Foreign Relations of the United States, 1961–1963, Volume
III, Vietnam, January–August 1963
List of Persons
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Anthis, Brigadier General
Roland H.,
USAF,
Commander U.S. Second Air Division; Chief, U.S. Air Force Advisory Group,
Vietnam
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Bagley, Lieutenant Commander
Worth H., USN, Naval Aide to the Chairman of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff
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Ball, George
W., Under Secretary of State
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Barnett, Robert
W., Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern
Economic Affairs from February 3, 1963
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Bell, David
E., Administrator of the Agency for International
Development and member of the Counterinsurgency Group
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Bowles, Chester
A., President’s Special Representative; Adviser on
African, Asian, and Latin American Affairs; and Ambassador at Large until
July 19, 1963; thereafter Ambassador to India
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Brent, Joseph
L., Director, Operations Mission in Vietnam
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Browne,
Malcolm, Associated Press correspondent
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Bui Van Lueng,
Vietnamese Minister of the Interior
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Bundy,
McGeorge, President’s Special Assistant for National
Security Affairs
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Bundy, William
P., Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for
International Security Affairs
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Buu Hoi,
Vietnamese Ambassador to the United States
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Carroll, Lieutenant General
Joseph F.,
USAF,
Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency
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Carter, Lieutenant General
Marshall S., USA, Deputy Director of the Central
Intelligence Agency
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Clifton, Major General
Chester V., USA, President’s Military Aide
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Colby, William,
Director of the Far East Division, Operations Directorate, Central
Intelligence Agency
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Conlon, Thomas
F., Office of Southeast Asian Affairs, Bureau of Far
Eastern Affairs Department of State, after September 1, 1963, and member of
the Vietnam Working Group
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Cooper, Chester
L., Assistant for Policy Support to the Deputy Director
for Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency, until November 1963;
thereafter Assistant Deputy Director for Policy Support
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Couve de Murville,
Maurice, French Foreign Minister
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De Gaulle,
Charles, President of France
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Denney, George
C., Deputy Director of the Bureau of Intelligence and
Research, Department of State, from April 28, 1963
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Diem, see
Ngo Dinh Diem
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Dingeman, Major James
W., USA, Executive Secretary of the Special Group
for Counterinsurgency
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Dinh, see
Ton That Dinh
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Don, see
Tran Van Don
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Dungan, Ralph
A., President’s Special Assistant
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Duong Van (“Big”) Minh, Major
General, 1963, Lieutenant General), ARVN, Military Adviser to President Diem until November 1, 1963; thereafter
Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Revolutionary Council; President
of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Vietnam after November 4,
1963
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Dutton, Frederick
G., Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional
Affairs
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Felt, Admiral Harry
D., USN, Commander in Chief, Pacific
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Forrestal, Michael
V., member, National Security Council Staff
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Gilpatric, Roswell
L., Deputy Secretary of Defense and member of the
Special Group for Counterinsurgency
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Halberstam,
David,
New York Times correspondent in Vietnam
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Harkins, General Paul
D., USA, Commander, U S. Military Assistance
Command, Vietnam
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Harriman, W.
Averell, Assistant Secretary of State for Far
Eastern Affairs until April 3, 1963; thereafter Under Secretary of State for
Political Affairs and Chairman of the Special Group for
Counterinsurgency
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Heavner, Theodore
J., Deputy Director of the Vietnam Working Group,
Department of State, until August 4, 1963
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Heinz, Rear Admiral Luther
C., USN, Regional Director for the Far East, Office
of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security
Affairs
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Helble, John
J., Consul in Hue
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Hieu, see
Ngo Trong Hieu
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Higgins,
Marguerite,
New York Herald Tribune correspondent
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Hilsman, Roger,
Director of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research until April 25, 1963;
thereafter Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs
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Ho Chi Minh,
President of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam; also Chairman and General
Secretary of Dang Lao Dong, Workers’ Party of Vietnam
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Hoang Van Lac,
Colonel,
ARVN,
Permanent Commissioner, Interministerial Committee for Strategic Hamlets;
Special Commissioner for Strategic Hamlet Program
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Hughes, Thomas
L., Deputy Director of the Bureau of Intelligence and
Research until April 28, 1963; thereafter Director
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Huynh Van Cao, Brigadier
General,
ARVN, IV
Corps Commander
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Janow, Seymour
J., Assistant Administrator for the Far East, Agency for
International Development
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Johnson, U.
