DANANG RALLY UN SUPPORT OF GOVERNMENT AND OTHER POLITICAL MANIFESTATIONS

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80R01720R000400090026-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 12, 2012
• Sequence Number: 26
• Content Type: TELEGRAM

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DEPARTMENT OP STATE TELEGRAM '~~~?'-'~
CA3LE SfCRETARIAT DISSEAA BY PER # 7C)TAL C4PIES? L.~ ~ REPRO BY
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RP, RUE NC RUFNPS
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R 3102172 OCT 72
FM AMEMBASSY SAIGON
TO R UE HC /SEC STATE GJA SHDC 4.019
INFO RUFNPS/USDEL FRANCE 0438
AIGON X5515
FO LLOGIING TELEGRAM RECEI~'TS FROM AMCONSUL DANANG OCTOBER 3~TH
1972 REPEATED FOR- YOUR INFO
QUOTE:
SUB~IECT DANANG RALLY U~PORT OF GOVERNMENT AND OTHER POLITICAL
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1. APPROXIMATELY 10,000- DANANG CITIZENS TOUK PART OC)ETOBEJ~ 30, 1972
TAI ONE-HOUR RALLY IN SUPPORT OF GOVERNMENT. CONSULATE VIETNAMESE
EMPLOYEE PRESENT AS OBSERVER ESTIMATES THAT 40 PERCENT OF .PARTICIPANT
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WERE MEMBERS PEOPLE'S SELF-DEFENSE FORCE UNITS, 20 PERC-ENT STUDENTS,
2~J PERCENT .GOVERNMENT CIVILIANS EMPLOYEES AND 20 PERCENT LABOR UNION
MEM)3ERSo VARIO(1S POLITICAL PARTY MEMBERS GJERE INCLUDED GJITHIN RANKS
OF ABOVE GR0JIPS.
2a RALLY GJAS ORGANIZED BY "DANCING PEOPLE'S COMMITTEE FOR THE DEFENSE
OF THE REPUBLIC ?S REGIME. THIS PRR.TICULAft NOMENCLATURE MAY HAVE
SOME SLIGHT SIGNIFICANCE, PREVIOUS DAt+fANG "PEOPLE?S RALLIEYAGIRNIFOLLO
.GANG NVA APRIL INVASION HERE.-ORGANIZED UNIQUELY "IN DEFENSE
OF THE REPUBL IC OF VIETNAM.." GIHILE hJANY OF ITS THEMES NAD FAMILIAR
NATIONALISTIC RING, TODAY'S RALLY ALSO INCORPORATED IDEA OF SOLID
SUPPORT FOR PRIYSIDENT THIEU'S ADMINISTRATION AS THE ESSENTIAL
VEHICLE FOR DEF ~NSE OF RVN. ACTIVE COOPERATION OF DANANG Mt1NICIPAL
GOVERNMENT.GIAS ~PPARENT. STUDENTS OVER 63-1~, TEACHERS AND
GOV~.RNf1ENT EMPLOYEES GJERE .EXCUSED FROM DUTIES TO ATTENDo
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DEPARTMENT aF STATE TELEGRAM
CABLE SECRETARIAT DISSEM BY PER # TOTAL CbPIES: REPRO BY
f1LE RP.
NUMERIGALLY~ -RALLY .TODAY t+JAS BY FAR T}{E LARGEST OF THE GOVERMENT-
SPONSORED RALLIES HELD DURING PAST YEAR IN DANANG .
3. )BRIEF SPEECHES 4JERE.MADE BY DEPUTY CHAIRMAN FARMER-t+JORKER PARTY,
DANANG CHAIRMAN REVQLUTIONARY DA.I VIET PARTY, CHAIRMAN DANANG
MUNICIPAL COUNCIL, CHAIRMAN DANAA~G CVG, CHAIRMAN DANANG GREATER
REPUBLICAN MASSES PARTY, SUTDENT REPRESENTATIVE, AND DANANG MAYOR
KH02. RALLY'S ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITTEE t=JAS HEADED BY HUYHN
CIAO, CHAIRMAN OF DANANG FARMER-'WORKER .PARTY. ALSO PRESENT ON
REVIEtFJTNG STAND GJERE LEADERS OF CATHOLIC CHURCN, CAO DAI, AND
VETERANS ORGANIZATIONS.
