Bùi Diễm, later South Vietnam's Ambassador to the United States, reported in his memoirs that General Lê Văn Kim requested his aid in learning what the U. S. might do about Diệm's government.

Minh and Trần Văn Đôn, the ARVN Chief of Staff who had no troops due to Diệm's suspicion of him, went to observe the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization ( SEATO )' s military exercises in Thailand, where they were informed about the regional disquiet over Diệm's policies toward Buddhists.

In the afternoon, Minh ordered his bodyguard, Nguyễn Văn Nhung, to arrest, and later execute, Colonel Lê Quang Tung, one of Diệm's closest and most faithful associates.

However, Diệm's hideout was found and surrounded, and Minh sent General Mai Hữu Xuân, his deputy Colonel Nguyễn Văn Quan, his bodyguard Nguyễn Văn Nhung and Dương Hiếu Nghĩa to arrest both brothers.

Dương Văn Minh, the junta and coup leader, was generally blamed for ordering Diệm's assassination, but there has been debate about the culpability.

Fearing Diệm's collapse, nine members of his government resigned during Hinh's abortive bid for power.

Wesley Fishel, the anti-Communist academic from Michigan State University who had led an advisory group that helped to train Vietnamese public servants and who had lobbied American politicians in the 1950s to support Diệm's bid for power, resigned along with his staff.

Diệm's rise was helped by Khôi's marriage to the daughter of Nguyễn Hữu Bài, the Catholic head of the Council of Ministers.

Around 20: 00, with the Presidential Guard hopelessly outnumbered, Diệm and Nhu hurriedly packed and escaped the palace, with two loyalists: Cao Xuân Vy, head of Nhu's Republican Youth, and Air Force Lieutenant Ðỗ Thơ, Diệm's aide-de-camp.

Some Buddhist villages converted en masse in order to receive aid or avoid being forcibly resettled by Diệm's regime.

In May, in the heavily Buddhist central city of Huế, where Diệm's elder brother was the Catholic Archbishop, the Buddhist majority was prohibited from displaying Buddhist flags during Vesak celebrations commemorating the birth of Gautama Buddha when the government cited a regulation prohibiting the display of non-government flags.

The turning point came in June when a Buddhist monk, Quảng Đức, set himself on fire in the middle of a busy Saigon intersection in protest of Diệm ’ s policies ; photos of this event were disseminated around the world, and for many people these pictures came to represent the failure of Diệm's government.

No further mass Buddhist protests occurred during the remainder of Diệm's rule ( which would amount to less than five months ).

During this time, Diệm's sister-in-law, Madame Nhu, a Catholic convert and former Buddhist, the de facto first lady because of Diệm ’ s unmarried status, inflamed the situation by mockingly applauding the suicides, referring to them as “ barbecues ”, stating, “ If the Buddhists want to have another barbecue, I will be glad to supply the gasoline .” The pagoda raids stoked widespread public disquiet in Saigon.

No further mass Buddhist protests occurred during the remainder of Diệm's rule, which would amount to little more than two more months, in any event.

Madame Nhu publicly mocked Thích Quảng Đức, who performed a self-immolation on 11 June 1963, in a crowded Saigon street to protest against the shooting of Buddhists by Diệm's regime.

It is the first open protest against President Ngô Đình Diệm's regime since he came into power eight years earlier.

Bài was highly regarded among the French, and Diệm's religious and family ties impressed him.

Despite having little success, Hồ was sufficiently irritated to order Diệm's arrest, which Diệm narrowly evaded.

Diệm's activities garnered substantial publicity and when France decided to make concessions to placate nationalist agitators, they asked him to lobby Bảo Đại to join them.

Spellman had studied with Thục in Rome in the 1930s and was to become one of Diệm's most powerful advocates.

As French power in Vietnam declined, Diệm's support in the U. S. rose.

Realising Diệm's popularity among American policymakers, he chose Diệm's youngest brother Ngô Đình Luyện, who was studying in Europe at the time, to be part of his delegation at the 1954 Geneva Conference to determine the future of Indochina.

Diệm's South Vietnamese delegation chose not to sign the accords, refusing to have half the country under communist rule, but the agreement went into effect regardless.

Diệm had only expected 10, 000 refugees, but by August, there were over 200, 000 waiting in Hanoi and Haiphong to be evacuated ; the migration helped to strengthen Diệm's political base of support.

After the borders were sealed, this majority was now under Diệm's rule.

Over 60 % of northern Catholics moved to Diệm's South Vietnam, providing him with a source of loyal support.

Diệm's position at the time was weak ; Bảo Đại disliked Diệm and appointed him mainly to political imperatives.

At the time, the French Expeditionary Corps was the most powerful military force in the south ; Diệm's Vietnamese National Army was essentially organized and trained by the French.

In effect, Diệm's control did not extend beyond his palace.

Despite its failure, the French continued to encourage Diệm's enemies in an attempt to destabilize him.

Diệm's appointment came after the French had been defeated at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu and were ready to withdraw from Indochina.

The elections were held, with Diệm's brother and confidant Ngô Đình Nhu, the leader of the family's Cần Lao Party, which supplied Diệm's electoral base, organising and supervising the elections.

Diệm's tally also exceeded the registration numbers in other districts.

Madame Nhu, the wife of Diệm's younger brother Nhu, was South Vietnam's de facto First Lady, and a Catholic convert herself.

She led the way in Diệm's programs to reform Saigon society in accordance with Catholic values.

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