• Oral History
    McGeorge Bundy Oral History Interview - JFK #4, 3/13/1972
    John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection13 March 1972

    Bundy discusses documents relating to military aide, Vietnam, and the coup against Diem.

  • Oral History
    William P. Bundy Oral History Interview - JFK #2, 3/6/1972
    John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection6 March 1972

    Bundy discusses documents from the 1961 National Security Files about Vietnam, increasing troop strength, questioning Ngo Dinh Diem’s ability to lead Vietnam, use of defoliants and other unconventional weapons, and U.S. counterinsurgency theory, among other issues.

  • Oral History
    William P. Bundy Oral History Interview - JFK #3, 4/25/1972
    John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection25 April 1972

    Bundy discusses 1961 and 1963 debates about supporting a coup in Vietnam a trip that Bundy, Robert S. McNamara, Maxwell D. Taylor, and other took to Vietnam to gauge sentiments within the country about Ngo Dinh Diem’s government; the November 1963 coup that overthrew Diem, among other issues.

  • Oral History
    Chester L. Cooper Oral History Interview - JFK #3, 6/9/1966
    John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection9 June 1966

    Cooper discusses Vietnam policy during the Kennedy administration, Henry Cabot Lodge’s ambassadorship to Vietnam, and the November 1963 coup that overthrew Ngo Dinh Diem, among other issues.

  • Oral History
    Michael V. Forrestal Oral History Interview - JFK#3, 8/14/1964
    John F. Kennedy Oral History Collection14 August 1964

    Forrestal discusses ambassador’s role in Vietnam, the strategic hamlet program, the August 24th telegram and escalating tensions, among other issues.

  • Folder
    Vietnam: General, 1962
    Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.1962: 2 February-24 October

    This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning Vietnam. Materials in this folder include newspaper articles regarding attacks on the palace of Ngo Dinh Diem, President of South Vietnam, a press release of President Kennedy's remarks to the Vietnamese people on Tết (Vietna...

  • Folder
    Vietnam: Security, 1963
    Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.1963: 23 January-2 November

    This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning Vietnam. Materials in this folder include a list of military forces available for use in Vietnam, a report from American officials summarizing an investigative visit to Vietnam, a summary of prominent political figures in Vie...

  • Audio
    Meetings: Tape 104/A40. Lodge - President Kennedy Meeting on Vietnam, 15 August 1963
    Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.15 August 1963

    Sound recording of a meeting held on August 15, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy and newly appointed United States Ambassador to South Vietnam Henry Cabot Lodge. Shortly before Ambassador Lodge is to depart for Vietnam, he and President Kennedy discuss plans he would like to implement as Ambassador and his opinions on the political situation...

  • Audio
    Meetings: Tape 111. Vietnam, 17 September 1963
    Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.17 September 1963

    Sound recording of a meeting about Vietnam held on September 17, 1963, between President John F. Kennedy, Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) General Maxwell Taylor, Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) John McCone, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs W. Averell Harriman, Atto...

  • Audio
    Telephone Recordings: Dictation Belt 52.1. Dictated Memoir Entry
    Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.November 1963

    Sound recording of President John F. Kennedy dictating a memoir entry in November 1963. He talks about the coup in Saigon, South Vietnam, and the assassinations of Ngo Dinh Diem and Ngo Dinh Nhu, about the Soviet Union's stand on autobahn access, about American oil contracts in Latin-American countries, and about a statement by West German Chancell...

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