Word: thien
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...spirit and intelligence into it, moving from one extreme to another. When he first saw combat in Viet Nam as a civilian pacification specialist, in fact, Ellsberg seemed to enjoy the experience. A reporter recalls hearing loud shouts as a U.S. infantry company operated near Rach Thien in 1966. "There was Ellsberg, dressed in fatigues and jungle boots, telling the infantrymen to get off their goddamned asses, to get on the offensive and stay on the offensive. He carried a submachine gun and was practically taking over the company...
...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 hand, point out that his own uncle, Ngo Xuan Tich, directs the government agency charged with rooting out corruption, while Tran Thien Khoi, a brother of Premier Tran Thien Khiem, is in charge of all antismuggling operations...
...house owned by Vo Van Mau, a deputy in the National Assembly, who is loyal to Thieu's regime. When police searched another of Mau's properties, they found vials that bore traces of heroin-about which Mau claimed to know nothing. A week later, Pham Chi Thien, another pro-administration deputy, was caught red-handed smuggling 8.78 lbs. of heroin from Laos, and now awaits trial. Thien's comely, 20-year-old travelmate slipped by airport police, but was arrested a few days later as she entered one of Saigon's main heroin "drops...
...carried an intriguing address book. Among the names (Thien's included) and lists of transactions were initials police believe belong to another deputy who had been engaged in smuggling heroin. Former General Huynh Van Cao, who headed the pro-government Senate slate in last fall's elections, charged that at least two senators were also involved in heroin traffic and then promptly retracted his statement...
...that the government of South Vietnam has delayed, from February to March or even later, invitations to petroleum companies to bid on offshore oil concessions. These concessions are located in the Gulf of Thailand and the south-east offshore region adjacent to the penal colony of Con Son. The Thien-Ky government has not yet determined if it will offer all 18 offshore leases in a block or whether it will stretch out the leasing over a period of months to the 21 contending companies, which are mostly American...