Word: ngo
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Missed Mother. The aim of the largely Catholic, largely right-wing rebels was to halt what they considered a drift toward neutralism in South Viet Nam, and they even extolled deposed, murdered President Ngo Dinh Diem. Whatever the rebels' motives, had they succeeded, the Buddhists would have instantly taken to the streets. As it turned out, the rebels did not succeed-but who did was far from clear...
...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...
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...
Deliberately or not, the militant Buddhists and the Communists complement each other in South Viet Nam. Caught by both forces are the country's 1.6 million Roman Catholics, who until the overthrow of Catholic President Ngo Dinh Diem were generally considered to be enjoying a favored position. They are favored no longer...
...another letter to Ambassador Taylor, the Buddhists hinted that unless the U.S. withdraws its support from Huong-as it did last year from President Ngo Dinh Diem-Buddhist ire may be turned against Americans. Pointedly the Buddhists warned Taylor: "We affirm that you are responsible, before both the American and Vietnamese peoples, for the existence of the Huong government." Whereupon Chau, Quang and the Buddhists' nominal religious head, Thich Tinh Khiet, announced a 48-hour weekend hunger strike, urging Buddhists to join them in round-the-clock prayer sessions. From Darlac province came an offer of candidates for flaming...