VIEWS OF VIETNAMESE COMMUNISTS (DELETED) CONCERNING THE MILITARY COUP OF 1 NOVE

Created: 11/4/1963

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i. SUMMARY. 'VIETNAMESE COMMUNISTS /VC/ THE MILITARY COUP D'ETAT3 AGAINST THES AN AMERICAN MOVE TO GET RIO OF THE NGO DINH FAMILY. IHE VC WERE SURPRISED BY THE RAPIDITY OF THE COUP. HAD IT LASTED LONC-CP.UL0 HAVE TAKEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO STEP UP ATTACKS, AS InE VC RADIO CALI.EO UPON THEM TO 00 IN BROADCASTS ON THE NIGHT OF 1C PROPAGANDA LINE IS THAT THE COUP WASHANGE OFP-

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.1. THE CELL LEAOER SAIO FURTHER THAT THE COURSE OF THES. TO CONTINUE THE BATTLE, SO LONG AS THE AMERICANS REMAINED ON VIETNAMESE SOIL, UNTIL THE FINAL VICTORY WAS WON. HE SAIO THAT ORDERS HAD BEEN GIVEN TO THE VC FORCES TO KILL ORAS MANY AMERICANS AS POSSIBLE, IN ORDER TO SHOW THE AMERICANS

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