Word: diem
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Noticeably Unhappy. The South Vietnamese will most likely send to Paris a five-man "mission of liaison" headed by Ambassador to the U.S. Bui Diem. Saigon broke off relations with France in 1965 after De Gaulle offered one piece of advice too many about the war, but it is represented in Paris by a consul general; he can provide the mission with a convenient base. If the talks seem to be getting somewhere, the number of South Vietnamese observers is likely to swell to some 20. Though they will not take part in the talks, they presumably will be briefed...
Thieu's action marked the first time since the days of Diem that a Vietnamese chief of state had directly appointed province chiefs. Previously, that had been the prerogative of the commanders of the country's four military corps, who often ran their regions like warlords. By coincidence, Thieu had ousted two of the commanders only last month. 10% O.K. Thieu was merely taking a first step. Like their predecessors, his six new men are all lieutenant colonels or colonels, and as military men may still find it difficult to challenge the generals who are corps commanders. Thieu...
...Bich, Second Secretary to the embassy. Bich informed them that the AP reporter had already left. (The reporter explained in an interview later that he had to get his car fixed, and decided at 10:10 not to wait any longer.) He then conducted them to the ambassador, Bui Diem...
...ambassador," Long said, "came out, pointed his finger at me like this and said sharply, 'Are you Mr. Long?'" Long said Diem then pointed at each of the other three students (including Long's wife Nguyen Hoi Chan '68) in the same fashion...
Senator Ton That Dinh, onetime army officer who helped overthrow Diem: "There is a real need to reform the government. But at the same time something must be done to motivate the people to fight the Communists. We, like the Communists, are fighting a people...