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...been a trying summer for General Ngo Dzu, commander of one of South Viet Nam's four military regions. Last month 27 Vietnamese majors and colonels sent a letter to top government officials in Saigon charging Dzu (pronounced zoo) with a long list of corrupt practices (TIME, June 28). The general branded the letter the work of his enemies, and one of his most trusted U.S. advisers declared that "upon examination, all the charges have fizzled...
...analysts, Westmoreland had failed to realize that the Communists would match the U.S. buildup. Westmoreland predicted in 1965 that within two years the U.S. would win the war. USING MUSCLE ON KY. After Diem's overthrow, the U.S. was frustrated by governmental instability and continued political factionalism in Saigon. The breaking point came in May 1966 when Premier Nguyen Cao Ky, then the country's military strongman, provoked another Buddhist outburst by saying that he would remain in office another year, postponing the scheduled elections. After dissident South Vietnamese soldiers and Buddhists seized control of Danang...
Choosing Not to Win. In Saigon, 30% of those questioned said the U.S. was in Viet Nam to stop Communism. But 44% could not-or would not-offer any explanation for the massive U.S. presence. A sizable minority of 17% said the Americans were there primarily to test their new weapons or to make money for munitions manufacturers. Nobody suggested, however, as do some New Leftists in the U.S., that Washington plunged so deeply into the war to exploit the oil that has recently been discovered off the shores of South Viet Nam. A majority said that the U.S. could...
...large majority-ranging from 71% in Can Tho to 83% in Nha Trang -thought the U.S. controlled the Saigon government. The general attitude was summarized by another opposition newspaper, Cong Luan, in an editorial on the presidential elections scheduled for October: "As to what candidate has the greatest chance for success, all Vietnamese agree with the Vice President [Nguyen Cao Ky] that the most trustworthy prophet is none other than [U.S. Ambassador] Ellsworth Bunker." Translation: Bunker knows because Bunker decides. A cartoon in Saigon's Tin Sang daily summarizes a widespread feeling; it shows Ambassador Bunker, called "the Father...
Just Demonstrators. To explore these attitudes more deeply, TIME'S Saigon Bureau Chief Jonathan Larsen in recent weeks interviewed a number of well-educated South Vietnamese. The interviews demonstrated beyond a doubt that even the most sophisticated Vietnamese blame the U.S. for a wide range of war-induced problems, from economic crises to political corruption. Items: A NEWSPAPER EDITOR: "At first, the Vietnamese thought the Americans were very generous, with idealism to fight Communism. But after years of seeing you behave in bars, driving recklessly and insulting our people, we know that we were wrong...