19 APRIL MEMO ON SOUTH VIETNAMESE POLITICS: NATION IN FERMENT

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80T01719R000300060001-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: July 21, 1998
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: April 19, 1967
• Content Type: MF

Approved For Release Q J9/09/08: C 1719R000300 O01-5
19 April 1967
SUBJECT: 19 April Memo on South Vietnamese Politics ("Nation
in Ferment")
1. The attached memorandum was prepared at my request and
its production was brokered by the Vietnamese Affairs Staff, but it
reflects the work of many hands, of ONE/FE did the basic 25X1A9a
drafting. OCI and FE/VNO assisted in its preparation and contributed
ideas to it. The final editing was done by the VAS. It is, thus, a joint
effort in which all Headquarters elements concerned with South Vietnamese
politics have participated.
2. The memo was prepared primarily as an operational aid and
guide for the Political Action Division of the Saigon Station. It is, however,
a compendium that many U. S. Government elements concerned with,
Vietnam might find useful. I intend to recommend at the 20 April Exec-
utive Committee meeting that in addition to distributing it within the building
and pouching it to Saigon, we send copies to Messrs. Rostow, Komer,
Cooper, Bundy, Unger, McNaughton and, possibly, McNamara; attempt
to get copies to Ambassadors Bunker and Locke; and send several copies
to the Vietnam Working Group, I NR, and the working level components of
DI A.
3. I deliberately had this opus printed as a blind memorandum
with a SECRET classification to enhance its utility and avoid drawing attention
to its CIA origin.
25X1A9a
Special Assistant for Vietnamese Affairs
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Attached is a paper prepared for Agency
use which we thought might be of interest to
YOU.
Special Assistant for Vietnamese Affairs
21 Apr 67
1
- Mr.
Jorden (WH)
1
- Mr. Unger (State)
1
Mr.
Komer (WH)
1
- VN Working Group (State - 4copies)
1
- Mr.
Cooper (State)
1
- Mr. Hughes (State - 3 copies)
1
- Mr.
Bundy (State)
1
- Mr. McNaughton (Defense)
1
- Gen. Carroll (DIA - 5 copies)
1 - SVN Pol Acts (Gen) w/att
1 - VAS Chrono w/att
1 - GAC Chrono w/att
1 - WH Liaison w/o att
1 - State Liaison w/oatt
1 - Defense Liaison w/o att
15 copies sent to Saigon Station via FVSS-944Z, dated 25 April :kR.Rfi j967
(filed SVN Pol Acts (General)
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