I believe that Diem and his brother were to be kidnapped. The execution was someone else's idea. In November of 1963, JFK was executed.
In November of 1963, JFK was executed.
A lot of people thought that Jack and Bobby had a hand in the Patrice Lamumba (sp?) hit too.
Live by the sword, die by the sword.
Hmmm... Where have I heard that before?