One of the miracles of the internet, is that you can do your own primary research, and reasonably draw your own deductions.
Listen to this recording between Victor Krulak and Harrison Livingston, author of High Treason: The Assassination of JFK and the Case for Conspiracy. Judging from context, this conversation took place in 1999 or 2000.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hEaZa6oRjS4tupU5898auNPXrn7y2s4M/viewLocal hero Michael Griffith has posted the above recording of Krulak, major general in the US Marine Corps, a prominent and key figure in the Kennedy Administration's deepening involvement in SV.
Krulak is regarded as non-CIA.
(Another local hero, Robert Morrow, has said Krulak has identified Ed Lansdale as being in DP 11/22, based on the "tramps" photo, which purportedly shows the back of Lansdale's head. This issue is somewhat addressed in the above recording, but is not the topic of this thread.)
Background on the Diem brothers: Ngô Đình Diệm was the final prime minister of the State of Vietnam (1954–1955) and later the first president of South Vietnam from 1955 until his capture and assassination during the Kennedy Administration-backed Nov. 2 Big Minh coup d'état.
Ngô Đình Nhu was President Diem's brother, regarded as a power behind the throne, also butchered and assassinated that day with Diem. Nhu was married to Madame Nhu, aka "The Dragon Lady," who is worth a whole thread of her own.
Various narratives have emerged over the years of President Kennedy's pre-knowledge of the pending coup (one of the worst-kept secrets in coup history). Kennedy himself voiced concern for the safety of the Diems (and he was repeatedly warned the coup would likely be fatal to the Diems), but he voiced also resignation to their fates, and the Kennedy Administration public face and policy was to take no role in the coup or its mechanics (although Lucien Conien, a CIA'er working directly for Ambassador Lodge, provided $65,000 to Big Minh just before the coup).
In my research of documents, I can find no firm statement from JFK that the Diems must be extracted first, if a coup is to be supported, or merely abided by Washington (meaning de facto support of the coup, given US involvement in SV).
It is fair to say Ambassador Lodge supported the coup, and perhaps even instigated it, and was no mere Ambassador, but was acting more like a pro consul in ancient Rome---calling the shots on a Roman-controlled territory).
In the above recording, Krulak said he was unaware of any plans or planes to extricate the Diems from SV, before or during the Big Minh coup.
"I am reflecting back on the period of time it became evident the Diems were not going to make it," said Krulak. "But I don't recall any plan to fly them out."
Krulak said he doubted a story that the Diems had been driven the Saigon airport, put on a plane, but refused to leave.
Krulak said he was Fletcher Prouty superior, and regards Prouty highly.
Krulak also said Lansdale was "mysterious."
The possibility of a blowback from the Diem assassinations leading to the JFKA remains an interesting and plausible explanation for 11/22.
Those taking umbrage at the Diem assassinations might have drawn their own conclusions as to who was ultimately responsible.
Madame Nhu, on Nov. 2 in the US while her husband and brother-in-law were assassinated, all but vowed revenge.
Less than three weeks after the Diems were murdered, JFK was assassinated.
Fascinating side note: Evidently Madame Nhu was in Texas in late-October. early November 1963. She wowed them at UT-Austin, and attended a party hosted by Houston oil millionaires, according to the Nov. 1 issue of the Texas Observer, a liberal publication.
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https://issues.texasobserver.org/pdf/ustxtxb_obs_1963_11_01_issue.pdf Anyone who doubts the resolve of Madame Nhu might want to consider this:
"To win support for Diệm, Madame Nhu hit upon the idea of enlisting support from the million or so refugees from North Vietnam, many of them Catholics who fled to the south after the Geneva accords had partitioned Vietnam, organizing them for a massive pro-Diệm demonstration on 21 September 1954.[25] The rally in Saigon led to a confrontation on the streets between Madame Nhu and Bình Xuyên gunmen, with Madame Nhu daring the thugs to kill her right then and there, which caused them to demur, and the rally went on.[26]"
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