Chuong Warned Diem of Revolt
By Tom Coffman
Tuesday, Nov. 12, 1963
"Alas I was too good a prophet, but I have no reason to rejoice," Tran Van Chuong said last night referring to the recent fall of the Diem government in South Viet Nam.
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The tiny Oriental, standing on a box behind the podium, spoke to an estimated crowd of 3.500 persons in Hoch Auditorium.
Of President Ngo Dinh Diem and Ngo Dinh Nhu, his son-in-law, Chuong said, "They were my friends; our disagreements were only political." Both were killed during the recent military revolt.
CHUONG, father of the controversial Madame Nhu, said he could
Prophet Without a Listener
not think of criticizing his dead friends now.
Turning to the continuing South Vietnamese war against the Communist guerillas—the Viet Cong
Vietnamese war against the Communist guerrillas—the Viet Cong—the 65-year-old, gray-haired Chuong warned that the real threat to American security lies in such minor wars as those being fought in Viet Nam today, not in direct confrontation with the Communists.
"These countries are like sailboats with no engines," he said. "They have to look for the way the wind blows in order to sail with it."
Chuong said emerging nations of Asia and Africa look to the outcome of the jungle war when evaluating the merits of the East and West.
Most African and Asian rulers are now on the fence between Communism and the free world, he added.
To win the war continued American foreign aid and a government which can gain the support of the Vietnamese people are needed, he said.
Ngo Dinh Diem, former Vietnamese president, failed to gain this
support because he ignored the basic rules of good government—"the separation of power"-and paid "only lip service to democratic ideas," Chuong said. Diem and Ngo Dinh Nhu, Chuong's son-in-law, were both killed in the recent coup which toppled their government.
Chuong advocated a non-partisan government which would employ the best human resources available in South Viet Nam.
"IN VIET NAM we have plenty of good men—educated men—but we have lacked a government that would use them," he said.
Referring to the military junta currently governing the country, Chuong said, "I hope they are not tempted to replace a civilian dictatorship with a military dictatorship.'
Proxy War Threatens All
He expressed hope for the future of the new government, praising the ruling military for releasing the Buddhist and student prisoners and for their announcement of intentions for free elections.
It is not enough to be anti-Communist and have expert foreign military advisors and aid, Chuong said. He recalled the French had 100,000 men and the latest weapons in their war with the Communists
We Must Look and Hope
SINCE WORLD WAR II the Communists have been conquering the world with "war by proxy" Chuong said. Russian weapons insured Mao-Tse-Tung's victory in China, he said. In turn Mao aided Ho Chi Minh in North Viet Nam and the Pathet Lao in Laos. All of this happened without the big Communist countries risking their soldiers' lives, Chuong said, emphasizing that foreign aid must be used as a weapon.
"Co-existence to the Communists means peace for themselves and war for others," Chuong said.
in Southeast Asia, but still lost because they did not have popular support.
needs to be used more wisely, he said. "Like any tool it can—and must be—improved."
To combat Communist advances, American foreign aid
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U.S. Embassy in Moscow Says Russians Arrest Yale Professor
An embassy spokesman said Prof. Fredrick Barghoorn, 52, a member of Yale's political science department, had been touring the Soviet Union.
MOSCOW, — (UPI) — A Yale University professor, noted for his anti-communist views, has been arrested by the Russians as a spy, the U.S. Embassy announced today.
The spokesman said the embassy was informed of Barghoorn's arrest by the Soviet Foreign Ministry, but it was not known where or when he had been taken into custody.
Prof. Barghoorn is a recognized authority on the Soviet Union, the spokesman added that he had no further details and "was pressing for information and the opportunity of seeing him."
Barghoorn, a bachelor, came to the Soviet Union early last month on a one-month tourist visa. The embassy said he had been in Georgia (Russia) in connection with the Robert Jenkins Clarion concert group, and at Alma Ata in Kazakhstan for the opening of the American Graphic arts exhibition in October.
He is believed to have been arrested a few days ago.
The charge against Barghoor followed by only nine days the arrival in Moscow of two Russian Diplomats ordered to leave the United States for alleged espionage activity.
The FBI charged that the two and a third Russian working in the United States had been engaged in an espionage conspiracy with John William Butenko of Englewood, N.J. an American electronics engineer. The two who were returned to the Soviet Union had diplomatic immunity but the third, and employee, of the Russian trading group, Amtorg, was jailed.
Chuong Denies Religious Strife
A five-foot-tall man who described himself as "just one of millions of Viet Nam's interested citizens," was very cautious yesterday about appraising the new military government and his possible role in it.
Speaking at a 5:30 press conference before his speech in Hoch auditorium, Tran, Van Chuong said it was too early for him to analyze the new military government. He did praise it for granting amnesty to the political prisoners in Vietnamese prisons.
He fidgeted with his hands and raised and lowered his head when he talked about the recently killed Ngo Dingh brothers, who he described as "my friends." The rest of the time he appeared perfectly poised.
Asked if he would like a place in the new government. Chuang replied with a smile—"This is a very, very dangerous question. If I said yes, then I would be asking for a job. I am not. If I said no I would be showing hostility to the new government."
CHUONG ANNOUNCED plans to return to Viet Nam in the next two months, "if for no other reason to see my mother who is 87," Chuong said.
