Additional Links

Timeline of Vietnam Events
(http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/vietnam/index-1961.html)

A timeline of Vietnam events during John Kennedy's presidency.

President Kennedy's Inaugural Address
(http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cold.war/episodes/13/documents/jfk.inaugural/)

Edward Lansdale's influential 1961 report on the insurgency in Vietnam
(http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/lansdale.htm)

President Kennedy's December 1961 letter to Diem
(http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/viet21.htm)

Kennedy's approval of the use of chemical defoliants in South Vietnam
(http://www.jfklibrary.org/images/nsam115.jpg)

Kennedy's Television Interviews Dealing with Vietnam
(http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/kentv.htm)

Transcripts of Kennedy's September 2 and September 9, 1963, television interviews dealing with Vietnam.

Phone Conversation Between Ngo Dinh Diem and Henry Cabot Lodge
(http://www.temple.edu/history/lodge.html)

A transcript of Ngo Dinh Diem's November 1, 1963, phone call to American Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge.

Battle of Ap Bac
(http://www.mrfa2.org/ApBac.htm)

View a map of the critical, January 1963, battle of Ap Bac.

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