INFL RMATION CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY This n-mleri contains himmafion 111 ahgn of the Shh-1 unhm Ihe mania c1 Ike-Es 11a Tm US C 1 11 and 111 1un1m1nian or rel-fl on 01 ary manner 1 1 111 unlulhurl ad common 11 ruch- bllod 11- - 1a- CONTROLS 311 EEO EU DISSEM USE 0111 1 2111mm SOUTH VETNM REPORT NO Era-O 13111111 EELU 00111111311135 OEE BUDDHIST JEJECT LE COEEG BULULO 1r TACTICAL ERROR- ELISDATE 015111 211 JULY 1953 TEISCUSSIOE-I OF 1 1 Jva'T 11 111 THE 131111171 RL HIS 11111111111 EELTEE FRECEDEHCE 31 01 711-11 1 01733111301113 11-11130 BOUIH L105 1 15 OF 3-9 JULY 1963 11 1113 1'13 STAED REFERENCES 111 FO ACE VETE-IM-1 19 JULY 1 963 1 1 TE ACQ 1119 11 15 11 BELOW REPORT NO THIS 15 UN EVALUATED INFORMATION SOURCE GRADINGS ARE DEFINITIVE APPRAISAL OF CONTENT 15 TEHTATWE PPR 1 11111 11115 111 A 35 1 11 110 '3 DIE 1 9 1111-- 1 1 1 1613 1 121-311 HIS 1110311 1102112311 52111721 11 1109 OF 57 113 AT 11 731011 TIE-L HE 11 115 I11 131 SIRE OF 1311101101111 51111011 1113111 151 51 DEC-ICEPEUE OF PSI T3153 HE IF 11 P011113 OF IC 101111 1 CCUEEJ 13 IF 13111 51 DEBIT 3 113111 TO A FOREIGN POWER 11111 1 WOUIED 0011131111311 IT I111 VITM 0F 111 11 TO MAID EFFORTS AGAINST DIEM 1 12-51 01 TEE EO LEE E 131L311 1an ELL 1 ELI- 11 OLRSEJEIOMJOH D1SSEMINATIDN CONTROLS 11 1111 1 FDREICEE 171155 411 BACKGROUND ONLY I Inna-1 nulun nllt and detlunu cm-on 1 i HIE LONE 1 OCH faint - - @131 11 1 E1011 RE 1111119 ESANITJZED EC 1352 3 5 115 21311 - - Nl L-k 1 N1 Dnin 5 1 1 awn-L CLASSIFICATION DISSEMIHATIGN CONTROLS NO FOREIGN USE PAGE ONLT THO TO PROCEED FAVOHABLI HITS ISSUAECE OF THE STATES NT COTISEOUENTLT NHU HAD MISSED HIS SCHEDULED MEETING SITE THE GENERAL OFFICESS THAT DAT HOT-TEUEH SAID HE INTE ES TO MAKE FUTURE MEETINGS EACH THUS-SEAT WITH THE CEIEHALS TETTILT WEEK SEMINAR ON STRATEGIC HIIEETS AND ON THE TRUSTEES OF DEVELOPED COUNTRIES HAS BEEN COTEIETED 3 COT-SIEETINC ON THE BAHHICADES AROUND THE OF THE BUDDHISTS NHU SAID THAT THE GOVERITWNT OF VIETNAM CITE HAD INFORMATION NEICH INDICATED THAT THESE ASE THO OB THBEE BONEES AT ILA LOI FAOODA EEO ABE T-TOFEITTO UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE T TIET CONS HOTTETTEH THE OUT-T HAS NOT SEEN ABLE TO THE BODIES 1E QUESTION NHU ADDED THAT TI-EY DID NOT ELONG TO BUDDHIST LEADERSHIP BECAUSE OF TEES SITUATION NHU SAID TE FELT IT INAVISABIE OH HISET TO REMOVE THE HAHBICMS AT THIS BAHTICULAB A NEH MENTIONED THAT THE LEADERSHIP AND THE VET CONS TESS SFSEADINO ALL