JFK handled the increasing conflict in South Vietnam by a

Last updated: 6/23/2023

JFK handled the increasing conflict in South Vietnam by a consistently backing the capable reformist South Vietnamese leader Ngo Dihn Diem b paying off the Vietcong to cease their guerrilla strikes against the Diem government C sending money arms and 16 000 advisers i e soldiers to defend Diem d repeatedly expressing confidence both privately and publicly in American ability to defend the South Vietnamese from communism