will be met by performance on the part of the Government of Viet-Nam in EISENHOWER'S LETTER TO NGO DINH DIEM, October 23, 1954 Dear Mr. President; I have been following with great interest the course of developments in Vietnam, particularly since the conclusion of the conference at Geneva. embassy.[9]. TWO LETTERS TO NGO DINH DIEM EISENHOWER'S LETTER TO NGO DINH DIEM October 23, 1954 (Department of State Bulletin, November 15, 1954) Dear Mr. President; I have been following with great interest the course of developments in Vietnam, particularly since the conclusion of the conference at Geneva. JFK Library: John Newman Papers, Notebook, August 24-31, 1963.. Full text is unavailable for this digitized archive article. The National Security Archive has participated in these debates by introducing important new evidence and interpretation. A CIA report on Viet Cong weaknesses and vulnerabilities (July 1965) Washington: Government Printing Office, 1991, p. 212 (hereafter cited as FRUS with page number). Unless otherwise indicated the specific electronic form of the document is copyright. Kattenburg reported he was hardly able to speak more than once or twice in what was primarily a one-sided monologue by Diem who said he was ready to die even while vigorously defending the policies of his government over the previous months. nh Dim Center for National Security Studies FOIA request. CIA Director Colby described a Saigon situation that pictured the pro-regime forces as stronger than the plotters. in the formidable project of the movement of several hundred thousand loyal No One opposition faction centered on former Ambassador Nolting. The discussion that followed is remarkable for the unanimity that had developed among nearly all of Kennedys advisors against Diem. Once American policymakers became aware that the coup plotters considered assassination a potential part of their plan they proceeded very carefully. Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. met with President John F. Kennedy alone in the Oval Office for his farewell meeting prior to leaving for Vietnam. At the State Department, W. Averell Harriman and George Ball agreed that Lodge ought to delay his arrival in Saigon until the situation had calmed somewhat (Document 4). Ngo Dinh Diem head of the South Vietnamese government Khrushchev Russian premier backed The Central Intelligence Agency ______ the Bay of Pigs invasion of Castro's Cuba. of a country temporarily divided by an artificial military grouping, weakened Nhu claimed he was prepared to join them which could have been an effort to unmask the coup plotters and their grievances rather than a genuine statement of support. The quote has been used in virtually every account of the Diem coup written since that time. but a succession (Document 20). CIA electronic reading room; declassified July 24, 2015. I am glad A US report on Soviet aid to North Vietnam (November 1965), US MACV memo on winning the Vietnam War (September 1965) Compare this redaction with the one on page 626 of Foreign Relations of the United States, 1961-1963, v. III, Vietnam, January-August 1963.
