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176-10036-10094 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F_ KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992
JFK ASSASSINATION SYSTEM
IDENTIFICATION FORM
AGENCY NARA
RECORD NUMBER 176-10036-10094
RECORD SERIES National Security Files
AGENCY FILE NUMBER
ORIGINATOR CIA
FROM
TO
TitLe Ngo Dinh Nhu's Statement on Withdrawal of
DATE 4/20/1963
PAGES 4
SUBJECTS
DOCUMENT TYPE
CLASSIFICATION
RESTRICTIONS
CURRENT STATUS
DATE OF LAST REVIEW 9/10/2000
OPENING CRITERIA
COMMENTS National Security Files, Box 197: Vietnam, 4/63-5/63. Box 2
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52T TELEGRAM INFORMA TION REPoRt TELEGRAM
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY 1
Thit malerial contaias information aflectina Iho National Delonso 0f tho Uni ted Stales vithia Iho mejaing of tho Espionjqa Ljws; Tmla 10 U.S.C Secs. 79) and 794, Iha transmision 0r revelation oi bhich in Jny Mjnnor to an una uthofnred Derson is prohibited_ by lav.
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COUNTRY South VIETNAM REPORT No.
TDCS-3/544,531
SUBJECT NGO dinh NHU S .STATEMENTS ON Wi THDRAWAL DATE Distr: 20 Apr L
1963
OF AMER ICAN Ad
PRECEDENCE PR OR Ty
DATE OF LATE MARCH-EARLY April 1963. REFERENCES IN
INFO.
21850
PLACE & VIETNAM, SA |GON (1 AND 12 APRFL 1963)
DATE ACQ.
APPRAISAL SEE PARAGRAPH FIELD REPORT No_ FvS
8804
This IS. UNEVALUATED INFORMATION: SOuRCE GRADINGS Are Definitive APPRAISAL OF CONTENT,is Tentative
SOURCE PARAS 1 & 3: AMEdium LEVEL 'OFF|C| AL OF THE Ministry OF NATI ONAL DEFENSE,
PARAS 2 &4: A `FiELD GRADE OFF iCER
(Ff)
of THE VIETNAMESE .A R 'FORcE.
AT THE 5 APRIL MEETING OF THE INTERMINISTERIAL' COMMITTEE
ON STRATEGIC HAMLETS , NGO DiNH NHU MADE THE FOLLOWING' ' REMARKS' CON_
CERNING AMERICAN FOREIGN A/D:
A THE: AMERICANS HAVE STATED THAT THEY ARE COING To REV ISE
THEIR POL ICY 'ON FORE IGN A ID To SOUTH VIETNAM; WE WILL REV ISE OUR
POL ICY ON RECE Iv ING SUCH Aid_ WE MUST MARCH TOWARD THE ULTIMATE
OBJECTIVE OF TERMINAT ING AMERICAN AId AND THE PEOPLE SHOULD LEARN
To DO WITHOUT SUCH ASS STANCE .
B AMERICAN AId SHOULD BE PLACED IN THE FOLLOWING CATE-
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TELEGRAM INFORMATion REPORT TELEGRAM
FO3M IKa OBSOLETE PREVIOOB EDITIONS. (15-20)
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GORES OF PRIORITY _ FIRST =
9
Ad WHICH WE MUST" CONT I NUE To .RECEIVE
NDEF INITELY , SPEC IF ICALLY THE MEANS OF PRODUCT | ON; WE WILL NOT SEEK
A REDUCT | ON IN ThIS CATEGORY _ NOR WILL WE REQUEST AN INCREASE _ SECOND
A/d WHICH CAN BE EVENTUALLY PHASED OUT . THIRD , A/D WHICH CAN BE
TEMINATED IMMED ATELY .
