In an attempt to resolve the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhist_crisis" id="mwARs" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Buddhist crisis">Buddhist crisis</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Vietnam" id="mwARw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="South Vietnam">South Vietnam</a>, a <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Communique" id="mwAR0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Joint Communique">Joint Communique</a> was signed between President <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ngo_Dinh_Diem" id="mwAR4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Ngo Dinh Diem">Ngo Dinh Diem</a> and Buddhist leaders.