Word: nguyens
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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CAMPAIGNING for South Viet Nam's October elections is not supposed to begin until September. But last week the politicking was under way in earnest. In near-simultaneous attacks, President Nguyen Van Thieu's two chief rivals, feisty Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky and phlegmatic retired Four-Star General Duong Van ("Big") Minh, both charged that the election itself is being shamelessly rigged...
When Dzu flew to Saigon, President Nguyen Van Thieu flatly refused to see his embattled general. After 24 hours of waiting, Dzu flew back to his Military Region II headquarters, protesting that Steele had damaged "not only my honor as a general but also the honor of the Vietnamese army and the Vietnamese people...
Saigon is thus uneasy about reports that Washington is anxious to accelerate the U.S. withdrawal. During his stop in Saigon last week, Henry Kissinger assured President Nguyen Van Thieu that the U.S. is not about to "pull the plug." But he also warned Thieu that the U.S. withdrawal rate, now 14,300 a month, will probably jump to 20,000 after South Viet Nam's presidential elections in October...
...Trang -thought the U.S. controlled the Saigon government. The general attitude was summarized by another opposition newspaper, Cong Luan, in an editorial on the presidential elections scheduled for October: "As to what candidate has the greatest chance for success, all Vietnamese agree with the Vice President [Nguyen Cao Ky] that the most trustworthy prophet is none other than [U.S. Ambassador] Ellsworth Bunker." Translation: Bunker knows because Bunker decides. A cartoon in Saigon's Tin Sang daily summarizes a widespread feeling; it shows Ambassador Bunker, called "the Father of the Country," rocking a cradle labeled "Viet...
...must stop the 'graspers.' To stop this corruption, we need the CIA, the FBI and the CID [the Army's Criminal Investigation Division]. Everything in Viet Nam is planned by the Americans, including who sits in the palace. If the Americans don't want Nguyen Van Thieu for President, he will leave-it is as simple as that. If they want to stop the corruption and the grasping, they...