Xá Lợi Pagoda raids
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The Xá Lợi Pagoda raids were a series of synchronized attacks on a number of Buddhist pagodas in the major cities of South Vietnam shortly after midnight on 21 August 1963. The raids were executed by
Xá Lợi Pagoda, the focal point of the attacks
Ngô Đình Nhu, brother of President Ngô Đình Diệm, planned the raids. On the left, U.S. vice president Lyndon Johnson
The gong in the bell tower of Xá Lợi was struck continuously to alert the population to the raids.
Từ Đàm Pagoda
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
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