President Diem persecuted the Viet Cong.
Ngô Đình Diệm
S. Vietnam
South Vietnam's president in 1957 was Mr. Ngo Dinh Diem.
President Diem in 1963.
was approved by President Kennedy.
In 1955 Mr. Ngo Dinh Diem became president of South Vietnam.
President Diem was strongly ANTI-COMMUNIST.
Diem.
People who gather in a group to persecute any one on the daily basis is to harass.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
In the spring of 1963, South Vietnamese forces suppressed Buddhist religious leaders and followers, which led to a political crisis for the government of President Ngo Dinh Diem.
Hesitantly, and very timidly, Kennedy did approve of the coup; however, he did it without warning Diem.