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Politics : DON'T START THE WAR -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Rainy_Day_Woman who wrote (2571)	1/20/2003 5:13:17 PM
From: Mao II	Respond to of 25898

Church Committee Report On Diem Coup-1963 1. SUMMARY South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem and his brother, Ngo Dinh Nhu, were assassinated during a coup by Vietnamese generals on November 2, 1963. Evidence. Before the Committee indicates that the United States government offered encouragement for the coup, but neither desired nor was involved in the assassinations. Rather, Diem's assassination appears to have been a spontaneous act by Vietnamese generals, engendered by anger at Diem for refusing to resign or put himself in the custody of the leaders of the coup. On one occasion, General Duong Van Minh ("Big Minh") outlined to a CIA officer the possible assassination of Nhu and another brother, Ngo Dinh Can, as one of three methods being considered for changing the government in the near future. The Saigon Chief of Station, who recommended that, informed ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge and Deputy Chief of Mission William Trueheart 2 of this possibility "We do not set ourselves irrevocably against the assassination plot, since the other two alternatives mean either a bloodbath in Saigon or a protracted struggle which would rip the Army and the country assunder." (CIA cable, Saigon Station to DCI. 70/5/63) Upon being informed, Director Monet sent two cables. The first stated "[the cannot be in the position of stimulating, approving, or supporting assassination," and the second directed that the recommendation be withdrawn because "we cannot be in position actively condoning such course of action and thereby engaging our responsibility therefore." (CIA cable, DC1 to Saigon, 10/5/63; CIA cable, DC1 to Saigon, 10/6/63) For those interested in this very interesting -- not to say instructive -- history: 25thaviation.org Here is what the committee had to say about US involvement in a few other assassination attempts: history-matters.com