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...Recommended campaign song for the South Vietnamese elections: Ky for Thieu (And Thieu for Ky...
Criticism from his countrymen is something South Viet Nam's Premier Nguyen Cao Ky can answer or ignore -as the mood moves him. But crit icism from the U.S. is always a bitter pill. Last week Ky refused to swallow it. "If by the standards of a country with long experience in democracy, our elections still present serious shortcomings," he wrote to his detractors in the U.S. Congress, "I am the first Vietnamese to deplore that situation. But I can say without any doubt in my conscience that my government does not deserve any lesson in honesty and patriotism...
...Ky's letter, addressed to the Senate through Vice President Humphrey and to the House of Representatives through Speaker John McCormack, was his special-delivery rebuttal to charges that South Viet Nam's presidential elections, which are scheduled for next week, have been rigged. As further proof of his good faith, Ky invited President Johnson to send some observers to South Viet Nam to witness the election process at firsthand. More than willing, Johnson announced at midweek that 20 Americans had been invited to go. The group includes six Senators and Governors, plus an assortment of mayors, labor...
There was also a suggestion that nine of the candidates were ready to withdraw in favor of Tran Van Huong, 63, the onetime Premier (1965) who is the front-running civilian candidate. Such coordinated action, however, seemed improbable. "How can we unite?" asked Presidential Candidate Ha Thuc Ky (no kin to the Premier). "We all have different policies and different numbers of followers...
Whether or not the civilians pull out of the campaign, Thieu and Ky are likely to remain the heavy favorites. Although they are not campaigning with the civilians, they are showing no signs of complacency. Last week Ky helicoptered from one Mekong Delta hamlet to another, snipped a ribbon that officially reopened the long-besieged Mang Thit-Nicolai canal (TIME, Aug. 11), handed out gifts of U.S. outboard motors and blankets, chatted with the villagers. He was not campaigning, Ky said with a straight face. He was only doing his duty as Premier...