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...approach of the June 30 fil- ing deadline for presidential candidates in South Viet Nam, the rivalry be tween Chief of State Nguyen Van Thieu and Premier Nguyen Cao Ky intensified. U.S. diplomats alerted Washington that trouble was imminent. Rumors of coup and counter-coup coursed through Saigon: Vietnamese marines loyal to Ky were said to be headed for the capital; 20 truckloads of pro-Thieu troops were reported en route to the city. Though the rumors proved false, the nation had good reason to be upset. A break between Ky and Thieu could have split the armed forces into...
Over beer and Cokes, the commanders of South Viet Nam's four Corps areas met at the quarters of Chief of Staff General Cao Van Vien. There they expressed their deep misgivings over the feud's effect on military unity. They decided to invite the two men to talk things over. In a heated and often an gry confrontation that ran on for nearly three days, the commanders urged Ky and Thieu to compose their differences or resign from office in favor of a caretaker government. Both refused...
There must also be a policy that allows of stubborness, suspicion, ill-will, obtuseness, and the waywardness of internal political struggle on the part of those with whom we are involved. No one, after all, would counsel Hanoi to repose high hopes in negotiations with Nguyen Cao Ky. Any policy which relies on negotiation is a policy that is at least partly at the mercy of others. We must also have a course of action which is within the scope of our own authority. We must invite negotiations. We must have a better policy than mindless escalation should negotiations prove...
...election campaign does not officially begin until July 19, but for all practical purposes it swung into full speed last week. Premier Nguyen Cao Ky, who announced his candidacy in May, hurried around the country, recruiting support from top generals, impressing the populace with displays of calculated generosity, and keeping his name in the headlines by demanding that 140,000 more U.S. troops should be sent to South Viet Nam. At the same time, his most serious rival, Lieut. General Nguyen Van Thieu, who is Chief of State, formally declared that he is a candidate and began campaigning...
...front runner. He is not at all reluctant to use his government power for his own advantage. His campaign symbol-a flying black dragon-is seen nightly on the state-owned television channel. He has sprinkled the countryside with billboards that woo the small man: THE GOVERNMENT OF NGUYEN CAO KY IS THE GOVERNMENT OF THE POOR. He has bid for the votes of the 620,000 soldiers and 220,000 civil servants by granting them 15% raises. His ally, National Police Chief Nguyen Ngoc Loan, is using his own persuasive powers among the provincial chiefs, and the boss...