Diệm in a sentence

Although Diệm was publicly praised, in private Secretary of State John Foster Dulles conceded that Diệm had been selected because there were no better alternatives.

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 United States might do about Diệm's government.

Diệm's attitude toward India was not harmonized due to India's non-alignment policy, which Diệm assumed favor of communism.

In the early 1950s, Diệm and Nhu used the party to mobilize support for Diệm's political movements.

Miller, p. 25. Nguyễn Hữu Bà i was highly regarded among the French, and Diệm's religious and family ties impressed him and he became Diệm's patron.

Moyar, p. 40. In August 1954, Diệm also had to face the "Hinh crisis" when Nguyễn Văn Hinh launched a series of public attacks on Diệm, proclaiming that South Vietnam needed a "strong and popular" leader.

With only the palace guard remaining to defend Diệm and his younger brother Nhu, the generals called the palace offering Diệm exile if he surrendered.

According to Diệm, it was the communists who threw a grenade into the crowd.

According to Diệm, the values of traditional culture, along with Catholic and Confucian values were powerful to fight against Materialism.

According to Fall, Diệm put the revolution down because he did not support the revolution, which he thought could not sweep out the French but might threaten the leadership of the mandarins.

According to Miller, Diệm "displayed Christian piety in everything from his devotional practices to his habit of inserting references to the Bible into his speeches.

According to Miller, The US and Diệm‘s disagreement intheir approaches to agrarian reform in countryside made their alliance "moved steadily from bad to worse".

After Diệm's assassination, South Vietnam was unable to establish a stable government and several coups took place after his death.

After Diệm was killed in a military coup led by general Dương Văn Minh in 1963, there was a series of short-lived military governments.

After the Bình Xuyên was defeated and the Hòa Hảo, Cao Đài were subdued, Diệm concentrated on his most serious threat: the communists.

As broad-based opposition to his harsh tactics mounted, Diệm increasingly sought to blame the communists.

As Robert F. Kennedy noted, "Diệm wouldn't make even the slightest concessions.

Before going to Europe, Diệm went to Japan, where he met with Prince Cường Để, his former ally, and discussed Cường Để 's efforts to return to Vietnam and his capacity to play some roles in his homeland.

Beginning in the summer of 1955, Diệm launched the "Denounce the Communists" campaign, during which communists and other anti-government elements were arrested, imprisoned, tortured, or executed.

By early 1959 however, Diệm considered it an organized campaign and implemented Law 10/59, which made political violence punishable by death and property confiscation.