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The End Of The Diem Regime Essay

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The Kennedy administration was responsible for the overthrow of the


Diem regime and Diem?s assasination.The U.S. did not have a problem with


Diem, the real problem was with Diem?s brother Nhu.Nhu was responsible


for many protests by Bhuddist monks where Mrs. Nhu would call the monks


who set themselves on fire in protest ?barbecues.? The Kennedy


administration had a lot to do with the overthrow of the regime although


they did not have much to do with Diem?s assasination.


The Kennedy administration was the main influence in overthrowing


the Diem regime.The State Department wanted to give Diem a chance to rid


himself of Nhu and replace him with the best military and political


personalities available. Ambassador Lodge said that the possibility of Diem


meeting are demands are virtually nil. The only way to get rid of Nhu is to get rid of the


entire Diem regime. In a cablegram from Ambassador Lodge to Secretary Rusk, Lodge


said; ?We are launched on a course from which there is no turning back: the overthrow of


the Diem government.? Lodge also stated that there is no turning back because the U.S. is


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licly committed to the end of the Diem regime. In a cablegram transmitted from


President Kennedy to Ambassador Lodge, Kennedy said that the U.S. should not actively


help the coup, but be ready to make good relations with the group that overthrows the


Diem regime. In a later cablegram from the whitehouse they said that the U.S. does not


wish to leave an impression that they are opposed to a new regime. When the U.S. says


this they are basically telling the coup that they are backing them.


Because of the Kennedy administrations responsibility in the


overthrow of the Diem regime it also leads to the eventual assasination of


Diem.The U.S. was not as involved with his assasination as they were with


the overthrow of Diem?s regime. Diem was told by Ambassador Lodge that if he


resigned, him and his brother would be allowed to leave the country


safely. Diem, however, was not told by the U.S. that they sided with the


coup. Diem believed he was doing the right thing and the U.S. was not


opposed to him. If he had known that the U.S was against him he would have probably


resigned, but he was denied that information from ambassador


Lodge.

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