Chapter 6
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Updated: 10 Dec 2019
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Created byFranziska Klein
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Elections in Vietnam - stopped by USHo Chi Minh: wins Vietnam from FranceNSC restate danger of Communist Southeast AsiaNSC restate danger of Communist Southeast AsiaLaos escalationSoviet-American Agreement on neutral Laos1964: election yearKennedy authorizes Napalm and herbicidal defoliantsTaylor-Rostow reportBuddhists set themselves afireDiem's Regime uses violoence agst movementcable from DC authorizing coup agst DiemViet Cong attack of US installment (Pleiku)full bombing plan implementedAmerican troops approved for offensive operationAnti-war Demonstrations in US beginTet offensive by Viet Cong1968: election yearRobert Kennedy announces candidacyMLK murderedRob Kennedy murderedWashington-Hanoi formal sessionHanoi agreementbombing of NV stations in CambodiaUS Invasion of CambodiaKhmer Rouge seize power in CambodiaNYT leaks Defence document on Vietnam wardiplomatic Agreement btw Hanoi and UScarpet bombing (Christmas bombing) of North VietnamParis Peace AccordsPeriods
35. US President: Kennedy36. US President: JohnsonPresident of South Vietnam: Ngo Dinh Diem34. US President: EisenhowerDoung Van Minh assumes power in South Vietnamcoup agst Van Minh
Nguyen Khan takes overincident in the Gulf of TonkinDominican Republic crisis37. US President: NixonCamodia: Prince Norodom Sihanouk
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