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20 documents contain the indexing term POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT IN SOUTH VIETNAM
ID Document
00394 Assessment of Viet Cong plans and capabilities of disrupting 3 September elections (August 28, 1967)
Intelligence information cable; NOT GIVEN; SANITIZED
Declassified: September 20, 1979
00256 Chances for a stable government in South Vietnam (September 8, 1964)
Special National Intelligence Estimate; SECRET; ORIGINAL
Declassified: December 21, 1976
00352 Current trends in Vietnam (April 30, 1965)
Special memorandum; SECRET; ORIGINAL
Declassified: March 3, 1978
00819 Dang Van Sung's discussion of the current political situation and his belief that Ky's chances are better than Thieu's for election to the presidency (April 9, 1967)
Intelligence information cable; NOT GIVEN; SANITIZED
Declassified: September 13, 1989
00274 Description of US objectives (April 1966)
Report; SECRET; ORIGINAL
Declassified: March 31, 1978
00159 Developments in South Vietnam during the past year (June 29, 1965)
Office of Current Intelligence memorandum; TOP SECRET; SANITIZED
Declassified: August 25, 1976
00701 Elements of political power in Vietnam
Memorandum; SECRET; ORIGINAL
Declassified: August 23, 1985
00273 How We Should Move (April 16, 1966)
Report; TOP SECRET; ORIGINAL
Declassified: March 31, 1978
00207 Maneuvering proceeding [sic] General Nguyen Khanh's decision to step down in favor of General Duong Van Minh (July 24, 1964)
Intelligence information cable; NOT GIVEN; SANITIZED
Declassified: May 10, 1976
00903 Nation in ferment : national elections and political permutations in South Vietnam (April 19, 1967)
Memorandum; SECRET; SANITIZED
Declassified: April 21, 1993
00857 Political base of the Saigon government (October 7, 1969)
Intelligence memorandum; NOT GIVEN; SANITIZED
Declassified: July 1, 1990
00229 Possible developments in South Vietnam (January 2, 1955)
National Intelligence Estimate; TOP SECRET; ORIGINAL
Declassified: November 4, 1975
00122 Problems of political development in South Vietnam over the next year or so (December 15, 1966)
National Intelligence Estimate; SECRET; ORIGINAL
Declassified: November 4, 1975
00702 Revolutionary phase of Vietnamese government discussed (August 1, 1965)
Intelligence information cable; NOT GIVEN; SANITIZED
Declassified: February 20, 1986
00127 Situation in Vietnam (February 13, 1965)
Office of Current Intelligence memorandum; NOT GIVEN; SANITIZED
Declassified: August 27, 1976
00128 Situation in Vietnam (March 8, 1965)
Office of Current Intelligence memorandum; NOT GIVEN; SANITIZED
Declassified: November 22, 1976
00395 Summary of Viet Cong activities in South Vietnam during July 1967 (August 30, 1967)
Intelligence information cable; NOT GIVEN; SANITIZED
Declassified: September 20, 1979
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
01353 Vice President Ky's current mood, events leading thereto, and proposed remedial action (June 6, 1968)
Cable; SECRET; SANITIZED
Declassified: February 5, 2001