Nguyen Cao Ky person
also: Big Min, Big Minh, General Nguyen Cao Cai, K-Y, General Loan, General Lone, Lone, Cai
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Claims (6)
Tran Van Don conspired_with
Nguyen Cao Ky book_quoted
“and among others, one of the military generals known as Big Min, who had the backing of the many people throughout the military. Then two other colonels joined the plot, and in October, President Kennedy suspended economic aid. The Pope ord…”
▶ Operation Gladio- Vietnam Part 5 Phoenix Program @ 19:39
Nguyen Cao Ky headed
National Security Council documented
“And that's basically what they're saying. They elected one of the military generals as being the chief of state, you know, because, of course, they assassinated the president at this point. And in 1965, the National Council of Security was …”
▶ Operation Gladio-Vietnam Part 6 Phoenix Program @ 47:04
Nguyen Cao Ky appointed
Nguyen Ngoc Ly documented
“And the guy, let's see, as prime minister controlling the interior ministry, Kai appointed his people to the CIA covert action program and appointed his confidential agent, General Nguyen Ngoc Luong, director of the military security servic…”
▶ Operation Gladio-Vietnam Part 6 Phoenix Program @ 47:34
Tullius Acampora member_of
Nguyen Cao Ky book_quoted
“fought in Korea, was attached to the CIA in 1966 and was used as General Loan's advisor. As an officer on General James Van Fleet's staff in Korea, Kempura had had prior dealings with John Hart, who was the station chief in Korea before he …”
▶ Operation Gladio-Vietnam Part 8 Phoenix Program @ 1:16:49
John Hart removed_from_power
Nguyen Cao Ky book_quoted
“First, his supervision of the military security service, and eventually he took over control of the Central Intelligence Organization altogether inside of Lone's authority. And eventually Lone ran them both, along with the National Police. …”
▶ Operation Gladio-Vietnam Part 8 Phoenix Program @ 1:18:22
Nguyen Cao Ky headed
CONTAC-4 book_quoted
“In this contest, Loan scored first when, for legal reasons, Contact 4 was placed under his control. Loan assigned as many as 50 officers to the program from the participating Vietnamese agencies, with Major Hung Mau in charge of operations,…”
▶ Operation Gladio-Vietnam Part 8 Phoenix Program @ 1:24:00
Mentions (13)
▶ 19:09
The search for more dependable, unilaterally controlled army began, and the nascent counterterror teams emerged as a promising candidate. Meanwhile, the Saigon Dem downfall was originating within his own palace guard. CIA asset Tran Van Don…
▶ 20:08
As plotters swirled around them, Nhu and Dem instructed the Vietnamese Special Forces Chief, Colonel Le Quang Thong, to prepare a counter-coup. But Thong was summoned to a senior officer's club at the Joint General Staff Headquarters and sh…
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The generals of Dem and the CIA surfaced as the new chief of state, and his name was Duan Van Minh, M-I-N-H. That was the guy called Big Minh. He appointed a whole bunch of other Vietnamese generals who have very difficult names to say. And…
▶ 47:04
And that's basically what they're saying. They elected one of the military generals as being the chief of state, you know, because, of course, they assassinated the president at this point. And in 1965, the National Council of Security was …
▶ 1:16:49
fought in Korea, was attached to the CIA in 1966 and was used as General Loan's advisor. As an officer on General James Van Fleet's staff in Korea, Kempura had had prior dealings with John Hart, who was the station chief in Korea before he …
▶ 1:17:51
We're dealing with an enigma, a cobra, General Lone, unquote. He went on to say, Lone had a Mandarin Dai Biat background and his father had rescued Dem. Consequently, under Kai, Lone was very powerful and Hart resented Lone's concentration …
▶ 1:18:22
First, his supervision of the military security service, and eventually he took over control of the Central Intelligence Organization altogether inside of Lone's authority. And eventually Lone ran them both, along with the National Police. …
▶ 1:18:49
had decided to take over everything in order to change the political climate of Vietnam. And obviously they're going to butt heads with the Vietnamese in order to do that. So to create a counterforce to take over control from Cai, who was b…
▶ 1:20:21
Lone wanted control. Lone said to Hart, you join us, we will not join you. In effect, Lone told Hart to go screw himself. And so Hart wanted me to go kind of work out the difference. But General Lone, a dye-in-the-wool nationalist, had his …
▶ 1:23:30
that selectively snatches its prey is emblematic of this entire organization. So nowhere is the gap between American and Vietnamese sensitivities more apparent than in their interpretation of Phoenix and the Phong Hong doctrine, which also …
▶ 1:24:00
In this contest, Loan scored first when, for legal reasons, Contact 4 was placed under his control. Loan assigned as many as 50 officers to the program from the participating Vietnamese agencies, with Major Hung Mau in charge of operations,…
▶ 1:25:51
In an event, Lone was going to bring it all together and he did until Comer came out in February 67 and was briefed by Mao and Tracy because Comer saw it as a prototype and wanted to make it nationwide before working out all of the details.…
▶ 1:41:53
With when this guy was loved and now he's hated. And I was like trying to figure out why were they so afraid of an outsider getting into that position? And I was thinking of like what we're talking about, but I'm going with the signature re…