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Since they commanded the loyalty of the army, the resources of the government, and had the almost certain prospect of victory to use as leverage in making deals for votes with the country's large sects-the Hoa Hao and Cao Dai-Thieu and Ky had counted on taking more than 50% of the vote. Privately, however, U.S. analysts in Saigon had calculated that in an absolutely free and unpressured vote, the Thieu-Ky ticket would probably garner between 30% and 50% of all votes cast. Thieu was actually elected President with...
...Thieu and Ky very well and were likely to vote for them as their once and future employers. That group included the 620,000 men in the armed forces and their 270,000 dependents, the police and civil servants, the strongly nationalist, anti-Communist religious sects of the Hoa Hao and Cao Dai, and sizable numbers of Catholics. All told, they represented a potential block of over 2,000,000 votes. The fact that Thieu's winning total was only 1,600,000 votes virtually nullified any claims of fraud, even though Dzu and six other civilian candidates kept...
...worst enemy. Most of the delegates were young (average age: 34), raw and rural, with nothing in their lifetime under the French or the Diem regime to prepare them for free debate or the subtleties of constitution making. Because they were all too representative-Buddhist, Catholic, Chinese, Montagnard, Hoa Hao, Cao Dai-fragmentism and special pleading became the order of the day. Among the first orders that went out were for selfish perks: drinking water on their desks, more electric fans, a request (withdrawn on second thought) for private cars at their disposal...
...wealthy Tran Van Van, 58, a kind of Oriental John C. Calhoun, last week was working to weld the 44 southern delegates into a cohesive bloc. It will be hard work, for the southerners include military men and members of such disparate groups as the Cao Dai, the Hoa Hao, the Dai Viet party, and a new "Movement for the Renaissance of the South." Should Van succeed, he will have the largest regional grouping in the Assembly (northerners account for 27 seats, central Vietnamese for 28). Cutting across regional lines, Dr. Phan Quang Dan, 48, and his new "Rising...
South Viet Nam's minorities were also well represented: ten members of the Hoa Hao sect were elected, as were seven Confucionists, five Cao Dai, and nine Montagnards. On a regional basis, the winners were evenly divided between the north and the south. "It's going to be quite a debating society," said one-American, recalling the old Saigon saying: "Get four Vietnamese together and you have five political opinions." A few common threads run through the mix: most of the candidates favor a strong executive rather than government by parliament; they want a constitution that guarantees freedom...