Word: puppetized
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When the Chinese Communists seized Tibet in 1959 and drove its Buddhist god-King, the Dalai Lama, into exile, Peking found what it thought was a ready puppet in the kingdom's No. 2 Buddhist, the Panchen Lama. The Panchen seemed a perfect choice, since he was born and raised in China and had long coveted his master's post. Mao Tse-tung beamed benevolently as the young successor was given his official title, Acting Chairman of the Preparatory Committee for the Tibetan Autonomous Region. The Reds even made him a Deputy in Peking's parliament...
East German Puppet Boss Walter Ulbricht had devised a new welcome for the Westerners. At green money-changing kiosks erected for the occasion, each visiting Berliner was dunned 75? in West German marks as the price of admission to his domain. With some 1,000,000 visitors expected during the two weeks the Wall will be open, Ulbricht stands to net $750,000 in much-needed hard currency...
First came eight new ambassadors to the U.S., presenting their credentials. Next it was 155 children, most of them Negroes, from Washington settlement houses. Lyndon joined them for a puppet show in the East Room, was greeted by one boy with an airy "Hi, Johnson"; later, he escorted them to the Blue Room to see an 18-ft. balsam fir Christmas tree, thence to the State Dining Room for ice cream and eggnog...
...bonzes thus began a 48-hour fast in their campaign to bring down Premier Tran Van Huong and install a government that would be the Buddhists' puppet. Retiring to bare cells, they squatted in contemplation, taking only orange juice for sustenance. Crowds gathered but the fast failed to fell Huong, and there were reports that low-level talks had begun, aimed at a face-saving compromise...
...lesson of Buddhism's fate under Communism is plain to see. In North Korea, the monks were simply put to work in factories or on farms. In North Viet Nam, where, oddly enough, Buddhism officially remains the state religion, the Communists have killed Buddhism with "kindness" by installing puppet monks to back the government. But with 6,000 pagodas, North Viet Nam now has only 4,000 monks. Says one recent resident: "They don't even bother to light incense in the temples any more...