Word: nguyens
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Consistent Critic. There were disturbing indications last week that President Nguyen Van Thieu and his supporters have not fully grasped these facts. As expected, Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky announced that he would oppose Thieu for the presidency. A few days later, Thieu urged Ky to resign from office immediately and declared: "I have never before heard of a country where a Vice President so consistently criticized the President and the government's policy." Retorted Ky: "I was elected by the people in 1967 and not by President Thieu. So to whom should I send my resignation...
...when the Lower House met last week to reconsider the election bill, tempers were already high. Opposition Deputies taunted the Thieu forces, claiming that the President was buying votes for as much as 700,000 piasters ($2,545). In an effort to force a roll-call vote, Ky Supporter Nguyen Dae Dan leaped to the rostrum, brandished a hand grenade and threatened to pull the pin. Dan was talked into giving up the weapon, and next day, despite his theatrics, the Assembly passed the bill...
...here now for a thousand years to ensure your security." At an anniversary ceremony for the division, he cut the huge birthday cake with a sword. "We don't use swords to make wars any more," beamed Thieu, "just to cut cake." The division commander, Major General Nguyen Vinh Nghi, thanked the President and urged him "to continue to steer the national boat." It was advice that Thieu is obviously chafing to accept...
Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky, warming up for the presidential elections, has tried to make a little political capital by declaring that people responsible for "social injustice" and "corruption" should be shot. "Often they are people in high places, who 'sponsor' underlings, such as generals or high officials," said Ky slyly. "There are many," he added, smiling. "Maybe even myself...
...such figures do not explain the rise of high-level profiteering. Under Diem, corruption was relatively restrained and furtive. Today it permeates the hierarchy, in large part because President Nguyen Van Thieu has made no convincing moves to curtail it. His supporters point out that he is restrained from effective action by the fact that his political base includes a number of high-ranking officers who are deeply involved in profiteering. With a presidential election coming up in November, they say, he is in no position to start swinging a political ax at influential backers. His opponents, on the other...