Learn about the U.S. government's prior knowledge of the military coup against and assassination of Ngo Dinh Diem

Name: Learn about the U.S. government's prior knowledge of the military coup against and assassination of Ngo Dinh Diem
Uploaded: 2022-07-13T07:31:02
Duration: 26 s
Description: On November 1, 1963, South Vietnamese Pres. Ngo Dinh Diem was overthrown and killed in a coup mounted by his own military with the prior knowledge of the U.S. government. From Vietnam Perspective (1985), a documentary by Encyclopædia Britannica Educational Corporation.

On November 1, 1963, South Vietnamese Pres. Ngo Dinh Diem was overthrown and killed in a coup mounted by his own military with the prior knowledge of the U.S. government. From Vietnam Perspective (1985), a documentary by Encyclopædia Britannica Educational Corporation.

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Transcript

[Sound of protesters]

NARRATOR: By September 1963 many Vietnamese considered the overthrow of Diem more important than the defeat of the Communists. On November 1, the Diem regime was toppled by a military coup. Diem and his brother were assassinated. Although the United States knew of the coming coup, it did nothing to stop it. Nor did it warn Diem.