Volume 21, Number 12 · July 18, 1974

How Thieu Hangs On

By William Shawcross
Relief and Rehabilitation of War Victims in Indochina: One Year after the Cease-fire Escapees, Senate Judiciary Committee
Subcommittee to Investigate Problems Connected with Refugees and

US Government Printing Office, $3.50

Current Economic Position and Prospects of the Republic of South Vietnam Development Association
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, International

"Not for Public Use"

The Economic Promise of the Republic of Vietnam
Ministry of Finance, Saigon
Letters, Reports and Interviews of Graham Martin, US Ambassador to Vietnam American Report, April 15, 1974; US News and World Report, April 29, 1974
Reproduced in Congressional Record, March 19 and April 2, 1974;
Letters Between Senator Kennedy and Dr. Kissinger, March 13 and 14, 1974
Reproduced in Congressional Record
Indochina Today and US and Indochina
by Indochina Resource Center

Indochina Resource Center, 1322 18th Street, NW, Washington DC

Outside the home of Mrs. Ngo Ba Thanh, behind the now near-empty Hotel Continentale, half a dozen motorcycle policemen sprawl across their machines. Mrs. Thanh is an indomitable proponent of the 'Third Force' solution to Vietnam's problems and periodically one of those political prisoners of President Thieu whose existence the State Department blandly denies.[1] She now seems more determined and enthusiastic than ever. 'The core of the problem in Vietnam,' she told me, 'is the GVN's suppression of the Third Force.'



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