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ROME, Sept. 22--Mrs. Ngo Dinh Nhu, first lady of South Viet Nam, ridiculed junior officers of the U.S. military mission in Saigoa today, calling them "little soldiers of fortune." President Ngo Dinh Diem's sister-in-law spoke bitterly of what she called the "irresponsible behavior" of young American Army officers stationed in her country...
...more important for the U.S. and President Ngo Dinh Diem to settle their differences. The latest episodes offered little assurance of that. Couching his words in the most careful diplomatic terms, U.S. Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge last week suggested to Diem that his brother and fiery sister-in-law, Ngo Dinh Nhu and Mme. Nhu, leave the country until the current crisis was over and a fresh rapprochement between the government and the population established. Lodge hinted delicately that the continued presence of the bitterly controversial Nhus in South Viet Nam not only hampered the war effort against the Communist...
Such reporting is prone to distortions. The complicated greys of a complicated country fade into oversimplified blacks and whites. To Saigon's Western press corps, President Ngo Dinh Diem is stubborn and stupid, dominated by his brother and sister-in-law. As a result, the correspondents have taken sides against all three; they seldom miss a chance to overemphasize the ruling family's Roman Catholicism. The press corps' attitude automatically assigns justice and sympathy to the side of the Buddhists, who are well aware of their favored position. Before the first bonze set fire to himself...
Absolutely Misinformed. Defy the Administration Diem did, making it clear that he, his brother and his sister-in-law meant to retain their positions of power. As for Mme. Nhu, when she heard of Kennedy's statements, she commented: "If he really said that, it is very serious, because it shows the American Government is absolutely misinformed...
...early phases of the quarrel, Diem probably could and should have conciliated the Buddhists. But he vacillated. His brother and sister-in-law, Ngo Dinh Nhu and Mme. Nhu, insisted that unless the Buddhists were crushed, there would be a coup threatening the very existence of the family's rule. Mme. Nhu's fiery philippics lent impetus to the Buddhist movement just as it appeared to be flagging. By last week, after three Buddhist suicides spurred new protest demonstrations throughout the country, it was clearly too late for conciliation. Even if Diem had wanted it, the Buddhist leaders...