DR. PHAM QUANG DAN'S REFUSAL TO HEED THICH TRI QUANG'S AND STRUGGLE COMMITTEE'S

Created: 4/13/1966

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DR. PHAM QUANG DAN'S REFUSAL TO HEED THICH TRI QUANG'S AND STRUGGLE COMMITTEE'S REQUESTS THAT HE NOT ATTEND POLITICAL CONGRESS

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DR. PHAK QUANG DA*,CHAIRMAN OF THE STEERING COMMITTEE OF THE RATIONAL POLITICAL CONGRESS CONVENED ON 12

ATTEND THE CONFERENCE BY REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STRUGGLE COM-

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KIT TEE -Ia T'llE 'IREA ATJD OF THICH IR7 HUANG. THE .STRJTQQLE COMMITTEEWHO HAD BEEN SENT BY HUE STUDXNT LEADER VINH KHA, TBLD DAN .THAT HE WAS THE ONLY HE1SBER "OF TBE CONGRESS WHO WAS WELL-KNOWN AiND ESTEEMED BYTHE POPULATION -AND THAT. IF HE ATTENDED, THE "CONGRESS WOULD .BE ABLE TO ^ACHIEVE CERTAIN OF ITS OBJECTIVES WHICH WOULD BE HARMFUL TO 7HE STRUGGLE COMMITTEE'S FIGHT AGAINST THE PRESENT GOVERNMENT. TRI QUANG" S

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2. LD EACHTHAT, LIKE THEM, -HE IS JPPOSED TO THE GOVERNHE NT OF NGUYEN CAO KY, WHICH HE REGARDS :AS TOTALLY INCOMPETENT, AND THAT HE "DOES NOT DISAPPROVE'* OF THE STRUGGLE BEING CONDUCTEDORPS. HE FEELS, HOWEVER, THAT COMMUNISM IS VIETNAM'S NUMBER ONE ENEMY, THAT IT MUST BE DEFEATED AT ALLD THATS THEREFORE NECESSARY TO WORK CONSTRUCTIVELY TOWARD THAT END. HE TOLD THETHAT IF, WHILE ATTENDING THE CONGRESS, HE CANTHAT KY IS CAPABLE OF ARRANGING FOR GENERAL ELECTIONS WITHIN THREE OR, ATST, SIX MONTHS AND CAN RESTOREHE WILL THEN SUPPORT THE GOVERNMENT, IF, ON THE OTHER HAND, HE FINDS THAT THE GOVERNMENT CANNOT ACCOM-

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