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Strategies & Market Trends : P&S and STO Death Blow's
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To: Mike M who wrote (28531)2/26/2003 12:44:47 PM
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The United States Central Intelligence Agency had done research and knew that if elections were held Diem would lose and the North Vietnamese Communists would take control of the entire country. The United States did not want to risk losing the South in the elections and encouraged Diem to cancel the elections. The administration already knew that if elections were not held the Democratic Republic of Vietnam would re-start its fight against the South. The National Security Council planning board assured Diem that if hostilities begun the United States would opposes the North Vietnamese “with U.S. armed forces if necessary and feasible - consulting Congress in advance if the emergency permits - preferable in concert with the Manila Pact allies of the U.S., but if necessary alone.” (Griffin pg. 433) The United States had already drawn up contingency plans for Vietnam in order to be prepared for the outcome of Diem’s refusal to hold elections.
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