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...route to the U.S., where TV pundits were already vying for guest interviews, photogenic Mme. Ngo Dinh Nhu stopped over in Paris and more than lived up to her newspaper billing as "the Liz Taylor of politics." Chic and seductive, South Viet Nam's first lady did a bit of shopping, had her hair done at Carita ("I hope my husband doesn't notice I had my hair cut-he hates that"), and claimed that at heart she was just a little homebody. "I am always presented as a political animal," she complained. "I like home life very...
...press conference, Mme. Nhu reverted to type and told reporters that the whole purpose of her trip was to clear up some of the "calumny" aimed at her homeland. She denied that her husband was head of the secret police, said that he has always helped the government without any compensation. Not only were her government's difficulties with the Buddhists created by the Communists, she said, but the first Buddhist monk who had burned himself alive had been drugged and the second clubbed into submission by fellow priests. Mme. Nhu also claimed that she had been misquoted when...
Asked about her troubles with the U.S. press, Mme. Nhu said that "my trip is a sincere effort to determine if freedom of expression is a reality in America." While demonstrators outside tossed eggs at her car, one reporter asked if she was frightened going out in Paris. Milady's unruffled reply: "No. The only thing in the world I am afraid of is long hairy caterpillars...
Four faculty members, including Stanley Hoffmann, professor of Government, will appear with Mme. Ngo Dinh Nhu at the Law School Forum's first lecture program of the year next Monday night...
...Mme. Nhu, the sister of South Viet Nam's President Ngo Dinh Diem, had been named previously as the chief speaker at the Forum. She will give a half-hour speech, to be followed by questions or short statements from each of the panel members. It is expected that they will questions her closely about alleged repressive measures against Buddhists and denial of basic freedoms in Viet Nam. Members of the audience will also be able to question the Vietnamese first lady...