Article about an interview with Trần Văn Hương

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Article about an interview with Trần Văn Hương

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Original title: "huong", Keever's title: "Exclusive Interview: 'Stand up, you and dead, and defend your country', Besieged Prime Minister Huong Recalls," about an interview with Prime Minister Trần Văn Hương, published by the New York Herald Tribune

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encompte press tribune newyork 24220 prorosenfeld [deletion: huong exdeepe] huong one saigon as this capital city witnessed its second dayve schoolboy disturbances comma an old vietnamese [deletion: man] ex school teacher with [deletion: the] both the little potbelly and [insertion: the] cherub faceve santa claus [insertion: today] recalled an event that happened about fifty years ago when he himself was aye teenager stoppara quote during world war [deletion: on one] one aye whole french unit was killed or wounded during the german invasions cmaunquote he recalled patting his crisp grey crewcut stopquote but as the germans continued their invasion oneve seriously wounded [deletion: troops] french soldiers called out [deletion: cmaun] semiquote stand up comma you the dead comma and defend your country [deletion: stopun] unsemiquote stopunquote moredeepe mots ajoutes: 1 mots rayes: 8 Beverly Deepe beverly deepe carte no. 197 encompte press tribune newyork 24235 prorosenfeld huong two jollyfaced santa claus in baggy grey flannel suit was [deletion: thirty] sixtythree yearold tran van huong comma the prime minister stoppara quote stand up comma you the dead cmaunquote may well be the battlecry for his idahosized nation stoppara when he entered office twentyfour days ago he predicted quote eye may deserve condolences moren congratulations stopunquote para his prediction appears accurate stoppara since then he has faced mounting political opposition to his government [deletion: and] from disorderly schoolboys and buddhist agitated youth comma aye disasterous flood in nearly one quarterve nations provinces comma communist subversion within cities etarmed communist guerrillas in countryside moredeepe [XXXX indicating deletion] stoppara despite this quote serious situation unquote he described himself as aye man quote without the right to be said stopunquote moredeepe mots ajoutes: 2 mots rayes: 4 beverly deepe ca rte no. 197 B [illegible] encompte press tribune newyork 24235 prorosenfeld huong three he appeared [deletion: undaunt] unnerved as he faced his quote daysve being besieged by sad stories unquote with the stubbornness of [XXXX indicating deletion] quote the head of an ox stopunquote para quote we asians cmaunquote he [XXXX indicating deletion] said softly in an exclusive interview cmaunquote we asians dash the older we grow the more stubborn we grow stopunquote para [deletion: moredeepe] on the eve of american ambassador maxwell taylors departure for unistates for major policy discussions huong recalled taylor was also sixtythree years old stopquote but beyond that eye could notrptnot compare myself with taylor [deletion: far] as far as intelligence and talent goes [deletion: stopunquote] moredeepe mots ajoutes: 3 mots rayes: 1 beverly deepe ca rte no. 197 B [illegible] encompte press tribune newyork 24235 prorosenfeld huong [deletion: five] four huong [deletion: had] met taylor etother highranking american officials today for important prewashington conferences stoppara quote in face of these circumstances tis dutyve every citizen dash especially prime minister undash to help the country [deletion: stop] cmaunquote he [deletion: explained] said rubbing his tattered nylon watchband stopquote my duties are very heavy stoppara requote even though eyem old eye can notrptnot think eyem old cmaunquote he explained with stoic logic stopquote even when eyem sick eye cannot think eyem sick stoppara requote as long as we believe in futureve country we have the strength to work for nation stop eye have notrptnot the right to be sick so eye have notrptnot the right to be sad stopunquote para moredeepe mots ajoutes: 0 mots rayes: 6 Beverly Deepe beverly deepe caree no. 197 encompte press tribune newyork 24235 prorosenfeld huong [deletion: quote] situation [insertion: [illegible]] is serious [deletion: cmaunquote] he warned stopquote if this had been aye personal affair eyed have dropped the whole thing but [deletion: this is the] [illegible] duty to [deletion: help and] serve my country stopunquotepara as the powerful buddhist movement dash which he described as quote playing the communist game unquote undash called for aye voteve nonconfidence for dismissalve his government comma huong said he would abide by decisionve seventeen man high national council if it voted to dismiss him from office stoppara but he appeared confident of its continuing support stop he said the council chairman had [insertion: [illegible]] minutes earlier called on him but quote we did notrptnot discuss this matter stop the high national council has sent me wordsve encouragement and told me notrpnot to be discouraged stopunquote moredeepe mots ajoutes: 4 mots rayes: 4 beverly deepe ca rte no. 197 B Deepe encompte press tribune newyork 24224 prorosenfeld huong three [insertion: [illegible]] quote the schoolboys are different now cmaunquote he reminisced sipping [XXXX indicating deletion] cupve jasmine tea stopquote when eye was young eye belonged to aye [deletion: general] generation that observed traditions and obeyed orders from both parents and teachers stoppara requote but eye feel extremely annoyed because these children paren who boycott classes comma fight each other within the school or on the streets unparen are still children and are notrptnot aware they are being exploited by unscrupulous people stop this is aye serious exploitationve [deletion: youg] youth stopunquote paren he identified the exploiters as the buddhist movement comma and quote unscrupulous political leaders stopunquote para quote as an example [deletion: one buddhist sc] in one buddhist school where the children are only eleven to thirteen yearsold aye buddhist bonze paren monk unparen was observed pushing the children into the streets stopunquote moredeepe mots ajoutes: 5 mots rayes: 7 B Deepe beverly deepe carte no. 197 encompte press tribune newyork 24235 prorosenfeld huong [insertion: [illegible]] as darkness enshrouded his capital city comma as his [deletion: troop] police laid giant puffballsve [insertion: [illegible]] barbedwire on street leading to his office comma he took final sipve jasmine tea and explained quote [deletion: eyem aye] eyem aye fatalist stop eye take life as it comes stopunquote [deletion: paren] para then he returned to his desk to work enditdeepe mots ajoutes: 2 mots rayes; 5 beverly deepe ca rte no. 197 Beverly Deepe

Date

1964, Nov. 24

Subject

Vietnam, 1961-1975; Vietnam (Republic); Trần, Văn Hương

Location

Saigon, South Vietnam

Coordinates

10.8231; 106.6311

Size

20 x 26 cm

Container

B187, F1

Format

dispatches

Collection Number

MS 363

Collection Title

Beverly Deepe Keever, Journalism Papers

Creator

Keever, Beverly Deepe

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Publisher

Archives & Special Collections, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries

Language

English