Cable 243
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DEPTEL 243, also known as Telegram 243, the August 24 cable or most commonly Cable 243, was a high-profile message sent on 24 August 1963, by the United States Department of State in reply to Henry Ca
Nhu (right), shaking hands with US vice president Lyndon B. Johnson in 1961
W. Averell Harriman (1891–1986), one of the foremost proponents of Diệm's removal and key figure behind the cable
American president John F. Kennedy regretted his authorization of the coup
Maxwell Taylor, the Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, strongly opposed the cable
Krulak–Mendenhall mission
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The Krulak–Mendenhall mission was a fact-finding expedition dispatched by the Kennedy administration to South Vietnam in early September 1963. The stated purpose of the expedition was to investigate t
United States Marine Corps General Victor Krulak
US Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, RVN president Ngô Đình Diệm and Frederick Nolting in South Vietnam's Presidential Palace in 1961