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...some, destroyed or damaged beyond repair more than 100 allied planes and helicopters. South Viet Nam's capital, which even in the worst days of the Indo-China war had never been hit so hard, was turned into a city besieged and sundered by house-to-house fighting. In Hu??, the ancient imperial city of Viet Nam and the architectural and spiritual repository of Vietnamese history, the Communists seized large parts of the city?and only grudgingly yielded them block by block under heavy allied counterattacks at week...
...Hu??, all during the Diem years, Tri Quang was building up a Buddhist movement modeled after the Communist organizations that he had seen Ho employ against the French. To combat Diem's police, he organized special teams of young monks with flit guns filled with vinegar and red pepper. He had spies tucked neatly inside every fold of the Diem administration. He penetrated the regime's elite Cong Hoa youth, often got possession of top secret documents within 24 hours after they had been issued. One such paper was by Diem's brother, Ngo Dinh Nhu: Communiqu?...
...Quang's conspiracy against Diem finally flowered in blood in the spring of 1963. When the government refused to let the Buddhists in Hu?? fly the Buddhist flag on Gautama's birthday, Tri Quang led a demonstration to the radio station. He delivered a spellbinding speech, the crowds surged toward the station and Diem's troops replied with grenades?giving Tri Quang both the martyrs and momentum he needed. Soon Buddhists were immolating themselves on street corners, the protesting crowds grew in number and violence, and on Nov. 1, Diem and Nhu were overthrown and shot in the rear...
...resolved than out to the 48 Buddhist chapters in the provinces went a cable: "Stop the struggle movement because the demands of the Buddhists of Viet Nam have been met by the authorities." Tri Quang, Tam Chau and Thien Minh all signed it. To the more militant chapter at Hu??, a special message was sent: "Hold any action until the arrival of Thich Tri Quang." Then, hunkering down on the floor, Tri Quang personally reined in a delegation of monks pressing for more action. "We must honor our words," he said loftily, adding as a pragmatic postscript: "Otherwise we will...
...Danang and publicly burned the Ky proclamation for elections. They demanded that the generals step down immediately. With ousted General Thi openly agreeing and much of I Corps in rebellion against Saigon's control, Thich Tri Quang prepared this week to fly back home as a "peace envoy" to Hu??, where lies his chief strength. Whether as peace envoy or missionary of discontent, he will more and more bear on his slim and restless shoulders the welfare and continued viability of South Viet...