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363-07357 to 363-07364
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Title
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The Monopoly Game
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Description
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Fourth of a seven article series called "Why Vietnam" analyzing the importance of the Vietnam War in world politics. This article focuses on political strategies, for the New York Herald Tribune
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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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Geopo
article 4 of 7-articlo corico
2000 1
May 19, 1965
CRS 1000FGLY GARD
SAIGO In 1962, ac Apozican advisors and Holicoptors
first arrived on masse on viot Ilan, Procidont go Lánh Dion
was told by a close Acoricon friend that unloso he radically
reformed his government, he would undoubtedly be overthrown
by a coup d'etat. The Acozican had simply takon a poll of
Dies's former supporters and found that of more than 150,
only 30 vore still stiebing with the chubby little mandarin.
"But Dios vound't listen and tho Anonicon vozon's
interested in hoaring it," the American lamentod. "Bozo
American troops and helicopters cane; but reform did not..
The Americans built a beautiful vaz nochine and placod it on
political quicksand."
Doopite the American military built-ay, the lock of
by Dieb provided the political fool on which Viet Cong
ataungth
Soco then a yoor intor, Dion vas overthrown.
Dion had built a political aginot Lino Sor political
tronch warfare with the Communists. On one side of the line
van the Comunist ideology, the National Liberation Pront and
the cloalied behind the Front, the Communist Party called
People's Revolutionary Pary.
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doogo
article 4 of 7 articlo copios
DOCO 2
Die had built his own counter-ideology, hio vogue concept
called forsonalion; his National Revolutionary Movement conseo-
ponded to the national Laboration Front; his brothero coerot
party, the can loo, componpondod to Communist Pary.
Ubon Dion uno overthrown, his countor-idoology and
counter-cochinco voro woobod away. Bingo Chon, no co
ment person has been in total comond of the anti-Communist
Doctor long enough to build a similar machino or ideology.
since then, the country hao boon in a conspicious
stato of politica 1 crisis. Couscos in Saigon nov azquo
that it would be a mistake to re-built a counton-ideology-oven
is it could bo dono--but that instead the Caigon government
must now reform itoolf and "out-covolutionise the Communists-
but do it contineo boctor and 50 ticos factor than the
Communioto Chomoolvoo."
Tho lost tico tho Anostoan-backed Saigon government
soicod the political initiative was with the strategic hamlet
program. The concept of fortified hamleto, with announced
dramatic economie and social advantageo, vas officially
launched by Dion in April, 1962.
But it was dooood before it started. Ono Acesi.con,
who spoko fluent Vietnanoco, had visited a pilot project in
Ouchi, only 20 miloo fron Saigon, bore the possanto told
him that tho bomlot program, inabood. of boing on economic
20volution, was an economic dicactos.
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Goopo
socio-articlo 4 of 7 articlo corico
Daco B
The peasante caid the government forood then to
construct banloto inatoad of working on their each crop of
tobacco; they could produro only 10 per cent of what normally
raised. They wore forced to cut theis bamboo 2000,-choir
cushion crop,-for the construction dofonso atales and fonces.
A loading. Anorican gonoral was told this by the Anomioon,
ho popliod otiffly "Thont: you"
Sho plan was cast; nolchor the Acorican command
nor Dion would noto any reformo of revisiono in it. Sho
program virtually crumblod uhon Dion uno overthrown the
Viet Cong ovipod the concept and inplomontod their om
"combat hamlet" progra.
She dilemma of Amonican policynaiono io the cobico-
phronic nature of the Vietnamese oceloty itools. The govorning
claco io conorally urban-boood, Bronch-educated with on
aristocratic position baood on ofthor family background,
Doney on landouning. Thio olito minority attempto to govern
tho pacco in rural azono and cition about which 10 movs
litolo and do concornod 1000. "Shozo's a time gap of conturios
botuoon our two sociotics," ono Viotnanoco intellectual
omplained. "Chozo's the Dopublic of Viet too and the Republie
of Saigon--and the two novos moot.""
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doopo
comico-article 4 of 7 article sorios
DACO 4
The looks of concorn and compassion by the elite
ninority was illustrated by the wife of a Vootern ombacoy
official. Cho vivos of ombassy officials had voluntarily
presented furniture, and toys to a local orphango.
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"Covoral days after wo handed over the goods, one of
the embacay vivoo noturned to the orphanage," the lady explained.
"de voso actonlabod to find the officialo bod oven talon tho
toyo out of tho bando of little orphano. Sho toys woso no
uboze to bo found."
In contrast, cadro wanting to join Communiot Party
are sont to the live with the rural casooo and practico "throo
togobbosnoco"; eating, living and working with the peasants.
Cadro are invited to join the Communist Party-hich has an
ozelusive, and not naso, poborahipuhon they are proparod
to govora.
"The Americano had to play with the cards that voce
Goalt out and they wowon't vozy good cando," one Wostorn
diplomot omplained. "In Viotaan, nationalion vont tho Communist
Day. Vo cay alot of Vietncc000 in the South that are tho
political forcoc in the country...they are the bourgoouis, the
londounose, the Catholics. They believe in the case ideas o
wo do; to support those people and they us. But thone pooplo
in an Aoian country in the throes of political-oocial upheaval
they are not in the constan.
