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...North demands that the Thieu regime be dumped; the U.S. insists that only the South Vietnamese can change their government...
When Dzu flew to Saigon, President Nguyen Van Thieu flatly refused to see his embattled general. After 24 hours of waiting, Dzu flew back to his Military Region II headquarters, protesting that Steele had damaged "not only my honor as a general but also the honor of the Vietnamese army and the Vietnamese people...
...that Dzu has played as large a part in the narcotics racket as Steele claims. They noted, moreover, that his popularity as a military commander has slipped markedly since he took over Military Region II last August -which could make him expendable at a time when corruption in the Thieu government is a hot political issue...
...stop the 'graspers.' To stop this corruption, we need the CIA, the FBI and the CID [the Army's Criminal Investigation Division]. Everything in Viet Nam is planned by the Americans, including who sits in the palace. If the Americans don't want Nguyen Van Thieu for President, he will leave-it is as simple as that. If they want to stop the corruption and the grasping, they...
...accusations are not only untrue but cruel. The idea that the U.S. would pour $125 billion and 45,000 lives into the country with the idea of "undermining" it is absurd; yet some Vietnamese insist that such is the case. Illogically, many are convinced that the U.S. is supporting Thieu and at the same time trying to weaken the Thieu government...