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...Penh put it: "Lon Nol left things too late. Last year, perhaps, his old colleagues would have cooperated with him. Now, no one trusts his younger brother Lon Non, no one believes there will be any sharing of power." At week's end, however, there were rumors in Saigon and Phnom-Penh that Lon Non, who had remained a behind-the-scenes power even after his resignation as Minister of the Interior three weeks ago, was planning a trip to the U.S. With Lon Non out of the way, a real governmental reform just might be possible...
...Saigon, the North and South Vietnamese are barely civil to each other. The Paris accords call for "consultations in a spirit of national reconciliation and concord, mutual respect and mutual non-elimination." But, no less than the Communists, President Nguyen Van Thieu, who returned to Saigon last week from a trip abroad, still prefers to pursue a policy of elimination. So far he has shown far more political strength than anyone had thought he would immediately after the ceasefire. He has made only a pretense of moving toward joint political arrangements with the Communists, feeling no pressure...
...back to Saigon from the U.S., South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu got the cold shoulder throughout Europe. Britain's Prime Minister Ted Heath decided to helicopter Thieu to a private meeting at Chequers rather than chance an ugly demonstration in Whitehall. In Bonn, 2,500 leftist rioters wrecked the 18th century town hall to protest the visit, while in Hannover, Chancellor Willy Brandt bluntly told a cheering audience: "Some visitors one would rather see leaving than coming." Choppered over Rome, again to avoid demonstrators, Thieu dropped in at the Vatican, where Pope Paul VI urged him to release...
...newly appointed U.S. Ambassador to Saigon rather resembles his predecessor-tall, spare, white-haired, with a patrician bearing that exudes authority. There the resemblance ends. While the retiring Ellsworth Bunker has a genial courtliness that enables him to get along with almost anyone, Graham Martin is aloof, tough and taciturn-so much so that he has alienated many people. Nonetheless, both friends and critics agree that Martin is well suited for the hard job ahead...
...Martin will carry out his own strategies remains to be seen, of course, but the Saigon government apparently welcomes him. "Oh, he's going to be great," said one confidant of President Nguyen Van Thieu. "Martin is a hawk, you know." Perhaps the aide forgot that Cardinal Richelieu is remembered not for open fighting but for his skill in maneuvering others to work his will...