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296 documents contain the indexing term POLITICAL SITUATION IN SOUTH VIETNAM
Documents 1 to 50 are shown below
ID Document
00897 Activities of political elements in behalf of Lieutenant General Nguyen Van Thieu as a candidate for the presidency and efforts to form a government front group (February 21, 1967)
Intelligence information cable; NOT GIVEN; SANITIZED
Declassified: April 1, 1993
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
00652 Agreement between Nguyen Khanh and the Young Turks (October 1, 1964)
Intelligence information cable; NOT GIVEN; SANITIZED
Declassified: September 24, 1985
01075 Alleged plan of Ngo Dinh Nhu to obtain release of Buddhist monks by fake demonstration in front of American Embassy (September 17, 1963)
Information report cable; NOT GIVEN; SANITIZED
Declassified: July 18, 1996
00480 Analysis of political situation in South Vietnam on 3/14/66 (March 14, 1966)
Cable; NOT GIVEN; SANITIZED
Declassified: August 20, 1980
01182 Analysis of the Communists' strengths, capabilities, and will to persist in their present strategy in Vietnam. Summary discussion (August 26, 1966)
Report; NOT GIVEN; ORIGINAL
01180 Analysis of the Vietnamese Communists' strengths, capabilities, and will to persist in their present strategy in Vietnam. Annex XI: The probable near term military and political strategy of the Vietnamese Communists (August 26, 1966)
Report; NOT GIVEN; ORIGINAL
00984 Announcement by Senators Sung and Hien of plan to form a political block of both houses of the National Assembly and to organize a political party (December 26, 1968)
Intelligence information cable; NOT GIVEN; SANITIZED
Declassified: June 15, 1995
00479 Anti-government protests in South Vietnam discussed (March 11, 1966)
Cable; SECRET; ORIGINAL
Declassified: August 20, 1980
00615 Apprehensions ... regarding recent events in Vietnam (May 18, 1963)
Information report cable; NOT GIVEN; SANITIZED
Declassified: March 22, 1985
00889 Areas of disagreement between representatives of the Directorate and Constituent Assembly concerning revision of the draft constitution (January 21, 1967)
Intelligence information cable; NOT GIVEN; SANITIZED
Declassified: February 8, 1993
00261 Armed Forces Council decision to dissolve itself (May 6, 1965)
Intelligence cable; NOT GIVEN; SANITIZED
Declassified: September 8, 1977
00891 Arrest and detention of military officers by order of Director General of National Police in connection with the removal of Deputy Prime Minister Co (January 25, 1967)
Intelligence information cable; NOT GIVEN; SANITIZED
Declassified: February 8, 1993
00285 Assessment of Viet Cong hold over the population and GVN progress in province pacification (May 11, 1964)
Draft report; SECRET; ORIGINAL
Declassified: May 3, 1976
00005 Belief of senior Vietnamese officials for need of state of national emergency and government reforms (October 18, 1961)
Information report; NOT GIVEN; SANITIZED
Declassified: December 1974
01405 Briefing points on South Vietnam (November 2, 1954)
Memorandum; TOP SECRET; ORIGINAL
Declassified: June 13, 2001
00838 Brigadier General Nguyen Ngoc Loan (January 26, 1967)
Memorandum; SECRET; SANITIZED
Declassified: February 22, 1991
00462 Buddhist demonstrations in South Vietnam (June 3, 1963)
Office of Current Intelligence memorandum; CONFIDENTIAL; ORIGINAL
Declassified: November 2, 1981
01014 Buddhist proposal for the replacement of the provisional government in South Vietnam (December 18, 1963)
Information report cable; NOT GIVEN; SANITIZED
Declassified: September 16, 1996
00463 Buddhists in South Vietnam (June 28, 1963)
Office of Current Intelligence special report; SECRET; ORIGINAL
Declassified: October 15, 1981
01349 Central intelligence bulletin : 23 February 1965 (February 23, 1965)
Intelligence bulletin; TOP SECRET; SANITIZED
Declassified: July 15, 1993
00256 Chances for a stable government in South Vietnam (September 8, 1964)
Special National Intelligence Estimate; SECRET; ORIGINAL
Declassified: December 21, 1976
01077 Change of leadership in South Vietnam (May 16, 1964)
Cable; SECRET; SANITIZED
Declassified: March 11, 1998
00783 CIA assessment of unfavorable political and military situation in South Vietnam (November 27, 1964)
