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Declassified per Executive Order 13526, Section 3.3
NND Project Number: NND 63316. By: NWD Date: 2011 TOP SECRET – Sensitive
NND Project Number: NND 63316. By: NWD Date: 2011 TOP SECRET – Sensitive
| DATE | OCCURENCE |
| 19 March 1962 | Diem approves Thompson's "Delta Plan" for execution. |
| 22 March 1962 | "Operation SUNRISE" commences in Binh Duong Province. |
| 8 August 1962 | GVN National Strategic Hamlet Construction Plan. |
| 28 October 1962 | GVN devotes entire issue of The Times of Vietnam to "The Year of the Strategic Hamlet." |
| 8 May 1962 | Buddhist controversy erupts when GVN troops fire on demonstrators in Hue. |
| 24 August 1963 | State to Lodge, Message 243 says that U.S. can no longer tolerate Nhu's continuation in power. |
| 10 September 1963 | General Krulak and Mr. Mendenhall give contradictory reports on progress of war to NSC. |
| 2 October I963 | Secretary McNamara reports to President Kennedy following his visit to RVN with General Taylor. |
| 1 November 1963 | Coup d'etat by group of generals against President Diem. |
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