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| Adviser Bundy, McGeorge |  |
| Appointed military adviser to President Kennedy & later to President Johnson |
| Aid to Vietnam Kennedy, John Fitzgerald | |
| 11th Oct Bien Hoa Kennedy authorizes fighter bomber trainers to the Bien Hoa Air Base |
| 11th Oct Saigon Kennedy sends General Taylor & advisers to discuss troop support for Diem |
| Dec 300 USA helicopter pilots in "Eagle Flight" units arrive in Vietnam |
| Aid to Vietnam Taylor, Maxwell | |
| June Saigon Kennedy sends General Taylor & advisers to discuss troop support for Diem |
| Ambassador Nolting, Frederick | |
| Appointed Ambassador to Sth Vietnam |
| Chief of Staff Lemay, Curtis | |
| Appointed USA Air Force Chief-of-Staff |
| Conference of Vienna Khruschev, Nikita Sergeyevich |  |
| June Vienna Kennedy & Khrushchev meet to avoid direct confrontation between USA & Russia |
| June Vienna Russia & the USA agree to enforce a truce within their areas of influence |
| Conference of Vienna Kennedy, John Fitzgerald | |
| June Vienna Kennedy & Khrushchev meet to avoid direct confrontation between USA & Russia |
| June Vienna Russia & the USA agree to enforce a truce within their areas of influence |
| Diplomacy Johnson, Lyndon Baines | |
| Saigon Visits President Diem in Saigon & offers him America's support |
| Diplomacy Kennedy, John Fitzgerald | |
| 23rd Mar "the security of South East Asia will be endagered if Laos loses its independence" |
| Diplomacy Diem, Ngo Dinh |  |
| Rejects USA offers to increase troops & military advisers |
| Oct Requests a defense pact with the USA after attacks by the Vietcong |
| Doctrine Domino Theory Bundy, McGeorge | |
| If Vietnam falls it will be impossible to hold Sth East Asia |
| Farm Gate Kennedy, John Fitzgerald | |
| Oct Bien Hoa B-26s & SC-47s are redesignated as "reconnaissance bombers" |
| 16th Dec Bien Hoa Farm Gate aircraft are authorized to fly combat missions |
| General Counsel to the Pentagon Vance, Cyrus | |
| Appointed General Counsel to the Pentagon |
| General Taylor, Maxwell | |
| Washington Appointed special military adviser to President Kennedy |
| Independence Kennedy, John Fitzgerald | |
| 23rd Mar "the security of South East Asia will be endagered if Laos loses its independence" |
| Invasion of Kennedy, John Fitzgerald | |
| April Kennedy suggests reconnaissance spying flights using Laotian markings |
| Invasion of Vietnam Chi-Minh, Ho | |
| The Vietcong attack army posts in Phuoc Tahn & Darlac Provinces |
| Military Aid Sth Vietnam Bundy, McGeorge | |
| Reccomends a "hard hitting operation" to support President Diem |
| Mobilization Ball, George | |
| Kennedy accepts Ball's reccomendation to increase the Saigon Army by 20,000 |
| Mobilization Bundy, McGeorge | |
| Reccomends sending 8,000 troops to Vietnam |
| Mobilization Kennedy, John Fitzgerald | |
| USA backing includes new equipment and more than 3,000 military advisors |
| 11th Oct Saigon Kennedy sends General Taylor & advisers to discuss troop support for Diem |
| 11th Dec USA helicopters arrive at docks in South Vietnam along with 400 USA personnel |
| Mobilization Taylor, Maxwell | |
| June Saigon Kennedy sends General Taylor & advisers to discuss troop support for Diem |
| Mobilization Diem, Ngo Dinh | |
| June Saigon Kennedy sends General Taylor & advisers to discuss troop support for Diem |
| Secretary Airforce Zuckert, Eugene | |
| Appointed Secretary of the Airforce |
| Task Force Ball, George | |
| Runs Kennedy's task force for economic, political & military programs in Vietnam |