ALL SHOULD BE INSTRUC TED ON THE ABOVE LIST OF
PRI ORITIES BUT T SHOULD ALSO BE MADE CLEAR THAT THIS. POL ICY IS NOT
INTENDED To BE ANT FORE IGN . FORE IGN AID WILL PROV IDE WiTH THE MEANS
OF PRODUCT | ON SO THAT WE CAN EVENTUALLY DO without CONSUMER GOODS
ASS STANCE WHETHER WE LIKE iT OR NOT FORE GN AID WILL CEASE
SOONER OR LATER, AND SO WE MUST STRIVE To BECOME SELF_SUFF ICIENT_
MEANWHILE WE MUST MAKE PROPER USE OF THE AId WE RECE IVE_
2 DUR ING THE LAST WEEK OF MARCH 1 963 THE MINISTRY OF INTER I OR ON
ORDERS FROM NHU , SSUED To ALL PROV NCE CHIEFS INSTRUCT | ONS To
ENCOURAGE PEOPLE To START . PRODUC ING WEAPONS LAND MINES AND AMMUN TI ON
IN HOME WORK SHOPS WITH THE Aim OF ATTA INING A DEGREE OF SELF_SUFF IC ENCY _
3- ON ABOUT 5 APRIL PHAM DUC TIEN, CHIEF OF Civic ACT ION IN PHUOC
Tuy PROV INCE , ATTENDED A CONFERENCE ON STRATEGIC HAMLETS IN BNH TUy
PROV INCE AT WHICH NGO DINH NHU SA ID THAT THERE WERE Too MANY AMERICAN
ADV | SORS IN SOUTH VIETNAM AND THAT BOTH THE NUMBER OF THESE ADV | SORS
AND THE AMOUNT OF AMERICAN AId SHOULD BE REDUCED .
4 AT A MEETING OF V IETNAMESE AIR FORCE (VNAF ) OFF ICERS ON 1p-
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APRIL 1963, VNAF COMMANDER COLONEL HUYNH HUU HIEN SA /D THAT NHU HAD
INSTRUCTED HIGH-RANK ING GOVERNMENT OF VIETNAM (GVN) OFF ICIALS AT A 5
APR L MEETING To PREPARE FOR A COMPLETE WI THDRAWAL OF AMERICAN AID;
NHU SA D THAT THE UN TED STATES WAS US I NG AID AS A MEANS OF PRESSUR NG
THE GVN AND WAS IMP ING ING ON GVN SOVERE GNTY _ AS AN EXAMPLE OF THE
USE OF AMERICAN AID To PRESSURE A REC IP ENT COUNTRY
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HIEN CITED THE
CUTOFF OF DELIVERIES OF GASOL INE To THE ROYAL THA AIR FORCE WHEN THE
THA / GOVERNMENT REFUSED To AGREE To SOME (UNSPECIF IED) POINT;
HIEN SA /D THAT THE DEL IVERY OF GASOL INE RECOMMENCED ONLY AFTER STRONG
THA / GOVERNMENT PROTESTAT I ONS _ (FIELD COHMENT_ PRESUMABLY HIEN
REFERS To THE REDUCT ON AND EVENTUAL TERMINAT ION BY THE END OF
FISCAL YEAR 1965 OF U.S. SUPPORT OF MILITARY A ID PROGRAM POL AND
MEDICAL SUPPLIES To THE THA GOVERNMENT ; )
5 AFTER THE MEETING SEVERAL VNAF OFF | CERS , INCLUD NG MAJOR DANG
DINH LINH, DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF FOR MATERIAL, MA JOR TRAN DO CUNG =
ASSISTANT _ To THE CHIEF OF STAFF AND CAPTAIN HA DUONG DOAN, DEPUTY CHIEF
OF STAFF FOR BUDGET AND F INANCE AGREED THAT THE VNAF WOULD BE UNABLE
To CONT NUE OPERAT IONS W THOUT AMERICAN SUPPORT AND THAT, IN. FACT ,
ANY W THDRAWAL OF AMERICAN SUPPORT WOULD: RESULT IN COLLAPSE OF THE
REG ME _
6_ FIELD DISSEM_ STATE ARMY NAVY AIR USMACV MAAG , USOM: US.S 9TH
FIELD STA ZND AIR DIV C INCPAC PACAF ARPAC_PACFLT
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APPRA ISAL : it 15 PROBABLY TRUE THAT NHU MADE THE STATEMENTS CoNTA NED
N PARAGRAPHS AND 3 AND THAT NsTructions WERE SSUED AS DESCR / BED iN
PARAGRAPH 2 iT 15 Poss BLY TRUE THA T NHU MADE THE STATEMENTS iN PARAGRAPHS
4 AND 5 CONCERN |NG THE Uni TED STATES uS NG A|d_ To PRESSURE The GOVERNMENT
OF VIETNAM bu t iT 15 DOUBTFUL THAT HE TOld GVN OfF |C | ALS To PREPARE FoR
COMPLETE Wi THDRAWAL OF AMER |CAN A |D. THE REAC TiON Of THE VIETNAMESE AIR
FORCE OFF |CERS To HTEN' s VERS | ON OF NhU 's , STA TEMENTS 15 PROBABLY TRUE,
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