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Once there was a Vietnamese pilot-politician who wore a violet scarf with his jumpsuit, tossed off remarks about Hitler's good points, and generally seemed to make himself the personification of a great deal that is wrong in Saigon. Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky is no longer so psychedelic in speech and dress. Still, he is such an easy target for peace partisans in the U.S. that when he was invited to address a pro-war rally in Washington in October, the Nixon Administration deflected the pre-election visit. As consolation, Henry Kissinger promised Ky an official invitation...
While collecting on his chit last week, Ky worked hard at disarming his critics and making an impression clearly pointed toward next year's South Vietnamese elections. Ky had breakfast with President Nixon, highlighted by "a little chat" about politics in South Viet Nam, then withdrew for a 90-minute discussion with Kissinger...
...Hard Time. Next stop: the National Press Club, where he told reporters that he was a draftee with no "natural penchant for the martial career." The suddenly moderate Ky ridiculed his image as a hawk ("Although I do fly, I have not very often thought of myself as a bird") and played up his role as head of the South Vietnamese delegation to the Paris peace talks...
...about important changes occurring in the country. What I found exceeded all expectations. Public opinion about the War has been radically transformed. Although virtually unpublicized in the U.S., the events of the past nine months reflect a new and vigorous opposition both to the fighting and to the Thieu-Ky regime triumvirate...
...members of the Administration. Her parties are also frequently attended by visitors from Asia, where her connections are said to be excellent?particularly in Saigon. Just before Nixon's election, in fact, she was accused of trying to sabotage the Paris peace negotiations by advising the Thieu-Ky regime to hold off in hopes of a better deal with Nixon. These dark rumors, which she denies, threatened her status as a hostess for a time, but today "the Dragon Lady of Watergate East" is very much en rapport with such men of power as Attorney General Mitchell, Secretary of Defense...