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...Buddhists' tacit approval, began holding meetings and demanded a government reshuffle. Huong refused, explaining: "They all want my job. If I had satisfied all their demands, my Cabinet would have numbered over a hundred." Then he Buddhists' appealed political to the bureau, head Thich of the Tarn Chau, and reported, "It was like talking to a deaf man." The Buddhists always like to organize riots when the U.S. ambassador is out of town, and with General Maxwell Taylor on his way to Washington for consultations, the show began. For four days demonstrators, streaming out of the National Buddhist...
From his two-telephone desk in the Buddhist temple, which has the bustling air of a campaign headquarters, wispy Tam Chau complained that the Buddhists had been slandered. He added that to fight the Reds, the country must have "a government supported by the people"-an argument that might carry more weight if the Buddhists ever adopted an active role against the Viet Cong. He also announced a passive-resistance campaign against the government. But a lot of Vietnamese were apparently tiring of Buddhist intrigue...
...demand met when the Buddhist clergy whipped out another. At week's end, for example, they were clamoring for the head of the national police chief, who they said should be fired for having arrested Buddhists during the riots. Saigon's head monk, Thich Tarn Chau, handed the government his umpteenth ultimatum: If all Buddhist grievances were not resolved by Oct. 27, the religious community would call a general strike. What were the grievances? Said Chau, with deliberate vagueness: "Provocations and oppressions." Announced one influential monk, with his usual beatific smile: "Not a single Buddhist is satisfied...
...Buddhists, annoyed by Big Minh's surprising ouster, again threatened major trouble. The occasion: the first anniversary of Diem's now infamous police raids on the pagodas during last year's Buddhist uproar. Addressing 4,000 faithful in Saigon, Thich (Venerable) Tarn Chau vowed that "Buddhists will rise against the government if it begins to resemble the former Diem regime."* The Buddhists proceeded to make a series of difficult if not impossible demands, including elimination from the government of all former Diem officials and the final release of four generals whom Khanh had deposed when he took...
...which has been fanned anew by Buddhist demands that a former Catholic army officer who had served under the late President Diem be executed for ordering troops to fire on Buddhists demonstrating in Hue last May.* Last week the progovernment head of the Buddhists' political bureau, Thich Tarn Chau, resigned, charging other monks with trying to stir up trouble. The resignation meant increasing influence for another leading monk, Thich Tri Quang, who enjoyed refuge last year in the U.S. embassy, but who is considered antigovernment and potentially neutralist...