Finding the Dragon Lady (41 page)

    
and Family Code,
102–103
,
126

    
during famine of 1944 and 1945,
47

    
and farewell statement at Saigon airport,
167–168

    
and farewell statement at US airport,
216

    
and father, Tran Van Chuong, rapprochement between,
11

    
and filial piety,
10

    
financial status of,
10

    
and First Indochina War,
65–66

    
as First Lady, and palace attire,
66–67

    
as First Lady, and palace life,
93
,
109–110
,
115–116

    
as First Lady, duties of,
98–101

    
and flag-flying and bombing incident,
163–164

    
and the French,
81

    
at French embassy dinner, and Nguyen Van Hinh,
85–87

    
and Gregory, Ann,
143

    
and Halberstam, David,
135–139

    
and Higgins, Marguerite,
144–146

    
in Hue, with husband's family, status of,
45–46
,
48
,
53

    
and husband, Ngo Dinh Nhu, marital affair of,
107

    
and husband, Ngo Dinh Nhu, relationship with,
79
,
82
,
133
,
196
,
224

    
and husband, Ngo Dinh Nhu, reunion with, in Saigon,
60
,
61

    
and husband, Ngo Dinh Nhu, secret missions of,
64–65

    
and husband, Ngo Dinh Nhu, smoking habit of,
111

    
interview techniques of,
138–139

    
and “intoxicated,” use of word,
10–11
,
143

    
and Johnson, Lyndon,
124–125

    
and Johnson, Lyndon, and entourage in South Vietnam,
118–120

    
and Johnson, Lyndon, letter to,
174–175

    
and Kennedy, Jacqueline,
2
,
150–151

    
and Kennedy, Jacqueline, condolence letter to,
217–218

    
and Kennedy, John,
174–175
,
190
,
191
,
210
,
216

    
and Kennedy administration, criticism of,
190–191

    
and Kennedy assassination conspiracy theories,
197

    
and La Vang, symbolism of American bishop visiting,
154–156
,
156–158

    
and Lam Ngoc (Forest Jewel) villa in Dalat,
66–67
,
110

    
love affairs of,
224–225

    
and Luce, Clare Booth, and support for,
147–148

    
marital troubles of,
106–108
,
109–111

    
and memoirs,
43–44
,
118
,
133
,
153–154
,
156
,
194–196
,
221–222

    
and “monks' barbecue” remark,
1
,
140
,
145
,
162–163

    
and Morality Laws,
127–129

    
and motherhood as image of righteousness,
54

    
musical abilities of,
53

    
and National Press Club, speech at,
190–191

    
in New York City,
169–172
,
175–183

    
in New York City, and speeches and interviews,
182–183

    
in New York City, and supporters of,
182–183
,
190–191

    
in New York City, protests against,
177–178
,
179

    
and Ngo brothers, assassination of,
213

    
and Ngo brothers, dependence of,
163

    
and Ngo Dinh Diem,
5
,
73–74
,
74–75
,
80–81
,
98–99
,
102
,
113–114
,
140

    
and Ngo Dinh Diem, demonstration in favor of,
86–88

    
and Nguyen Khanh,
113

    
and Nguyen Van Hinh,
83

    
and NLF truck bombing, March 22, 1961,
123–124

    
and Overseas Press Club in New York City, invitation to speak at,
167

    
and parents, and call for ouster,
171

    
and parents, and Diem regime, undermining of,
214–215

    
and parents, and public disowning,
9
,
10

    
and parents, and refusal to forgive,
214–215

    
and parents, and refusal to receive, in Washington, DC,
187–190
,
214

    
and parents, and resignation of ambassadorial posts,
166

    
and parents, insults from,
187–188
,
190

    
and parents, murder of,
10
,
215

    
and parents, will of,
14–15

    
in Paris (post-Saigon coup),
6–7
,
218–219

    
personality of,
57–58
,
68
,
99
,
222

    
and Pham, John,
72

    
and photographs from past,
117–119

    
political influence of,
163

    
popular discontent with,
131

    
power of,
176

    
as powerful woman, criticism of,
150–151

    
and presidential palace, bombing of,
117
,
132–133

    
and the press, criticism of,
15
,
137–138

    
and program director for US tour,
180

    
religion of,
157–158

    
reputation of,
1–2
,
144

    
resentment toward,
129

    
in Rome,
10
,
216
,
219

    
rumors about,
103–104

    
in Saigon,
77–79

    
and Saigon coup of 1963,
204

    
and Saigon coup of 1963, and United States, criticism of,
214
,
216

    
and Saigon coup of 1963, responsibility for,
1–2
,
210
,
216

    
and sister, Tran Thi Le Chi,
103
,
104
,
108–109

    
and sister-in-law Hoang,
56

    
and “soldiers of fortune” remark,
2
,
181–182

    
and son Ngo Dinh Quynh, birth of,
60

    
and son Ngo Dinh Trac, birth of,
60

    
speech style of,
142

    
as Tiger Lady,
117

    
and tiger skins,
117
,
133
,
153

    
and Times of Vietnam,
141
,
142–143

    
and United States, criticism of,
2
,
140–141
,
162
,
181–182
,
190–191
,
214
,
216

    
and US tour,
169–183
,
186–191
,
196–198

    
and US tour, during Saigon coup of 1963,
206–207

    
and US tour, post-Saigon coup of 1963,
213–216

    
and Viet Minh,
47

    
and Viet Minh, and detonation of piano,
51

    
and Viet Minh, capture by,
48–57

    
and Viet Minh, release by,
57

    
and Viet Minh leader, attention from,
56–57

    
in Washington, DC,
100–101
,
186–191

    
The White Pebble (Le Caillou Blanc),
194

    
and Women's Corps,
125
,
139

    
and women's rights,
102
,
125–126

    
writing style of,
195

    
as young bride and new mother,
45–46

    
See also
Tran Thi Le Xuan

Ngo Dinh Quynh,
60
,
82
,
92
,
110
,
167
,
220

    
and Saigon coup of 1963,
202
,
204
,
207
,
208–209

Ngo Dinh Thuc (archbishop of Hue),
156–158
,
209
,
219

Ngo Dinh Trac,
60
,
74
,
110
,
167
,
220

    
and Saigon coup of 1963,
202
,
204
,
207
,
208–209

Nguyen Huu Chau,
96
,
103
,
104
,
108–109

Nguyen Khanh,
112–113
,
208

Nguyen Thi Bang,
124

Nguyen Van Hinh,
82–83
,
85–87
,
176

Nguyen Van Nhung,
207

Nguyen Van Tam,
82

Nixon, Richard,
147
,
148
,
216

NLF.
See
National Liberation Front

Nolting, Frederick,
120
,
121

North Vietnam,
61
,
80–81
,
94

Obama, Michelle,
5

Office of Strategic Services (OSS),
75
,
80

Oggeri, Etienne,
103
,
104
,
108–109

Opium,
31–32

Oram, Harold,
180–181

OSS.
See
Office of Strategic Services

Oswald, Lee Harvey,
197

Overseas Press Club,
167

Parmentier, Madame,
37

Pentagon Papers,
207–208

Personalism,
77

Personalist Labor Party (Can Lao),
64
,
77

Pham, John,
71–73
,
97–98
,
99

Pham Van My,
68

Pham Xuan An,
217