Volume IV

Document Numbers

Document Dates

I. Reassessment in Washington and Inaction in Saigon, August 28-September 7:
The Coup Stalls, President Kennedy's Public Statement, Attempts To Negotiate Nhu's Removal and Change South Vietnam's Policies

Documents1 through 25

8/28/63-8/30/63

Documents 26 through 50

8/30/63-9/2/63

Documents 51 through 72

9/2/63-9/7/63

II. Period of Interlude, September 7-October 22:
Assessment of the Progress of the War, U.S. Efforts To Reform the Diem Government, the McNamara-Taylor Mission to Vietnam and Report, U.S. Policy on Coup Plotting in Vietnam

Documents 73 through 91

9/7/63-9/11/63

Documents 92 through 115

9/11/63-9/16/63

Documents 116 through 145

9/16/63-9/23/63

Documents 146 through 165

9/23/63-10/1/63

Documents 166 through 184

10/2/63-10/6/63

Documents 185 through 208

10/6/63-10/23/63

III. The Coup Against the Diem Government, October 23-November 2:
Differing Interpretations of U.S. Policy Toward Coup Plotting, Efforts To Obtain Information on a Potential Coup, Lodge-Diem Discussions, U.S. Assessments of a Coup, The Coup, The Deaths of Nhu and Diem

Documents 209 through 244

10/23/63-10/30/63

Documents 245 through 278

10/30/63-11/2/63

IV. U.S. Relations With the Provisional Government of Vietnam, November 2-22:
U.S. Recognition of the Provisional Government, The Fate of Remaining Ngo Family Members and Tri Quang, U.S. Advice to the New Government, Rejection of a Neutralized South Vietnam, The Special Honolulu Meeting

Documents 279 through 306

11/2/63-11/8/63

Documents 307 through 322

11/8/63-11/22/63

V. The Johnson Presidency, November 22-December 31:
Lodge-Johnson Meeting on Vietnam, NSAM 273, McNamara Visit, Year-end Observations

Documents 323 through 347

11/22/63-12/5/63

Documents 348 through 369

12/6/63-12/20/63

Documents 370 through 383

12/20/63-12/31/63