Diệm remained a taboo subject until Thiệu became president. His regime first approved of public memorial services for Diệm upon the eighth anniversary of his death in 1971, and this was the third year that such services were permitted. Madame Thiệu, the First Lady, was seen weeping at a requiem mass for Diệm at the Saigon Notre-Dame Basilica.Hammer, p. 317.
Diệm remained a taboo subject until Thiệu became president His regime first approved of public memorial services for Diệm upon the eighth anniversary of his death in 1971 and this was the third year that such services were permitted Madame Thiệu the First Lady was seen weeping at a requiem mass for Diệm at the Saigon Notre-Dame BasilicaHammer p 317