RE ASON FOR REFUSAL

Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30477, 26 June 1964, Page 2

RE ASON FOR REFUSAL

Mrs Nhu Not Admitted

(W.Z. Press Assn.—Copyright) WASHINGTON, June 24. ‘ United States Government officials made known today that they barred Mrs Ngo Dinh Nhu from the United States at the strong urging of the United States Ambassador in South Vietnam, Mr Henry Cabot Lodge. Mr Lodge, who is returning from Saigon to join the fight for control of the Republican Party, sent Washington two strong messages on the subject

He said the present Government of South Vietnam would misunderstand the admission of the sister-in-law of the country’s former President, Ngo Dinh Diem, who was overthrown and killed last November.

Several Republican Congressmen, led by Representative Katharine St George, of New York, had urged the administration to admit Mrs Nhu or risk a storm of political protest. At one point, the State Department indicated that it would process her application quickly, but Mrs Nhu’s sharp letters to the White House and to the Secretary of State (Mr Rusk), Mr Lodge’s advice. and the direct representations of the Government of South Vietnam led to a ruling against her.