To: dfwgator
"Ngô Đình Diệm was the first president of South Vietnam. In the wake of the French withdrawal from Indochina as a result of the 1954 Geneva Accords, Diệm led the effort to create the Republic of Vietnam. " I had to wiki it. But I was born in 1969.
34 posted on
03/17/2014 10:40:09 AM PDT by
DariusBane
(Liberty and Risk. Flip sides of the same coin. So how much risk will YOU accept? Vive Deco et Vives)
To: DariusBane
Diệm led the effort to create the Republic of Vietnam And he was assassinated, in what many believe to be a CIA covert plot, to install a "more moderate" leader with more inclination to listen to the USA.
67 posted on
03/17/2014 11:14:08 AM PDT by
DBrow
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