EVENTS SURROUNDING NATIONAL CONGRESS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-00810A002700500003-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: October 22, 2003
• Sequence Number: 3
• Publication Date: October 30, 1953
• Content Type: REPORT

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CQtINTR1-' Indochina
iIIbIECT Event+~ SurrouAding Nstione-1 Congress
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Thla Document contains Wformation atseatiaR t1-t 11a-
tioaal Defenea of the United States, ~vlthla i1W auaa-
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1, ~fibe prganixstian Committee of the iQlAtional COngres8 wa~?e ~upprirtunists ~ ??
~~ ? '~nli~idly~r~rlA. did n,~t ]rnnw^enotuth about the delegates selected' with the rebtl],t
~t1s~-t the majority dalaga~,tee Were trlWl~ Ild'CiOnallB~6 B,nCI tiEte c.,ou9ni~ur;~s .w~~ vvr~-
'~r01 0~` the COngrOeR .,
Iiklagates eommunicated with tbe~ leaderrn of the natiosialist coQltion Foos. erdvice.
Tba 1eaAer^ wee thus able to get the. desired results from thQ ifllzgresll witbot>jt
partieigl-ting.
Cawo Dsi, $os Nao~ snd Binh X~a grou~pe werC tainted by theism participatiq-I~ in
the Co>a~ress. Thl, aoslition leaders preferred to diaassociate t2asmselveu
tbs. t~ang~cess; that ie,, Nguyen Ton Roan retm.ined in Hanoi during the aee~it~l..
Pbsb ~uy.must took thie- opportun3~ty`to spread the rumor that Holm was arrested
in 8aucii tt- intimid!-te the coslitioA rsupporters in the Congress.
Ttra ~oaiitirra was' sartisfied with the mitattcome of the CongreB~, and will auppbx~t
8ao'nai i!' he changes his mode of operation to cooperating with the true
natioasldt~? Bso bai-must now make a choice between the true nationalists
at>Id ~Ehe hal!*interaated group- now e-dviring him. Should he follow his pre~ient
course;
a. The Damocratic Republi+~ of Vietnam (DRV) will overrtm the fiountry.
T~ caalitiori wi11 be i`orced into the underground a>7,i become- dependent.
Via. the United. StErtaa to help overthrow the DRV`..
The..ooaliton fa nt>t rx group` o~ extremists e,s represented by the preeg. They
ass willing to compromise a>ad cflopara#~e ag-long as the result is a true
nstioaslst government,.
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