Ngo Dinh Diem
Americannoun
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Under President Ngo Dinh Diem and his American-backed successors, Mr. Chau served as chief of the troubled Kien Hoa province, mayor of Danang and head of South Vietnam’s counterinsurgency training program.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 9, 2020
The United States also supported a coup against Ngo Dinh Diem, in South Vietnam, in 1963, that ended in his death.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 7, 2018
Colby was a former CIA station chief in Saigon, a confidant of the slain President Ngo Dinh Diem, and a proponent of a counter insurgency strategy that relied less on American combat troops.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 31, 2018
In the South, the last Vietnamese emperor and ally to France, Bao Dai, named the French-educated, anti-Communist Ngo Dinh Diem as his prime minister.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 30, 2014
In South Vietnam, a U.S.-backed leader named Ngo Dinh Diem took power in the capital city of Saigon.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
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