PERSONS/ENTITIES: LODGE, H.C.
DATES: November 1, 1963
CATEGORIES: DIEM
OCCURRENCE: When DIEM called LODGE directly preceding his death, COLBY states that the message that he saw of the summary of the conversation was that DIEM, "...said that he was going to require his officers to have filled their oaths of loyalty to the constitution, the Vietnamese constitution, in his office as president. He was very stiff about his position President." p. 67

SOURCE: Hearings, SSCI, June 20, 1975, Colby
STAFF: R. DAWSON
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DATE: 1 July 1975

PERSONS/ENTITIES: CONEIN, DON, GENERAL, STATION (Saigon), JGS headquarters
DATES: 1 Nov 1963
CATEGORIES: DIEM
OCCURRENCE: On November 1, 1963, "CONEIN went to JGS headquarters and remained at the command post throughout the struggle. Before leaving his home, CONEIN alerted the STATION by radio. Upon arriving at JGS headquarters, CONEIN was told by GENERAL DON that DON had tried unsuccessfully to reach CONEIN earlier by telephone. A later check revealed that CONEIN's telephone was out of order. CONEIN was told that he was to keep a telephone line open to the Ambassador. Because there was a CIA officer on the scene and in intimate contact with the coup principals, the STATION was able to report almost minute-by-minute progress of the coup."

SOURCE: CIA IG Report, 1967, pp. 41-42
STAFF: R. DAWSON
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DATE: 29 June 1975