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
Ngo Dinh Diem
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Ngô Đình Diệm was a South Vietnamese politician who was the final prime minister of the State of Vietnam and later the first president of South Vietnam from 1955 until his capture and assassination du
Cable 243
…to South Vietnam who had arrived in the country two days earlier. The cable came in the wake of the midnight raids on 21 August by the regime of Ngô Đình Diệm against Buddhist pagodas across the country, in which hundreds were believed to have been killed. The raids were orchestrated by Diệm's brother Ngô…
Official portrait, 1956
A photo of 4 year old Diệm (third from right) with his family in 1905 or 1906. His father Ngô Đình Khả stands in the centre.
Portrait of emperor Bảo Đại
The five high-ranking mandarins (Thượng thư) of the Nguyễn dynasty during the reign of Emperor Bảo Đại (from left to right): Hồ Đắc Khải, Phạm Quỳnh, Thái Văn Toản, Ngô Đình Diệm, and Bùi Bằng Đoàn.