Word: huong
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...continued U.S. support, Thieu has been preaching a hard line on the war and against negotiations with the Communists that lends a considerable air of unreality to some of his pronouncements. He has left much of the country's day-to-day administration to Premier Tran Van Huong, 64, a onetime schoolteacher widely respected for his political acumen and his honesty. Huong moved into the Prime Minister's office at No. 7 Thong Nhut (Unity Street) eleven weeks ago, with the warning that corruption, a problem frequently discussed but little acted on in the past, would...
...return, Thieu can offer only modest progress since his December meeting with Johnson in Canberra. Thieu's new Premier Tran Van Huong has not succeeded in knitting a tangle of political factions into a coherent progovernment coalition, and a promised drive against corruption has not yet gained momentum. But a mobilization of South Vietnamese manpower may be ahead of schedule: instead of 135,000 new Vietnamese troops whose pay, arms and equipment the U.S. had agreed to supply, Thieu will request weapons for 200,000 men, to boost the strength of Viet Nam's armed forces...
...level of Saigon's city administration, including four of Ky's most powerful backers. But by far the greatest damage was caused by President Thieu's gradual consolidation of power: without consultation, he fired Premier Nguyen Van Loc, a Ky man, and installed Tran Van Huong, whom the Vice President opposed. Police Chief Loan was replaced by a Thieu backer, and Thieu made similar switches to his own advantage in 14 province-chief posts...
...both branches of the ultranationalist, right-wing Dai Viet Party, which garnered more than 7% of the vote in last September's presidential elections. Geographical (Southerners v. Northerners) and religious (Buddhists v. Catholics) representation was better balanced than in the Cabinet of his predecessor, Nguyen Van Loc. But Huong, like Loc, assembled a group of technicians rather than politicians, who could have broadened the base of popular support for the government. In fact, he retained six of the old ministers in the 18-man lineup...
...Huong did, however, bring in new men for the main posts. Senator Tran Chanh Tranh, a diplomat and political independent who is not close to either Thieu or Ky, became Foreign Minister. Four-star General Tran Thien Khiem, an ally of President Thieu and presently Ambassador to Taiwan, was named Interior Minister. Dr. Phan Quang Dan, a vice-presidential candidate who ran against the Thieu-Ky military ticket in the September elections, got the ministry dealing with defectors. Huong kept for himself the Rural Development Ministry, responsible for pacification. "The life and death of this country depend on this government...