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Title:
Situation in South Vietnam (20-24 March 1964)
Date of Creation:
March 25, 1964
Date of Declassification:
May 5, 1976
Type of Document:
Situation report
Level of Classification:
SECRET
Status of Copy:
SANITIZED
Pagination, Illustration:
12 p., 1 map
Abstract:
Situation in South Vietnam (20-24 March 1964) (Khanh has won a vote of confidence from the Military Revolutionary Council; a new steering committee has been formed to avoid a cabinet revolt; the Council of Notables will be retained; Viet Cong armed attacks and anti-US terrorism continue; the hamlet militia program is still under review; an AID survey indicates that the economic situation has improved; strained relations with Cambodia have eased after Vietnam's apology for the Chantrea incident; Communist war propaganda follows familiar lines). Situation Report, OCI No. 1270/64. Mar. 25, 1964. 13 p., map. Annex: (A) (Aerial photography indicates the current status of strategic hamlets in five provinces.) 2 p.; (B) Situation in Quang Ngai and Binh Dinh (Viet Cong activity). 3 p. SECRET/EYES ONLY. SANITIZED copy. Released May 5, 1976. Johnson Library, NSF, Countries, Vietnam, Vol. 6.
Indexing Terms:
NGUYEN KHANH
DUONG VAN MINH
TRAN THIEN KHIEM
DO MAU
PHAM XUAN CHIEU
NGUYEN VAN THIEU
DUONG VAN DUC
NGUYEN TON HOAN
HUYNH VAN CAO
NORODOM SIHANOUK
NIKITA KRUSHCHEV
CHARLES DE GAULLE
CALLS FOR RECONVENING OF GENEVA CONFERENCE
MILITARY COUP PLOT
COUNCIL OF NOTABLES
MILITARY REVOLUTIONARY COUNCIL
DAI VIET PARTY
SOUTH VIETNAMESE 25TH INFANTRY DIVISION
POLITICAL SITUATION IN SOUTH VIETNAM
MILITARY SITUATION IN SOUTH VIETNAM
SECURITY SITUATION IN SOUTH VIETNAM
ECONOMIC SITUATION IN SOUTH VIETNAM
VIET CONG ACTIVITIES
VIET CONG MILITARY ACTIVITIES
VIET CONG TERRORIST ACTIVITIES
THIRD COUNTRY DEVELOPMENTS
COMMUNIST BLOC DEVELOPMENTS
QUANG NGAI PROVINCE
BINH DINH PROVINCE
PHU YEN PROVINCE
KIEN HOA PROVINCE
BA XUYEN PROVINCE
HAU NGHIA PROVINCE
LONG AN PROVINCE
KIEN TUONG PROVINCE
KIEN PHONG PROVINCE'
CAMBODIA
CHANTREA INCIDENT
INTERNATIONAL CONTROL COMMISSION
RURAL LIFE HAMLET PROGRAM
ASSESSMENT OF SITUATION IN QUANG NGAI PROVINCE
ASSESSMENT OF SITUATION IN BINH DINH PROVINCE
Declassified Documents Reference System Location:
1977-177C
Link to Full Text:
http://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=0410104002