sorry, a comment from a book review is the best I can do at the moment - I'm no scholar
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'''Ngo Dinh Diem''' was the first president of [[South Vietnam]]. In 1963, South Vietnamese generals took over South Vietnam and assassinated Ngo Dinh Diem.
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'''Ngo Dinh Diem''' was the first president of [[South Vietnam]]. "Certainly he was no democrat in the Western sense, but he had the confidence of the great majority of his people, who were accustomed to rule by a strong and wise leader." [http://www.oldwardogs.us/2006/12/understanding_r.html]
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In 1963, South Vietnamese generals took over South Vietnam and assassinated Ngo Dinh Diem.