Alexis, Deputy Under Secretary of State for Political
Affairs
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Jorden,
William, Special Assistant to the Under Secretary of
State for Political Affairs
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Kalischer,
Peter, CBS News correspondent
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Kattenburg, Paul
M., Deputy Director of the Office of Southeast Asian
Affairs, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, Department of State, and Chairman of
the Vietnam Interdepartmental Working Group from August 4, 1963
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Kaysen, Carl,
President’s Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs
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Kennedy, John
F., President of the United States until November 22,
1963
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Kennedy, Robert
F., Attorney General
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Kent, Colonel J.
R., USA, Assistant Director, Far East Region, Office
of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security
Affairs
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Khanh, see
Nguyen Khanh
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Khiem, see
Tran Thien
Khiem
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Khiet, see
Tien Khiet
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Kim, see
Le Van Kim
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Koren, Henry L.
T., Director of the Office of Southeast Asian Affairs,
Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs. Department of State
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Krulak, Major General Victor
H.,
USMC, Special
Assistant for Counterinsurgency and Special Activities, Joint Staff of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff
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Ky, see
Nguyen Cao Ky
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La, see
Nguyen Van La
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Lac, see
Hoang Van Lac
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Lansdale, Major General
Edward G.,
USAF,
Assistant to the Secretary of Defense
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Le Quang Tung,
Colonel,
ARVN,
Special Forces Commander until November 1, 1963
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Le Van Kim, Brigadier
General, (after November 1, 1963, Major General),
ARVN, Secretary General and Foreign
Affairs member, Executive Committee of the Military Revolutionary Council,
after November 1, 1963
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Lodge, Heriry Cabot,
Jr., Ambassador to South Vietnam from August 26,
1963
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Luong, see
Bui Van Luong
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Mai Huu Xuan, Brigadier
General, (after November 1, 1963, Major General),
ARVN, Commander, Quang training camp;
member, Executive Committee of the Military Revolutionary Council, after
November 1, 1963; Chief of National Police
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Manfull, Melvin
L., Counselor for Political Affairs at the Embassy in
Vietnam
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Manning, Robert
J., Assistant Secretary of State for Public
Affairs
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Mansfield,
Mike, Democratic Senator from Montana; Majority Leader
and member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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Mau, see
Vu Van Mau
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McCone, John
A., Director of Central Intelligence
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McGarr, Lieutenant
General Lionel C7 USA, Chief of the Military
Assistance Advisory Group, Vietnam
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McNamara, Robert
S., Secretary of Defense
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Mecklin, John,
Counselor for Public Affairs at the Embassy in Vietnam
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Minh, see
Duong Van Minh
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Montgomery, James
M., Office of Southeast Asian Affairs, Bureau of Far
Eastern Affairs, Department of State, and member of the Vietnam Working
Group
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Murrow, Edward
R., Director, United States Information Agency
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Ngo Dinh Can,
brother of President Diem
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Ngo Dinh Diem,
President of the Republic of Vietnam until November 1, 1963
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Ngo Dinh
Luyen, brother of President Diem; Vietnamese Ambassador to the United Kingdom until
November 2, 1963
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Ngo Dinh Nhu,
brother of President Diem;
Presidential Counselor and Head of the Interministerial Committee for
Strategic Hamlets until November 1, 1963
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Ngo Dinh Nhu, Madame (Tran Le
Xuan), wife of Ngo Dinh
Nhu and member of the Vietnamese National Assembly; official
hostess for President Diem
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Ngo Dinh Thuc,
brother of President Diem;
Archbishop of Hue
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Ngo Trong
Hieu, Vietnamese Minister of Civic Action until November
1, 1963
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Nguyen Cao Ky, Lieutenant
Colonel, Vietnamese Air Force, Transport Squadron
Commander; Air Force Commander from December 17, 1963
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Nguyen Dinh
Thuan, Vietnamese Secretary of State at the Presidency
and Assistant Secretary of State for National Defense
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Nguyen Khanh, Major
General,
ARVN,
Commander of II Corps until November 29, 1963; thereafter Commander of IV
Corps
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Nguyen Ngoc
Tho, Vietnamese Vice President until November 4, 1963;
thereafter Prime Minister and Minister of Finance and National Economy of
the Provisional Government
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Nguyen Van La, Major
General,
ARVN, Civil
Guard Commander
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Nguyen Van Thien,
Colonel, (Brigadier General after November 1, 1963),
ARVN, Commanding Officer of the 5th
Infantry Division
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Nhu, see
