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...presidential candidate must have the signatures of either 40 Deputies and Senators or 100 provincial councilors. It was generally assumed that under such a system Thieu, as the powerful incumbent, would win the support of the majority of legislators and councilors; the popular Major General Duong Van ("Big") Minh, another candidate, would corner most of the others; and Ky would be crowded out of the race. But the Senate subsequently defeated the bill. Most political observers figured that Thieu. sensing widespread opposition, would not try to override that defeat by again muscling the measure through the Lower House, where...
Safe but Humiliating. Some political experts believe that the new law will effectively eliminate Ky from the race. Not the cocky Vice President. "You'll see whether they can prevent me from running," he said. His calmness, in fact, led to speculation that he and Big Minh may have reached an agreement that would somehow permit both men to run for office...
...such extreme pressure against his opponents. It is true that he was chagrined at receiving only 34.8% of the vote in the 1967 election, an unimpressive mandate for a wartime President. But his reelection in October is regarded as virtually certain. Strong-arm tactics may merely encourage Big Minh and perhaps even Ky to withdraw from the race, leading to an unopposed run for the presidency by Thieu. That would be safe but humiliating for anyone trying to bill the election as a triumph of democratic forms. There was speculation that the outcry against the new law may yet lead...
...American-sponsored invasion of Laos last February was ostensibly directed at cutting off the main supply route from North to South Vietnam-the Ho Chi Minh Trail. For years before the invasion the United States had engaged in extensive bombing of the trail; enough bombs have been dropped on it to have rendered the entire U.S. Interstate Highway System impassable, yet the trail has survived...
What is it that makes the Ho Chi Minh Trail so durable? Is it the superior quality of North Vietnamese tarmac? The answer is much simpler-there is no Ho Chi Minh Trail. The name itself was invented by Americans. The Ho Chi Minh Trail is not a trail, but rather an area not under American control; and that area is called Laos...