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Title:
Comments on "Supreme Military Committee" ----
Date of Creation:
August 16, 1967
Date of Declassification:
September 20, 1979
Type of Document:
Intelligence information cable
Level of Classification:
NOT GIVEN
Status of Copy:
SANITIZED
Pagination, Illustration:
3 p.
Abstract:
Comments on "Supreme Military Committee"______ [word of the existence of a "Supreme Military Committee" was probably leaked by one of the generals who belongs to it; Nguyen Van Thieu is "not aware of the Committee's existence but is a member and participated in its formation"; the Committee
should have planned an explanation of its
existence such as that it is a periodic
meeting of senior military officers to ensure
the unity of the armed forces and oversee the
fighting of insurgency; its secret objective
of supervising major policy lines in the
nonmilitary areas of govt. should have been
allowed to develop informally without any
specific declarations]. Intelligence
Information Cable, TDCS DB-315/03256-67. Aug.
16, 1967. 3 p. Security classification not
given. SANITIZED copy. Released Sept. 20,
1979. Johnson Library, NSF, Countries,
Vietnam, CIA Intelligence Information Cables,
July 27-Aug. 31, 1967.
Declassified Documents Reference System Location:
1980-236A