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Smoldering distrust of the U.S. became defiance. When U.S. Charge d'Affaires William Trueheart formally threatened Diem with the statement that the U.S. would "dissociate" itself from the Saigon government's actions unless anti-Buddhist repressions ceased, Diem's brother Ngo Dinh Nhu respond ed by raiding the Buddhist pagodas. That, in Mecklin's informed opinion, was the turning point. "The pagoda raids made it categorically impossible for the U.S. to try to go on with the regime," he writes. "Its handling of the Buddhist issue conclusively discredited the regime's claim to the political...
...keynotes of the present wave of political activity is student-faculty cooperation against the administration. At St. John's, a Catholic college in New York, the faculty backed a student demand for permission to form political clubs, to invite controversial speakers (they wanted Malcolm X, Madame Nhu and Governor Rockefeller), and to end censorship of the newspaper and "paternalism" generally. In return, students supported the faculty's demand for higher salaries and greater participation on the school's governing board. Students have rallied in support of faculty against "the system" in tenure cases at numerous colleges, notably Yale and Berkeley...
...walked out of a faculty meeting to demand salary increases and greater academic freedom. Rejecting the "reactionary paternalism at St. John's," students claimed that the administration had kept them from hearing such speakers as Socialist Norman Thomas, Senators Kenneth Keating and Robert Kennedy, Malcolm X and Madame Nhu. They composed a protest song, which began...
...negotiate now and declares that "neutrality talk only feeds the disease." One of his more arresting views on Viet Nam, which may shock many of his liberal admirers, is that the U.S. decision to get rid of Diem was a mistake. Fulbright contends that Diem's brother Nhu had to go but that the nation needed a leader...
...Perhaps Madame Nhu, the "Dragon Lady," was right after all. She said the Buddhists in South Viet Nam were trying to embarrass the government and cause dissension with their continual harangues and displays of public immolation by fire. Their actions have only served to point up some of the reasons Christian missionaries have tried for years to truly enlighten these unfortunate people. Unlike Madame Nhu, I do not propose fighting fire with fire, but I have to agree with her that as a group they are certainly exasperating...