Vietnam
Contents
- I. Reassessment in Washington and Inaction in Saigon, August 28–September
7, 1963: The Coup Stalls, President Kennedy’s Public Statement, Attempts To Negotiate Nhu’s Removal and Change South
Vietnam’s Policies (Documents 1–72)
- II. Period of Interlude, September 7–October 22, 1963: Assessment of the
Progress of the War, U.S. Efforts To Reform the Diem Government, The McNamara-Taylor
Mission to Vietnam and Report, U.S. Policy on Coup Plotting in
Vietnam (Documents 73–208)
- III. The Coup Against the Diem
Government, October 23–November 2, 1963: Differing Interpretations of U.S.
Policy Toward Coup Plotting, Efforts To Obtain Information on a Potential
Coup, Lodge-Diem Discussions, U.S. Assessments of a
Coup, The Coup, The Deaths of Nhu and
Diem (Documents 209–278)
- IV. U.S. Relations With the Provisional Government of Vietnam, November
2–22, 1963: U.S. Recognition of the Provisional Government, The Fate of
Remaining Ngo Family Members and Tri Quang, U.S. Advice to the New
Government, Rejection of a Neutralized South Vietnam, The Special Honolulu
Meeting (Documents 279–322)
- V. The Johnson Presidency, November
22–December 31, 1963: Lodge-Johnson Meeting
on Vietnam, NSAM 273, McNamara Visit, Year-end
Observations (Documents 323–383)