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...Saigon, bespectacled Thich Tarn Chau, leader of the moderate wing of the Unified Buddhist Church, opened the week by calling for passive resistance instead of rioting. Then, as if to convince the U.S. that his campaign was directed not at the war effort but only against the oppressions of Ky (himself a Buddhist), Tarn Chau issued a hawkish manifesto opposing any peace conference as a "surrender to the Viet Cong." He also paid a surprise visit to American Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge...
That was well and good, but just as the Americans were beginning to breathe more easily, Tarn Chau went back on the offensive. He issued an ultimatum giving Ky and Chief of State Nguyen Van Thieu 48 hours to resign, warned that if they did not meet his deadline all Buddhist monks would submit to "voluntary imprisonment...
...used American helicopters to trap another Viet Cong battalion. The Reds were part of the crack Soctrang Mobile Force, an outfit whose mobility failed it last week. Caught in a vise by three Ranger battalions, the Communists made their stand in a mangrove swamp near the village of Vinh Chau and suffered 262 dead...
...come to him in a steady stream with reports, requests, gossip, rumors, intelligence. Clearly reveling in his game of political chess, he dispatches a Buddhist plenipotentiary to the resort city of Dalat, sends one of his attendant courier-monks with a message to the Vien Hoa Dao. Thich Tam Chau, secretary-general of the institute and nominally the senior monk in Viet Nam, comes by for lunch. Tam Chau, 44, once considered Tri Quang's rival, likes such creature comforts as his chauffeured Mercedes sedan. Tri Quang twits him about it, himself takes pedicabs about town...
...sooner had last week's crisis been resolved than out to the 48 Buddhist chapters in the provinces went a cable: "Stop the struggle movement because the demands of the Buddhists of Viet Nam have been met by the authorities." Tri Quang, Tam Chau and Thien Minh all signed it. To the more militant chapter at Hué, a special message was sent: "Hold any action until the arrival of Thich Tri Quang." Then, hunkering down on the floor, Tri Quang personally reined in a delegation of monks pressing for more action. "We must honor our words," he said loftily, adding...