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However, he added, recent military successes may have made the Thieu government less willing to negotiate such a settlement. "The Saigon government obviously feels that it has very little to gain from such a settlement now," he said...
President Thieu decided to move against the veterans after a recent gun battle in Saigon between police and hugs belonging to one of several veterans' groups. The shootout gave Thieu he excuse he needed to launch a genial crackdown that, he hopes, will curb disturbances by veterans until long-overdue reforms defuse their discontent...
...Thieu has started a $152 million rehabilitation program and a $102 million free-housing program to build 12,000 new units. In August he increased monthly benefits for each veteran by the buying-power equivalent of $7.50. Meanwhile, the disabled veterans, who still draw as little as $14 a month, continue to be restive. While the majority have contented themselves mainly with public protests in which they flaunt their hideous wounds, perhaps 500 of them practice extortion and other criminal activities...
...South Vietnamese army men have ambivalent feelings about their former comrades in arms. "Their cause is just, but their action is wrong," says one army colonel. "The image of the disabled hero has faded away and has been replaced by the picture of a pirate or robber." Still, unless Thieu can cope with the wounded veterans, their discontent will only fuel the tense climate in Saigon and the other major cities...
...Winner. The leader of the Lotus Blossom slate is Vu Van Mau, 56, a law professor who served as Ngo Dinh Diem's Foreign Minister. "Thieu would like a military victory," says Mau. "But even the U.S. has said many times that there will be no winner or loser in Viet Nam. Therefore we must win peace." After last weekend's triumph, the Buddhists may decide to run pro-peace candidates for the presidency and the lower house next year...