Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 66. Chapters: 1963 South Vietnamese coup, Operation Passage to Freedom, 1960 South Vietnamese coup attempt, Arrest and assassination of Ngo Dinh Diem, State of Vietnam referendum, 1955, Ngo Dinh Diem presidential visit to the United States, Reaction to the 1963 South Vietnamese coup, Ngo Dinh Diem presidential visit to Australia, Cable 243, Buddhist crisis, 1962 South Vietnamese Independence Palace bombing, Battle of Saigon. Excerpt: In November 1963, President Ngo inh Di m of South Vietnam was deposed by a group of Army of the Republic of Vietnam officers who disagreed with his handling of the Buddhist crisis and, in general, his increasing oppression of national groups in the name of fighting the communist Vietcong. The Kennedy administration had been aware of the coup planning, but Cable 243 from the United States Department of State to U.S. Ambassador to South Vietnam Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., stated that it was U.S. policy not to try to stop it. Lucien Conein, the Central Intelligence Agency's liaison between the US embassy and the coup planners, told them that the US would not intervene to stop it. Conein also provided funds to the coup leaders. The coup was led by General D ng V n Minh and started on November 1. It proceeded smoothly as many loyalist leaders were captured after being caught off-guard and casualties were light. Di m was captured and executed the next day along with his brother and adviser Ngo Dinh Nhu. Diem's road to political power began in July 1954, when he was appointed the Prime Minister of the State of Vietnam by former Emperor Bao Dai, who was Head of State. Bao Dai disliked Diem but selected him in the hope that he would attract US aid, and they became embroiled in a power struggle. The issue was brought to a head when Diem scheduled a referendum for October 1955, which was rigged by his brother Ngo...