a F:QLLQt=JTNG, I~;~uT~,~NSLATICIN OF .LEAFLET :.?~ ISTR:.T~~J:TID;~) TO RALLY
PART`IC IPAfdTS.- 1h7 BELIEVE IT INTERESTING AS EXAMPLE. OFUINSTRUCTIONS'
BEING GIVEN AVERAGE. CITIZEN DOR DAYS AHEAD. QUOTE: ATTENTION,
PEOPLE OF DANANG.:. BEFORE THE CEASE=FIRE, tRJHEN THE .ORDERS FOR A
CEASE FIRE ARE GIVEN; AND AFTER THE CEASE~FIRE..PEOPLE MUST
REMAItd CALM AND CONTIN~;E TN THEIR- NORMAL DAILY ACTIVITIES UNDER
THE PROTECTION OF THE PRESENTLY EXISTING ADMINISTRATION AND LAl~J5
OF THE REPUBLIC OF VIET-NAM.
5. THE NATIONAL LAUJS MUST BE THORDUGFILY RESPECTED. DO NOT BECOME
CONFUSED OR AGITATED BY TNE~PROPAGANDA AND DISTORTED ARGUMENTS OF
THE COMMUNISTS AND TNETR LACKEYS! D0 NOT RESPOND TO OR-TAKE PR ART
IN ILLEGAL MEETINGS, DEMONSTRATIONS, ..STRIKES OR WORK-STOPPAGES
INSPIRED AND ASSISTED BPZHE COMMUNISTS! EVERY PERSON AND EVERY
HOUSE MUST REGULARLY DISPLAY THE..NA~'IDNAL FLAG OF THE REPUBLICAD
OF VPDTONAM. -
6, QUICKLY DENOUNCE COMMUNIST PLOTS; SPEEDILY QUELL ANY bJHO WOULD
RISE UP TO CAUSE TROUBLE; MUZZLE THOSE GANGS OF LWPKEYS b1H0
SPSNGt,JIFQHSE RUMORS. POINT OUT DESERTERG, THIEVES AND VAGABONDS.
StJP00RT AND JOIN HANDS UJITH THE ARMY; POLICE AND PSDF IN THE
PRESERVATION OF SECURITY -AND PUBLIC ORDER, IN THE DEFENSE OF THE
PEOPLES' LIVES AND PROPERTY. END QUOTE..
7. AS FAR AS CONSULATE CAN DETERMINE, THERE WAS NO PARTICIPATION
IN RALLY OR ON ORGANIZING COMMITTEE BY LAY OR SECULAR LEADERS
IDENTIFIED GJITH THE. AN QUANG BUDDHIST. ASSOCIATION.
8o DANANG STREETS- ANO VENICl,ES J-{AVE SPROUTED THOUSANDS OF RVN
FLAGS. IN ADDITION, NUMEROUS PAINTED 'BANNERS ADORN STREETS.
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CIEPARTi~ ENT OP= STATE TELEGRAM
CABLE. SECRE7ARI.4T ~ISSEM 8Y
THEMES ARE INTENSELY PATRIOTIC, CONDEMNING COMMCJNISM IN STANDARD
LANGUAGE AND CALLING DN PEOPLE TO DEFEND HOMELAND. GIHILE CONDEMNATION
OF COALITION GOVERNMENT HAS ALSO BEEN STANDARD FOR MONTNS, NE4+!
THEMES APPEARING IN RECENT DAYS- INCLUDE ATTACKS AGAINST IDEA OF
TRIPARTITE GOVERNMENT AND PROCLAMATION THAT "'ONLY THE VIETNAMESE
PEOPLE HAVE THE RIGHT TO MAKE- PDLITTCAL DECISIOPdS AFFECTIi!)G THEIR
COUNTRY."
9o ALSO PROMINENTLY DISPLAYED THESE DAYS ARE BANNERS COMMEMORATING
PRESIDENT PJGD DTNH DIEM AND EXTROI~L.ING PEOPLE TO FO LLO!!1 HiS EXAMPt.E
IN COh1BATING COMMUPJISM, CONSULATE HAS BEEN ADVISED THAT THESE
BANNERS HAVE ,Ec.N RAISED. C3Y GROUP OF LT
AL CATHOLIC POLITICIANS
HEADED BY CHAIRMAN OF DANANG GREATER REPUGLICAN f~'iA?'i'' ?^,^T`l,
AND THAT CITY GOVERNMENT PJOT ONLY APPROVED OF BANPJERS DUT HELPED
RAISE THEM. GDS. BROWNUNQUOTEs BUNKER
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