DESCRIPTION OF THE LAST HOURS OF DIEM & NHU
Saigon, South Vietnam (JFK+50) On November 5, 1963, The Evening Star described the last hours of South Vietnam's President Ngo Dinh Diem and his brother Ngo Dinh Nhu. This description was based on accounts of "soldiers who were present when the two former leaders died."
"...a pre-dawn flight through subterranean tunnels, a speeding car ride, a visit to a suburban church, a trip inside an armored personnel carrier and sudden death."
JFK+50 NOTE
The 1963 coup in South Vietnam was not the first coup attempted against the Diem regime. On November 11, 1960, four battalions of paratroopers tried unsuccessfully to oust Diem. The effort is described as "poorly organized."
SOURCE
"Flight to a Church and Death in an Armored Vehicle," by Malcolm W. Browne, The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., November 5, 1963, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
