LBJ to continue Kennedy policy in Vietnam
Two days after the assassination of John F.Kennedy President Lyndon B.Johnson confirms the U.S.
intention to continue military and economic support to South Vietnam.He instructed Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge in Washington for consultations following South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diems assassination to communicate his intention to the new South Vietnamese leadership.Johnsons first decision about Vietnam was effectively to continue Kennedys policy.Also on this day Jack Ruby murders accused Kennedy assassin Lee Harvey Oswald at the Dallas jail where Oswald is being held.
