iem's regime. Eisenhower sent 1,500 advisors to South Vietnam by the end of his administration in order to help make sure South Vietnam was safe. At this time, Ho Chi Minh came to an economic agreement with the communist China. President Kennedy who was already occupied with the Cuba crisis going on followed in the footsteps of Eisenhower. After, an overthrow attempt on the Diem regime made by the communists and others, Kennedy sent two men ( Robert Taylor and Walt Rostow) to Vietnam to find at what was going on. When the men returned they reported that the North was vulnerable to conventional bombing and those American combat troops should be introduced to South Vietnam. Kennedy decided to intervene in Vietnam by increasing the US presence in Vietnam between 1961-1962. Once the Cuban Missile Crisis was over Kennedy turned his attention towards Vietnam. Kennedy learned that Diem was a serious liability to South Vietnam and that something had to be done with his regime. In the early 1960's, President Kennedy's support for Vietnam grew to 16,000 American advisors. In October 1963, a military coup, aided by the CIA , overthrew Diem who was murdered. Despite this not being Kennedy's decision before he could respond he was assassinated in November 1963. After the assassination of Kennedy, Vice President Johnson took over the Presidency in late 1963President Johnson and VietnamPresident Johnson was a man determined not to lose Vietnam to the communist. Johnson always kept an optimistic look at Vietnam. When Johnson took over in 1963, he had only a couple of months until elections and he was very careful not to make any risky moves or costly advances. Johnson won the 1964 election by a landslide, which allowed him to turn his attention to two crises: the rioting and unrest in the black ghettos and Vietnam. In 1955, the Senate ratified the SEATO (Southeast Asian Treaty Organization), which promised that in case of aggression ag...
