Talk:Cable 243
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Who is Rusk?[edit]
Think that this should be addressed. His name is mentioned 12 times, but there is no link to who he is or what role in the government he served. Think this is Dean Rusk. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.235.39.236 (talk) 13:59, 1 November 2012 (UTC)
'preparation of the cable' section[edit]
The last paragraph clearly needs to be edited to be put back into its proper place in the section with a coherent sentence at the beginning. I do not have sufficient knowledge of the subject to do this correctly. Hopefully someone else reading this article is able to do this sometime today, seeing as it is linked on today's homepage.CFnavymars (talk) 09:34, 24 August 2011 (UTC)
I stopped reading[edit]
The "article" claims, but doesn't cite any sources, that "the cable declared that Washington would no longer tolerate Nhu remaining in a position of power and ordered Lodge to pressure Diem to remove his brother. It said that if Diem refused, the Americans would explore the possibility for alternative leadership in South Vietnam. In effect, the cable authorized Lodge to give the green light to Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) officers to launch a coup against Diem if he did not willingly remove Nhu from power."
The cable doesn't implicitly or explicitly mention a coup, nor does it allude to any "green light." This is conspiracy theory, at best.--Lacarids (talk) 23:24, 29 February 2012 (UTC)