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Digital Object Identifier
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363-04979 to 363-04981
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Title
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Article about the 1968 U.S. presidential election
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Description
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Original title: "nixon", Keever's title: "'It was One of the Greatest Nights of My Life': Nixon Won", Article draft about the election of Richard Nixon to the U.S. Presidency and how the Vietnamese public response, for the Christian Science Monitor, page 1-3
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Draft transcripts were automatically generated via Google Document AI and are currently under review. Please report significant errors to Archives & Special Collections at archives@unl.edu.
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nixon 1 (normass/deepe)
SAIGON, NOVEMBER 7-The high-level loadorship here--which inco
eincludes mx many American "harks" and Vietnamese "eagles"-wore relieved,
as well as pubi jubilant at the news of Nixon's election victory.
Many Vietnamese and Americans karuthixom stayod on wo up
well beyond midnight to liston tax to the live radio nuz election nows
coverage.
A 60-yearold 65 year-old Buddhist rofuggée from North Vietnam to BS
explained, "I listened to the nows until two in the morning ur
was ouro Nixon had won. It was one of the greatest nights of my life.
I went to bed and slept soundly and today I feel great."
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2020 sag
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nixon 2 (normass/deepe)
So
Some Vietnamese "eagles"-the Oriental label for "big, big hanks"
were pll planning victory celebrations in honor of the GOP contender to
whom they were emotionally and politically magnetized because of his more
clear out Vietnam stand. Unahppy Unhappy Vietnamese were also planning
big dinners of sharps fin soup and roast duhe duck-to play off the bet they
lost by gambling on Humphrey.
The Sammon English-language "Saigon Post"--which has been identified
B in the past with Vietnamese Ambassador Rui Dien to Washington, Bui Diem,
seemed to reflect the typical reaction of Vietnamese government officials.
In an editorial labelled "Hello Nixon! ", it saids
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2020 sag
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nixon 3 (normass/doope)
"Never has a U. Se presidential election been followed so closely
in Vietnam. Policy makers and common people alike, including those who
usually are more concerned over their daily bowl of rice than the outcome
of an international political event, kept tuned on the Vi Voice of American!
throughout the late, suspenseful hours of Wednesday.... Every Vietnamese
was praying for a Nixon victory. For in their eyes,
administration had indeed committed an act of betray by setting about a
Vietnam peace settlomont in in () doing what the enemy wants and not
repeat not doing what its main ally wants.
the Johnson
"We hope that Mr. Richard Nixon's first move toward solving the
Vietnam problem will be to send a new negotiating team to Paris....llpe
Harriman, despite his reputation as a vieux renard (old fox) in the
diplomatic field, has already done too much harm to the cause of
freedom in this part of the world with his bont for regarding the National
Liberation Front as another representative of the South Vietnamese people."
Expressing the same view, one forvent anti-Communist coverUITY
said, "I'm so happy Nixon won. We Vietnamese would all be dead if Humphrey
had wone 韓
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Date
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1968, Nov. 7
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Subject
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Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994; Presidents--Election--1968; United States--Relations--Vietnam (Republic); Public opinion
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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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B10, F39
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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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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
