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...Buddhists and students in Hué riot against Diem. Troops fire on crowds. In June, Buddhist monk Thich Quang Due sets himself on fire as protest against Diem. Rioting spreads in Saigon. U.S. press increasingly critical of Diem's authoritarian rule...
...With tacit U.S. approval, Saigon army officers stage coup against Diem and execute him. Junta headed by General Duong Van Minh takes over. As turmoil continues?13 governments in 19 months?Viet Cong rapidly gain strength in countryside...
...Communists launch Tet offensive with attacks in all major cities. Viet Cong raid U.S. embassy in Saigon, overrun Chinese quarter of Cholon, seize city of Hu?...
...Dinh Nhu, the beautiful doll-like sister-in-law of President Ngo Dinh Diem, once ruled Saigon social life like a pirate queen. She censored movies, organized women's militia units and fiercely denounced all opposition. When a Buddhist monk set himself on fire to protest Diem's repression, Mme. Nhu ridiculed the immolation as a "barbecue." Touring abroad when her husband and Diem were slain in 1963, Mme. Nhu took up residence in a commodious, ocher-colored Roman villa purchased with funds the family had accumulated during the years of power. Now 48, she still lives there with...
Thich Tri Quang, a militant Buddhist monk, spearheaded his church's noisy protest movement against a succession of Saigon governments. Intense and ardent, an excellent organizer, Tri Quang inspired the beginning of the Buddhist demonstrations against Diem in 1963, followed through in 1965 and 1966 against Premier Ky and President Thieu. As the latter solidified his power, Tri Quang drifted back to his pagoda in Saigon. Now he is studying Buddhist scriptures, toying with a stamp collection and perhaps thinking out ways to deal with a new government...