After the United States appointed and helped Ngo Din Diem become the leader of South Vietnam they sent advisors over to Vietnam to better assess the situation and to try to convince other leaders who opposed Diem and/or thought he was dangerous. The first person that President Diem worked with from the United States was Vice President Johnson, in which

While there were problems with Diem’s regime, there was an organization called the Viet Cong that were out to destroy the South Vietnam government, nullify its services, and cut off rural areas from contact with Saigon. The Viet Cong assassinated and tortured anti-communists and government officials, leading to more people resenting the Viet Cong and supporting Diem.

Diem’s opponents began to attack his regime and Vietnamese critics began to warn the United States about anti-American sentiment in Vietnam; because of Vietnamese riots and other protest that were taking place in and out of Vietnam. Diem critics told an ambassador, Bernard B. Fall, that Diem was trying to restrict the practice of Buddhism and not allowing people to vote against him without punishment, he even went so far as to cancel the election and have his opponents assassinated (Morgan 86). The Buddhist had begun to burn themselves in public to protest against Diem and his regime, while Diem stated that he didn’t care, and said, “good, let them burn” (Nolting 112-7).

they talked about what they wanted to do and prevent in Vietnam. The book, From Trust To Tragedy, goes into great detail about this meeting. It is stated that President Johnson praised Diem for his strong and unwavering resolve to protect his hard-pressed country from Communist domination and promised increased American moral and material support to the government and people of South Vietnam (Nolting 21). When Vice President Johnson went back to the United States and gave told the other American advisors that he approved of Diem, he also shared an astonishing election result. President Diem had received 91 percent of the votes in a recent Vietnamese election and Johnson then compared him to George Washington, as a great leader (Nolting 21-2). The meeting between them did not just please the United States but the Vietnamese supporters of Diem were also excited about the United States approval.

As Diem had more people’s support, he resented the United States for getting involved and trying to help South Vietnam fight agai

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