PERSONS/ENTITIES: Minh, Diem, Ngo Dinh, Conein
DATES: 11/2/63
CATEGORIES: Diem
OCCURRENCE: Conein explained that although it was baffling as to why Diem left the palace to go to the church in Cholon, and although he did not know exactly how they got out the general assumption was that there were secret tunnels in the palace which was the former Governor General's Palace called Gialong Palace. The tunnel took them under and through the palace and the half block to City Hall. Page 63-64.

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SOURCE: Hearings, SSC Conein, June 20, 1975
STAFF: Dawson
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DATE: 7/1/75

PERSONS/ENTITIES: Bang, Major Minh, Diem, Ngo Conein, Tran Minh
DATES: 11/2/63
CATEGORIES: Diem
OCCURRENCE: Bang was in the armored column and returned about an hour after Minh had left. Conein asked Bang (whom Conein had met in Hanoi in 1949) what his orders were. Bang stated the orders going through the palace was that we were not to fire unless we were fired upon and that they had not been found at that time. The expectation was and everybody assumed, that Minh and Nhu were at the palace.

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SOURCE: Hearings, SSC, Conein, 6/20/75
STAFF: Dawson