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Abruptly, Ky decided to yield. If Thieu put him on the ticket, he said, he would bow out of the presidential race. That left Thieu and Ky overwhelming favorites to defeat the other 17 slates now in the running. "Big Minh" may poll a sizable number of votes in absentia, and Huong is expected to do well-but not nearly well enough. Thieu, in fact, may offer to appoint Huong Premier as another step toward unity and conciliation. As for Ky, whose withdrawal won wide praise as an act of genuine patriotism, he is expected to be given far more...
Time to Talk? Assuming the bargain does not come unglued, it may produce some genuine benefits. And it will be difficult for Ky to renege. For one thing, he cannot legally re-enter the presidential race now that the filing deadline has passed. For another, if he ever entertained hopes of engineering a coup, they evaporated as soon as General Khang withdrew his support...
...preventing a bare-knuckled brawl for the presidency, Ky and Thieu seem to have assured a relatively honest election. They have also made certain that the unity of the armed forces will be preserved; military officers will no longer have to worry about losing their jobs for backing the wrong man. To be sure, some South Vietnamese were disturbed by the prospect of continued rule by the military men who have run the country for the past two years. But most U.S. officials are convinced that at the present stage of South Viet Nam's political development, and with...
After that, green pastures. At New York's Aqueduct Race Track last week, Owner Phipps announced that Buckpasser has been syndicated for stud duty and will retire next year to Lexington, Ky. Dividing the horse into 32 equal shares-each of which entitles its own er to one stud service per year-Phipps will retain 16 shares himself, has sold the remaining 16 to other breeders at $150,000 apiece. Total worth of the syndicate: $4,800,000, making Buckpasser, who has yet to father his first foal, the highest-priced stallion in history...
...Those we support, and Marshal Ky in particular, have their burlesque of democratic and constitutional process reduced their American supporters and onetime defenders to an embarrassed silence. Gone is the notion that any alternative will be accepted in the United States. Marshal Ky's recently proclaimed view of the free elections which denies criticism to his opponents and promises military action against unwelcome winners was the coup de grace. I venture to think that he has now lost even his honorary membership in what are often called the forces of freedom...