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...
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- 5 days ago
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...
- 6 days ago
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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....
- Aug 30
Retired U.S. Army Officer Doubts South Vietnamese Want to Defeat Communists
Aug. 30, 1963 - A U.S. Army officer who retired recently after more than a year’s service in South Vietnam said today he doubted whether...
- Aug 28
U.S.: Diem’s Brother and Sister-In-Law Must Go
Aug. 28, 1963 - The United States has decided that South Vietnam’s President Ngo Dinh Diem (right) must get rid of his powerful brother...
- Aug 28
First Silver Star Medal To Be Awarded for Heroism in Vietnam Action
Aug. 28, 1963 - Mrs. Kenneth N. Good of San Marino, Calif., the widow of an Army captain killed Jan. 2, will be presented the first...
- Aug 25
New Buddhist Crackdown in Saigon
Aug. 25, 1963 - At least 600 students were arrested today in Saigon by bayonet-brandishing troops and steel-helmeted policemen moving to...
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