On April 25, 1955...
 
1955: Dulles Tells Ambassador in Saigon to "Prepare" for Assassination of Diem
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Alan Dulles tells Collins that killing of South Vietnamese puppet dictator Diem being "debated at the highest level" and to "prepare" for "some changes in relation to Diem": "On April 25, Dulles replied to Collins that the matter was being debated “at the highest level,” and that Collins “should be prepared for [the] possibility that this might involve some changes in relations to Diem.

Source: O'Rourke (2018), Covert Regime Change: America's Secret Cold War. Cornell University Press
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