Overthrow+of+Ngo+Dinh+Diem+(November+1-2,+1963)

Ngo Dinh Diem was president of South Vietnam from 1955 to 1963, until he was violently killed in a bloody coup. This was brought about by his discriminatory practices in favor of Roman Catholics and against Buddhists. After a while, several of his own generals began to start questioning whether he should be allowed to be president anymore. They began to meet with CIA agent Lucien Conein, who was under the guise of an advisor to the South Vietnamese Ministry of the Interior. After much deliberation, the generals went on with their plans and arrested Diem and his brother Ngo Dinh Nhu. They were loaded on an APC on the road to Saigon. On the way, the APC stopped and the prisoners were murdered.

This ended the "reign" of Diem, and it further paved way for United States involvement in Vietnam.

=Sources=

Tucker, Spencer C. "Ngo Dinh Diem, Overthrow of." The Encyclopedia of the Vietnam War. Second Edition. Volume II. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO, 2011. Print.

"The Assassination of Ngo Dinh Diem." HistoryNet.com. (2006): n. page. Web. 21 Dec. 2011. .