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(U) Consider<strong>in</strong>g the broad range of Diem's<br />

coercivepractices and unpopular social and politicalpolicies,<br />

as well as the large number of targeted<br />

groups, it is somewhat remarkable that a general<br />

<strong>in</strong>surrection by the southern communists, or<br />

one <strong>in</strong>volv<strong>in</strong>g a coalition of disaffected groups<br />

which would have been led by the communists,<br />

did not break out dur<strong>in</strong>g this period. The most<br />

important factor that contributed to this lack of<br />

any sizable rebellion was that Diem had been very<br />

successful with his general attacks aga<strong>in</strong>st all centers<br />

of resistance, whether it be communist,<br />

nationalist, religious-political, and ethnic. As we<br />

have seen, <strong>in</strong> the five years he had been <strong>in</strong> office,<br />

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