A close relationship with this leader led Frederick Nolting to be replaced by (*) Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., who received Cable 243 in reference to him.
This man's regime was the subject of the cognitively dissonant Krulak-Mendenhall Report, and much of his Independence Palace was destroyed when two pilots abandoned their mission and attacked him instead. On Double Seven Day, agents of this man attacked a group of reporters including Malcolm Browne, who had notably documented one of his opponents. A close relationship with this leader led Frederick Nolting to be replaced by (*) Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., who received Cable 243 in reference to him. This figure's sister-in-law pushed for puritanical "Morality Measures," while a conflict over flag displays on Vesak and this man's fervent Catholicism led to the Xa Loi Pagoda raids conducted by his opium-addicted secret police chief brother, Nhu. Wresting power from Bao Dai and ruling until his CIA-backed ARVN assassination, for 10 points, identify this evil mofo who led South Vietnam from 1955-1963.
This man's regime was the subject of the cognitively dissonant Krulak-Mendenhall Report, and much of his Independence Palace was destroyed when two pilots abandoned their mission and attacked him instead.
Ngo Dinh Diem