PREDICTION OF CHANGES IN GOVERNMENT BY COLONEL PHAM VAN LIEU.

Created: 4/28/1966

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OF CHANGES IN GOVERNMENT BY COLONEL PHAM

VAN LIEU.

FOR RELEASE DATE: FE8

i. COLONEL PHAM VANIS DUE TO BE REPLACED SHORTLY

H1WSVS COLONEL NGUYEN NGOCIRECTOR GENERAL OF NATIONAL POLICE, IC1

CERTAIN CHANGES WOULD OCCUR IN THE GOVERNMENT DURING THE PERIOD FROMPBILAY. (FIELD

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comment: demonstrations by LABOR groups, and possibly catholics,

are expected onay,ay willegal holiday. lieu AND

others may hope TO take advantageisturbances TO attempt

to impose "changes" ON the government .) lieualready

arranged for someone to come to his residence in the national police

compound as soon as the changes were under way in order to takeQ? fiA0IO pROpflGflNDfl 0PE:raTI0NS.

2.little indication OF what changes were con-

templated 3uTcertain generals would be dismissed,

among them deputy prime minister nguyen huu co, iii corps commander

lMEfiAL nguyen bao tri, and iv corps commander general dang van quang.

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ILSOhjI diem, secretary OF state for foreign

[RS, AND DINH THINH CHINH, SECRETARY OF INFORMATION AND OPEN ASMS, WOULD BE AMONG CIVILIANS AFFECTED. (FIELD COMMENT : LIEU

WOULDOUP IF HE HAD SUFFICIENT' aUrruKi', IMPLYING THAT AT THAT TIME HE FELT HE LACKED SUCH SUPPORT.)

AS .BACKGROUND TO HISUT FORTHCOMING CHANGES,

| GENERAL CO HAD BEEN IN TOUCH WITH GENERAL QUANGRECENTLY, ANDTHAT CO WAS SEEKING SUPPORT FOR

A CljlUP from QUANG. ONPRIL, POLICEEEPLOAD OF MEN NDER COLONEL LOAN'S CONTROL WHO WERE DISTRIBUTING ANTI-CO LEAFLETS

IK AKD AROUND THE SAIGON CENTRAL MARKET. THE LEAFLETS ACCUSEDHIS WIFE OF BEING INVOLVED IN CORRUPTION.E LEAFLET

OPERATION WAS ORGANIZED BY LOAN WITH THE KNOWLEDGE OF PRIMECAQ KY_ ftf.TER ^ZSt OF HIS MEN, LOAN CAME TO SEETHE LATTER RELEASED THE MEN FROM DETENTION. LIEUWOULD

HAVE PREVENTED THE ARREST IF HE HAD KNOWN ABOUT IT AT THE TIME.

LATER ONPRIL, GENERAL CO LEARNED OF THE LEAFLET OPERATION AND COMPLAINED TO LOAN. LOAN DENIED ANY KNOWLEDGE OF THE AFFAIR. WHEN CO CALLED LATER TO SAY HE HAD PROOF OF LOAN'STHE LATTER REPLIED, "SO WHAT".

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