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Saigon-Hanoi Tea. Because of the curfew, there is almost no entertainment in Saigon. The state-controlled television now dedicates 90% of its programming to anti-V.C. propaganda. Cinemas and theaters are closed. President Nguyen Van Thieu also ordered all Saigon bars and nightclubs to shut down, but only about half of them have complied with the order. The others try to beat the early curfew by opening early...
Trinh Quoc Khanh, leader of the Hoa Hao sect and President Thieu's first choice as his running mate last year: "I have met many Americans who say that they have no right to get involved in our internal affairs. But in fact they are involved. And if they are sincere, they must get even more deeply involved and help South Viet Nam remedy past political mistakes. The Americans cannot let government leaders damage their anti-Communist goals. They must look at Viet Nam much like a business. If you invest money in a firm, you have some...
...thing that survived the Communists' Tet offensive largely intact was South Viet Nam's lively political arena. In the center ring, of course, President Nguyen Van Thieu and Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky continue to maneuver for paramount influence. But the Tet offensive seems to have injected a new sense of urgency, a readiness to ask hard questions and to accept some unpleasant answers, into the Saigon body politic. Many pro-government political leaders, as well as those who oppose the government, are displaying a fresh critical spirit that begins with the realization that the government...
...Corps, which comprises the Central Highlands, General Lu Lan, a respected combat officer, took over from General Vinh Loc, a relative of deposed Emperor Bao Dai, who had earned himself the sobriquet "Lord of the High Plateau." And, in an effort to remove some of the temptations of leadership, Thieu last week decided that henceforth province chiefs would report directly to Saigon rather than to their corps commanders...
President Thieu discovered, though, that not everything could be accomplished by decree. He had asked the National Assembly for special powers to rule the country's economic sphere by fiat for one year. By a surprising vote of 85-10, the House of Representatives turned Thieu down. Explained one representative, Nguyen Van Nheiu: "Special powers lead to dictatorship." Thieu still has a chance to have his way if the Senate approves the measure and sends it back to the House. But if nothing else, the exchange demonstrated that the fledgling constitutional rule begun last fall amid such high hopes...