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 * 2.
 * colspan="2"|Conditions in Vietnam Invite Firmer Action
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 * a.
 * The Military Threatens Diem
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 * The Sects Threaten Diem
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 * And the Binh Xuyen Oppose Diem
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 * colspan="2"|French Laxity Demands Strong U.S. Programs
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 * a.
 * The Washington Conference, September, 1954
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 * b.
 * The U.S. Faults French Support for Diem
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 * c.
 * Accommodation Between Paris and Hanoi?
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 * d.
 * Sainteny or Ely?
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 * e.
 * The Mansfield Report
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 * colspan="2"|NSC Action Program of October and Eisenhower Letter to Diem
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 * 5.
 * colspan="2"|More Action: The Collins Mission
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 * colspan="2"|France Objects to Collins-Ely Agreements
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 * D.
 * colspan="3"|Franco–American Impasse Over Diem
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 * 1.
 * colspan="2"|Paris: Diem is Ill-Suited for Rule
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 * colspan="2"|Collins: Diem Cannot Lead South Vietnam
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 * colspan="2"|State Department: Diem Is the Only Available Leader
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 * 4.
 * colspan="2"|December Tripartite Talks
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 * a.
 * France Proposes Alternative to Diem, Dulles Seems to Acquiesce
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 * b.
 * But Dulles Reports, No Other Suitable Leader Can Be Seen
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 * c.
 * The U.S. Looks at Alternatives
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 * 5.
 * colspan="2"|January 1955: U.S. Backing for Diem is Reaffirmed
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 * 3.
 * colspan="2"|State Department: Diem Is the Only Available Leader
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 * 4.
 * colspan="2"|December Tripartite Talks
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 * a.
 * France Proposes Alternative to Diem, Dulles Seems to Acquiesce
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 * b.
 * But Dulles Reports, No Other Suitable Leader Can Be Seen
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 * c.
 * The U.S. Looks at Alternatives
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 * 5.
 * colspan="2"|January 1955: U.S. Backing for Diem is Reaffirmed
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 * c.
 * The U.S. Looks at Alternatives
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 * 5.
 * colspan="2"|January 1955: U.S. Backing for Diem is Reaffirmed
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 * colspan="2"|January 1955: U.S. Backing for Diem is Reaffirmed
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