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49 documents contain the indexing term CAO VAN VIEN
ID Document
00928 Agreement between Chief of State Thieu and Prime Minister Ky that Thieu, as President, will be a figurehead and Ky, as Vice President, will retain control after the elections (July 3, 1967)
Intelligence information cable; NOT GIVEN; SANITIZED
Declassified: April 6, 1993
00151 Alleged concern of majority of general officers that trend of relations with the United States may lead to withdrawal of U.S. aid (December 31, 1964)
Intelligence information cable; NOT GIVEN; SANITIZED
Declassified: September 27, 1976
00147 Ambassador Tran Van [sic] Khiem's willingness to intervene in South Vietnam political situation (December 23, 1964)
Intelligence information cable; NOT GIVEN; SANITIZED
Declassified: September 24, 1976
00842 Analysis of Vietnamese attitudes in wake of Viet Cong attack on Saigon (February 6, 1968)
Intelligence information cable; NOT GIVEN; SANITIZED
Declassified: February 22, 1991
00812 Background information on South Vietnam's Brigadier General Cao Van Vien (August 21, 1964)
Report; NOT GIVEN; SANITIZED
00138 Cast of characters in South Vietnam (August 28, 1963)
Office of Current Intelligence memorandum; SECRET; ORIGINAL
Declassified: June 3, 1976
00435 Continued activity of political cadre group supported privately by Prime Minister Ky (August 20, 1967)
Intelligence information cable; NOT GIVEN; SANITIZED
Declassified: September 20, 1979
00198 Coup in South Vietnam (November 1, 1963)
Office of Current Intelligence memorandum; SECRET; ORIGINAL
Declassified: August 2, 1976
00430 Decisions taken by senior generals at meeting on 3 and 4 August 1967 (August 11, 1967)
Intelligence information cable; NOT GIVEN; SANITIZED
Declassified: September 20, 1979
00155 Deliberations of Armed Forces Council (AFC) on 24 January (January 25, 1965)
Intelligence information cable; NOT GIVEN; SANITIZED
00433 Denial by General Loan that a secret military committee exists (August 19, 1967)
Intelligence information cable; NOT GIVEN; SANITIZED
Declassified: September 20, 1979
00231 Details of the 26 and 27 August 1964 meetings of the Military Revolutionary Council (September 1, 1964)
Intelligence information cable; NOT GIVEN; SANITIZED
00951 Dissension among South Vietnam's generals (August 2, 1966)
Intelligence memorandum; SECRET; ORIGINAL
Declassified: December 16, 1993
00855 Evacuation of Saigon discussed (April 28, 1975)
Cable; NOT GIVEN; ORIGINAL
Declassified: July 1, 1988
00425 Functioning and aims of "Inner Circle" of Generals who exercise power of decision in South Vietnam (August 10, 1967)
Intelligence information cable; NOT GIVEN; SANITIZED
Declassified: September 20, 1979
01104 III Corps analysis of Viet Cong goals for the Tet Offensive (February 11, 1968)
Cable; SECRET; SANITIZED
Declassified: July 10, 1998
00923 Inconclusive results of meeting of senior Vietnamese generals to discuss presidential candidacy of Chief of State Nguyen Van Thieu and Prime Minister Nguyen Cao Ky (April 3, 1967)
Intelligence information cable; NOT GIVEN; SANITIZED
Declassified: April 5, 1993
00212 Loyalties of the Armed Forces commanders and the possibility of success if a coup d'etat is attempted : situation appraisal as of 31 August 1964 (September 1, 1964)
Intelligence information cable; NOT GIVEN; SANITIZED
00233 Marine Brigade commander's view that General Nguyen Khanh is in control of the situation (September 2, 1964)
Report; NOT GIVEN; SANITIZED
00903 Nation in ferment : national elections and political permutations in South Vietnam (April 19, 1967)
Memorandum; SECRET; SANITIZED
Declassified: April 21, 1993
00065 Plans of Col. Pham Ngoc Thao to mount a coup ... (August 28, 1964)
Intelligence information cable; SECRET; SANITIZED
Declassified: May 24, 1976
01150 President Thieu's meeting with Vice President Ky and the senior generals to discuss cabinet reorganization and government policies (May 16, 1968)
