PERSONS/ENTITIES: LODGE HARKINS BUNDY CONEIN NHU DATES: Oct 24, 1963 CATEGORIES: DIEM TOP SECRET OCCURRENCE: In an eyes only cable from CIA to Saigon for LODGE and HARKINS, from BUNDY the following message appears: "...there may be danger NHU attempting entrapment through DON's approaches to CONEIN...feel quite strongly that LODGE and HARKINS should stand back from any nonessential involvement...it seems wise to maintain close control over meetings between DON and CONEIN." SOURCE: IG Report 1967 (CIA) p. 35 STAFF: DAWSON FILE: DATE: 6/27/75 PERSONS/ENTITIES: HANSEN, BUREAU OF BUDGET EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF CIA LODGE RICHARDSON DATES: Oct 24, 1963 CATEGORIES: DIEM TOP SECRET OCCURRENCE: On October 24, 1963, there was a meeting between the executive director of CIA and KENNETH HANSEN, Bureau of the Budget, wherein HANSEN detailed charges made by LODGE at his initial meeting with LODGE. The memorandum for the record prepared by the Executive Director, details the following charges made by LODGE: 1. CIA was improperly dealing with NHU; 2. CIA was reluctant to turn over to the military its operation among the hill tribes; 3. CIA had inadequate penetrations of the GVN and the Buddhist and was caught by surprise; 4. RICHARDSON had a palatial mansion and entertained government officials there; 5. the CIA station was too large and too visible; 6. CIA acted on its own initiative without coordination and without control either at the Ambassador or Washington. HANSEN said he later reported to LODGE that he thought LODGE's charges were erroneous. He said he was convinced that everything the CIA had done in Vietnam had been approved in Washington, coordinated with and carried out under the directions of the Ambassador and had been carried out with good judgment and with a high quality of performance. HANSEN noted that at the time of his first meeting with LODGE, LODGE had not yet had a full briefing on what the Agency was doing. This took place a few days later.