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Q: Why did Kennedy decide to support diem?
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why did kennedy decide to support south vietnam’s Ngo Dinh Diem?

Communists would take over South Vietnam


In what year did the US decide to support Ngo Dinh Diem?

He was supported from the beginning in 1955, to quote our leadership at the time, "...Diem's the only one we got!"


Why did Kennedy not warn diem of the impending coup?

It was probably time for Diem to go.


Why did President Kennedy support the government of Ngo Dinh Diem?

Kennedy feared that Communists would take over South Vietnam.


What best summarizes the fate of Ngo Dinh Diem?

Diem was assassinated in 1963 (the same year that Kennedy was assassinated).


Did President Diem have president Kennedy assassinated?

Hesitantly, and very timidly, Kennedy did approve of the coup; however, he did it without warning Diem.


How and why was president Diem removed from power?

was approved by President Kennedy.


What was the date when the south Vietnamese began to rebel Diem's rule?

Kennedy and Diem were both assassinated in the same year; 1963.


Describe ngo dinh diem?

A man that hated communism, and for that reason, was accepted by the Kennedy administration (in the beginning); See: Diem.


What world war leader did John F. Kennedy have assassinated?

Diem


What was the ultimate fate of Diem?

Assassinated the same year that Kennedy was (1963).


What was President Kennedy's role in the assassination of President Diem?

American Generals met with who organized the plot to overthrow and there may have been some participation in the overthrow of the Diem regime, but it doesn't seem JFK was involved directly. Within three weeks of the death of Diem Kennedy was dead.