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...that mean that Ky would be the ruling generals' military candidate against the five civilians who have so far thrown their hats into the ring? Yes, said Ky: "There will be no other military candidate." As for General Nguyen Van Thieu, Chief of State and Ky's chief rival among the generals, Ky said: "I will never oppose him, but I do not think General Thieu will run." Then he added thoughtfully: "Although nothing is certain in Viet...
...prudent afterthought. Back in Saigon, Thieu announced that it was "entirely possible" that he, too, might enter the lists. After all, he said, "we want a hard campaign, with as many candidates as possible." Thieu allowed as how he had an informal election staff already at work and planned a number of "inspection tours" throughout Viet Nam in June, but as a matter of "little tactics" might delay a formal declaration of his candidacy until the July 5 filing deadline. It all spoke well for Viet Nam's evolving sense of democracy, if perhaps not so well...
...several candidates are also undergoing crash courses in the art of running for the presidency, for which the electorate will vote in September. The two chief prospective candidates, of course, are the two generals who now rule the country: Premier Nguyen Cao Ky and Chief of State Nguyen Van Thieu. Both want the presidency, but each wants it with the support of the other and without splitting the armed forces into two camps. Thieu, at 44, is older than Ky by eight years and undoubtedly commands more respect among his fellow officers. A Catholic, a Northerner and an immensely competent...
...jockeying between Ky and Thieu is likely to go on behind the scenes right up until the deadline for declaring; then, one will likely stand down and throw his support to the other in order to give the military candidate powerful backing. In the Byzantine world of Vietnamese politics, assuming that Ky gets the military nomination, his ultimate triumph at the polls is by no means a sure thing. His youth and the fact that he is a Northerner both work against him. Lately Saigon has been abuzz with rumors that Duong Van Minh, better known as Big Minh when...
Greetings, Everybody. Hopes were not nearly so high when the delegates, elected from every province in South Viet Nam, first assembled to begin their drafting last fall. Only Buddhist pressures in the first place had persuaded the reluctant generals, led by Ky and Chief of State Nguyen Van Thieu, to permit the Constituent Assembly's election. The Viet Cong put some pressures on the new delegates, threatening to kill them all. One deputy, Tran Van Van, was assassinated; another, Dr. Phan Quang Dan, narrowly escaped death when his car was booby-trapped...