Vietnam, August-December 1963


Book Description

State Department Publication 9857. Editor in chief: John P. Glennon. Editor: Edward C. Keefer. Includes official documents concerning: discussion and formulation of policy in Washington; policy implementation in South Vietnam; the relationship among the United States government, the Diem government, and dissident elements in South Vietnam; United States intelligence assessments of the viability of the Diem government and the prospects of potential coup plotters; and United States military involvement in Vietnam.







Vietnam: August-December 1963


Book Description

Contents of this volume on Vietnam: (I) Reassessment in Wash. and inaction in Saigon, Aug. 28-Sept. 7: The coup stalls; Pres. Kennedy1s public statement, attempts to negotiate Nhu1s removal and change S. Vietnam1s policies; (II) Period of interlude, Sept. 7-Oct. 22: Assessment of the progress of the war, U.S. efforts to reform the Diem gov1t., the McNamara-Taylor mission to Vietnam and report, U.S. policy on coup plotting in Vietnam; (III) The coup against the Diem gov1t., Oct. 23-Nov. 2; (IV) U.S. relations with the Provisional Gov1t. of Vietnam, Nov. 2-22; and (V) The Johnson presidency, Nov. 22-Dec. 31: Lodge-Johnson meeting on Vietnam, NSAM 273, McNamara visit, year-end observations.