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Thieu is also disturbed by the growing popularity in the Assembly of the "third force" idea, revived in November by dovish Senator Tran Van Don and General Duong Van (Big) Minh. Though never precisely defined, the phrase-a familiar one to old Viet Nam hands-envisions a regime that is completely accountable to neither the Communists nor the Americans but is acceptable to both. Thieu is understandably convinced that, whatever shape a third-force government might take, it would exclude him-and he is determined to keep the idea from gaining momentum. His campaign is not limited to the legislature...
Coup Rumors. The contest for South Viet Nam could also be lost on the political front. Last week Saigon was once again alive with talk of a coup. The speculation started when South Vietnamese Senator Tran Van Don invited some 300 Vietnamese to his home in Saigon's Cholon section to toast the anniversary of the 1963 overthrow of the Diem regime. Among the guests was General Duong Van ("Big") Minh, a popular leader of the 1963 plot and an old Thieu rival, who is regarded as the possible leader of a coalition government. Asked about his plans...
...years of operations, the 9th all but eliminated main-force Viet Cong units, which had previously controlled the area. Now, responsibility rests with the ARVN 7th Division, which is working hard to shuck its former reputation as the "Search and Avoid Division." "Ever since your 9th Division left," Colonel Tran Tien Khang, commander of the division's 11th Regiment, said last week, "we have had to work very hard. Before, every man averaged 20 days a month on operations; now, they average 28. This means that men are on patrol, on search missions or night ambushes, almost every...
...There is something like a generation gap between the new leaders of the North and those below the 17th parallel. South Viet Nam's President Nguyen Van Thieu is 46, Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky turns 39 this week and Prime Minister Tran Thien Khiem is 44. Advanced age is no handicap in Viet Nam,, however; it is considered a badge of merit...
...mobility and cautious avoidance of enemy units capable of hitting back. Yet in 1951 he narrowly escaped dismissal after a disastrous campaign against superior French forces, and against U.S. forces he has frequently accepted appalling casualties for little military gain. An old friend of Giap's, Saigon Lawyer Tran Van Tuyen, recalls him saying in the 1940s: "The Russian Revolution cost 2,000,000 lives, so we can certainly sacrifice half a million people." By all accounts, Giap is unskilled in Hanoi politics...