CIA

-Political -Long-Term/Short-Term

The CIA was dominant in creating and carrying out the policies which led eventually to the Vietnam War. ---The CIA which sponsored Ngo Dinh Diem and allegedly gave the "okay" for South Vietnam to assassinate him. ---The South Vietnamese were unhappy with a leader that was put in place by the CIA (placed their because of his anti-communist stance) Receives credit for the creation of the secret police forces of Ngo Dinh Nhu The CIA helped convince the US to go deeper into the Vietnam conflict than may have been necessary.