DIEM REGIME IS OVER, BROTHERS DIEM & NHU REPORTED DEAD
Saigon, South Vietnam (JFK+50) On November 2, 1963, President Ngo Dinh Diem and his brother Ngo Dinh Nhu, according to The Evening Star, "committed suicide...after attempting to flee rebellious South Viet Nam military forces."
An unidentified "diplomatic" source says the brothers "swallowed poison" while being transported to jail. Another report indicated they were shot by "a nervous arresting officer."
President Diem's regime lasted eight years.
In a related story, Associated Press reports President John F. Kennedy has called off his trip to today's Air Force-Army football game to be held in Chicago. The President will stay in the Nation's Capital to be "in close touch with the situation in South Vietnam."
JFK+50 NOTE
According to Reddit.com/, the brothers fled the presidential palace & attempted to go into hiding but were captured. Denied free passage out of the country, Diem & Nhu were "executed."
JFK+50 will cover the month of November 1963 in our posts the remainder of November 2026 with the primary source being The Evening & Sunday Star.
SOURCES
"Diem, Nhu Out, Reported Dead," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., November 2, 1963, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
"Kennedy Cancels Flight to Game," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., November 2, 1963, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/"
"The Death of Ngo Dien Diem," Reddit, 2017, www.reddit.com/
