The Republic of Viet Nam President Ngo Dinh Diem       Cố Tổng Thống Ngô Ðình Diệm Một Lòng Vì Nước Vì Dân   (1/03/1901 - 11/02/1963)   visited Ngo Dinh Diem webpage     Thân thế và Sự Nghiệp của Cố Tổng Thống Ngô Đình Diệm (Vietnamese) Funeral and tomb of President Ngo Dinh Diem (Vietnamese)     NgoDinhDiem Guestbook       President Ngo Dinh Diem's speeches: (courtesy of Mr. Larry Hadzima, Neillsville, Wisconsin)   Statement of Ngo Dinh Diem on June 18, 1954 at Paris, France. Broadcast Declaration on the Eve of the National Referendum, October 22, 1955 Proclamation of the Republic, October 26, 1955 Inauguration of the first session of the National Assembly, March 15, 1956 Message to the National Assembly on the Foundations of the Constitution, April 17, 1956 Message on the occasion of the Promulgation of the Constitution, October 26, 1956 An address to the Joint meeting of the two Houses of Congress, May 9, 1957 Opening of the National Assembly, October Session, October 7, 1957     Ngo Dinh Diem, the first elected President of the Republic of South Vietnam The United States President Eisenhower greeted  South Vietnam President Ngo Dinh Diem in Washington, 05/08/1957.   President of South Vietnam Ngo Dinh Diem, left,  is welcomed in ceremonies at Washington National Airport.  With him is President Dwight D. Eisenhower, and behind them, from left,  Air Force Chief of Staff General Nathan Twining, Secretary of State  John Foster Dulles and presidential aide and pilot, Colonel William C. Draper.    Ambassador Fritz Nolting, was appointed ambassador to Vietnam in 1961  with orders to support the government of Ngo dinh Diem.  Ambassador Nolting was succeeded as ambassador by Henry Cabot Lodge  who was approached almost immediately by anti-Diem generals planning a coup.  Nolting, back in the United States, unsuccessfully tried to persuade President Kennedy from such action.  The constitutionally elected Diem was assassinated on November 1, 1963,  an action Ho Chi Minh himself reputedly called "stupid,"  and the military government of General "Big Minh" assumed power.                  President Ngo Dinh Diem at Lasan Taberd Highschool, Saigon  Left: Vice President Johnson visiting President Ngo Dinh Diem at Independence Palace, Saigon. Right: President Diem and Ambassador Lodge four days before the coup d'etat (Dalat, October 28th, 1963).   The U.S. initially supported President Diem but six years later architected a coup d'etat  using General Duong Van Minh, Mai Huu Xuan, Ton That Dinh, and others ... ).  General Mai ordered the murder of President Diem, Advisor Nhu, Colonel Le Quang Tung,  Colonel Ho Tan Quyen, LTC Le Quang Trieu and other Vietnamese Special Forces Staff. The Generals who betrayed President Ngo Dinh Diem for U.S. money. Picture taken on the Anniversary of the Republic of Vietnam, October 26th, 1963, 5 days before the coup d'etat. Left: General Duong Van Minh, General Le Van Kim, unknown Colonel (??), General Tran Van Don. Right: Generals Kim, Dinh, Don, Vy, and Xuan under house arrest in Dalat (1964).     Colonel Nguyen Van Y was Deputy of Security and Police and Chief of Central Intelligence Agency was jailed by the Generals for being loyal to President Diem along with Colonel Nguyen Van Chieu, Colonel Ngo Chuan and many other high-ranking officers. (source: Miss Nguyen Thi Nguyet Anh, daughter of Colonel Nguyen Van Y)   Đại Tá Nguyễn Văn Y, nguyên Tổng Giám Đốc Công An Cảnh Sát, kiêm Đặc Ủy Trưởng Trung Ương Tình Báo, dưới thời Đệ Nhất Cộng Hòa của Cố Tổng Thống Ngô Đình Diệm. (Cô Nguyễn Thị Nguyệt Ánh, Ái Nữ của Cựu Đại Tá Nguyễn Văn Y)     To cover up the blunder, US press reported that President Diem was corrupted. When he was assasinated, he owned only one very small and simple home. The death of President Diem was a political embarasement for President Kennedy.   