Intelligence information cable; SECRET; SANITIZED
Declassified: October 22, 1999
00447 Prime Minister Ky's view that General Thi may have lost support of the populace and may be engaged in political moves against the government (March 4, 1966)
Intelligence information cable; NOT GIVEN; SANITIZED
Declassified: October 11, 1979
01140 Probability that Vice President Ky wil not return to Paris for the peace talks (December 28, 1968)
Intelligence information cable; NOT GIVEN; SANITIZED
Declassified: June 15, 1995
00623 Probable loyalties of key military units and commanders in event of coup d'etat (August 29, 1963)
Cable; NOT GIVEN; SANITIZED
Declassified: March 11, 1985
01102 Problems and activities of, and dissension within, the Vietnamese Task Force (February 9, 1968)
Cable; SECRET; SANITIZED
Declassified: July 10, 1998
00400 Remarks of Vietnamese Ambassador to the United States, Bui Diem (March 17, 1967)
Intelligence information report; SECRET; ORIGINAL
Declassified: May 17, 1978
00892 Situation in South Vietnam (January 30, 1967)
Weekly report; SECRET; SANITIZED
Declassified: February 8, 1993
00901 Situation in South Vietnam (April 10, 1967)
Weekly report; SECRET; SANITIZED
Declassified: April 5, 1993
00880 Situation in South Vietnam (January 12, 1966)
Weekly report; NOT GIVEN; SANITIZED
Declassified: June 10, 1991
00904 Situation in South Vietnam (April 24, 1967)
Weekly report; SECRET; SANITIZED
Declassified: April 5, 1993
00919 Situation in South Vietnam (February 13, 1967)
Weekly report; SECRET; SANITIZED
Declassified: April 15, 1993
00837 Situation in South Vietnam (September 30, 1968)
Weekly report; SECRET; SANITIZED
Declassified: June 25, 1990
00319 Situation in South Vietnam (September 30, 1964)
Weekly report; SECRET; SANITIZED
Declassified: February 9, 1978
00932 Situation in South Vietnam (August 11, 1965)
Weekly report; NOT GIVEN; SANITIZED
Declassified: February 16, 1993
00318 Situation in South Vietnam (September 23, 1964)
Weekly report; SECRET; SANITIZED
Declassified: November 1, 1977
00968 Situation in South Vietnam (October 6, 1965)
Weekly report; SECRET; ORIGINAL
Declassified: August 24, 1993
00972 Situation in South Vietnam (September 29, 1965)
Weekly report; SECRET; SANITIZED
Declassified: August 24, 1993
00973 Situation in South Vietnam (October 13, 1965)
Weekly report; SECRET; SANITIZED
Declassified: August 24, 1993
01032 Situation in South Vietnam (November 3, 1965)
Weekly report; SECRET; ORIGINAL
Declassified: January 12, 1996
01337 Situation in South Vietnam : 21 November - 27 November 1966 (November 28, 1966)
Intelligence report; SECRET; ORIGINAL
Declassified: December 16, 1993
01114 South Vietnamese Army today (December 12, 1966)
Intelligence memorandum; SECRET; ORIGINAL
Declassified: June 16, 1998
00745 Status of coup 11/1/63 (November 1, 1963)
Cable; SECRET; SANITIZED
Declassified: July 2, 1985
00816 The Vietnam situation : an analysis and estimate. Chapter IV: Political developments and prospects in South Vietnam (May 23, 1967)
Report; NOT GIVEN; ORIGINAL
00401 Transmittal of working notes taken at the March 20 and 21 sessions of the Guam Conference... (March 23, 1967)
Working notes; TOP SECRET; SANITIZED
Declassified: June 12, 1979
01142 Vice President Ky's belief that military dissatisfaction with President Thieu's indecisiveness may lead to Thieu's ouster and replacement by Ky (March 6, 1968)
Intelligence information special report; SECRET; SANITIZED
Declassified: June 30, 1999
01100 Vice President Ky's comments on progress of Task Force and other aspects of current crisis (February 8, 1968)
Cable; SECRET; SANITIZED
Declassified: July 10, 1998
01083 Vice President Ky's intention to recomment to President Thieu that task force be abolished (February 13, 1968)
Cable; SECRET; SANITIZED
Declassified: April 27, 1998
00105 Young generals' group in South Vietnam (August 8, 1964)
Derictorate of Intelligence memorandum; SECRET; SANITIZED
Declassified: July 30, 1976