Vietnam
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...chief of state and approved the establishment of a republic with Ngo Dinh Diem as president. The republic, proclaimed on Oct. 26...to a coup (Nov. 1, 1963), in which Diem and his brother, Ngo Dinh Nhu (who headed the secret police), were murdered. A...