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Uncertain Role. The move would end long years of anguish for Minh. A generous monthly pension of $1,800 has allowed him to live well in Bangkok, raising orchids, working on his memoirs (465 pages so far) and playing tennis at the Royal Bangkok Sports Club...
Precisely what Minh will do if and when he returns remains uncertain. He could become a presidential adviser -though there is some question whether Minh would agree to serve under a man who was a relatively lowly army colonel when he was already a general...
...Buddhist, a southerner and a close friend of Premier Tran Van Huong (a former student of ex-Teacher Huong, Minh still addresses him as "Master"), Minh would be an obvious asset in any national reconciliation effort...
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...