TOP SECRET

DATES: 11/1/63
CATEGORIES: DIEM

OCCURRENCE:
8. There was a leak to the President prior to the actual coup being launched. Because of this, the President ordered the 41st Ranger Battalion to move into Saigon and to take the PTT and to surround the palace. This caused another stumbling block in the generals' plan. They were completely taken by surprise by this maneuver and had to negotiate with the commander of the battalion to withdraw his unit.

SOURCE: Hearings, S.S.C.I., 6/20/75, Conein, Exhibit one, page 11.
STAFF: Dawson
DATE: 6/30/75

PERSONS/ENTITIES: GEN. DINH, COUNSELLER NHU
DATES: 31 August '63, 11/1/63
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
DATE: 6/30/75