KINDS OF EUMOES AIHT UTILITIES THESE EDITORS AS A SEASON IN THEIR CAILFAION AGAINST THE CITE THIS HAD DONE Am ENOUSE FOE POSSIBLE CEEDIBILITT HATE BEEN IEJECTED INTO TAOBS TO ACHIEVE BI UNITEOHFHID FE OFLE HE SAID THAT ONE OF THE RUMORS ALAS TO THE EFFECT TLAT IL ADAMS NEU HAD ENGAGED DIN A VIOLENT TIC-BF TAITH TLIEIT FFESIE ENT THO OVER THE PROBLEM NHU DIME-D THAT ELI RUMOR WES CT FALSE 3 MEET EITEPESSED THE- 0131311015 THAT THE BUDDHIST LESIIERSIEEP HAD COIT TO FEEL 3122 T1312- MAINE A TACTICAL ERROR IN TEE 1 6 AGREEMENT CLASSIFICATION DISSEMIHATION CONTROLS NO FOHEICN DISSEH BACKGROUND USE ONLT CONTROLS - I NO FOREIGN USE ONLY PAS-E THREE CONSEQUENTLY THEY HAVE FALLEN BACK ON THE TACTIC OF ACCUSING THE GOVERNMENT I OF HAD FAITH A TACTIC HI NHICH TO NEGATE THEIR ERROR IN SIGNING THE AGREEMENT NHU SAID THAT HE FEELS THAT MISTAKE COMMITTED EI THE BUDDHISTS THEIR INSISTENCE ON PUNISHMENT OF THOSE GUILTI AT HUE DURING THE VIOLENCE NHICH OCCURED ON 8 MAI THIS IS CONTRARI TO THE - OF EUDDHISM AND IT PREJUDICIALLI RI THE MILITARI AND THE POLICE NHO HERE INVOLVED 6 NHU CONTINUED THE MILITARI ARE OPPOSED TO THE RUDDHIST CAMPAIGN AND THEN FEEL TIE GOVERNMENT HAS IAEN NEAR AND INEPT IN EALING NITH IT TERI HAO HEEN SIMPATNETIC AT THE HEOINNING OF THE BUDDHIST CAMPAIGN HUT HAD BECOME IRRITATED AND ANGRY AS TZE SITUATION IE ON AND AS POLITICAL AIMS BECOME MORE MPAEENT NHU HAD SAID PREVIOUSLI ON THE TDOES HOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM IT HILL COLFR CITED-ET A COOP LED RI THE T NHU THEN SAID IN REFERENCE TO THE 11 JULI MEETING EITH 18 OF TEEFIQ SOUTH VIETNAMESE GENERAL OFFICERS THAT HE THOUGHT NE HAD THE GENERALS AND THAT THIS DERIVED FROM TEE NAT-ORE AND RANGE OF THE SUBJECT MATTER AS HELL AS HIS CANDID APPROACH TO IT I AT THE MEETINC WITH THE GENERALS NHU CREATED THE IMPRESSION IN THE MINDS OF SOT-E OF TEE THAT HE WAS PREPARED TO JOIN THEM IN COUP ATIEWI CONTROLS NO BACKGROUND USE ONLY CLASSJFICATIONHDISSEMINATION CONTROLS - - IN NO FOREIGN USE- - ONLY PAGE IN RESPONSE TO A QUESTION REGARDING-HIS HE SAID THAT HAD EEII AHAE THAT THE EEHALS FELT DISSATISFIED COHFUSED HAD COATLAIHTS OF CHE HIE OH ESTHER ADD THE ACITATED THEMSELVES SECEIITLT HE HAD THOUCHT IT A GOOD IDEA TO CO THROUGH A KIND OF PROCEDURE TEE ADD TO TRY TO SURFACE SOME OF THE PHOHIEAIS THAT TET HAD AHODT IEHAHDLT SAID THAT HATED TEE TO TAE LCOF AT TE PROBLEMS CAIIDIDLT PUBLIC ALL PROBLEMS SHOULD HE STDDED AHDTISCUSED ADD HO QUESTI-ODJ-S SHOULD TAHOO TOLD THE THAT