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SAIGON, South Vietnam, Dec. 15--Buddhist monks and nuns in Saigon will hold a protest fast Wednesday to protest "lies and distortions" by Premier Tran Van Huong's government, a spokesman announced Tuesday...
Thich Ho Giac, ranking spokesman for the Buddhist hierachy, told the monks and nuns the food saved by the 24-hour fast would be contributed to flood victims in central Vietnam...
...main reason for the fast was the failure of Huong to take notice of a fast by three Buddhist leaders called to bring about the downfall of his government, Giac said. The fast ended Monday...
...Buddhists also threatened anti-government and anti-British demonstrations. Buddhist propaganda condemned British Ambassador Gordon Etherington-Smith and demanded his recall. Etherington-Smith recently spoke praising Huong...
South Viet Nam's military, including General Khanh, last week announced their backing of the Huong government?a setback for the Buddhists. But at Tam Chau's Buddhist secular institute?a ramshackle compound that has been the Buddhist base ever since laymen, fed up with politicking, chased the political monks out of Saigon's modern Xa Loi pagoda?the mimeograph machines and rumor mills were still grinding away against Huong...