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...February 1970, the cost of living in Saigon rose by 300 percent); the miniaturization of Vietnamese society (more than two million men are now under arms in the South); and, ironically, "Vietnamization" itself. For as the American presence in Saigon decreases, long pent-up opposition to the Thieu regime has mounted. And in response, the Saigon government is forced to rely on increased repression in order to counteract this threat: between one and two hundred thousand political prisoners (no one knows the exact figure) are now being held under intolerable conditions in "interrogation centers" and jails...
...reports about important changes occurring in the country. What I found exceeded all expectations. Public opinion about the War has been radically transformed. Although virtually unpublicized in the U.S., the events of the past nine months reflect a new and vigorous opposition both to the fighting and to the Thieu-Ky regime triumvirate...
Events were set in motion by the students. In March, Thieu carried out a "pre-emptive strike" against student leaders, who had recently renewed demands for "university autonomy" (i.e., that the Saigon authorities stop meddling with student activities in university buildings). Several were arrested and severely tortured. The student body responded with another wave of protests. Demonstrators poured into the streets. Then, the invasion of Cambodia sparked an escalation of the struggle; the students, demanding that the government condemn the Lon Nol regime's pogroms of Vietnamese in Cambodia, "liberated" the empty Cambodian embassy in Saigon. Militant peace banners...
...same token, student grievances were taken up by groups outside the university. When Thieu's police renewed their attacks against student leaders at the end of August, parents, women's groups, lawyers, congressmen, religious leaders, teachers, and even university rectors publicly demanded an end to police brutality and repression. Early in September, a high Saigon court actually refused to try the students because "evidences of guilt are not clear enough." And when the detained students initiated a hunger strike "to the death," a group of mothers (two of them in their seventies) fasted in solidarity with students throughout the country...
...members of the Administration. Her parties are also frequently attended by visitors from Asia, where her connections are said to be excellent?particularly in Saigon. Just before Nixon's election, in fact, she was accused of trying to sabotage the Paris peace negotiations by advising the Thieu-Ky regime to hold off in hopes of a better deal with Nixon. These dark rumors, which she denies, threatened her status as a hostess for a time, but today "the Dragon Lady of Watergate East" is very much en rapport with such men of power as Attorney General Mitchell, Secretary of Defense...