Ngo Dinh Diem
Americannoun
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Instead, the United States continued the fight, giving full backing to Ngo Dinh Diem, the autocratic, anti-Communist leader of South Vietnam.
From New York Times • Jun. 9, 2021
He was first imprisoned in 1963 under Catholic leader Ngo Dinh Diem, and after Vietnam was reunified, he protested against its ruling communists.
From Washington Post • Feb. 25, 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 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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