PERSONS/ENTITIES:
DATES: 11/1/63 2140 hours
CATEGORIES: DIEM
OCCURRENCE: TOP SECRET
Troops moving to the palace area and covering the Rio to ensure that Diem and Nhu do not attempt to escape through a sewer tunnel exit in the zoo area.
SOURCE: Hearings, S.S.C.I., 6/20/75, Conein, Exhibit One, page 19.
STAFF: Dawson
DATE: 6/30/75
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PERSONS/ENTITIES:
DATES: 11/1/63 2400 hours
CATEGORIES: DIEM
OCCURRENCE: TOP SECRET
"Colonel of the leading group threatened to blow up the palace. At this time, Diem's Chief of Staff had joined the group and was trying to arrange conditions with the Colonel for Diem's defense. Diem still alive in on the palace grounds. Nhu's death confirmed by Colonel."
SOURCE: Hearings, S.S.C.I., 6/20/75, Conein, Exhibit One, page 21.
STAFF: Dawson
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