Declasmfled In Partl- Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015107124 THE INTELLIGENCE CHECKLIST ISSUED BYTHE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY 2 NOVEMBER 1963 Deciassified in Part - Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015 0704 a f at Pym h gal- H Eh g3 Tl 5 43 34 t 351 Deciassified in Part Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2015107124 1 South Vietnam a The deaths of Diem and Nhu just about wrap up the generalS' coup b Not all versions of the story are the same but it would appear that the brothers either com _ mitted suicide or were done in after they surrendered We suspect the latter 0 The population of Saigon in a jubilant mood today has pulled down several symbo1s of madame Nhnis authority and saCKed the offices of_the Times of Vietnam and another pro Diem paper d Ambassador Lodge was cheered as he drove through the streets There have been no indi- cations of anti American sentiment e We believe there may be some temporary dislocations in the counterinsurgency effort particularly _the strategic hamlet and paramilitary programs which Nhu had been running much will depend on the continuity of officialdom at the province level f Initial reactions from Hanoi and Peiping have been characteristic The US has put in one puppet for another We know that Viet Cong' has long had standby plans to try to take advantage of a coup but we'have noted no implementation as yet if D nl-LJn l hula - Declassified in Part Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 201507124 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