ATTITUDES OF PHAN KHAC SUU TOWARD CURRENT CRISIS

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• Document Creation Date: January 28, 2019

1. HAN
KHAC SUU, DEFEATED PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE AND SOUTHER BUDDHIST,
COMMENTED THAT IN THE WAKE OF THE GOVERENT'S (GUN) DEFEAT OF THE
VET CONG (VC)/NORTH VIETNAMESE ATTACKS, THE SPIRIT OF THE PEOPLE
IN THE GREATER SAIGONAREA IS STRONGLY ATI-VC. CD,..!PARED THE
PEOPLE'S MOOD OF EXCITE4ENT WITH THAT WHICH EXISTED AFTER THE OVERTHROW-
OF THI DIEM REGIME ON 1 NOVE:f.BER 19. SLu FLIT THAT THE� OPPORTUNITY
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TO EXPLOIT THE .SAIGONESE'S AWARENESS OF THE EVILS OF THE VC MUST NOT
BE NEGLECTED AND THAT EVERYTHING POSSIBLE MUST BE DONE TO UNITE THE
PEOPLES OF ALL FAITHS. HE FELT PARTICULARLY THAT THE GVN MUST GAIN
THE CONFIDENCE OF THE PEOPLE BY MAKING FOOD AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY
TO PRE.vENT FEAR OF SHORTAGES AND TO DRIVE PRICES DOWN. IF THE GVN
CAN DO THIS, HE SAID, IT WILL GAIN, THE PEOPLE'S CONFIDENCE. IN SOCIAL
AS WEL. AS MILITARY AFFAIRS.
2. SUU SAID THAT AS A POLITICIAN HE PLANNED TO OFFER HIS SERVICES
TO GVN TO HELP MOBILIZE VIETNAM'S MANPOWEA TO LEAD THE
COUNTRY BACK TO NORMALCY. HE ADDED THAT HE PLANNED TO TALK WITH "ALL
POLITICAL LEADERS" BEFORE CALLING ON ANY GVN OFi 'DIALS. HE INSISTED,
HOWEVEk THAT HE WAS PREPARED TO WORX WITH ANY 011f. OFFICIAL OR
ORGANIZATION.
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