Memorandum; TOP SECRET; ORIGINAL
Declassified: April 6, 1987
00671 CIA proposals for limited civilian political action in Vietnam
Memorandum; NOT GIVEN; SANITIZED
Declassified: August 14, 1985
01008 CIA proposals for limited covert civilian political action in Vietnam (March 31, 1965)
Memorandum; SECRET; SANITIZED
Declassified: October 12, 1995
00484 CIA studies of Vietnam situation sent to President Johnson (June 24, 1965)
Letter; SECRET; ORIGINAL
Declassified: June 17, 1981
00656 CIA's twelve proposals for limited civilian political action in Vietnam (April 12, 1965)
Memorandum; SECRET; SANITIZED
Declassified: August 14, 1985
00893 Claim of Revolutionary Dai Viet Party in Thua Thien Province that it will have some 6,500 members by end of February (February 18, 1967)
Intelligence information cable; NOT GIVEN; SANITIZED
Declassified: April 1, 1993
01009 Copies of the twelve cables sent to Saigon on CIA's proposals for limited covert civilian political action in Vietnam (April 12, 1965)
Memorandum; SECRET; SANITIZED
Declassified: October 12, 1995
01381 Current Soviet evaluation of the war in Vietnam (October 10, 1967)
Information report; NOT GIVEN; SANITIZED
Declassified: July 21, 1995
00461 Current status of the War in South Vietnam (January 11, 1963)
Office of Current Intelligence memorandum; TOP SECRET; SANITIZED
Declassified: November 30, 1981
00352 Current trends in Vietnam (April 30, 1965)
Special memorandum; SECRET; ORIGINAL
Declassified: March 3, 1978
00930 Daily situation report for 7/4/67 on the political situation in Vietnam (July 4, 1967)
Cable; CONFIDENTIAL; ORIGINAL
Declassified: July 1, 1993
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
00964 Decision to accept the resignations of Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Luu Vien and of six cabinet members (October 18, 1966)
Intelligence information cable; NOT GIVEN; SANITIZED
Declassified: March 1, 1994
00524 Defense Intelligence Agency special intelligence summary (June 26, 1963)
Intelligence information cable; NOT GIVEN; SANITIZED
Declassified: December 5, 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
00909 Deteriorating relations between Chief of State Nguyen Van Thieu and Prime Minister Nguyen Cao Ky (May 27, 1967)
Intelligence information cable; NOT GIVEN; SANITIZED
Declassified: April 5, 1993
00159 Developments in South Vietnam during the past year (June 29, 1965)
Office of Current Intelligence memorandum; TOP SECRET; SANITIZED
Declassified: August 25, 1976
01429 Directive No. 34 of the Tay Ninh Province Current Affairs Committee (December 31, 1968)
Intelligence information cable; NOT GIVEN; SANITIZED
Declassified: June 15, 1995
00921 Directives to Provincial Police and Military Security Service chiefs to secure control of village governmental machinery and to report on village election candidates and electoral process as well as on all provincial organizations and their officers (March 23, 1967)
Intelligence information cable; NOT GIVEN; SANITIZED
Declassified: April 27, 1993
01120 Discussion with President Johnson, Thursday evening, from 6:15 p.m. for about 10 minutes (February 25, 1965)
Memorandum; SECRET; ORIGINAL
Declassified: June 3, 1996
01119 Discussion with the President re South Vietnam (February 3, 1965)
Memorandum; SECRET; ORIGINAL
Declassified: June 3, 1996
00951 Dissension among South Vietnam's generals (August 2, 1966)
Intelligence memorandum; SECRET; ORIGINAL
Declassified: December 16, 1993
00631 Events and developments in South Vietnam, 5-18 October 1963 (October 19, 1963)
Memorandum; SECRET; ORIGINAL
Declassified: March 11, 1985
01078 Former Prime Minister Phan Huy Quat remarks on the political situation in South Vietnam (May 6, 1966)
Cable; CONFIDENTIAL; SANITIZED
Declassified: May 21, 1998
00642 Further comments on the situation in Vietnam (February 11, 1964)
Memorandum; SECRET; SANITIZED
Declassified: May 22, 1985
00908 Government of Vietnam analysis of war situation and draft of a presidential candidacy platform (May 16, 1967)
Intelligence information cable; NOT GIVEN; SANITIZED
Declassified: April 5, 1993
01076 Government's lack of hard evidence that Viet Cong initiated or assumed direction of the Buddhist movement (September 17, 1963)
Information report cable; NOT GIVEN; SANITIZED
Declassified: July 18, 1996