BUDDHIST INTENTION FOR CONTINUED CONTROLLED AGITATION IN I CORPS AREA AND EXPEC

Created: 4/13/1966

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1. THICH MAT NGUYEN, REPRESENTING HUE BUDOHIST LEADER THICH DONUW AU HUE AND HIMSELF ONE OF THREE LEADING HUE BONZES ARRI'ED IN DANANG ON THE EVENING OFPRIL TO CALM BUDDHIST AGITATION. HOWEVER, MAT NGUYEN WAS NOT TO STOP THE AGITATION; HE IS TO KEEP THE POT BOILING BUT MAKE SURE IT.DOES NOT BOIL OVER. FOR EXAMPLE, ALTHOUGH THE GENERALIN DANANG, DRIVERS OF VEHICLES REMAIN ON STRIKE;-WHEN THEY RETURN TO WORK ANOTHER GROUP WILL STRIKE. ONEOF THE BUDDHISTS IS TO INSTALL TWO HUE BUDDHISTSUTURE

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oERIOUS REACTION AMONG CATHOLICS.

THESE TWO ARE BUI TUONG HUAN, RECTOR OF HUE UNIVERSITY AND LE TUYEN

HLE UNIVERSITY! CORPS COMMANDER

GENERAL TON THAT DINH. SHOULD BE ABLE TO ARRIVE AT SOMEs

IN ABOUT TWO .

2. THE THREE REGIMENTAL COMMANDERS OF THE FIRST DIVISION, LOCATED

IN QUANG TRI AND THUA TYOEN PROVINCES, WILL OBEY ORDERS FROM THEIR

COMMANDER, GENERAL PHAM XUAN NHUAN, ALTHOUGH ONE IS RELATED TO FORMER

I CORPS COMMANDER NGUYEN CHANH THI. THERE IS NO REASON TO BELIEVE

TROOPS OF THESE REGIMENTS WOULD NOT FOLLOW ORDERS OF THEIR COMMANDING

OFFICERS. LT. COL. NGUYEN AM, FIRST REGIMENT COMMANDER, IS POLITICALLY

NEUTRAL; LT. COL. PHAN BA HAA SECOND REGIMENT COMMANDER, IS POLITICALLY

NEUTRALELATIVE OF THI'S SUCCESSOR, GENERAL VAN CHUAN;

AND LT. COL. LE VAN KHUY, THIRD REGIMENT COMMANDER, POLITICAL INCLINA-

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TION UNKNOWN, IS RELATED TO GENERAL

ITISTAKE TO ATTRIBUTE THE PRESENT CRISIS INORPS AREA TO GENERAL THIj ORPS OFFICERS MAY.BELIEVE THAT .THI'S DISMISSAL IS RESPONSIBLE OR THAT THEY HAVE BEEN DEFENDING HIS CAUSE. THI, INSARD PLAYER,-PLACING HIS BETS NOW ON THIS LEADER, THEN ON ANOTHER; HE PLAYS HIS SUBORDINATES IN THE SAME MANNER. HIS ONLY REAL OBJECTIVE IS TO

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CONTINUE THE GAME. OFFICERSORPS HAVE .BEEN SUPPORTING THI BECAUSE THEY NEITHER UNDERSTAND POLITICS NOR PERCEIVE THE REAL ISSUES.

PRESENT COUP PLANNING AGAINST THE NGUYEN CAO KY GOVERNMENT BEGAN EIGHT MONTHS AGO JY BUDOHIST LEADERS IN HUE, WHO HAVEUITABLE OCCASION OR PRETEXT. CERTAIN RADIO ANNOUNCEMENTS WERE PREPARED SEVERAL MONTHS IN ADVANCE. THE INSTIGATOR IS THICH TRI QUANG, WHO HAS MANAGED TO KEEP HIMSELF IN THE BACKGROUND WHILE WORKING THROUGH FOUR HUE BUDDHISTS: HOANG VAN GIAU, HUE UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR, VINH KHA, HUE UNIVERSITY STUDENT; LE TUYEN; AND BUI TUONG HUAN. (FIELD COMMENT: MILD 8UDDHIST POLITICAL AGITATION DID OCCUR IN5TUDENT STRUGGLE MOVEMENT AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT AROSE IN HUE, BUT THESE ACTIVITIES LOST THEIR MOMENTUM IN EARLY)

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