US toughens stance on Diem regime in Vietnam crisis
The text argues the United States supported South Vietnam’s dictator Ngo Dinh Diem for years but now condemns his Buddhist suppression and rigid rule. It blames Diem’s elite, secret police, and lack of reforms for peasant disaffection and warns tough US action could alter the war against communism.
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Lodge Enters Political Hornet's Nest In Viet Nam
A Vietnamese political shift is noted as a one party National Assembly election is planned for August 31. The Communists, as the National Liberation Front, are depicted as a challenge to President Diem who faces opponents from former ministers and militant sects who lost power under Diem's nationalization program.
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