Ngo Dinh Nhu
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Nhu, Madame,
see Ngo Dinh Nhu,
Madame
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Nitze, Paul
H., Assistant Secretary of Defense for International
Security Affairs
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Nolting, Frederick E.,
Jr., Ambassador to Vietnam until August 15,
1963
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Pell, Clalborne
H., Democratic Senator from Rhode Island
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Pham Van Dong,
Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam
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Phan Huy Quat,
former Vietnamese Defense Minister under Bao Dai and leader of Dai Viet
Party
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Phillips, Rufus
C., Assistant Director for Rural Affairs, Operations
Mission in Vietnam
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Quang Duc,
bonze who committed suicide on June 11, 1963
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Rice, Edward
E., Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern
Affairs
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Rostow, Walt
W., Counselor of the Department of State and Chairman of
the Policy Planning Council
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Rusk, Dean,
Secretary of State
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Salinger,
Pierre, President’s Press Secretary
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Schlesinger, Arthur,
Jr., President’s Special Assistant
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Sheehan, Neil,
United Press International correspondent in Vietnam
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Sihanouk, Prince
Norodom, Cambodian Chief of State
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Smith, Benjamin
A., former Senator from Massachusetts
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Smith, Bromley,
Executive Secretary of the National Security Council Souvanna Phouma,
Laotian Prime Minister
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Stoneman, Walter
G., Director of the Office of Vietnam Affairs, Bureau
for the Far East/Vietnam, Agency for International Development
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Sullivan, William
H., U.N. Adviser, Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs,
Department of State, until April 28, 1963; thereafter Assistant to the Under
Secretary of State
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Sully,
Francois,
Newsweek correspondent
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Sylvester,
Arthur, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public
Affairs
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Tam Chau,
bonze, member of Buddhist delegation from Hue; became
Chairman of the Intersect Committee for the Defense of Buddhism
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Taylor, General Maxwell
D., USA, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff
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Thien Minh,
bonze, leader of the Buddhist delegation from Hue
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Tho, see
Nguyen Ngoc Tho
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Thompson, Brigadier Robert
G. K., head of the British Advisory Mission in
Vietnam
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Thuan, see
Nguyen Dinh
Thuan
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Thuc, see
Ngo Dinh Thuc
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Tien Khiet,
chief bonze in Hue
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Ton That Dinh, Major
General,
ARVN,
Military Governor of Saigon, August 21-November 1, 1963; thereafter
Commander of III Corps, Second Deputy Chairman of the Executive Committee of
the Military Revolutionary Council, and Minister of Public Security of the
Provisional Government
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Tran Kim
Tuyen, head of the Service des Etudes Politiques et
Sociales
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Tran Le Quang,
Vietnamese Minister of Rural Affairs until November 4, 1963; thereafter
Minister of Rural Affairs of the Provisional Government
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Tran Le Xuan,
see Ngo Dinh Nhu,
Madame
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Tran Thien Khiem,
General,
ARVN, Chief
of Staff after November 1, 1963; Military Affairs member, Executive
Committee of the Military Revolutionary Council
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Tran Tu Oai, Brigadier
General,
ARVN,
Director of Psychological Warfare, Vietnamese Ministry of Defense; Chief of
Public Information; Minister of Information in the Provisional Government
after November 4, 1963
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Tran Van
Chuong, Vietnamese Ambassador to the United States until
August 22, 1963
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Tran Van Don, Major
General,
ARVN,
Commander of III Corps until July 1963; thereafter Commander of the Army of
the Republic of Vietnam; Acting Chief of the Joint General Staff after
August 1963; First Deputy Chairman of the Executive Committee of the
Military Revolutionary Council after November 1, 1963; Minister of National
Defense after November 4, 1963
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Tri Quang,
bonze, Buddhist opposition leader
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Trueheart, William
C., Minister-Counselor and Deputy Chief of Mission
in Vietnam
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Tung, see
Le Quang Tung
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Tuyen, see
Tran Kim Tuyen
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Unna, Warren,
Washington Post correspondent
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Vo Van Hai,
Director of President Diem’s
Personal Cabinet until November l, 1963
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Vu Van Mau,
Vietnamese Foreign Minister until August 22, 1963; Ambassador to the United
Kingdom after December 24, 1963
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Weede, Major General Richard
G.,
USMC, Chief of
Staff, Military Assistance Command, Vietnam
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Wheeler, General Earle
General, USA, Chief of Staff
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Wood, Chalmers
B., Director of the Vietnam Working Group, Bureau of Far
Eastern Affairs, Department of State, until August 4, 1963