DATES: 2 November 1963
CATEGORIES: DIEM
TOP SECRET
OCCURRENCE: CONEIN stated that around 6:30 or 6:40 on November 2, 1963, DIEM talked to MINH for the first time. DIEM asked MINH for full honors and MINH replied that he could not guarantee full honors, if and during the time that Vietnamese were still killing one another. DIEM stated that he would order the cease fire at the palace and CONEIN recalls that this took place at about 7:50, November 2, 1963. CONEIN stated as follows: "At this stage, there were four armored cars and 113's as escort of military police proceeded immediately from the joint general staff headquarters toward GAI LONG PALACE. BIG MINH with his aide, CAPTAIN NHUNG got into a sedan and with MTS Corps, went out the back road from the general staff headquarters toward the back of the golf course and took a different road from the armored cars that went down Cong Le." p. 52-53
SOURCE: Hearings, SSCI, June 20, 1975, Conein
STAFF: R. DAWSON
FILE: DATE: July 1, 1975
PERSONS/ENTITIES: MINH
DATES: 11/2/63 2420 hours 0020(!)
CATEGORIES: DIEM
OCCURRENCE: TOP SECRET
SOURCE: Hearings, S.S.C.I., 6/20/75, Conein, Exhibit One, page 23.
STAFF: Dawson
FILE: DATE: 6/30/75