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...these reforms come a month sooner, they might have defused the protest movement (TIME, Sept. 30), which is led by a genial, chain-smoking Catholic priest, Father Tran Huu Thanh, 59. But by last week the opposition had grown so strong that it was not about to accept cosmetic changes. Informed of the sackings, Father Thanh declared, "These are just the hors d'oeuvres...
...investigation into the shady business dealings of a fertilizer company owned by his brother-in-law, has built houses and acquired land with government money, and has profited from the distribution of scarce rice in famine areas. He has also been accused by Catholic priests of smuggling drugs. Father Thanh, a conservative Catholic, stated at a recent anti-administration rally that South Vietnam needs a clean government so "our allies will trust us" and send aid and investments...
...main reasons for the elusiveness of a Cambodian ceasefire as many observers have noted has been that U.S. influence in the country's political life is stronger than that of the regime established after the March 1970 coup instigated by CIA agent Son Ngoc Thanh. No amount of stepped-up B52 bombing can change that fact. Unless the U.S. stops its interference in Phnom Penh, chances for a ceasefire will remain...
...Force Ace Pilot James Robinson ("Robbie") Risner, 47. Winner of the Air Force Cross for heroism in 1965, he appeared on TIME's cover that year as an exemplar of America's fighting men. A few months later, he ejected from his crippled F-105 near Thanh Hoa in North Viet Nam and was captured. He was a colonel then, but would discover this week that he had been promoted to brigadier general...
...weakness, and rumors of a coup are circulating for the first time in a year. Who could succeed Thieu? One name often mentioned is that of General Duong Van Minh ("Big Minh"), who is a former chief of state. Other possibilities: former Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky; Au Truong Thanh, a former high official who was exiled to Paris in 1968 as a neutralist; Nguyen Van Huyen, president of the South Viet Nam Senate; Tran Thien Khiem, the country's Premier; and Tran Van Tuyen, an anti-Thieu member of the South Vietnamese Lower House...