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Buddhism in Viet Nam is accorded Schecter's closest scrutiny and lengthiest appraisal. From the last days of President Diem, who fatally underestimated the power of the political monks, to the past year's Buddhist uprisings, which Premier Nguyen Cao Ky expertly quelled with a combination of "tenacity and guile," the book reconstructs the sorties to the barricades in Viet Nam. There, as elsewhere in Asia, the Buddhists' problem is to resolve "the conflict between tradition and transition in Asian life...
...weeks ago, Premier Nguyen Cao Ky declared his candidacy for the presidency of South Viet Nam. His only reservation in standing for the Sept. 3 elections, he said, was that he would "never" oppose his colleague in the ruling military directorate, General Nguyen Van Thieu, should Chief of State Thieu decide to run. Though both officers had wanted a single "military" candidate to avoid splitting the army's loyalties in the balloting, both also want the presidency badly. So last week Thieu called Ky's bluff. He announced that he, too, would run, although it would...
Death Strip. The latest victims were residents of 15 hamlets located just inside or just south of the DMZ. Their displacement was ordered by the Saigon government because Communist troops in ever-increasing numbers have been infiltrating the DMZ from the North. To stop the flow, Premier Nguyen Cao Ky ordered the area bulldozed flat and made into a "death strip" in which anything that moved would be machine-gunned, mortared or bombed to bits. To accommodate the displaced villagers, the government is hastily building its 336th refugee camp a few miles to the south in the Cua Valley...
...South Vietnamese Air Force DC-3 approached the mountain resort town of Dalat, Premier Nguyen Cao Ky left the passenger compartment, took over the controls and skillfully guided the plane down onto the tiny airstrip. Soon after landing, he summoned reporters to the lovely presidential palace once used by President Diem and announced that he would run for President in the Sept. 3 elections...
Looks & Flamboyance. On a national scale, several candidates are also undergoing crash courses in the art of running for the presidency, for which the electorate will vote in September. The two chief prospective candidates, of course, are the two generals who now rule the country: Premier Nguyen Cao Ky and Chief of State Nguyen Van Thieu. Both want the presidency, but each wants it with the support of the other and without splitting the armed forces into two camps. Thieu, at 44, is older than Ky by eight years and undoubtedly commands more respect among his fellow officers. A Catholic...