Who were the CIA reportedly behind the assassination of?
Ngô Đình Diệm
Hồ Chí Minh
Bảo Đại
Ngô Đình Nhu
Answer
Ngô Đình Diệm was the first president of South Vietnam. He was assassinated on November 2, 1963, by a group of South Vietnamese army officers with the assistance of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). The CIA had been involved in a plot to overthrow Diệm since 1954, but the assassination was not sanctioned by the Kennedy administration.
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