Word: bunkerisms
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...would consent to run as opposition candidates. That left Thieu the sole contender, knocking the underpinnings from the U.S. contention that it remains in South Viet Nam at the request of a freely and democratically elected government. As one measure of Washington's concern, U.S. Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker spoke almost daily with Richard Nixon last week on a direct telephone line between the embassy in Saigon and San Clemente...
...dismay. Minh had won a wide following as a patriot and nationalist and was sensitive to charges that he was in the race mainly because the U.S. put him up to it. Unless the U.S. did something to curb Thieu's immense advantages in the campaign, Minh warned Bunker, he would pull...
...measure of U.S. concern was evident when Bunker hastened to Washington for several days of talks. It was decided that Bunker should warn Thieu "on the highest authority"-meaning straight from Richard Nixon-that the Administration would be deeply disturbed if the election turned into a fiasco. Congress, Bunker was to emphasize, might balk at continuing aid to Saigon if Thieu ran unopposed...
...Bunker returned to Saigon last week and delivered his message to Thieu, then went on to Big Minh's villa a few blocks away. But Minh was not convinced of Bunker's power to put a rein on Thieu's ambition. Next morning, Minh's spokesmen announced his withdrawal...
Supreme Irony. After that, Bunker returned to Thieu's palace, this time with Kansas Senator Robert Dole, the chairman of Richard Nixon's Republican National Committee. A little pressure was evidently needed to convince Thieu that something had to be done. Next morning, the Supreme Court ruled that Ky had enough valid endorsements to qualify as a candidate after...