Word: diem
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...fact, all of the preconditions necessary for 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...
...been persuasively argued by Philloppe Devillers (North Vietnam Today, P.J. Honey, ed.), by Oliver B. Clubb (The U.S. & the Sino-Soviet Bloc in Southeast Asia), and others that the North Vietnamese regime refused to support the struggle of the Viet Cong which began in 1957 in response to Diem's repressive policies, in particular, the bogus land reform. Thus, support was not forthcoming until 1960. Since, by this time, the U.S. had violated every principle of the 1954 Geneva Agreements, the limited support in the form of political cadres and a small trickle of supplies can only with extreme difficulty...
Blazing Swallow. The week began with the Buddhists pressing their riots against Huong and the U.S. In Nhatrang, there was a repetition of the grisly tactics the Buddhists employed in their 1963 campaign against Diem: a pretty, 17-year-old girl, Yen Phi (Flying Swallow), burned herself to death. In Sai gon, Khanh and his "Young Turk" officers-notably pistol-packing Air Force Chief Nguyen Cao Ky-decided that the time had come to dump Huong...
Height of Irony. For the U.S., trying to save the tortured land from Communism, the Buddhist-instigated anti-American outburst was the height of irony. For it was the U.S. embassy that gave refuge to leading monks during the Buddhists' 1963 campaign against President Ngo Dinh Diem. Now, the bonzes were openly turning on their American benefactors...
Fulbright opposes any attempt to negotiate now and declares that "neutrality talk only feeds the disease." One of his more arresting views on Viet Nam, which may shock many of his liberal admirers, is that the U.S. decision to get rid of Diem was a mistake. Fulbright contends that Diem's brother Nhu had to go but that the nation needed a leader...