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...Counter Teach-In"-with a slightly modified cast of characters-will take place at 8 p. m. tonight in Sanders Theatre. The chief change will be the absence of the South Vietnamese Ambassador to the U. S., Bui Diem...
Despite the fact that his appearance had been advertised in posters and other publicity for the teach-in, Diem's appointment secretary said yesterday from Washington that the Ambassador's presence at the South Vietnamese National Farmer's Day reception tonight in Washington had been set for months...
...list of speakers is headed by Bui Diem, South Vietnamese Ambassador to the U. S.; Anan Sandering Ham, Royal Thai Ambassador to the U. S.; and Dolph Droge, chief White House advisor on Vietnam...
Guatemala, some say, is a lot like South Vietanm. On June 16, 1954. the U.S. installed Diem in Saigon. Two days later, Col. Castillo Armas invaded Guatemala equipped with 200 trained and outfitted men, four P-47 fighters, two C-47 cargo planes, and U.S. pilots to fly them. Time magazine [July 12, 1954] said America's bill for the invasion was five million dollars. The planes bombed and strafed Puerto Barrios, Puerto San Jose and Guatemala City, the capital. (Eduardo Galeano, Guatemala, Occupied Country, N.Y. 1969, p. 48) The democratically elected government of Argenz, the most popular president...
...Winner. The leader of the Lotus Blossom slate is Vu Van Mau, 56, a law professor who served as Ngo Dinh Diem's Foreign Minister. "Thieu would like a military victory," says Mau. "But even the U.S. has said many times that there will be no winner or loser in Viet Nam. Therefore we must win peace." After last weekend's triumph, the Buddhists may decide to run pro-peace candidates for the presidency and the lower house next year...