How did ngo dinh diem assuage the doubts many americans had about him after the french left vietnam? why do you think diem’s actions impressed the eisenhower administration?

1. Ngo Dinh Diem was a Christian prime minister who presented himself as a Democrat and capitalist as a new ruler of South Vietnam, getting support from the United States and its Western Allies. He had fought the French colonialism with the desire of a free independent South Vietnam based on Western political and economic values. In 1954 he became the prime minister of South Vietnam after a large manipulation by the U.S.
2. Yes the U.S president Elsehowever administration was impressed by Diem's actions due to the fact that he was determined to deal with problems in South Vietnam ranging from;
-Criminal and political opponents especially communists active in the southern province
-Viet Minh agents and guerrilla soldiers who acted under orders of Hanoi
-The fight against the French opium trade that encouraged warlords, gangsters and organised crime.