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...dispatch, "but the U.S. cannot accept this insane bickering." Marine General Lewis W. Walt threatened to use U.S. jets to shoot down any South Vietnamese plane that tried to attack the dissidents, and Deputy Ambassador William J. Porter withdrew U.S. airlift and advisers from the Saigon government until Thieu, who was a member of Ky's ruling coterie of generals, gave assurances that elections would be held as promised in 1967. It was those that led to Thieu's elevation to South Vietnamese President with Ky as No. 2. The holding of elections was a worthwhile objective...
...weapons. The American policy is to make small countries dependent on the Americans. How can the people believe that the Americans are here, as Mr. Nixon says, so that the people can choose their own fate and their own leaders, when the U.S. Government so openly supports President Thieu...
...most abrasive treatment of an ally was Taylor's schoolmaster scolding of a group of young South Vietnamese generals, including Nguyen Cao Ky and Nguyen Van Thieu, after they had dismissed the civilian High National Council. Said Taylor: "Do all of you understand English? I told you all clearly at General Westmoreland's dinner we Americans were tired of coups. Apparently I wasted my words. Now you have made a real mess. We cannot carry you forever if you do things like this." Taylor's irritation seemed justified, but, as General Nguyen Khanh said last week, "He was convoking...
AMERICANS pledge to stop imposing Thieu. Ky and Khiem on the people of Viet Nam in order to ensure their right to self-determination, and to ensure that all political prisoners are released...
Unnecessary Advice. Thieu has already begun his re-election campaign. Last week, with the diplomatic corps in tow, he paid a flying visit to Vietnamese troops of the 21st Infantry Division in the waterlogged U Minh forest, one of the most impregnable Viet Cong strongholds until ARVN troops began a campaign to reoccupy it six months ago. Thieu assured villagers: "Our troops will stay on here now for a thousand years to ensure your security." At an anniversary ceremony for the division, he cut the huge birthday cake with a sword. "We don't use swords to make wars...