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Diem graduated at the top of his class and worked for government services.

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Diem got control of the most important ministry in Bao Dai's cabinet.

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French infantry and armored divisions re-occupied Vietnam causing the Indochina War.

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Diem tells Robert there is no conflict between Vietnam and China along with Bao wanting to hand Indochina to Viet Minh.

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A truce was signed by representatives of the French and the Viet Minh. This divided Vietnam into two temporary political entities.

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Catholic Vietnamese people went from North Vietnam to South Vietnam and by 1956 over 1 million people went to South Vietnam.

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1959 Narratives of Diem during Eisenhower era

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1959 Narratives of Diem during Eisenhower era

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Diem is the record of his great leadership and the methods he used along with his impact on the people. Another narrative is how Diem's leadership was portrayed in America using corruption and more.

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Diem ensured victory during the 1955 referendum on Bao Dai by rigging a election where he won by 98.2%. He did this through slandering about the opposite party.

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Ngo Dinh Nhu's role in the South Vietnamese government is a archivist in the imperial library and create support and promote for Diem.

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Can Lao personnel controlled every side of the administrative apparatus of South Vietnam along with having spies and pressuring people to join his party.

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1956 Execution of North Vietnamese Landlords. 

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1956 Execution of North Vietnamese Landlords. 

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In 1956 about fifteen thousand North Vietnamese landlords were executed and their land was taken by landless farmers.

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January 1955  upper and middle class loyalty

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January 1955  upper and middle class loyalty

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Diem purchased the loyalty of the urban middle and upper classes for him and his successors but this increased independence on the U.S

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The South Vietnam were voting for South Vietnamese Communists. This was threat to Diem because he it was threat to him getting political power.

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26 April 1960 Caravelle Group Leaked a letter 

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26 April 1960 Caravelle Group Leaked a letter 

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Caravelle leaked a private letter to public which was to coauthored a letter to the president demanding reforms.

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This campaign was to relocate peasants into heavily defended villages where they would be immune to communist indoctrination.

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Americans and ARVN soldiers fought at a village called Ap Bac and the US had better technology and weapons than the ARVN soldiers.

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Nolting who was a US Ambassador to South Vietnam left office and called for a two-day fast to protest the Diem regime's policies.

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Buddhists were burning themselves in public and one of them was Quang Duc who burned themself by the intersection of Phan Dinh Phung Boulevard and Le Van Duyet Street because he wanted to send a message and become a martyr.

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Diem regime responded to Buddhists's demonstrations by launching a investigation on the Hue massacre along with bringing violence and police to fight the Buddhists.

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The French wanted a peace agreement and other governments wanted Diem to have a peaceful outcome by creating a bid to heal the breach between the 2 Vietnams.

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The opportunity is if Washington convinced Saigon to accept the terms by Hanoi the communists or non-communists couldn't have claim victory.

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JFK had a interview with Walter Cronkite who is a news anchor for CBS about his opinion on the war in Vietnam. JFK greenlighted Diem's coup.

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Diem was murdered by a coup and the South Vietnamese government was replaced.