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...ch first created a provisional government under the last Nguyen Emperor, [[Bao Dai]], then recognized Vietnam as a state within the French Union. In such a st ...nded, Vietnam was ruled by a nominally civilian government, led by first [[Bao Dai]] and then, from 1954, by [[Ngo Dinh Diem]]; neither were elected. In Novem

...lic of Vietnam]]. Land reform had been a political slogan going back to [[Bao Dai]] in 1949, and for which inadequate funds had been budgeted by Indochinese

...nded, Vietnam was ruled by a nominally civilian government, led by first [[Bao Dai]] and then, from 1954, by [[Ngo Dinh Diem]]; neither were elected. Communis

...Republic of Vietnam (RVN), under a symbolic Head of State, former emperor Bao Dai. Its actual leader, Premier Ngo Dinh Diem, was a nationalist, although per

...regions, Laos, and Cambodia. On February 7, The U.K. and U.S. recognized [[Bao Dai]] as Head of State of Vietnam.<ref>Hammer, p. 270</ref> Ho concluded there