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doopo
corico-articlo 4 of 7 articlo corios
DAGO S
Thoy're on the odgod-o'so cupporting thon and the coinotsoon
10 olcochoco-in the nationalist novecont of the Communists.
The painotron oloconto got into the hands of Ho Chi Minh
in North Viot Clan and Mao Zoo-Cung in China. Chiang Rai Obok
didn't have the nationalist icouo; bo was helped by the
United Statoo-and this in turn sodo it moro 11holy bo'd lo00."
An example of the look of justice and the lack of
equal opportunity io porbapo boot reflooted in the nodical
profession in Vietnam, which ono American-oducated Viotasoco
doctor callod "Cho Bodical Mafia." Two olite groups of
doctono-tho Paculty of Medicine at the University of Saigon
and the privato organisation called the Medical Syndicato
decide which doctoro vill bo liconood for private practico.
Virtually all the nooboro vote groupe cono from Ilanod and
favor licensing only nosthormoss.
"Choco covon oldon-gonoration non in the Faculty
of Medicine are capable and dedicated, ono American
official working in modioal fiold opleinod. "boy Just
happen to be partioon,. They represent the old Mandarin
cyption; they chooco, coloot-and linit cho londong of the
Suturo. It's the tradition in the Bant for nozo than 1000
yoaso that londoro of the nost gonoration are always chosen
by those in povos . Shio givoo rico to the mandarin oyotom
and an-un-do amount of mopotion.
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doope
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Dago 6
She young students are in rovolt against thio phaco of
thoir culture--that's why they demonstrate on the streets
of Baigon. to have difficulty placing a definately our U.S.
educated modcool students if they aren't ohooon by this
olito londonohip; no Aperican aid io re-inforcing the
corruption & nopotion-and financing it.
After a proc0000 of 10 yoass,--and administering
the largoot USAZD modical program in the wost-besionn
officialo boso otill have little influence on Vietnamoco
Dodical 00 One Anoxican-trained Vietmacone doctor
said that a podical doozoo from American modical school
otill in roadily pocognised in Viet a,, while
on the other hand a "parachute degree"-a degree that
in vistually bought with nonoy from a second-sato codical
school in Franco-do oasily acceptable by the "The Mafia,
"Everyone in Caigon moun that medical graduates
from Amorican institutione got the inforior jobs," one
American official working in the medical field ooplained.
Ono Vietnamese medical specialist returned to
Vietnam late 1958 with a modical dogroo and profeccional
license from first-rato Amorican medical school. He brought
with hin curgical equipment team from the United States
which bo would use onco bo cot up bio own practico.
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doogo
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She Custome dopastmont said it was illegal to bring in
the equippont; that be would have to talo out an import
1icence-hich would talo ono yoar. Doopito intorvontion
of American friendo, he cont the equipment back to Amorica
and started the difficult took of getting the necessary
license to practico in Viot Dan. Bozo wao bod but ono
other practicing specialist in his field. Dat ho was
consistontly ohuffled from offico to office; as the time
passed before his licensing, he began charity work without
£000 to help persons who otherwico could not be cured.
Cho Modical syndicate called hin ing poprimandod hio
sharply for practicing illegally and throatonod as bo ata
not stop he would be cont to jail. Do oboppod; but bis
charity patient-more than 80 of thon--thon threatened to
demonstrate on the streets of Daigon, waving bannoro in
protect. Do aotrod thon not to do co. Moso than tuo yoace
after his arrival in Gaigon, ho 00111 hao not boon licencod
and has no potionto in a country where dicenco in prevalont.
Ho'o talking of going to Fiji Ioland to do micaionary woul.
"vo are the forgotten young man," he explained.
"We are never counted by the Mafia."
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doopo
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pago 0
Sho two boot hospitalo in Gaigon aro Dronch
operated--they are aloo the noot oponsive; there is no
good American hospital in Saigon for the Vietnamese
population (although in Franco thoro are two Amorican-
operated hospitals in Franco). Boquesto by the Anorioan-
operated Covon Day Adventist Miccionary Hospital to
expand thoie 30-bod clinic have repeatedly boon refused;
vestorm doctors practicing thoro have magnity aloo
frequently had difficulty in gotting 1iconcon to
practice in Vict Dan.
Anoricon officialo in Saigon have not offoctivoly
this not within,
in the words of a Vietnanoco anti-Communiot; instead they
have auperimponed upon the not a spectacular nodical
program in the provinces, which vill bo dicouaood lator.
procoured the Caigon governmont to correct
"bo Aboricans think wo should fight for donocracy,"
one young Vietnamese intellectual explained. "But in fact
tho Viet Cong fight bocauco of the locks of democracy."
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Date
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1965, May 19
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Subject
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Strategy; United States. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam; Vietnam (Republic)--Politics and government; Vietnam (Democratic Republic)--Politics and government; Mặt trận dân tộc giải phóng miền nam Việt Nam
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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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B5, F8
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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
