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Resignment of Norman Thomas
Socialist Norman Thomas resigned from the American Friends of Vietnam, a prominent lobbying group which supported the Diem government. -
Ambushed Army Truck
A South Vietnamese army truck was ambushed by insurgents and all occupants were killed. -
Unification Referndum
As part of their efforts to advance the Unification referendum North Vietnam sent messages to the Government of South Vietnam -
Started A Communist Party
Phạm Văn Đồng, Prime Minister of North Vietnam, stated at a communist party meeting that the North should pursue reunification of North and South Vietnam by using peaceful means. -
Battalion Established
The first battalion of Viet Cong troops was established in Zone D in mid-1958. Zone D, about 40 metres northeast of Saigon, was an important communist base area. -
U.S. Embassy
The U.S. Embassy in Saigon reported to Washington that "in many remote areas the central government of South Vietnam has no effective control." -
Raid of the Muchelin Rubber Platation
An insurgent force of 400 men raided the Michelin Rubber Plantation north of Saigon. The plantation was defended by a company security force and 200 South Vietnamese soldiers. -
Mao Zedong
Chinese leader Mao Zedong introduced his "noose strategy" in a speech to Supreme State Council of China. He said that each new commitment of the United States overseas was a hangman's noose around America's neck. -
The Ugly American
The Ugly American, an anti-communist novel by Eugene Burdick and William Lederer, was published and serialized in The Saturday Evening Post. The novel was a scathing indictment of the personnel of the United States Department of State and other U.S. government agencies in the fictional Southeast Asian country of Sarakan, easily identifiable as South Vietnam -
Le Duan
Le Duan, First Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, made a clandestine visit to South Vietnam to assess the situation of the Viet Cong and the resistance to the Diem regime.
