Letter from Nguyen Tran to President John F. Kennedy, 5 January, 1963
Document Item Number: 6-20-DC-116-UA17-95_000250
- Pages
- 3
- Media Type
- Document
- Credit
- MSU Archives and Historical Collections
- Author(s)
- Nguyen Tran
- Original Repository
- Michigan State University Archives & Historical CollectionsWesley R. Fishel Papers (UA 17.95)Box 1191, Folder 47
- Reporductions
- Educational use only, no other permissions given. Copyright to this resource is held by Michigan State University and is provided here for educational purposes only. It may not be reproduced or distributed in any format without written permission of the MSU Archives & Historical Collections.
- Restriction
- MSU grant exchange. The original item# we assigned was replaced to match the PDF filename on 25APR2016. Original Item# UA1795119147620DC is retained for reference in Coll/Bx/Fldr/Doc fields.
- Physical Location
- Box 1191, Folder 47; Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections,
- Language(s)
- English
- Collection
- Wesley R. Fishel Papers
Dates
Existence: 05 January 1 1963Existence: Majority of material found within 05 January 1 1963
- General Note
- In this letter to President John F. Kennedy, Nguyen Tran argues that the course of action followed by the Diem government is doomed to failure. He claims to have a comprehensive military and political plan that he hopes to present to the president in person at a later date.
- Perma Link
- https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=6-20-DC-116-UA17-95_000250
- Citation
- Letter from Nguyen Tran to President John F. Kennedy, 5 January, 1963, 6-20-DC-116-UA17-95_000250. 05 January 1 1963, Box 1191, Folder 47; Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections, Wesley R. Fishel Papers, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=6-20-DC-116-UA17-95_000250, Accessed 10 Feb 2026.
- Pub Credit Line
- 6-20-DC-116-UA17-95_000250, Wesley R. Fishel Papers, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University
- Added: 04 Mar 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
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