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...bitter joke in cynical Saigon and a source of deep embarrassment to Washington. So long as Thieu held the lines of governmental power and could steer the results in his favor, neither retired General Duong Van ("Big") Minh nor South Viet Nam's feisty Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky would consent to run as opposition candidates. That left Thieu the sole contender, knocking the underpinnings from the U.S. contention that it remains in South Viet Nam at the request of a freely and democratically elected government. As one measure of Washington's concern, U.S. Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker spoke...
Artful Proposal. In Saigon, the elements of farce in the situation were underlined with tragedy. There was talk of a coup, and the guard around the presidential palace was reinforced. Saigon gossips began adding up the forces loyal to Vice President Ky, which are thought to include some marine, airborne and armor battalions, plus six prop-driven Skyraiders at Tan Son Nhut airbase. The U.S. command placed all American installations on alert, mainly to keep G.I.s off the streets of cities where short-lived but ugly anti-American riots had broken out last week...
...less for its successes than its failures. Much of the benefit accrued to the moneyed classes, who transferred an estimated $15 billion to havens like New York, Miami and Switzerland. Then there was also some poor planning. For example, a $47 million synthetic rubber plant was transported from Louisville, Ky., where it had outlasted its usefulness, to Brazil. It provided work for 500 Brazilians, but polluted nearby streams so badly that 1,000 fishermen had to find jobs elsewhere...
...Minh was the only remaining potential opponent, and when he began to speak of withdrawing, U.S. disappointment over Ky's disqualification turned into dismay. Minh had won a wide following as a patriot and nationalist and was sensitive to charges that he was in the race mainly because the U.S. put him up to it. Unless the U.S. did something to curb Thieu's immense advantages in the campaign, Minh warned Bunker, he would pull...
...Irony. After that, Bunker returned to Thieu's palace, this time with Kansas Senator Robert Dole, the chairman of Richard Nixon's Republican National Committee. A little pressure was evidently needed to convince Thieu that something had to be done. Next morning, the Supreme Court ruled that Ky had enough valid endorsements to qualify as a candidate after...