Conversation Details
President Johnson discussed the conflict in Vietnam with his old friend, Sen. Eugene J. “Gene” McCarthy [DFL–Minnesota]. Johnson explained why he could not be “the architect of surrender” and recalled the circumstances surrounding the 1963 assassination of former South Vietnamese president Ngô Đinh Diệm.
Date:
February 1, 1966
Topic:
Diem Coup
Location
Mansion
Conversation
WH6602-01-9601-9602
Conversation Participants
Presidential Daily Diary Excerpt
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