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Essence of what the French called "total agreement": 1) France said it would loyally support Nationalist Premier Ngo Dinh Diem, 2) the U.S., with unconcealed distaste for Bao Dai, agreed that he should stay on as absentee chief of state until a Vietnamese assembly could be elected to decide his fate...
...Saigon, Premier Diem bowed to criticisms of his governing base by appointing nine new Cabinet members, and preparing for elections, which he expected would lead to the dethroning of Bao Dai and the establishment of a republic...
...city openly aided the Binh Xuyen rebels against Premier Diem's nationalistic government. Almost as soon as the rebellion broke out, French officials in Paris happily, although somewhat prematurely, consigned Diem to the dustbin and attempted to persuade the United States to do likewise. Even Chief of State Bao Dai, France's obedient servant, took time out from his duties on the Riviera to help preside over Diem's downfall. After the embarrassing failure of the attempt to unseat the Premier, the French government has assured the United States that it intends to support Diem, for the moment at least...
...French have claimed that Diem's government does not adequately represent the sentiment of the people of South Viet Nam. Yet Bao Dai surely does not hold a very high place in popular affections, as one can judge from the open hostility with which large segments of the Viet Namesse people greeted his entrance into the recent conflict. And none of the boisterous contending religious sects has shown any great concern for the welfare of the country as a whole. Obviously it is dangerous to place too much reliance upon a single man, as American foreign policy...
...would not fight. But the army did fight and Diem did not fall. Back in Saigon last week, Joe Collins called an off-the-record press conference that did not stay off the record long. What South Viet Nam needs, said Collins, is a constitutional monarchy headed by Bao Dai, to provide "a thread of legality." "How are these poor people going to run a republic?" asked Collins. "We even have trouble doing it in the United States sometimes...