He has not been contacted by the new government, but, he said, "This is not surprising. I've been touring the country so rapidly that a letter cannot catch up with me."
CHUONG TALKED in a modestly quiet voice, and his use of English at the press conference was almost flawless.
Chuong denied that there is religious strife in Viet Nam. "There has never been a Buddhist-Catholic conflict," he said. "The last crisis was between Buddhists and the Diem government." The Vietnamese are tolerant of other religions, he said.
The former diplomat is traveling alone across the country in his speaking tour.
A few weeks before that, the Soviet Union released the Rev. Walter Ciszek, a Roman Catholic priest, after 20 years in prison, including time in Siberia. At the same time, American student Marvin W. Makinen, of Auburnham, Mass., was released from a communist jail where he had been serving time for allegedly helping refugees escape from East Germany.
Father Ciszek and Makinen were released and returned to the United States in exchange for two accused Soviet spies who were set free in the United States.
On Sept. 4, Barghoorn made a speech before the American Political Science Association which was strongly critical of communist tactics.
Mrs. Elizabeth B. Barghoorn, his mother, said, "He didn't have anything with him that they could pin anything on. He did not have a recorder or anything. He was extremely careful. He knows how strict the Russians are."
Mrs. Barghoorn, shaken by the news that her son was arrested, added, "I'm terribly worried about his
Alpha Gammas Return to KU
Alpha Gamma Delta social sorority has been officially invited to reestablish a chapter at KU.
the sorority, which discontinued its chapter here in 1938, is tentatively planning to house its charter group in fall 1965.
SEVERAL NATIONAL officers of Alpha Gamma Delta visited the campus last weekend to discuss plans with Emily Taylor, dean of women; Mrs. J. B. Stroup, assistant dean of women, and members of the Panhellenic council.
The officers inspected the newly-
purchased site for the chapter house,
located in the new fraternity building
area near 19th and Iowa streets
The women also visited several sorority houses here, to help formulate plans for their own chapter house.
DEAN TAYLOR SAID details of rushing would be worked out later Mrs. Stroup said that there are several ways for a new sorority to be established, and that their rush will depend on enrollment, rush registration, and quotas of the other sororities.
"We are making plans to provide membership in fraternal organizations for those of the student body who are interested. We expect an increase in enrollment, and it is obvious that additional sororities will be needed," Dean Taylor said
"If they build a house within two years as they are planning, they have a lot of ground work to do. They will have to raise the money first." Mrs. Stroup said.
German Books Given To Watson Library
The Watson Library has received a collection of recently published German books on the natural sciences valued at more than $5,500.
The gift from the Federal Republic of Germany was obtained by Prof. J. A Burzle, chairman of the department of Germanic languages and literatures, working through the Ambassador, Dr. Heinrich Knappstein in Washington and Dr. Herbert Kuhle, the German consul in Kansas City.
The gift to KU consists of the entire natural science section of more than 400 books from the large exhibition of German books brought to the United States by German publishers last spring. The exhibit was shown only in Washington, New York and San Francisco.
health. He was not well, you know. He was in a Russian Hospital and in his letter he said he had a bug, but he wouldn't talk about himself very much."
Mrs. Barghoorn, who lives alone in an apartment next to that of her bachelor son, said his itinerary called for him to leave Tashkent for Alma Ata Oct. 21, and arrive in Moscow Oct. 25.
"He wrote me a letter while en route to Alma Ata. He said he was flying there in an airplane," said Mrs. Barghoorn. She added the last she heard from her son was the letter written in the plane about Oct. 21.
She said he has a brother, Elso S. Barghoorn who is at Harvard.
Polls Open Tomorrow For 28 Seats
The largest All Student Council in KU history will be elected tomorrow and Thursday, the chairman of the ASC elections committee said last night.
Jim Thompson, Hugoton senior, said he expects 28 representatives to be elected. Added to the 11 school representatives chosen last spring, the e 28 additions would make the ASC a 39-member body. The council now has 35 members.
THOMPSON based his prediction on two developments:
- Increased enrollment in several districts, which means more votes han last year and therefore more representatives.
- A change last spring in the ASC elections bill, which guaranteed each of the ten living districts one representative per 1,000 students.
The unmarried-unorganized district, which had two representatives last year is expected to benefit most from the amendment. With 4,132 students, the district is assured of four council seats.
The polls will be open from 8 a.m.
to 5:30 p.m. tomorrow and Thursday.
POLLING PLACES will be in the rotunda of Strong Hall, the main north lobby of the Kansas Union and the main west lobby of Murphy Hall.
Forty-eight students are running for ASC offices this fall--25 on the Vox Populi ticket and 20 on the University Party ticket. One student will be on the ballot as an independent, while three others are running by write-in.
Carl Bangs, Prairie Village sophomore, became the third write-in candidate last night. Banks will run in the small men's residence hall district on a platform calling for an end to fraternity and sorority discrimination by 1965, formation of a cabinet to replace ASC committees, readmission of KU into the National Students Association, declaration of a "stop week" before final examinations and permission for the University (faculty) Senate to set University policy "in the areas which directly concern the students."
Also to be elected are freshman class officers. Three coalitions have filed. Mike Willman, Atchison, last night announced he is running for freshman class president as a writen- (See related story on page 12).
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