HAS OFFERING THEE AH TO VOICE THEIR ADD EHOPED THAT- TEE IICDE EE THE THAT TEE HAD THE GIVES TIES IITEU HATED TO THE PROBLEMS BY THEM TO HIE OF SE DISCUSSION STATED THATE THOUGHT THAT HIS ATPHOACH HAD PROHAHLT CAUSED AI-IO-IIC TE CEERALS DDT THAT ELEHED AT TE SEE THE THEY HAD EHPEHIEI ICED SSE EILAHED HITS PLEASURE THAT TE EIIEHALS HATED TO SEE HIE ACAII-I AIID THAT HE FLATS TO COIITIHE ATEETEC TO HEOSE ET THIS EATS ACCEPTED ES CONFUSED IDEAS PM SO CH C GED TERI-LS THEY- FELT Tm CHI-L110 POLITICS 8 EU ASED HE TRIED TO SHOE THAT I- OH TE PHOEIHAIS TEE DEF-L IS TO OR TO THE PEPE EDI-I ADI TO TE IIOHALAL COI-IDITIOIIS OF AII DEER-4 ni- jum lm I mm ASCII HE TE ALLCED EDI-LE - - DISEEHIHATIOH CONTROLS DISSEI BACKGROUND USE OBEY CLASSIFICATION CONTROLS I N0 FOREIGN USE ONLY PASS FIVE TALK IN THE COFFEE SHOPS ABOUT A COUP NHU ANSNERED THAT IT WAS USELESS TO IRI -SUCH GOSSIP BECAUSE THIS IIND 0F TALK IS A NORMAL PHENCMENON IN AN UNUERDEVELUPED STATE HE THEN RENT ON TO DISCUSS HON ONE SHOULD CQNDUCT A IN AN EFTECTINE WOULD ASRIEVE DESIRED OBJECTIVES AND AVQID NESSI SLUNIERS AND UNDECESSARY RLOODSHED SHOULD-WE NOT DARE TO DISCUSS SUCH A ALL SUBJECTS SHOULD RE EXAMINED AND SCIENTIF- ICALLI I NHU SURMISED THAT SOME UT THE GENERAIS PROBABLY THOUCHT THAT HE HAS TRIINC NO TATORSRIP REFERRING TO NAZI AND FASCIST PRECEDENTS HE TOLD THE GENERALS THAT IT THEI WANTED A TRUE DICTATORSHIP THEI WOULD HAVE TO AND UNDERSTAND TEE ATTRIRUTES OI SUCH A DISTATORSHIP SUCH AS AN IDEOLOCICAL EASE THE MANIPULATION OF CROND PSICHOLOCI THE ESTABLISHMENT- OF A SINGLE PARTI TOTAL- ITARIANSIM AND THE EXERCISE OF TERRORISM 107 THAT THREE UENERALS HAD ASKED HIM NHI HE -DISCUSSED A PROEIEM LINE A COUP WHEN PRESIDENT DIEM WAS STILL IN OFFICE IT NAS AT NEAT NHU MENTIONED HIS EFFORT TO APPLI A PSICHOANALITIC TECHNIQUE AND TO DEPLATE THINKING HE SAID THAT HE KNENTHAT THIS KIND OF QUESTION HAD ASITAIED AMONG THEM AND THAT HE WANTED TO EXPOSE IT TO EXAMINATION HE HAD SAID T0 YOU WANT TO CONDUCT A COUP THIS IS THE PLAY TO GO ABOUT TT TN DRIER TO E EFFECTIVE CLASSIFICATION DISSEMINATION CONTROLS No- FOREIGN DISSEM BACKGROUND USE ONLI - - CLASSIFICATION DISSEHIHATION CONTROLS FOREIGN USE FAG-E ll IIHU SAID THAT HE ALSO EXPOSED THE ISSUE OF THE RULING IIGO FAMILY AS A FAMILY BE ABOUT OF AIID OUT TILAT IIO REGIME IS IIEU 1IEIAS NOT I-IORRIED ABOUT SOME OF HIS PROCEDURE BEING DAIICEEOUS SAID THAT HE THOUGHT THAT-HE TEE RIGHT TRACK AT EAST FOR TEE PART 12 FIEELLT EEO CLAII-IED TO RE