Word: danang
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...plays, inspired if not condoned by militant Monk Thich Tri Quang in Hue. While the flames were still flickering over the nun's charred body, Tri Quang summoned the press to make clear his grievance: Premier Ky's successful suppression of the Buddhist-inspired rebellion in nearby Danang, a "crime" against Buddhists equal to the "crime of Hiroshima." Moreover, he said, it had been "masterminded by the United States President...
...Danang's peace was probably hastened by the newsmen's harrowing experience the night before. If the Buddhist-inspired rebels had been planning a last-ditch stand in the pagoda, they would have done so only if they could have been certain that the press -and world opinion-would blame the Ky forces, and not themselves. When the reporters departed, so did the Buddhists' will to fight...
...decades of war, the Vietnamese have learned resilience. No sooner had the guns fallen silent in Danang than the rubble in the streets was removed. Shutters and boards that had been hastily nailed to windows were removed. Shops that had been closed for eight days opened up; police replaced soldiers at busy intersections. Miraculously, people reappeared: riding bicycles and peddling cycles, passing the time of day at sidewalk kiosks, shopping, visiting-a city alive again and glad...
...Premier Ky, victory in Danang was a significant strike toward stability but hardly the end of his troubles. "Certainly the Ky government is stronger today than it was two weeks ago," said one Saigon expert, "but two weeks from now? It is a rash, rash man who would try to predict." For one thing, Buddhist Political Leader Thich Tri Quang was still in Hué, South Viet Nam's capital of discontent, which was in rebel hands...
...question that remained was whether Ky would decide to attack Hué as he had Danang. The U.S. hoped he would not and arranged at week's end a meeting between Ky and General Nguyen Chanh Thi, whose ouster as I Corps commander last March started South Viet Nam's latest political crisis. Though Buddhist marches and riots raged through Saigon all last week, Tri Quang so far had failed to arouse any widespread popular resentment against Ky and his government. The muscle of rebellion has been provided by I Corps Vietnamese soldiers who have remained loyal...