The Buddhist Crisis continues: Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., newly arrived Ambassador to the kleptocratic Republic of (South) Vietnam, lends his assent to the planned overthrow of dictator Ngo Dinh Diem.
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Subsequent Events:
References:
Stanley A. Karnow, Vietnam: A History, (1983; New York: Penguin, 1997), 694.