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State Department, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Memorandum, Thomas L. Hughes to Roger Hilsman, "Our Views on the Make-up of a New Government in Vietnam," September 14, 1963
1963-09-14
Source: JFK Library: Roger Hilsman Papers: Country File, b. 4, f.: "Vietnam 9/119/20/63 [II]
As the fall progressed in Washington, numerous lists were drawn up of South Vietnamese leaders who could potentially replace the Diem government. These lists frequently overlooked Vice President Nguyen Ngoc Tho, who would ordinarily have been Diem's constitutional successor. Another consistent theme among American planners was that there was no clear frontrunner, and it was unclear whether the next government would be civilian or whether it would share power with the military for a time.
State Department, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Memorandum, Thomas L. Hughes to Dean Rusk, "The Problem of Nhu," September 15, 1963
1963-09-15
Source: National Security Archive: George McT. Kahin donation
The following day, Hughes wrote to Secretary of State Dean Rusk on the subject of Nhu. While a popular proposal in Washington had been to somehow separate Diem from Nhu, Hughes explained why it would be difficult to achieve that: Diem and Nhu were more inseparable than ever. At the same time, there was a growing view within the South Vietnamese government that Nhu was "disliked, hated, feared, or distrusted at all levels in the bureaucracy, the military establishment and urban elite circles."
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