Historical Events tagged with "us state department"
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Politics & Government
US State Department Cables for Diệm Coup
August 24th, 1963 61 years ago
Citing the raids on the Xá Lợi Pagoda, the US State Department communicated with the US Embassy in Saigon to push for a coup against President Ngô Đình Diệm unless he removed his brother Ngô Đình Nhu from power. Tensions between the Buddhist community and the South Vietnamese government escalated, leading to calls for urgent political change.
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