DECREASE IN NATIONALIST SUPPORT FOR TRAN VAN TY AS SUCCESSOR TO PRESIDENT HUU

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00457R008600480005-4
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 27, 2000
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: September 27, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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INFORMATION REPORT CD NO.
COUNTRY Indochina
SUBJECT Decrease in Yationalist 3,uprcrt for Tran Vega I'
as Successor to President Huu
PLACE
ACQUIRED,
DATE OF
INFO.
NO. OF ENCLS..'
SUPPLEMENT TO:
REPORT NO.
1. Nationalists in Saigon "ed by Le Quoc Anh,1 who havo been sup rting Tan
Ven as a re~olacement for 7-resident Train. V(ran TIunn, r'eour feel that `I;' :Lacks
seaf''icient sun ort from the various nationalist groups in tie 8o72th to
becone a candidate for the post. They now t l..ieve Nguyen P ,an Long, whose
cabinet feel in early 1.050, 3s most likely to replace Tbxu,
2. Anh' r group is currently working to discred_i.t Security I3.niste;r iiguera Van
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Tile gr'oi p led by Maurice Thien,1 however, sti! l supports " . Thien, a
former member of the Binh Xuyen forces, continues to assert that hhe can
persuade Colonel Bay Vien, 13inh Xuyen Comr?ander, to sup-r,ort T 's noml_nntic . .
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Le Cuoc Anh has also bee n re orted
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~Ccxnent,. According to another sour cep l an
is bei.ns; cons'dared by 1 -ench officials as za pc; si:bie successor to Huu.
NO Dlaaage In class.
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Class. Changed To; TS 3
Auth.: HH 70.2
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