Word: viets
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Agaganian's monthlong, 11,000-mile Far Eastern tour began fortnight ago in Saigon, where he presided over South Viet Nam's first Marian Congress. South Viet Nam's 1,150,000 Catholics, including President Ngo Dinh Diem, are a small minority (total population: 15 million), but they are the best-organized religious group in a nation of strife-torn Buddhists. As he moved coolly through blazing heat, the 63-year-old cardinal in scarlet robes and wide-brimmed shepherd's hat was a symbol eyed by the entire nation. Thousands of non-Catholics lined...
...South Viet Nam. Under President Ngo Dinh Diem, Viet Nam remains stoutly antiCommunist. Despite nearly five years of heavy U.S. economic and military aid -currently amounting to about 75% of the nation's budget-it often opposes U.S. attitudes and policy with a proud nationalism all its own. Viet Nam seems securely under the control of the President and his family: one of his brothers is regarded as the grey eminence behind the President, another is an influential Roman Catholic bishop, a third the governor of central Viet Nam. His pretty sister-in-law, Madame Ngo (TIME...
Cambodia. Still the most neutralist of all Southeast Asian nations, Cambodia accepts aid missions from the U.S., Russia, Red China and France. Its leader, Prince Sihanouk, is involved in continual quarrels with his ancient rivals and neighbors, Thailand and South Viet Nam; he is a man of unpredictable temperament, highly excitable and stubborn. As a result of a visit to the U.S. last September, Sihanouk is now impressed with everything American, from soda fountains to military air bases, and believes the U.S. now understands him better too. U.S. diplomacy here, as in Laos and Thailand, has recently shown greater sophistication...
Laos. Under new Premier Phoui Sananikone this small, primitive nation has made a significant leap forward. Badgered by a border quarrel with Communist North Viet Nam and by a sizable native band of Reds, Phoui is nevertheless courageous enough to stand up and be counted as an ally of the West. But the Laotian economy is staggering, and four years of U.S. aid served mostly to line politicians' pockets until Phoui took over. For the first time Laos deserves, as well as needs, substantial U.S. help...
Prince Souphanouvong cried that Phoui's taking of power was "illegal," and some panicky Communist leaders lit out for the protection of North Viet Nam. Souphanouvong could not even count on the two Communist battalions that had been incorporated into the royal army, presumably with the intention of spreading discontent. Both Red battalions had been quietly disarmed and interned in separate camps, each under the custody of a heavily armed and loyal battalion of the royal Laotian army...