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1957 Vietnam
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Shots fired at Diem
An assiliant fires shots at President Diem as he arrives on foot for the Ban Me Thuot Economic Fair inauguration. The shot misses Diem but seriously injures the secretary of Agrarian Reform. -
Diem Reaches an Agreement
Diem comes to an agreement with the French Ambassador for the withdrawl of the French Air Force and Navy training missions upon the completion of the courses they have now. -
Increasing the number of MAAG personnel
DIscussions take place in Washington about the need to increase the number of MAAG personnel resulting from the withdrawl of France's Military training missions. -
Withdrawal of French Advisors
Diem directs the French to withdraw their advisors as soon as possible, -
Diem in USA
Diem arrives in Honolulu, to begin his 21-day tour of the USA. -
Meeting of leaders
President Eisenhower and Diem meet in Washington -
U.S. Presence in Vietnam
Vietnam government requests for MAAG advisors to fill in where the French Air Force and Navy advisors were. 44 military personell shift to the Embassy's role, MAAG and TERM increase from 692 to 736. -
No more support
Le Duan, Secretary General of the Communist Party in North Vietnam wrote a report advocating for North Vietnam to stop supporting the Viet Cong in the South while they pushed for a socialist society in the North. -
Materials Moving
TERM ships out more than $36,000,000 worth of MDPA equipment from Viet Nam. This is more than had been shiped since prior to them. -
Conflict occurs
U.S. Army officers are injured in a dynamite inncident. While a number of enlisted Army personel are injured because their bus was dynamited.
