Gen. Maxwell Taylor, the new ambassador to South Vietnam, arrives in Saigon. As a military man with considerable experience in Vietnam, he was viewed by the South Vietnamese government, the U.S. military establishment, and the Johnson administration as the ideal individual to coordinate and invigorate the war effort. Presumably because of his arrival, a bomb was thrown at the U.S. Embassy and two grenades exploded elsewhere in Saigon; no one was injured and only slight damage was caused.
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Jul 7, 1964:
New ambassador arrives in Saigon
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This Week in History, Jul 7 - Jul 13
- Jul 07, 1955
- China announces it will provide aid to Hanoi
- Jul 07, 1964
- New ambassador arrives in Saigon
- Jul 07, 1969
- First U.S. troops withdrawn from South Vietnam
- Jul 08, 1959
- First Americans killed in South Vietnam
- Jul 08, 1965
- Taylor resigns Saigon post
- Jul 09, 1966
- Soviets protest U.S. bombing of Haiphong
- Jul 09, 1971
- United States turns over responsibility for the DMZ
- Jul 10, 1965
- MiGs shot down as bombing of North Vietnam continues
- Jul 10, 1967
- Heavy fighting continues near An Loc and the Central Highlands
- Jul 11, 1966
- Public opinion approves bombing of North Vietnam
- Jul 11, 1967
- Senators debate U.S. policy in Vietnam
- Jul 11, 1969
- Thieu challenges NLF to participate in free elections
- Jul 12, 1965
- First Marine wins Medal of Honor
- Jul 12, 1966
- North Vietnam urged to treat U.S. POWs better
- Jul 13, 1968
- Rockefeller announces new peace proposal
- Jul 13, 1969
- Wallace criticizes Nixon's handling of the war
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