PERSONS/ENTITIES: CONEIN
DATES: October 1963
CATEGORIES: DIEM
OCCURRENCE: CONEIN stated that he looked upon his job as conveying orders from his ambassador to the people that were planning the coup and to monitor those people who were planning the coup, and to get as much information so that our government would not be caught with their pants down. He did agree not to thwart the coup and in fact, to supply economic and military assistance if the coup succeeded, but did not conceive his objective the encouragement or the promotion of the coup, nor did he ever discuss the possibility of discouraging the coup. CONEIN stated that if the United States had now shown any interest or remained neutral in opposing DIEM, there would have been a coup anyway. pp. 38-41
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SOURCE: Hearings, SSCI, June 20, 1975, Conein
STAFF: R. DAWSON
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DATE: July 1, 1975
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PERSONS/ENTITIES: DINH MINH DON COLONEL CO, Dinh's Deputy
DATES: Early October 1963
CATEGORIES: DIEM
OCCURRENCE: When the ministerial post for DINH did not materialize by early October, the coup principals realized that they had DINH actively thinking against the regime. It is evident from statements during the series of meetings with GENERAL DON and GENERAL MINH during the month of October that they still did not trust DINH, but felt they had compromised him sufficiently with his troops, and, if necessary to eliminate DINH if he showed any sign of compromising the generals. DINH was surrounded by officers who surveilled him 24 hours a day including CO, his deputy. p. 13
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SOURCE:
STAFF: R. DAWSON
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DATE:
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