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Thieu Faces Tight Election Law and Strong Challenger
UPI analysis notes a stringent new election law aims to curb candidates in South Vietnam to avoid a fragmented race. Gen Duong Van Minh, exiled leader with Buddhist support, is viewed as the only rival likely to defeat Thieu in an honest contest. Ky may run but could be blocked by the rules. The piece argues Vietnam’s politics complicate Western style democracy. Also reports Tony White in England on horses nibbling through seventeen-foot poplar trees.
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Nguyen van Thieu
South Vietnam
Vietnam
Thieu
Duong van Minh
Ngo Dinh Diem
Minh
Big Minh
Saigon
Thailand
Finh
Nguyen Cao Ky
Laceby
England
UPI
Tony White