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Thieu had virtually assured that he would hold power uneasily by the tactics he used in easing his opponents out of the race-starting with his pushing through a stringent election law that eliminated his old enemy, Vice President Ky. That move in turn persuaded Big Minh to withdraw, since he had no hope of winning unless Ky drew off some of Thieu's military support. Faced with the prospect of an uncontested election and Washington's certain displeasure, Thieu blinked once. South Viet Nam's Supreme Court obligingly ruled that Ky's name would...
Last week Thieu brusquely dropped even the appearance of a contested election, and in the process moved along the thin edge of South Vietnamese constitutional law. In a letter to the Chief Justice of South Viet Nam's Supreme Court, Tran Van Linh, Thieu noted that Ky had refused to run and demanded a ruling on whether there was now one candidate or two. Seven of the nine Justices (two were abroad) met informally in Saigon, and agreed six to one that Ky had in effect withdrawn. Since the law had not provided for a one-man race, Chief...
Slipping Strength. Why did Thieu suddenly decide to do without Ky as even a nominal opponent on the ballot? One reason could be found in the Lower House election returns. Thieu's obviously slipping strength might have encouraged Ky, whose general political stature is on the rise these days, to change his mind and mount an active campaign after...
Thieu had an even more immediate reason for wanting to make certain that Ky would not be a candidate. Mostly because they feared that the military might eventually split along Thieu-Ky lines-with disastrous results for the countrya number of South Viet Nam's leading generals had been shaping a plan to force Ky back into the race, whether he wanted to run or not. The generals intended to put an ultimatum to Thieu and Ky: Unless Ky rejoined the campaign as an active candidate, they would halt all offensive operations against the Communists and retire their forces...
Slander and Insolence. None of the principals seemed to appreciate Bunker's efforts to salvage the wrecked election. The ambassador reportedly complained to newsmen that both Ky and Big Minh had told him that they would run only if the U.S. stepped in and bent the election in their favor; Minh noisily denied the story, accusing Bunker of "slander and insolence." For their part, Ky's aides said that the Vice President would go all out to destroy Thieu and "all his clique...