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...change, South Viet Nam's Buddhist leaders mostly remained indoors last week, quietly minding their pagodas and their own business. Such are the vagaries of Vietnamese politics that the Buddhists, having forced the Ky government to accede to their demands for national elections by September, now found themselves with a greater stake than just about anyone in keeping Ky around so that he can keep his promises. They also discovered that the unrest that they had unleashed was far harder to calm than it had been to foment...
...home territory, where riot and uneasiness still simmer. The five northernmost provinces that comprise the I Corp are, in fact, still largely in open rebellion against the Saigon government and completely removed from its control. Pleading for moderation, Tri Quang tried to calm the northern cries for Ky's immediate ouster. Speaking in Hue, he said bluntly: "Your demands do not meet the general consensus, so you must curb them. That is the first start of a democracy." Next day, addressing a crowd of 10,000, including 2,000 soldiers, at the Dieu Da Pagoda, the fiery-eyed monk...
...Thanks, Yankees." Back in Saigon, Premier Nguyen Cao Ky and the other generals of the ruling Directory were also notably quiet, making no speeches and rarely appearing in public. Their only visible act last week was the dismissal of the head of the national police, an appointee of ousted Buddhist I Corps Commander Nguyen Chanh Thi, who was replaced by one of Ky's loyal Air Force colonels. The Directory's caution was probably well-advised. Coup rumors were even thicker than usual, and Viet Nam's Catholics showed signs that they may pick up the troublemaking...
...Buddhists would profit from the forthcoming elections-and that Catholics would lose their influence in any new government-Catholic action groups readied their own protest marches, at week's end gathered in a Saigon park, 10,000 strong, for an orderly demonstration. The Catholics had earlier denounced Ky for failing to restore order in the I Corps, formed "assassin squads" in every parish to take care of any Communists who try to run for office in the election. In Saigon, in something of a switch, Catholics brandished warmly pro-American signs: "We are grateful for the contribution of Allied...
...depth research, it is also exceptional as history. Other scholars are as well acquainted with the facts, but Lacouture has personal experience with the subject. His advantage over other historians is that he knows the people who made the events. When he mentions Ho Chi Minh or Premier Ky, he recalls his personal interviews with them, sometimes transcribing the conversations verbatim. The reader shares the insider's viewpoint and impressions...