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Declassified per Executive Order 13526, Section 3.3
NND Project Number: NND 63316. By: NWD Date: 2011
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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 1963 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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