Word: minh
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Compromise Figure. A possible cause for the bad case of jitters in Saigon was the return of Major General Duong Van ("Big") Minh after four years in exile. Ousted in 1964 because of alleged "neutralist" tendencies, Minh was brought back by President Thieu as part of a national reconciliation effort (TIME, Sept. 27). That did not sit well with some South Vietnamese hawks, who worry about a U.S. sellout and who fear popular Big Minh as an ideal figure for eventual compromise with the Communists. Vietnamese Deputies and Senators began receiving un signed letters that branded Minh a tool...
...doesn't say so, there's probably a little more to it than that. Life on Long Island is, to put it mildly, a little quiet for a man who, after a few beers, tells with relish a story of how he convinced a Chinese chieftain in a Viet Minh controlled village to sell 1200 pigs to the French army. The chief, he concludes, wanted to keep things quiet, and a few extra silver bars--"oil money," he says, rubbing his fingers--"didn't hurt either...
Even now, when the Ho Chi Minh trail often resembles a network of busy truck roads, the Communists still use elephants to haul their supplies. Not long ago, an American pilot sighted an elephant carrying rockets. His strafing run killed the animal and set off a series of secondary explosions. There was a slight dilemma on his return to base: should he put the event down as an enemy killed in action or as an enemy vehicle destroyed...
Despite occasional speculation that Minh might be more acceptable to the Communists than any one of the present Saigon leaders, he makes it clear in an article in the current Foreign Affairs quarterly that they are not acceptable to him. To fight the Communists more effectively, he insists, Saigon must foster "rice-roots" participation and leadership. Minh describes the National Liberation Front as the "disloyal opposition wholly responsive to Hanoi. It is the true enemy in our midst." He adds pointedly: "As an organization, it cannot be dealt with by suasion or compromise, much less by coalition." That is pretty...
...nicknamed by U.S. advisers because, at just under 6 ft., he towers over his countrymen. Back in 1963, the name also distinguished him from another general, Tran Van Minh, who was known as "Little Minh...