VIET CONG (VC) INTENTIONS TO ESTABLISH A 'DEMOCRATIC COALITION FRONT' AND MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT IN NHA TRANG CITY.

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• Document Release Date: April 30, 2019
• Publication Date: February 12, 1968

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SUBJECT VIET CONG (VC) INTENTIONS. TO ESTABLISH A
"DEMOCRATIC COALITION FRONT!" AND MUNICIPAL
GOVERNMENT IN NHA TIRP;NG CITY.
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1. THE VC, IN CONNECTION
ECTION WITH THE ATTACK ON NAA TRANS,
KEANE HOA PROVINCE DUPING THE TET OFFENSE IN LATE JANUARY 1968,
INTENDED TO FORM A "DEMOCRATIC
COALITION FRONT" HEADED
BY A SEVEN MEMBER COMMITTEE. THIS GROUP WOULD "STRUGGLE
FOR INDEPENDENCE AND PEACE AND THE RETREAT OF THE U.S. FROM
SOUTH VIETNAM, AND U.S. NON-;INTERVENTION IN THE INTERNAL
AFFAIRS OF VIETNAM. BUDDHIST FORCES WERE TO BE CONSIDERED
AS HARD CORE MEMBERS IN THIS DEMONSTRATION OF THE PEOPLE"
2. ON 13 JANUARY 1968, PEONG,A MEMBER OF
THE NHA TRANS
MUNICIPAL COMMITTEE IN CHARGE OF ORGANIZING CITY ASSOCIATES,
SAID THAT HIS (PHONG'S) TASK WAS TO MAKE ARRANGEMENTS FOR
THE FORMATION OF THE FRONT GROUP AND REPORT DIRECTLY TO BA
SON, CHAIRMAN OF THE CURRENT AFFAIRS SECTION OF THE KEANE
HOA PROVINCE COMMITTEE. COMMENT: THE POLICE HAVE
IDENTIFIED PHONG AS CAO VAN DI, AKA PHONG. PHONG IS NOW BEING
HELD IN THE KEANE HOA PROVINCIAL INTERROGATION CENTER BUT HAS
DENIED ANY KNOWLEDGE OF THE COMPOSITION OF THE FRONT COMMITTEE
ON 13 JANUARY PHONG TOLD BA SON THAT THICH NEU Y, SECULAR
AFFAIRS MEMBER OF THE PROVINCIAL COMMITTEE OF THE KHANH HOA
UNITED BUDDHIST ASSOCIATION; DOCTOR OUYNH, A PROMINENT DOCTOR
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IN NHA TRANG WHO OPERATES A LARGE CLINIC; AND DANG IDANH4
LEADER OF THE BUDDHIST YOUNG MEN'S. GROUP 7DOAN THANH NIEN
WOULD BE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. (VIETNAMESOERvIcE.
COMMENT: THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT THICK NHU Y OR ()mu!
WYNN HAVE ANY CONNECTION WITH THE VC. OANH HAS BEEN
ARRESTED AND IS NOW BEING HEED
IN THE KHANH HOA PROVINCE
'INTERROGATION CENTER. HE HAS ADMITTED THAT HE HAS BEEN A
MEMBER OF THE FRONT COMMITTEE. HE HAS ALSO ADMITTED THAT HE:
WOULD HAVE BEEN NAMED PROVINCIAL CHIEF OF POLICY BY THE NEW
GOVERNMENT. THE BUDDHIST YOUNG MEN'S GROUP HAS A MEMBERSHIP:
OF ABOUT.I150 BUDDHIST LAYMEN AND NO PREVIOUS INVOLVEMENT
0 IN POLITICAL' ACTIVITY.)
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BASED ON THE CONVERSATION BETWEEN BA SON AND PHONG
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BY PHO NG AND AGREED TO ACCEPT POSITIONS WITH TNE-,FRONT;)
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3. TO INITIATE ACTION FOR THE CREATION OF THE FRONT,
FOUR DEMONSTRATION GROUPS WERE TO BE SET UP IN NHA TRANG
IN THE WESTERN AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE CITY WHERE THE
ENEMY ATTACK WAS CENTERED. THE LOCATION OF THE MAIN DEMON-
STRATION WAS TO BE AT CONG HOA SQUARE (DOWNTOWN NHA TRANG
IN FRONT OF THE VIETNAMESE INFORMATION SERVICE HEADQUARTERS.)
VC POLITICAL CADRES WERE TO COOPERATE WITH THEIR VC ASSOCIATES
TO MOTIVATE THE PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE DEMONSTRATION.
IN ADDITION PEOPLE OF THE HAMLETS OF PHU BINH, XUAN LOC,
THAI THONG, CHO MOI AND NHOC HAI, ALL LOCATED WITHIN FIVE
KILOMETERS OF NHA TRANG, WERE TO MARCH INTO THE CITY AND
PARTICIPATE IN THE DEMONSTRATION. "IN COMBINATION WITH
FUSILLADES IN ALL PARTS OF THE CITY, PEOPLE WERE TO BEAT
DRUMS AND TOCSINS AND HUNT FOR TYRANTS."
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