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A COVER LETTER TO AMBASSADOR TRIMBLE. TRTfl PROPOSAL SIOIIED BY THEIRA.3EL NGUYENT AND OTHER QP7ICERSTCTKIST OF COMPIAINTS AGAINST TEE DIEM GOVERNMENT'S CORRUPT AND 1IEFF1CIEHT METfiODS OF OFPOSINQ THE VIETNAMESE CO-IMONISTS (VC), XT SUGGESTED THAT PRESIDENT KENNEDY REAPPRAISE TBE US POLICY TOWARD TEE DIEM GOVERNMENT AND UNSEAT AND REPLACE ITOVERNMENT TRULY REPRESENTATIVE OF TBS bvs PEOPLE. TBE PROPOSAL WAS PRESENTED IB TWO COPIES, EACH ONE HAVING ONE ENGLISH, FRENCHIETNAMESE
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PRINCE STEAKOUK HAD APPROVED, ANDAMBODIAN GOVERNMENT SECURITY SERVICE WAS OBTAIHTJTGHE GROUP. WHEN ASKED WHAT THEIR PLANS WERE AFTER THEY WERE RELEASED, MAJOR LIEU SAID THAT THET WERE STILL DOPING FOR ASYLUM IN THE UNITED STATES AND WOULD AT LEAST LIKE TO MAINTAIN CONTACT WITH US EMBASSY OFFICERS.
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