In response to President Ngo Dinh Diem's abrogation of the 1956 reunification election and suppression of communists during the late 1950s, Hanoi had begun sending arms and material to the guerrillas of the National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam (NLF), who were fighting an insurgency to topple the American-supported Saigon government.
Som svar på president Ngo Dinh Diems återföreningsval samt undertryckandet av kommunisterna under det sena 1950-talet, hade Hanoi börjat sända vapen och materiel till Södra Vietnams Nationella Befrielsefront, FNL-gerillan, som gjorde uppror för att störta den amerikanskstödda Saigon-regimen.WikiMatrix WikiMatrix