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Digital Object Identifier
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363-07840 to 363-07841
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Title
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Article about Madame Nhu [Trần Lệ Xuân]
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Description
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Article about Madame Nhu [Trần Lệ Xuân], for the Associated Press
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Transcript
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saigon--the influential first lady of this turbulent country
said today that "if the fighting is not finished in two years, it is too
much. The fighting in South Vietnam ju must stop."
Madame Nho Dinky Nhu, when asked to predict how long this
small country would still be xxx battling, said "I don't want to be too
optomistic, but I am optimistic we will win."
In an axe exclusive interview at thex Freedom Palace, the petite,
attractive sister-in-law of President Ngo Diny Diem, amihem warned that
"If we accept to be part of China, our neighbors will also be swallowed
by China." She recalled
we were under coloni sm.
that Vietnam had always been at war, except when
Sometimes tax war is better.thnxnnhanshannnnnn
"We have known the Chinese so well," xx she said, "We whhmmarminem
are vigilant against them. So we are not surprised."
XXXX
Speaking in English, she said the North Vietnam government "had a
problem of getting on well with the Chinese. For centuries we were taught a
terrible mistrust of the Chinese."
There is
She said that she did not fear a Chinese invasion again. "China is
a monster at our gate, but we've aw always succeeded in fighting them.
no reason for us to fall now. Now we have stronger allies. Before Vietnam
could repel China alone. But since China belongs to a bloc, it is normal
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for Vietnam to belong to a bloc."
Wammhhmmmmhymw
"We will surely win," she said.
But
Thought the fighting in this small country stops,
she said
"If China hand't been
South Vietnam ther could never be "at peace."
Communist--if it had become Nationalist instead, there would be some chance
for peace in Vietnam."
"Communism is for the domination of the world," she continued. "We
can't live with such a neighbor."
like the Cambodians, Laotians or Thailand.
"We must be strong. We are not a country which can not be casual,
We must always be strong."
"If peace means using money for road-buildingxfor
and living for
We will not always have a big army, but we
pleasure, we will never have peace.
will have a strong one. Our people will always be vigilant.
M
Madame Nhu, busy with activities for Women's Day on March 11,
said the national holidays and m festivities in South Vietnam honored
national heroes who had fought the Chinese. Since these
held
se celebrated in Sommhhmmarbhmam North-Vietnam,
EVEN
holidays are not
we celebrate them actively here,
she said, tho many of the heroes were really born in North Vietnam
ATZUA MI
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Date
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1962
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Subject
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Vietnam (Republic), 1961-1975; Trần, Lệ Xuân, 1924-2011; Presidents' spouses
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Location
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Saigon, South Vietnam
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Coordinates
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10.8231; 106.6311
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Size
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20 x 26 cm
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Container
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B1, F5
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Format
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dispatches
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Collection Number
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MS 363
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Collection Title
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Beverly Deepe Keever, Journalism Papers
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Creator
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Keever, Beverly Deepe
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Collector
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Keever, Beverly Deepe
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Copyright Information
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These images are for educational use only. To inquire about usage or publication, please contact Archives & Special Collections.
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Publisher
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Archives & Special Collections, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries
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Language
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English
