COMMENTS OF FINANCE MINISTER LUU VAN TINH ON THE PERFORMANCE OF PRIME MINISTER NGUYEN VAN LOC DURING TET OFFENSIVE CRISIS

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• Document Creation Date: January 28, 2019

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!SligtjEC EOMMENTS,OF FINANCE MINISTER LUU VAN TIN}{ (*)
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I6 .19tNtSTER OF FINANCE, LUU VAN TINH, STATED ON
4 FEF3RUARY THAT PRIME MINISTER NGUYEN VAN LOC'S PERFORMANCE
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DURTNG THE PRESENT CRISIS HAS DEMONSTRATED HI S3 INABILITY
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TO DEAL WITH MAJOR PROBLEMS. TINH SAID THAT VARIOUS
MINISTRIES ND DEPARTMENTS SEEMED TO BE UNABLE TO FUNCTION
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PROPERLY, SPECI6CALLY, HE NOTED THAT THE SOCIAL WELFARE
Amp HEALTH MINISTRIES WERE HANDLING THEIR MISSIONS POORLY
AN THAT miNISTEROF SOCIAL wELFARE.AND -REFUGEES NGuyEN
PHUc OUF DID NOT KNOW HOW TO USE THE RESOURCES AT HIS
DISPOSAL. TINH ATTRIBUTED THIS SITUATION IN PART TO A
LACK OF POSITIVE DIRECTION FROM PRIME MINISTER LOC, AND
-4Ain Two' LOC HAS NOT SHOWN ANY LEADERSHIP (DUALITIES DURING
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2. LOC TOLD TIMM ON 4 FEBRUARY THAT HIS PRIMARY CONCERN
NOW WAS THAT HIS CABINET WOULD BE DISSOLVED THROUGH MILITARY
PRESSURE AND THAT PRESIDENT NGUYEN 'JAN THIEU WOULD RULE
INDEFINITELY BY DEREE.
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