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| The Encyclopedia of World History. 2001. |
| 1961, April 9 | |
| Diem was reelected president. | 1 |
| June 16 | |
| South Vietnam's chief cabinet minister, Nguyên Ding Thuan, and U.S. officials under Pres. John F. Kennedy completed three days of conferences in Washington, D.C. The U.S. agreed to increase its 685-person military advisory group, to assign training specialists, and to send U.S. officers into the field to observe troops in action. In addition to the $40 million in arms previously promised, the U.S. agreed to pay salaries and supply arms for 20,000 troops to be added to the army of 150,000. | 2 |
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| Hô Chi Minh turned over his position as secretary-general of the Vietnamese Workers' Party (Communist Party) to Lê Duan. | 3 |
| The Encyclopedia of World History, Sixth edition. Peter N. Stearns, general editor. Copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Maps by Mary Reilly, copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. | |
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