Less than three weeks after President Ngo Dinh Diem was assassinated,  President John F. Kennedy was likewise killed by an assassin's bullet,  and the burden of Vietnam passed to Vice President Lyndon Johnson.  Johnson supported South Vietnam's ineffectual military rulers with  extensive military and economic aid and, beginning in 1965,  large numbers of U.S. ground troops. Ten years and  58,000 American deaths later, the communists with   Russia-China's aid took over South Vietnam.      Buddhist flag incident - US involvement - Coup General   Phone conversation: President Diem and Ambassador Lodge   A rebutal of Edwin E. Moise's view on President Diem (by a Vietnamese compatriot looking back at his death)   CIA Director William Colby, an Oral History (Interview) 1954 Letter from President Eisenhower to President Diem 1961 Letter from President Diem to President Kenndy 1962 Letter from President Kennedy to President Diem Emperor Bao Dai and President Ngo Dinh Diem CIA judgments on President Kennedy and President Johnson on overthrowing President Diem and to go "BIG" (CIA - Center for the Study of Intelligence Report) …. even more explicit pro-coup sentiment welled up within CIA as 1963 wore on,  but virtually all of CIA's senior officers-- including O/NE's Sherman Kent,  DDP Far East Division Chief William Colby, senior DDI officers Huntington D. Sheldon and R. Jack Smith,  DDCI Marshall S. Carter, and, most  important, DCI John McCone-- continued to urge caution about the idea of overthrowing Diem.       President Ngo Dinh Diem with the Ngo Dinh family at Phu Cam, Hue. President Diem with the Ngo Dinh family.   President Ngo Dinh Diem, brothers Ngo Dinh Nhu, Bishop Ngo Dinh Thuc. Mrs. Nhu, sister and Ngo Dinh Nhu's children.   President Diem praying in church. National Security Advisor Ngo Dinh Nhu,  President Diem's younger brother. President Ngo Dinh Diem's nephew: Cardinal Francois Xavier Nguyen van Thuan Cố Hồng Y Nguyễn Văn Thuận với cây Thánh Giá ngài làm bằng gổ vụn và dây điện khi ở trong tù cộng sản.     The President was murdered on his way to church on November 2nd, 1963.   The tragic Beginning of how American took control of the Vietnam War. President Ngo Dinh Diem and his brother Nhu were murdered by Captain Nhung at the order of General Mai Huu Xuan, General Big Minh, and CIA Lou Conein. President Diem was betrayed by his American friends and President Kennedy. Ten years later President Thieu and the South Vietnamese were once again betrayed by President Nixon, Henry Kissinger at Paris conference.   (UPI photograph taken by an Englishman, Mr. Hugh Van Ess) The tragic End came twelve years later on April 30th, 1975. Eventually three millions Vietnamese fled the country, hundreds of thousands "boat-people" died in the China sea, and countless thousands of former ARVN Officers, goverment Officials died in "re-education" camps. Vietnam became one of the poorest country.     TIẾC THƯƠNG (Kẻ hậu sinh xin đốt nén hương lòng tưởng niệm  nhân ngày giỗ Cố Tổng Thống Ngô Đình Diệm, vị Tổng Thống khả kính đầu tiên  của nước Việt Nam Cộng Hòa) Một ánh sao băng, tắt giữa trời Giang sơn từ đấy tối thêm thôi! Thương người nghĩa khí tàn cơn mộng Tiếc bậc tài hoa úa mảnh đời! Khinh bọn túi cơm, loài rắn rết Giận phường giá áo, lũ đười ươi Nếu không phản phúc, không tham vọng Đất nước giờ đây hẳn kịp người! 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