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Created: 10/1/1964

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OF THE NEEO TO GET GENERAL NGUYEN KHANH MOVING TO SOLVE THE PROBLEMS OF THE COUNTRY. THE YOUNG TURKS WERE IMPATIENT WITH KHANHEW DAYS EARLIER WERE TALKING OF REMOVING KHANH, AND THE TRIUMVIRATE BY FORCE. HOWEVER, ANCONFERENCE ONEPT AT VUNG TAU WITH KHANH ANO SEVERAL OF THETURKS" BROUGHT AN-AGREEMENT. THE AGREEMENT INVOLVED SENDING GENERAL TRAN THIEN KHIEM

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SERVICE.THE VUNG TAU CONFERENCE ALSO TALKEO OFMATTERS. THE GROUP ENVISAGED KHANH RETURNING TO STRICTLY MILITARY DUTIES ONCTOBER.

AT THIS TIME DUONG VAN MINH WOULD INHERIT

BY DEFAULT THE POSITION OF PRIME MINISTER. EVENTUALLY

THE GROUPEFERENDUM FOR

THE PURPOSE OFRIME MINISTER, IF IN THE INTERVAL MINH HAPPENED TO PERFORM WELL HE MIGHT EVENHE CHOICE.

OF THE NEED FOR THE US TO SUPPORT KHANH.

TOP LEVEL LEADERSHIP EXISTS TODAY IN VIETNAM.SO DIFFUSED WITHIN THE RULING TRIMVI RATE AND THERE ISWITH PERSONAL VENDETTAS AND SLANDER CAMPAIGNSSINGLY NOR COLLECTIVELY CAN THE TRIMVI RATE RENDERIMPORTANT ISSUES. NGUYEN KHANH "iS THE BEST OF THE THREE,HE IS WAVERING AND INDECISIVE. HE DESERVES MORE TIMETO ESTABLISH AND DISPLAY HIS GOVERNING POWER IN AMANNER.ISPLAY WOULD SATISFY THE "YOUNGCOMMANDERS, WHO ARE MOSTEETINGONEPTEMBER, SOME OF THE YOUNG TURKS WERE CALLINGBY FORCE OF KHANH AND THEISPLAY OF POWER

ON KHANH'S PART WOULD ALSO DIMINISH AND HOPEFULLY STOP THE SLIDE OF THE COUNTRV INTO CHAOS.

EPTEMBER NGUYEN KHANH .INVITED THE "YOUNG TURK" GROUP

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BY THE END OF THE MEETING, KHANH APPEARED TO BE

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ONCTOBER, THE END OF THEAY PERIOD SET FOR THE TRIUMVIRATE RULE. UNDER THIS PLAN GENERAL DUONG' VAN MINH WOULD BY THAT TIME BE MANEUVERED INTO THE POSITION OF PRIME MINISTER. THIS WOULD FORCE MINH TO ACCEPT THE RESPONSIBILITY OF GOVERNING THEESPONSIBILITY HE HAS SO SKILLFULLY AVOIDEDEMBER OF THE TRIUMVIRATE. THUS MINH WOULD BE FORCED TO DO AN EFFECTIVE JOB, ONEILITARY AND THE YOUNG TURKS, OR MINH WOULD BE PUCED CLEARLY IN THE PUBLIC SPOTLIGHT AS AN INCOMPETENT WHO NO LONGER DESERVED BEING THE PUBLIC IDOL. IF THE UTTER WERE TO EVENTUATE, IT WOULD ELIMINATE ONE MORE OF THE TRIUMVIRATE ANDONSOLIDATION OF POWER. ANOTHER ASPECT OF THIS OVERALL PUN IS TO HAVEUBLIC REFERENDUM WHEREIN THE PEOPLE WOULOIVILIAN LEADER.

7. WITH KHANH RETURNED TO MILITARY DUTIES, THEAARMED.AGAINNITED AND REMOVED FROM DIRECT INVOLVEMENTPOLITICAL SCENE AS AT PRESENT.KHANH AND THE YOUNG

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