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...revolutionary government. While in power, Ho Chi Minh began extensive programs of land and educational reform. But the new regime was short-lived. In order to re-establish colonial control, the French overthrew Ho Chi Minh's government in the South and reinstated a puppet regime headed by Bao...
...such a policy were undermined by the regime imposed by the United States. In June, 1954, Ngo Dinh Diem became the de facto chief of state, possessing dictatorial powers. Diem had been in France during the later years of the war, and owed his appointment to his influence with Bao Dai, under whose regime he served as Minister of the Interior...
...choice last week for Premier. Although Minh is universally deemed anti-Communist and pro-West, the experience in jail heightened his nationalism. However, after his release, he accepted a promotion to 1st lieutenant in the French forces, spent four years attached to the puppet regime of Emperor Bao...
Smashed Gangsters. All his early opponents underestimated him. An army commander, who boasted that he had only to lift a phone to stage a coup, soon found himself out of a job and out of the country. Playboy Emperor Bao Dai challenged Diem at the polls, and found his throne voted out of existence by 98% of the citizens. Diem smashed the gangsters who ran Saigon and routed the armies of the religious sects-with the help of the general who last week supplanted him. He also launched a comprehensive land reform program and, on a grass-roots tour...
...threats of reduced aid fail, the United States should not stay in South Vietnam unless Diem and entourage depart. The palace occupants have not indicated any desire to join the previous resident, Emperor Bao Dai, on the Riviera, and there seems to be no easy way of getting them to go. No elections they conduct would turn them out of office. Free elections will have to wait at least removal of the Ngos. However, after the attempted coups in 1960 and 1962, which the U.S. failed to support, and the wild vacillation of Americans policy on a coup in recent...