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...bonzes thus began a 48-hour fast in their campaign to bring down Premier Tran Van Huong and install a government that would be the Buddhists' puppet. Retiring to bare cells, they squatted in contemplation, taking only orange juice for sustenance. Crowds gathered but the fast failed to fell Huong, and there were reports that low-level talks had begun, aimed at a face-saving compromise...
Monks' Ultimatum. Following two days of meetings, yellow-robed monks handed out mimeographed copies of what amounted to a declaration of war against Premier Tran Van Huong's six-week-old government, which suppressed Buddhist riots three weeks ago. Drafted by the Buddhists' top two political bosses, Thich Tri Quang and Thich Tarn Chau, the letter branded Huong's regime "execrable" threatened a nation wide campaign of "nonviolent noncooperation" unless "this government of betrayal" is dissolved...
...another letter to Ambassador Taylor, the Buddhists hinted that unless the U.S. withdraws its support from Huong-as it did last year from President Ngo Dinh Diem-Buddhist ire may be turned against Americans. Pointedly the Buddhists warned Taylor: "We affirm that you are responsible, before both the American and Vietnamese peoples, for the existence of the Huong government." Whereupon Chau, Quang and the Buddhists' nominal religious head, Thich Tinh Khiet, announced a 48-hour weekend hunger strike, urging Buddhists to join them in round-the-clock prayer sessions. From Darlac province came an offer of candidates for flaming...
...main reason for the fast was the failure of Huong to take notice of a fast by three Buddhist leaders called to bring about the downfall of his government, Giac said. The fast ended Monday...
Buddhists also threatened anti-government and anti-British demonstrations. Buddhist propaganda condemned British Ambassador Gordon Etherington-Smith and demanded his recall. Etherington-Smith recently spoke praising Huong...