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Oct 10, 2023

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...

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....