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Title:
Attempted coup on Sept. 13
Date of Creation:
September 22, 1964
Date of Declassification:
October 29, 1975
Type of Document:
Office of Current Intelligence memorandum
Level of Classification:
SECRET
Status of Copy:
ORIGINAL
Pagination, Illustration:
3 p.
Abstract:
Attempted coup on Sept. 13. Transmittal Memorandum, Marshall S. Carter, Acting Dir., to McGeorge Bundy, Spec. Asst. to the Pres. for Nat. Security Affairs, Sept. 22, 1964. 1 p. Encl: Failure of Viet Cong to attempt seizure of power during 13 September coup (the VC did not have the strength nor did it believe that such action would fit into its present strategy). Office of Current Intelligence Memorandum, OCI No. 2231/64. Sept. 22, 1964. 2 p. SECRET. Declassified Oct. 29, 1975.
Indexing Terms:
Declassified Documents Reference System Location:
1976-229A