UDIFAMTLTAR RITE AIIY ACTUAL FOR OPERATIONS INTO SOUTH LAOS EEOT TIEIT NEU ELETEER COMMENTED TO TEE EE TEE EEO SO WITH TEE BUDDIEST EROELEE THAT IT FAD RED LITTLE TTEE OTHER MATTERS 13 TEE TEECE RERE Elf P OOIREREETIOE RETE EGO IIHUJAS REPORTED ABOVE WERE AS FOLLOWS A CTEE ETEOEERERICS OE EEU's WITH THE GENERALS RERETEJ I-E OF OOESISTETE OILEREOTERISTICS IE TEE LEE I HAVE OBSERVED DURII-IO THE PAST SEE IS IEWELLECTUEL ACADEMIC 3 PRIDES OE FREE THINKING EEO THAT EEODLD RE SUBJECTED TO Em TREE ARE NO RE CONSIDERS HIMSELF A EE HAS TAKEN I'm - THE SAME LINE WITH THE REPUBLICPCL-I Aim HE HAS EDIE SO HECEIITLE 24 EUDDEST OLA THAT ALL HE REALLY IIAI-ITS TE FEPUEILICAII YOUTH TO DO IE TO SEERCEEOLE ALL ASPECTS OF TEE QUESTION CONTROLS C- '1 BIO DISSEII BACKS-ROUTE USE i CONTROLS NO 11$ 35 SEVEN ONLY '13 THE OF NEWS COAWERSATION WITH THE CENNRALS NAS SOUND TO AND RE IS ANARE OF TRIS CT DE SAID NET-II THINGS TECH JUSTIEY TEE SUBSEQUENT ACCOUNTS RENDERED SI SOME OF THEM NONENER I DOUET TRAT ANI S31v1 IOU WANT TO IEAD US IN A CODE AGAINST PRESIDENT OR TEAT SE ANSI-JESSE SOME OF TRE CEDERALS COULD UNDERSTAEDAELI HAVE PLACED SUCH A CONSTRUCTION ON NEAT MUST RAVE AN ENTREAEELI PECULIAR LIITE OF TALE I I C I DO EOT RELEVE THAT NEE NAS TRIIEO TO TEE OENERALS I AM- INCLINED TO TIENK TSAT RE ACIUAILI NAS TRTINO TO SURFACE SEAT NAS ON IN THEIR MINDS AND DEELATE AS HE PUTS IT SONS OF THEIR COWLAINTS OR ATE HE NOULD INEEITAELI DO TRIS IN AN ELIDTICAL ATE ROUND ROBIN TAT OF ELSA ON MOST OCCASIONS D MAT TURN OUT TO EANE SEEN SHREWD AND EFFECTIVE AT LEAST IN TEESHORT RUN IT MAY HBO HAVE ME RISKY BUT EB ACCEPTS THE RISK E DENIED ALL OF THIS NEU PROBABLY DOES RAVE DEVIDUS Arm 7 POWER OBJECTIVES RELATING TO HIS EVENT-DAL SUCCESSIONAEIER HIS BROTHER NROEONE CAUSE OR ANOTHER LEAVES TEE SCENE IT IS RENOTELI CONCENABIE TEAT IEIU IS RREEARINO THE GROUND FOR AN EVEL-JTUALCOUD UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTMICES AND LED RI EUISELN NEIL-E SEARINO TRIS 0 IT PE TEES THEE Elm I AM NOT INCLINED TO GIE MUCH OIEDEECE IA STATE USNACT AEEAC RACAE PACELT END OF TESSAGE CLASSJFICATIOH - I BI - I vii I 3'11 FOEEI BACKGROUED USE ONLY Ir This document is from the holdings of The National Security Archive Suite 701 Gelman Library The George Washington University 2130 H Street NW Washington D C 20037 Phone 202 994-7000 Fax 202 994-7005 nsarchiv@gwu edu Read related article New Light in a Dark Corner Evidence on the Diem Coup in South Vietnam November 1963 2020-11-01