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United States decides to support Diem - Aug 20, 1954 - HISTORY.com
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President Eisenhower approves a National Security Council paper titled “Review of U.S. Policy in the Far East.” This paper supported Secretary of State Dulles’ view that the United States should support Diem, while encouraging him to broaden his government and establish more democratic institutions. Ultimately, however, Diem would refuse to make any meaningful concessions or institute any significant new reforms and U.S. support was withdrawn. Diem was subsequently assassinated during a coup by opposition generals on November 2, 1963.
United States decides to support Diem - Aug 20, 1954 - HISTORY.com
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History shows that was not a good choice, but I am not so sure Ike had one. With the red scare (after Joe McCarthy) a politician could not appear to be favorable toward any appearance of a communist government. A bad dictator was better than a good commy.
I have often wondered how the world would have turned out had we supported Ho, or at least stayed out of it entirely.
But, we had the get involved. At a terrible cost.
I have often wondered how the world would have turned out had we supported Ho, or at least stayed out of it entirely.
But, we had the get involved. At a terrible cost.
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