AMBASSADOR LODGE'S 3 AUGUST REPORT TO THE PRESIDENT (SAIGON EMBTEL 2564)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80R01720R000500030014-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 15, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 12, 2004
• Sequence Number: 14
• Publication Date: August 4, 1966
• Content Type: MF

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4 August 1966
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T EMORAATDU ' FOR THE DIRECTOR
SUBJECT: Ambassador Lodge's 3 August Report to the President
The significant elements in this cable for your purposes
are the following:
I. Paragraphs 7 - 9.
The three major bones of curr contention between Lodge and the
Department / Kome r are (1) how forthcoming the Gam]' can/ should
be to arr3tl,m"T-.._-a -- -.
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2. Paragraph 17. We will hear snore of the roles and
missions study mentioned in this paragraph.
Paragraph Z8. Note t favorabl
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Station report mention of a Saigon
4. Paragraph 31. The story about North Vietna nese troops
bolting is interesting if true; we hadn't heard it before.
5. Paragraph 34. This revelation of the Party line being
handed to North Vietnarese troops is worth noting
George A. Carver, Jr.
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