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...Madame Nhu describe the Buddhist monks who burned themselves to death to protest her brother-in-law's regime...
...helped start a flurry of coup rumors in Saigon. But in fact there is only an outside chance of Thieu being removed by his present opponents. For one thing, the action committee is still not united with Saigon's other main non-Communist opposition force, the most militant Buddhists, who favor entering directly into a coalition government with the Communists. Neither Ky nor General Duong Van ("Big") Minh, an ex-chief of state who now leads the Buddhist opposition, seems to have enough of a personal following to succeed in replacing Thieu. Moreover, if government forces stop the Communist...
...President's tenth year in power. The son of a small landowner, Thieu, now 52, became a career soldier who fought for the French against the Communists in 1947-54 and played an important role in the overthrow of President Ngo Dinh Diem in 1963. Born a Buddhist, he converted to Roman Catholicism at the time of his marriage to Mai Anh, a doctor's daughter, in 1951. Because he was regarded as a moderate who could ease the differences between militant Catholic and Buddhist factions, Thieu in June 1965 was chosen by his fellow officers to head...
Humanitarian aid? Remember, this is a Buddhist society. The people do not cry out for help. But you can't give humanitarian aid unless you provide security. I like to think that by serving here I'm contributing to my Government and to my country. It would be more satisfying if I could also feel that I were contributing to the welfare of the place where I work...
Even South Viet Nam's hardy and often volatile non-Communist political opposition has lately been relatively quiescent. Several months ago, anti-Thieu activity, led by anti-Communist Roman Catholics, reached such a peak that many were reminded of the devastatingly effective anti-government Buddhist protests of the 1960s. Last month Thieu jailed 19 journalists and closed five opposition newspapers; for the moment, his crackdown seems to have silenced the opposition movement. His government's increasingly hostile treatment of the foreign press brought tragedy last week when the Saigon police ordered Agence France-Presse Correspondent Paul Leandri...