PERSONS/ENTITIES:
STILWELL, GENERAL RICHARD
CONIEN
GENERAL DON
LODGE, HENRY CABOT
DATES:
Latter part of October 1963
CATEGORIES:
DIEM
OCCURRENCE: In the latter part of October, CONIEN stated, the people in Washington figured that CONIEN was being set up as a "patsy" and that this would be highly embarrassing for the U.S. government in case he was found out to have been set up. Therefore, the people in Washington made recommendations that somebody more senior to him and with extensive military background should take over from him. When Washington then sent a message to Ambassador LODGE and recommended that a capable officer and a personal friend of CONIEN's, GENERAL STILWELL take over, GENERAL DON and the coup members said, no, we trust CONIEN, we don't want anybody else. pp. 31-32
TOP SECRET
SOURCE:
Hearings, SSCI, June 20, 1975, Conien
FILE:
STAFF:
R. DAWSON
DATE:
July 1, 1975
PERSONS/ENTITIES:
DON, GENERAL
LODGE, AMBASSADOR
CONIEN
DATES:
Oct. 28, 1963
CATEGORIES:
DIEM
OCCURRENCE:
The October 28, 1963 entry in the Saigon station's "History of the Vietnamese Generals Coup" notes that: General DON asked LODGE if CONIEN was speaking for the Ambassador. LODGE replied in the affirmative. DON told the Ambassador that the U.S. government should not interfere with or try to stimulate a coup. The Ambassador agreed with DON.
SOURCE:
IG Report 1967 (CIA) p. 36-37
STAFF:
R. DAWSON