Word: hillenbrand
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...ironic twist, former President António de Spínola, the alleged leader of the plot, wound up in exile in Brazil along with former Dictator Marcello Caetano, whose regime he helped topple last year. In an interview in São Paulo with TIME'S Barry Hillenbrand, Spínola said that he stood on a fellow officer's statement that the coup had been a pre-emptive strike intended to head off an alleged Communist plot to assassinate 500 military officers and 1,000 civilians. He also claimed that he had made plans to leave...
TIME Correspondent Barry Hillenbrand reports that he was snapping pictures of government agents scuffling with Buddhists at a demonstration protesting South Viet Nam's harsh press laws, when suddenly one of the plainclothesmen rushed up and punched him on the back of the head, then followed with "one of those Kung Fu kicks to the stomach" before quickly retreating...
...Hillenbrand, who was not badly hurt, was far more fortunate than CBS Newsman Haney Howell who, while covering the same demonstration an hour later, was knocked to the ground and kicked by several policemen; he was hospitalized with painful bruises about his spleen. CBS protested directly to President Thieu, noting that the attack did violence to the already fragile image of democracy hi his country. To Hillenbrand, the ugly episode was a telling sign of political jitters hi Saigon. As always, he says, "when the going gets tough for the government, the secret police begin beating on the journalists...
...bountiful stockpiles of PX goodies and military equipment have disappeared in South Viet Nam, along with U.S. troops. This has left corrupt South Vietnamese officers without their usual black-market revenues. But the continuing war offers other opportunities for the unscrupulous, as TIME Correspondent Barry Hillenbrand learned last week. His report from Saigon on the latest twists of turpitude...
Tedious Regimen. Much of the success of the new system will at first depend on King Bhumibol, 46, who avoided politics until recently. He used to spend his days touring his kingdom, opening hospitals, awarding diplomas and visiting villages. Reports TIME Correspondent Barry Hillenbrand: "It is precisely this tiring, often tedious regimen that has made Bhumibol so unreservedly loved throughout the country. His travels also made him aware of the disfavor felt toward the military regime and the need to bring farmers and laborers into the National Assembly. Since last October's student revolt, the King has distinguished himself...