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CONFIDENTIAL
-2-333, AUGUST 7, 11:30 11, FROM SAIGON.
EIC.) TO IMPRESS US VITH! NEEDFOR SOME ATTENUATION OF LANGUAG
AND CONSIDERABLE PREPARATION OF FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC PUBLIC
FOR SUCH DECREES. I TELEPHONED KHANH, COMMUNICATED SOME OF
MY CONCERN. AND GOT AGREENENT TO HOLD EVERYTHING UNTIL JOHNSON
AND I COULD SEE HIM. THIS MORNING.
WE CALLED ON HIM AT HIS OFFICE AT 0830 THIS MORNING AND FOUND
THAT HE HAD WORKED HARD OVERNIGHT TO MEET THE CRITICISMS
WHICH I HAD INTIMATED BY TELEPHONE THE PREVIOUS EVENING.
THE PROVISIONS OF THE PRIME MINISTER'S DECREE WHICH CONTAINED
THE TOUGH LANGUAGE HAD HEEN MODERATED CONSIDERABLY. GONE WERE
THE REFERENCES TO CANCELLATION OF ELECTIONS AND CONTROL OF
MOVEMENT OF FOREIGNERS. OTHER PARAGRAPHS WERE CONSIDERABLY
MODIFIED IN LANGUAGE.
KHANH WENT OVER EACH PARAGRAPH GIVING US A FRENCH TRANSLATION
OF THE VIEINAMESE TEXT. IN HE IS TRANSFERRING TO
TRIAL BY MILITARY COURT MAN: DEFENSES NOW RPT NOW UNDER CIVIL
JIRISDICTION. THE FULL affect THE DECREE WILL NOT RPT NOT
BE CLEAR UNTIL A MASS OF SUPPORTING REGULATIONS ARE PUBLISHED.
NONETHELESS, KHANH HOPES TO PUT THE DECREE IN EFFECT AT ONCE.
WE POINTED OUT THE GREAT SENSITIVITY OF THE PARAGRAPH
ANNOUNCING CENSORSHIP OF THE PRESS. AFTER SOME DISCUSSION,
HE APPARENTLY AGREED TO INCLUDE LANGUAGE WHICH WOULD MAKE
THE PROVISION INOPERATIVE UNT IL THE PUBLICATION OF
SUPPORTING REGULATIONS.
THE NEW TEXT OF THE DECREE IS STILL TOUGH BUT, AS WE UNDER-
STAND THE LANGUAGE, IS TOLERABLE IF ACCOMPANIED BY AN
AMPLE EXPLANATION OF THE PURPOSE AND INTENTION OF THE GVN RPT
GVN. KHANH INTENDS TO PUBLISH THE DECREE OF THE CHAIRMAN MRC
RPT MRC THIS MORNING AND THAT OF THE FM RPT
PM LATER IN THE AFTERNOON. HE WILL MAKE A PUBLIC STATEMENT
EXPLAINING HIS ACTION PRIOR TO THE RELEASE OF THE PM RPT PM
DECREE. HE HAS AGREED TOACCEPT THE HELP OF ZORTHIAN RPT
ZORTHIAN IN PREPARATION OF THE PUBLIC STATEMENT.
WE BROUGHT BACK A COPY OF THE REVISED DECREES IN VIETNAMESE
WHICH WE WILL CABLE SEPARATELY AS SOON AS TRANSLATED : MEANWHILE,
WORK ON THE IMPLEMENTING REGULATIONS IS PROCEEDING IN
CONSULTATION WITH BRITISH ADVISORY MISSION (DRAWING ON MALAYAN
EXPERIENCE), PUBLIC SAFETY DIRECTOR USOM RPT USOM AND APPRO-
PRIATE OFFICERS OF EMBASSY AND MACV RPT MACV. BY THIS MEANS
WE HOPE TO BRING FURTHER INFLUENCE TO BEAR ON END PRO-
DUCT.
TAYLOR
NOTE: ADVANCE COPY TO S/S-0-AT-1:02-AM, 8/7/64.
CONFIDENTIAL
Distribution coordinated with SS-(
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