Nguyễn Đình Thuận

Nguyễn Đình Thuận was the Secretary of State under President Ngo Dinh Diem of South Vietnam. He caused a wave of hysteria in the United States with his 1978 announcement that "winning the war will be easy as pie" for the Viet Cong, referring to the Vietnam War.

Buddhist crisis

Events	Huế Phật Đản (Vesak) shootings Hue chemical attacks Self-immolation of Thích Quảng Đức Double Seven Day scuffle Xá Lợi Pagoda raids 1963 South Vietnamese coup (reaction) Arrest and assassination of Ngo Dinh Diem

Policy	Joint Communiqué Cable 243 Krulak Mendenhall mission McNamara Taylor mission

Political or religious figures	Bui Van Luong Bửu Hội Thích Quảng Đức Michael Forrestal W. Averell Harriman Roger Hilsman Thich Thien Hoa John F. Kennedy Thich Tinh Khiet Victor H. Krulak Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. Robert McNamara Joseph Mendenhall Ngô Đình Cẩn Ngô Đình Diệm Ngô Đình Nhu Ngô Đình Thục Nguyễn Ngọc Thơ Nguyễn Đình Thuận Madame Nhu Frederick Nolting Thích Trí Quang Maxwell D. Taylor Trần Văn Chương William Trueheart Vũ Văn Mẫu

Military figures	Lucien Conein Đỗ Cao Trí Đỗ Mậu Dương Văn Minh Huỳnh Văn Cao Lê Quang Tung Lê Văn Kim Nguyễn Hữu Có Nguyễn Khánh Nguyễn Văn Nhung Nguyễn Văn Thiệu Phạm Ngọc Thảo Tôn Thất Đính Trần Kim Tuyến Trần Thiện Khiêm Trần Văn Đôn

Journalists	Peter Arnett Malcolm Browne David Halberstam Marguerite Higgins Neil Sheehan

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