PERSONS/ENTITIES: GEN. DINH COUNSELLER NHU DATES: 31 August 1963 11/7/63 CATEGORIES: DIEM OCCURRENCE: Dinh, on approximately 31 August, had the audacity to inform both President Diem and Counsellor Nhu that he was their savior and requested a ministerial post for himself. SOURCE: Hearings, S.S.C.I., 6/20/75, Conein, Exhibit one, pages 12-13. STAFF: Dawson FILE: DATE: 6/30/75 PERSONS/ENTITIES: RICHARDSON, John DATES: 28 Aug. 1963 CATEGORIES: DIEM OCCURRENCE: 1 August 28, 1963, RICHARDSON reports in a CIA cable from Saigon (SAIG 0363) that: "Situation here has reached point of no return...Unless the generals are neutralized before being able to launch their operations, we believe they will act and that they have a good chance to win...We all understand that the effort must succeed and that whatever needs to be done on our part must be done..." (10) SOURCE: I.G. REPORT 1967, Part C, p. 10 STAFF: Dawson FILE: DATE: