Word: thien
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...clearly does not think very likely or desirable, contains a grim extension of Rockefeller's pullback proposal. It is nothing short of further partition of Viet Nam, in which Hanoi would be given South Viet Nam's northernmost province of Quang Tri and part of Thua Thien south of it. Another involves the creation of a third, more or less independent buffer state between North and South Viet Nam, carved out of both their provinces along the DMZ. A major drawback to these schemes is U.S. assurance to Laotian Prince Souvanna Phouma that the U.S. will also...
Huong did, however, bring in new men for the main posts. Senator Tran Chanh Tranh, a diplomat and political independent who is not close to either Thieu or Ky, became Foreign Minister. Four-star General Tran Thien Khiem, an ally of President Thieu and presently Ambassador to Taiwan, was named Interior Minister. Dr. Phan Quang Dan, a vice-presidential candidate who ran against the Thieu-Ky military ticket in the September elections, got the ministry dealing with defectors. Huong kept for himself the Rural Development Ministry, responsible for pacification. "The life and death of this country depend on this government...
...were simply condemned by drumhead courts and executed as enemies of the people," said Bob Kelly, the senior province adviser in Thua Thien province. "These were the leaders, often quite small men. Others were executed when their usefulness ceased, or when they didn't cooperate they were shot for their trouble. Some of my staff were badly mutilated, but I am inclined to believe this was done after they were killed. Their hands were tied and they were shot behind the head. I helped to dig one body out, but I have been told by Vietnamese whom I respect...
Ready for Anything. The U.S. command does not rule out the possibility that the Communists might hit at Khe Sanh and Hué simultaneously, or indeed throughout Quang Tri and Thua Thien provinces. To be ready for anything, General Westmoreland last week announced the creation in the north of Provisional Corps Viet Nam, to be headed by Army Lieut. General William B. Rosson, 49. Rosson will have battle command of all actions in the two provinces, but will report to Marine Lieut. General Robert E. Cushman Jr., the Marines' commander in Viet Nam. The Marines had been riled...
...attack and had to retreat. In a way, the entire northern edge of South Viet Nam has come under the same sort of siege. Allied strength is clustered in pockets of outposts or in major cities-from Khe Sanh, the western anchor, through the Rockpile, Camp Carroll and Con Thien to Quang Tri city, Hué and Danang. Few of the allied bases are accessible now except by air. Last week the North Vietnamese infiltrated a fresh division into South Viet Nam, bringing to 50,000 their troop concentration in 1 Corps. Enemy troops now virtually surround Quang Tri city...