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...Grinding Bind. At the same time, Ho is experiencing ever greater factionalism within his own Lao Dong Party. Foreign Minister Nguyen Duy Trinh and Party Secretary Le Duan tug toward Peking, while Defense Minister Giap and Premier Pham Van Dong lean toward Moscow. This leads many observers to wonder if Ho has real control over his country. Actually, Ho is too supple to be drawn into murderous internecine party battle. He remains above the raging policy debates; then when the contestants are weary and the options laid out, he tips the scales with his own view...
...hardliner. And last week, in a cabinet shuffle that had Ho-watchers from Washington to Moscow scratching their heads, the standing committee of the National Assembly met in extraordinary session to replace Ho's hand-picked Foreign Minister Xuan Thuy with another pro-Peking stalwart named Nguyen Duy Trinh. The assumption: Thuy had urged negotiations with the U.S. before American bombs could wipe out North Viet Nam's industries...
...only if they forfeited their French citizenship. With the exodus of French firms, it became difficult for them to find any sort of work. Premier Diem signed a law requiring all Vietnamese with names like Jean. Henri or Marcel to take genuine Indo-Chinese names like Nguyen, Tran or Trinh. Forced to choose between two worlds, many fled in desperation to France, where the government has set up refugee camps and schools for them...
...Hanoi delta, Giap launched a surprise attack on Kien Airfield, clearly intending to delay air reinforcements to Laos. The Red guerrillas swarmed over the airfield, the finest in Indo-China and specially designed for jet aircraft, and dispersed the guard. They killed 20 Frenchmen, captured and executed Provincial Chief Trinh Nhu Tiep, burned the barracks, set off 3,000 tons of ammunition. A French counterattack killed 212 Viet Minh, captured 125, and regained control of Kien...
...sound of the bugles, there was an explosion. Five men fell to the ground: General Chanson and Governor Thanh, mortally wounded, died within the hour. Two other French officers were seriously hurt. The fifth man, his abdomen ripped open, one hand and one leg completely torn away, was Trinh Van Minh, the assassin; he died within minutes...