Former President Truman Interviewed on His Morning Walk
Oct. 10, 1963 - Former President Harry S. Truman, on his morning walk in New York City today, said that South Vietnamese First Lady...
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Oct 8, 2023
Madame Nhu Arrives in NYC
Oct. 8, 1963 - Madame Ngo Dinh Nhu (right), sharp-tongued First Lady of South Vietnam, arrived in New York from Paris last night to begin...
Oct 6, 2023
Madame Nhu Calls Buddhist Demonstrators “Hooligans” and “Communists”
Oct. 6, 1963 - Madame Ngo Dinh Nhu (pictured), controversial sister-in-law of the President of South Vietnam, today denied that Buddhists...
Oct 5, 2023
Another Buddhist Monk Burns Himself To Death
Oct. 5, 1963 - The political and religious crisis in South Vietnam deepened today when another Buddhist monk burned himself to death —...
Oct 2, 2023
Kennedy Administration Says Vietnam War Could Be Won by 1965
Oct. 2, 1963 - The U.S said tonight that the war in South Vietnam might be won by the end of 1965 if the political crisis there did not...
Sep 29, 2023
McNamara and Taylor Confer with Diem
Sept. 29, 1963 - Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara and General Maxwell D. Taylor conferred with South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh...
Sep 28, 2023
McNamara and Taylor Tour South Vietnam
Sept. 28, 1963 - Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara and General Maxwell Taylor, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, today toured...
Sep 21, 2023
President Orders McNamara and Gen. Taylor to South Vietnam
Sept. 21, 1963 - President Kennedy today ordered Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara and General Maxwell D. Taylor, chairman of the...
Sep 13, 2023
Madame Nhu Has Surprise Meeting with Senator Edward M. Kennedy
Sept. 13, 1963 - Madame Ngo Dinh Nhu, who has accused President Kennedy of appeasing U.S. politicians in his policies toward South...
Sep 12, 2023
President Kennedy Indirectly Parries with Goldwater
Sept. 12, 1963 - President Kennedy dealt lightly at his news conference today with mounting political criticism. But he put Senator Barry...
Sep 12, 2023
Highlights of President Kennedy’s Press Conference
Sept. 12, 1963 - Following are highlights of President Kennedy’s news conference today: Test ban: He urged the Senate to give the “widest...
Sep 12, 2023
Twenty-Two Senators Call for Halt to Vietnam Aid
Sept. 12, 1963 - Twenty-two U.S. Senators introduced a resolution today calling for an end to all military and economic aid to South...
Sep 11, 2023
Madame Nhu Speaks Out
Sept. 11, 1963 - South Vietnam’s influential Madame Ngo Dinh Nhu, arriving in Belgrade from Beirut, said tonight the Saigon Government...
Sep 11, 2023
U.S. Wants President Diem’s Brother Gone
Sept. 11, 1963 - The U.S. has directly advised President Ngo Dinh Diem of South Vietnam that it regards the removal of his brother, Ngo...
Sep 9, 2023
President Kennedy Subscribes to “Domino Theory”
Sept. 9, 1963 - A reduction of U.S. financial aid to South Vietnam might bring about collapse of that nation and open the gates to a...
Sep 8, 2023
Truman: Wallace “Making an Ass of Himself”
Sept. 8, 1963 - Former President Harry S. Truman said today that Governor George Wallace of Alabama was “making an ass of himself” in...
Sep 3, 2023
War of Words between U.S. and South Vietnam
Sept. 3, 1963 - The United States and the Government of South Vietnam exchanged bitter words today. There were no signs of a solution to...
Sep 2, 2023
Walter Cronkite Interviews President Kennedy on CBS-TV
Sept. 2, 1963 - President Kennedy said today that the leaders of South Vietnam should realize that the war against the Communist...
Sep 2, 2023
Vietnamese Paper Charges U.S. Coup Plot
Sept. 2, 1963 - An American-owned English-language newspaper, The Times of Vietnam, said today that the Central Intelligence Agency had...
Aug 31, 2023
U.S. Moving Toward Confrontation with Diem Regime
Aug. 31, 1963 - The United States appears to be moving deliberately toward a direct confrontation with the Diem regime in South Vietnam....
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