING AND SIGNIFICANT
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THUY IN THE PARTY HIERARCHY. THO IS ALMOST CERTAINLY BRINGING
NEW INSTRUCTIONS AND, EVEN WITHOUT INSTRUCTIONS, WILL HAVE
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SOUTHERN POLITICAL MATTERS. FOR NON-COMMUNIST VIE,TNAMES7,
BOTH IN AND: OUT " OF .THE GVN, THIS IS OF COURSE THE MOST DELICATE
OF ALL SUBJECTS AND THE, ONE THEY WANT LEAST TO SEE TAKEN
UP IN A- BILATERAL US/DRV FORUM. THO'S DISPATCH,. PLUS OTHER SIGNS,
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EXACERBATE SOUTH VIETNAMESE CONCERNS AND SUSPICIONS --,AND
HENCE POLITICAL TENSIONS.-- AT XXX A TIME WHEN,THE GVN POLITICAL
POT IS ALREADY SIMMERING WITH URBAN ATTACKS, A NEW CABINET,
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A FINAL POINT, THO IS A SPECIALIST IN PROPAGANDA, POLITICAL'
ACTION AND FRONT AFFAIRS. MANY OF THE VIETNAMESE EMIGRES IN
FRANCE ARE , ZRSONS HE HAS WORKED WITH: OR AGAINST FOR MANY
:YEARS AND'HEN E KNOWS WELL.. HE ALSO' KNOWS AND IS WELL: KNOWN
TO FRENCH OFFICIALS VERSED IN. VIETNAI SE AFFAIRS. ,THIO ALMOST
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