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State Department, Cable, CIA channel, Saigon 1906, Henry Cabot Lodge to Dean Rusk, [Confrontation between Ambassador Lodge and General Harkins], October 23, 1963
1963-10-23
Source: JFKPapers: NSF: Country File: b. 204, f.: "Vietnam: Subjects: Top Secret Cables (Tab C) 10/3-10/27/63."
Lodge spoke with Harkins on the afternoon on October 23. Harkins, a long-time friend of Lodge's from their upbringing in Massachusetts and shared time in the U.S. Army, expressed regret for his remarks and said he would inform Don that his comments did not reflect official U.S. Government policy.
CIA, Cable, Saigon 1925, [Conein meeting with Tran Van Don], October 24, 1963
1963-10-24
Source: JFK Papers: NSF: Country File, b. 204, f.: "Vietnam: Subjects: Top Secret Cables (Tab C) 10/3-10/27/63."
On the morning of October 24, Don saw Conein at Tan Son Nhut airport. Don reported that Harkins clarified that his remarks about the non-desirability of a coup were inadvertent. They agreed that the coup plotters would deal only with Conein in the future.
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