Part 1 Flashcards
allowed for vietnamese partition between north and south vietnam and provided for a peaceful transfer from one zone to another?
Potomac Charter
Established to create alliances to contain communist powers.
Southeast Asia Treaty Orgeanization
(SEATO)
helped Bao Dai eliminate General Hinh, considered to have the most influence with Ngo Dinh Diem.
Col Edward Lansdale
dividng line established during the Potomac Charter.
17th Parallel
800-900,000 vietnamese moved south, 70,000 moved north, 300 days to choose
Operation Passage to Freedom
It was created be Diem and Nhu
Had 16,000 members by 1959
Must be a member to hold any gov. or military position
Military politicized, never reached fighting readiness
Can Lao Party
During this time Diem & Nhu created the Can Lao Party
Diem ruled as Mandarin (dictator)
Setup agrovilles
Took advantage of the peasants
Nation Building
It was the precursor to the Strategic Hamlet Program
Created by the French to protect against communist uprising
Overall failure that had little to no effect
Agrovilles
Established by the Vietminh to move troops, weapons and material from North to South
Developed road system mostly through Laos and Cambodia
Group 559
the road system between north and south in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos.
Built by group 559
Ho Chi Minh Trail
It criticised Diem for ruling like a Dictator
Written by anti-communist politicians
at a hotel by the same name
Caravelle Manifesto
War between Pathet Lao (with some North Vietnamese) and the Laotian government
Intitially consumed the Kennedy administration
Kennedy considered the possibility of getting involved in a war
Laotian Crisis
Struggle against communism a little closer to United States
Cuban Missle Crisis
failed attempt at stopping Fidel Castro
operation conducted out of fear for nuclear war with Cuba
Bay of Pigs Invasion
suspected to be involved in the coup against Diem
openly criticised Diem
Averill Harriman
created a Special Counterinsurgency group that would be responsible for preventing and resisiting subversive insurgency by communist forces in any friendly country, especially Vietnam
National Security Memorandum (NSAM) - 124
Chairman of the Special Counterinsurgency Group
Natiional Security Advisor under Kennedy
McGeorge Bundy
agreement that would create a working relationship with South Vietnam government
send 8,000 troops to aid the ARVN
would allow for more control in SVN government by US
Limited Partnership
created the limited partnership idea in 1961 along with Walter Rostow
supported US troop invovlment in Vietnam
opposed the coup that killed President Diem in 1963
General Maxwell Taylor
Group created by Kennedy’s response to the limited Partnership
be flexible; keep leverage but limit involvement
increased number of advisors by 8,000 to a total of 11,300
Paul Harkins in Charge
Military Advisory Command Vietnam (MACV)
Similar to agrovilles
intended to Combat communist insurgency
created by Diem and supported by the Kennedy administration
largely unsuccessful due to corrption in the Government of South Vietnam
Strategic Hamlet Program
reported that after 2 Billion spent in Vietnam, “substantially the same dificulties remain if, indeed, they have not been compounded
Mike Mansfield
blamed the Vietcong, US policy, and President Diem
recommended a careful reassesment of the situation in Vietnam in order to avoid deeper US involvement
Mike Mansfield report
reported Army enthusiasm after being sent to Vietnam by Kennedy to asses the situation
General Krulak
