 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Muna 1952, Thái ipapo, mudzidzi akapedza kudzidza kuCornell akatanga kusangana naDiệm semunhu aiparadzaniswa nezvematongerwo enyika muLakewood, New Jersey uye akamubatsira kuti ataure nevezvematongerwo enyika vekuAmerica uye vadzidzi. Thai akadzokera kuSaigon muna 1954 uye akava mumwe wevabatsiri vepedyo kuna President Diệm. Mukupera kwa1961, akasiya basa saDirector General wesangano renyika rezvenhau, Vietnam Press, kuti agamuchire Nieman Fellowship muJornalism kuHarvard 1962 1963. Muna 1962, Thái akabudisa Is South Vietnam Viable?, achiburitsa huori hwehutongi hweMhuri yeNgo uye achinyatso kufanotaura kudengenyeka kwaNovember 1963 kwaive pedyoiro rakapidigura hurumende yaDiem gore rimwe gare gare. 