</s>176-10036-10104 2025 RELEASE UNDER THE PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION RECORDS ACT OF 1992 JFK ASSASSINTATION SYSTEM IDENTIFICATION FORM AGENCY : NARA RECORD NUMBER : 176-1006-1010A RECORD SERIES : National Security Files AGENCY FILE NUMBER # : NationalSecurity Files AGENCY FILM NUMBER: ORIGINATION : CIA FROM : CIA TO : TITLE : CIA Information Report DATE : 6/19/1963 PAGES : 2 SUBJECTS : DOCUMENT TYPE : CLASSIFICATIONS : RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 9/10/2000 OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : National Securty Files, Box 197: Vietnam, 6/63. Box 2

Summary:  
This document is a CIA Information Report dated June 19, 1963, detailing a White Paper prepared by Madame Ngo Dinh Nhu for the South Vietnamese government. The paper addresses Buddhist issues and American presence in South Vietnam. It includes information from Gene Gregory, a Western businessman with contacts in press and political circles, who worked on the document while residing in Dalat. The report notes that the White Paper compares South Vietnam to the United States, highlighting gangsterism and race riots as examples of societal challenges, concluding that the Diem regime was not excessively flawed. The paper is described as over twenty pages long, intended for international distribution, primarily targeting the United States but also possibly France and England.  

Key People:  
- Gene Gregory (Western businessman with political contacts)  
- Madame Ngo Dinh Nhu (South Vietnamese official involved in drafting the White Paper)  

Key Locations:  
- Dalat (Vietnam; where Gregory worked on the document)  
- Saigon (Vietnam; referenced as the location of government activities)  

Key Events:  
- Preparation and drafting of the South Vietnamese White Paper on Buddhist issues and American policy (June 1963)  
- International distribution plan for the White Paper  

Key Organizations:  
- Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)  
- United States Military Assistance Command, Vietnam (USMACV)  
- U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, and other military units referenced in dissemination controls  

Note: The document contains no direct reference to John F. Kennedy, the assassination, or related investigations. It is a CIA report on South Vietnamese political and diplomatic activities during the early 1960s.

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