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To: JF Quinnelly who wrote (20498)4/5/1999 5:11:00 AM
From: Ilaine  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 71178
 
>>>>>Kennedy may have blundered into getting Diem assassinated, but there's no evidence that he intended it. Kennedy merely wanted a more compliant leader to replace Diem.<<<<<

The Washington Post article about the CIA station chief reported it as fact, so there is probably some evidence. I recycled the papers, but it was in the Sunday magazine section within the last month.

Johnson could't bomb outside South VietNam because we were not "at war" with North VietNam. It was a "military action." Remember? The President does not declare war, that's reserved by the constitution for the Senate.