William Trueheart

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William Trueheart (December 18, 1918 – December 24, 1992) was a United States diplomat. He is best known for being the acting U.S. Ambassador to South Vietnam from May 1963 to July 1963. During this time, he deputized for Frederick Nolting, who was on vacation. This period was marked by his reversal of Nolting's appeasement towards the autocratic regime of President Ngo Dinh Diem, as the Buddhist crisis escalated.

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Events	Hue Vesak shootings · Hue chemical attacks · Self-immolation of Thich Quang Duc · Double Seven Day scuffle · Xa Loi Pagoda raids · 1963 South Vietnamese coup · Reaction to the 1963 South Vietnamese coup · Arrest and assassination of Ngo Dinh Diem

Policy	Joint Communique · Cable 243 · Krulak Mendenhall mission · McNamara Taylor mission · Secret peace talks between North and South Vietnam in 1963

Political or religious figures	Ngo Dinh Diem · Ngo Dinh Nhu · Madame Ngo Dinh Nhu · Ngo Dinh Can · Ngo Dinh Thuc · Nguyen Ngoc Tho · Nguyen Dinh Thuan · Bui Van Luong · Vu Van Mau · Buu Hoi · Tran Van Chuong · Thich Tri Quang · Thich Quang Duc · Thich Tinh Khiet · Thich Thien Hoa · Frederick Nolting · Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. · Maxwell D. Taylor · Robert McNamara · Victor Krulak · Joseph Mendenhall · William Trueheart · Roger Hilsman · Averell Harriman · Michael Forrestal

Military figures	Duong Van Minh · Tran Van Don · Ton That Dinh · Le Van Kim · Nguyen Van Thieu · Pham Ngoc Thao · Tran Kim Tuyen · Tran Thien Khiem · Nguyen Huu Co · Huynh Van Cao · Do Mau · Do Cao Tri · Nguyen Khanh · Nguyen Van Nhung · Le Quang Tung · Army of the Republic of Vietnam Special Forces · Lucien Conein

Journalists	David Halberstam · Malcolm Browne · Peter Arnett · Neil Sheehan · Marguerite Higgins