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Militærkup i Sydvietnam rettet mod Diem-familien
medfører hårde kampe i Saigon. Diem-diktaturet,
støttet af USA, afsløres som et
rædselsregimente.
Litteratur: THE DIEM COUP AFTER 50 YEARS: JOHN F. KENNEDY
AND SOUTH VIETNAM, 1963
National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 444
Washington, D.C., November 1, 2013 -- Continued investigation of
the presidency of John F. Kennedy further strengthens the view that
the origins of U.S. support for the coup which overthrew South
Vietnamese president Ngo Dinh Diem 50 years ago today traces
directly to President Kennedy, not to a "cabal" of top officials in
his administration. As the documents posted by the National
Security Archive in 2009 and new material posted today indicates,
the often-told story that a "cabal" of senior officials, in
combination with U.S. ambassador to Saigon Henry Cabot Lodge, were
responsible for the coup is a myth.
The 2009 posting (below) used the then-newly released audiotapes of
President Kennedy's discussions on South Vietnam in late August
1963, combined with the declassified documents on the same
meetings, and the State Department cables to Saigon bearing
instructions for Ambassador Lodge, to show that Washington
officials acted in unison in determining the U.S. approach.
Additional evidence presented here supports this conclusion.
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