S. Army officer and OSS/CIA operative. 's liaison with the coup plotters, a role he came to regret.
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Lucien Emile "Lou" Conein was a French-American citizen, noted U.S. Army officer and OSS/CIA operative. Conein is best known for his instrumental role in the November 1963 coup against Ngô Đình Diệm and Diệm's assassination by serving as Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge Jr.'s liaison with the coup plotters, a role he came to regret.
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Lived 1919 to 1998 · aged 78
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