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...others. Porter guessed correctly that Hanoi would not affirm McGovern's statement publicly, since such an affirmation would probably have implied acquiescence to the American-orchestrated, one-man election of President Thieu which was to occur in early October. Only in late August had General Minh and Vice President Ky withdrawn from the presidential "race". Thus, at a critical point prior to the October election, Hanoi saw no cause to boost Thieu's stature which remains even today at a very...
MAHESH C. BHARDWAJ Lexington, Ky...
Perhaps the most surprising thing about the election was the widespread acceptance of the results. Or was it a resigned indifference? Spokesmen for the militantly anti-Thieu, antiwar An Quang Buddhists charged that Thieu had "killed democracy and given birth to dictatorship." Supporters of Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky urged the Vietnamese "not to recognize the faked results." But never before had Thieu seemed more firmly in command. Before the election, when Ky's people were raising ominous visions of post-election catastrophe, the CIA estimated that there was a 40% chance of a post-election coup attempt...
Ready to Die. Thieu is not quite home free yet. Though Ky's supporters have filed a taxpayer's suit charging that the election was an unconstitutional fraud, there is little likelihood that the returns will be invalidated by the Supreme Court; after all, Thieu can usually count on the loyalty of six of its nine appointees. Ky's men say that he is "ready to die in the struggle." Since the election, he has been cloistered in his heavily guarded mansion at Saigon's Tan Son Nhut airbase, where he is doubtless trying...
...People's Force." A second meeting, called by Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky, gathered in downtown Saigon under the name of "The Congress of the People's Force Against Dictatorship." As soldiers armed with M-16s and grenade launchers stationed themselves near by, one after another of the speakers denounced Thieu and the "unconstitutional, undemocratic and illegal election." Ky arrived surrounded by M-16-packing airmen. Said he: "I ask the people not to participate in the election, not to go to the polls, not to accept the results of the election...