Hillsman Cable event
also: Hillman cable, Hilsman cable
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Roger Hilsmanperson · 41963 South Vietnamese coupevent · 3Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.person · 3John McConeperson · 2Ngô Đình Nhuperson · 2John F. Kennedyperson · 2Lucien Coneinperson · 2Ngô Đình Diệmperson · 2CIAintelligence service · 2John Richardsonperson · 2United States Department of Defenseorganization · 1Robert F. Kennedyperson · 1William Colbyperson · 1Maxwell D. Taylorperson · 1Langleyplace · 1Vietnamese Special Branchorganization · 1Buddhist crisisevent · 1Alfonso Speroperson · 1
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▶ 29:54
Prime movers in this effort were the Assistant Secretary of State for Far East, a guy by the name of Roger Hilsman, H-I-L-S-M-A-N, and the American ambassador, Henry Cabot Lodge. In August 1963, a notorious incident occurred when Hilsman, e…
▶ 30:23
Nguyen must go. If Diem would not fire his brother, then the United States was going to have to look for alternatives. Nguyen's special forces had just carried out a series of bloody attacks on the Buddhist pagodas that was widely condemned…
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However, reported back through CIA channels that the ambassador had regarded the cable as an order to support a coup d'etat. Richardson opposed this. At Langley, William Colby backed him up. John McCone was on vacation but was quickly infor…
▶ 31:18
a CIA officer by the name of Alfonso Spero, S-P-E-R-O, to tell the Vietnamese generals that the substance of Hillman's cable and to say the U.S. would not oppose a coup if they could conduct one. McCone went on to oppose the coup initiative…