The reason why South Vietnam Wu Tingyan was abandoned by the United States
1954 after the Geneva conference, France withdrew from Vietnam, and the country was divided into two parts, with Ho Chi Minh as the leader of North Vietnam and Wu Tingyan as the leader of South Vietnam. 1June, 954, Wu Tingyan returned to Saigon as prime minister at the orders of the king, and soon he, his younger brother Wu Tingrou and his sister-in-law Mrs. Wu Tingfang lived in the Independence Palace. The following year, the Republic of Vietnam was founded and Wu Tingyan became president. It has been opened as an important tourist attraction of "Cultural Relics and Monuments of the Presidential Palace of Independence Palace" and Ho Chi Minh City (formerly known as Saigon).
Independence Palace was built in 1868. This is a French classical building. It was built by Lagrande LandThier, then Governor of South Vietnam, and was named "Norodom Palace". In fact, he was also the French Governor of zhina. However, the Independence Palace that people see today is a square box, which has no beautiful lines peculiar to western architecture. From the plan view, the building presents the shape of the Chinese character "Ji", while from the elevation view, it presents the shape of the traditional Chinese character "Xing".
In the view of designer Wu, this idea not only gives the Palace of Independence a symbol of harmony and wisdom, but also contains a desire to pray for a strong country. Wu is a gold medal architect who came back from France. The reason why he gave up French elements and chose Oriental elements was to express his high-profile independence. Secondly, the Feng Shui of the Presidential Palace is located in "Long Mai". In order to make the mountains and rivers last forever, he conceived such a building with straight lines and heavy volume.
The Independence Palace has more than 100 rooms. The first floor was the reception room, cabinet meeting room, state banquet and diplomatic banquet hall of the South Vietnamese regime at that time. On the second floor, there are reception rooms, offices of the President and Vice President, the Ministry of National Defense and the Presidential Library. The walls of the Ministry of National Defense are covered with military maps, and the desks are filled with telephones to direct the wars in the nine southern military regions. The third and fourth floors are living quarters, with bedrooms for the president and vice president, a cinema that can accommodate 100 people, and entertainment halls and performance halls.
In the basement of the Independence Palace, there is a presidential operation room with military maps of various provinces on the wall, as well as a staff room, an intelligence room and a communication system. The president is in bed. In fact, today's Independence Palace can no longer replicate the life scenes of the first President Wu Tingyan. Because of the reconstruction of the Independence Palace, the first generation of Independence Palace where the Wu family lived was bombed in February 1962.
The attack happened unexpectedly. On the morning of February 27th, South Vietnamese pilots Fan and Ruan Wenju carried out bombing missions. Shortly after the plane took off, they suddenly broke away from the formation and flew to the presidential palace in the city. They quickly fired petrol bombs and rockets at Wu Tingyan's brother's bedroom, and dived fighter planes to a very low position, shooting at targets frequently. However, Wu Tingyan was unscathed in the attack.
After investigation, it was found that Ruan Wenju was dissatisfied with Wu Tingyan's imprisonment of his father and planned an attack with Fan. Six months later, Wu was instructed to redesign the pattern and build a new independent palace on the original site. Before the reconstruction project was completed, there was a coup to overthrow Wu Tingyan, who was also killed in that coup. Three years later, the new Independence Palace was completed.
After Wu Tingyan was in power in South Vietnam for two years, his social influence once reached its peak and his family power expanded. His younger brother Wu Tingrou was in charge of the secret police behind the scenes, and his sister-in-law Mrs. Wu Tingyan also appeared on the political stage as the "first lady" of South Vietnam (Wu Tingyan was unmarried all her life).
Mrs. ngo dinh speaks French better than Vietnamese, but she always wears traditional clothes in public, full of ethnic customs, as charming as a movie star, but her delicate appearance is a strong character. Ms. ngo dinh has no official position, but she has great power in the presidential palace and can influence Wu Tingyan's decision-making, which makes her appear on the cover of Time magazine and Life magazine.
This woman is conceited and clever, like a spoiled child, making irresponsible remarks in public. In the process of dealing with western journalists, she often retorts in a sharp tone and constantly feeds the western media. In their works, Mrs. Wu Ding is described as a tigress: "Today, the most terrible and brave woman in South Vietnam is wearing a silk robe that is open and close to the county, facing the enemy. She doesn't have a sword on her, but her weapons are endless energy, amazing charm, tough and heartless heart, sharp tongue and Roman Catholic militancy. "
Mrs. ngo dinh doesn't care about the tide of bad reviews and still goes her own way. He not only generously gave headlines to the western media, but also regarded his political enemies as treasures.
On June 6, monks in qu?ng ??c set themselves on fire in full view to protest the government's crackdown on Buddhists. After listening to this, his wife ngo dinh sneered contemptuously: "If a monk who set himself on fire is patriotic, he should not set himself on fire with gasoline bought from foreign exchange. It is a waste. Let them continue to go to the roast bar and we will clap our hands. " The next day, Mrs. Wu Ding's amazing remarks made headlines in major media and angered the whole world. The anti-government alliance quickly formed by Vietnamese students and monks swept the society like a storm. This incident also became the fuse for the United States to abandon the Wu Tingyan administration.
Wu Tingyan's Life in South Vietnam
Wu Tingyan (also written by Wu Tingyan, Wu Tingyan), 190 1 year 1 9631/day) was the first chairman of Viet Nam (* * * and China). Wu Tingyan was born in Hue, the capital of Ruan Dynasty. His family was a Catholic aristocrat in Ruan period. His eldest brother Pierre Martin Ngodinhthc was then Archbishop of Hue.
1954, when North Vietnam was in Dien Bien Phu (Bababi? N Ph) declared independence after a great victory in the battle, and was immediately supported by the Soviet Union and China. In order to fight against North Vietnam headed by Ho Chi Minh, the French government announced that it would hand over power to Baoda, the last emperor of Ruan Dynasty, and set up the South Vietnamese government to fight against the North Vietnamese regime. Baoda Emperor appointed Wu Tingyan as Prime Minister, in charge of South Vietnam. However, Wu Tingyan's goal does not stop there.
1955, with the support of the United States, Wu Tingyan staged a coup, signed a decree to abolish the throne of Emperor Baoda, established the Republic of Vietnam, and was sworn in as the president of South Vietnam. Wu Tingyan's exclusive respect for Catholicism and the abolition of Buddhism and military rule aroused strong resistance from local people. 1 963165438+10/day, the U.S. government instigated Yang to launch a coup to save the defeat. Wu Tingyan and his fifth brother, Dinh Nhu Ngo, were shot dead by the coup army. His fourth brother, Wu, was also executed by the coup army.