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...only flagrant U.S. broadcasting propagandist networks. They are only the most successful ones. Radio Free Asia failed because there were not enough anti-Maoists, and no one in Southeast Asia could conceive that a network of that title could possibly support the French against the Viet Minh. Radio Swan aided in the launching of such Latin American escapades as the Bay of Pigs invasion...
...nothing if not abstract as he fielded the questions of the testy, aggressive reporters, and discussed his reaction to the political trauma of the past fortnight. ∙ The reporters asked many of the right questions, and felt that they received almost none of the right answers. Had he offered Minh and Ky millions of dollars to run? Had he urged Thieu to resign, as Ky suggested? Would he himself soon be retiring...
...though voters could conceivably cast blank ballots as a way of showing disapproval, the President's supporters have ways of assuring desired election results (see following story). By ridding himself of all potential challengers-most notably Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky and retired General Duong Van ("Big") Minh-Thieu had placed himself in a position of power unparalleled in South Viet Nam since the days of the late Ngo Dinh Diem...
Thieu had virtually assured that he would hold power uneasily by the tactics he used in easing his opponents out of the race-starting with his pushing through a stringent election law that eliminated his old enemy, Vice President Ky. That move in turn persuaded Big Minh to withdraw, since he had no hope of winning unless Ky drew off some of Thieu's military support. Faced with the prospect of an uncontested election and Washington's certain displeasure, Thieu blinked once. South Viet Nam's Supreme Court obligingly ruled that Ky's name would...
Slander and Insolence. None of the principals seemed to appreciate Bunker's efforts to salvage the wrecked election. The ambassador reportedly complained to newsmen that both Ky and Big Minh had told him that they would run only if the U.S. stepped in and bent the election in their favor; Minh noisily denied the story, accusing Bunker of "slander and insolence." For their part, Ky's aides said that the Vice President would go all out to destroy Thieu and "all his clique...