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...better to have a political vacuum than have Huong in power," said one of South Viet Nam's most respected Buddhist leaders. "This government will have to go." At week's end Provisional Premier Tran Van Huong had not yet gone, but the bonzes were once again doing their beatific best to bring about a vacuum that sooner or later the Communists might fill...
Stage Set. During a week of chaos last August, the Buddhists had brought down General Nguyen Khanh, demand ing a civilian regime. Only a month ago, Huong, 61, the bicycle-riding ex-mayor of Saigon, took over supposedly to fill that bill. Now Huong was the target...
...moment raid in Quang Nam province caught the Communists with their black pajamas down. The 17-chopper "Eagle" force dropped 54 Rangers on a company of surprised Viet Cong; the toll was 17 Red dead, 21 captured. To the precariously balanced Saigon regime of Premier Tran Van Huong, still hanging on despite another week of student demonstrations, the lesson was painfully clear: any operation plan more than eight hours in the making is bound to be found out by the Viet Cong. Just as the French learned during their long, losing Indo-China campaign, the South Vietnamese and their...
Although United States involvement has increased, the development of the political and military situation in Vietnam leaves much to be desired. In the past year Saigon has been ruled by Diem, Minh, Khanh, and now Tran Van Huong. The "strategic hamlet" program has been a failure; since January over 1000 government officials have been kidnaped or assassinated by the Viet Cong; battles with the Viet Cong have been larger than ever: and Viet Cong fire-power, especially against aircraft, has become more effective every month...
...cannot let the military and the politicians have a free hand in national affairs," and from the main pagoda in HuÉ, Buddhist priests began warning their followers that Buddhism faced "new threats," called on loyal Buddhists to defend the faith "against its enemies." Apart from the pressure on Huong to reshuffle his Cabinet to include direct Buddhist representation, other political factions were raising their voices. Disregarding a warning by Huong against public demonstrations, a noisy rally of the National Student Union concluded with a call for dissolution of the new government and a vow to take to the streets...