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...Although Ky has already declared, neither he nor Minh is an official candidate yet. Under a new, Thieu-sponsored election law, ostensibly designed to cut down on the number of frivolous candidates, presidential hopefuls must collect endorsements from 40 of the 190 or so National Assembly members, or from 100 of the country's some 550 provincial councilmen. There were reports that Minh had collected at least 40 signatures from Assembly members by early last week, but was planning to wait until just before the Aug. 4 deadline before declaring his candidacy...
...having much more difficulty rounding up his endorsements because he is going after the provincial councilmen, all of whom are beholden to Thieu-appointed province chiefs. If Ky is shut out of the race, the current Saigon speculation goes, he will throw his support to Minh just before the election. Another possibility is that both Ky and Minh will pull out at the last minute, leaving Thieu a hollow victory...
...Thieu is reportedly preparing a counterstrategy. According to the opposition, Thieu-appointed province chiefs have been asked to sign blank nomination ballots. Later on, if a couple of candidates are needed to make the presidential race at least look like a contest, their names could be filled...
...Oblique Endorsement. At the moment, Thieu's most serious rival is Big Minh. The hefty (200 Ibs., almost 6 ft.) ex-general is popular, a Buddhist, a Southerner-and a bit of a question mark. In 1963, after Minh led the generals' coup that toppled the Diem regime, Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge wondered in a cable to Washington: "Will he be strong enough to get on top of things?" He was not, and by 1964 he was ousted in another coup and subsequently exiled to Bangkok for nearly four years by a more forceful rival for power, General...
...Bunker says that no American equipment or resources, including planes and helicopters, can be used in the election, the American Government's so-called hands-off policy would, in reality, mean discrimination against me." THE THIEU REGIME. "Many people tell me they think that even under the French we had more freedom than we do now-and we are a people who do not like colonialism. I'm not advocating a return to colonialism, but under the French, people could live on their salaries...