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Mr. Nixon may come to regret that bit of hyperbole, rust as then Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson did after he visited Saigon in 1931 and called late President Ngo Dirih Diem 'the Wijiston Churchill of Southeast Asia. Unfortunately, Thieu is not one of the world's five greatest; statesmen. But he is a crafty and resourceful politician, who will need all bis political skills to keep his fragy mented, country from coming unstuck. ! Hinges oa Struggle war-aear- Nearly all members of the American here community agree the fate of South Vietnam hinges on the outcome of the; political struggle that is now taking shape. basically, the question is whether a relatively open society sych as Thieu's, with ail its built-i- weaknesses, can n successfully compete with a highly disciplined, highly motivated Communist minori- ty.; the Communist military threat has receded Saigon hasn't been seriousiy hit by rockets for more than two months there is political As movement in South Vietnam for the first time since the first half of the 1960s. . Way of Life Many American officials don't know whether to be pleised or frightened. In 'a stable western democracy, the current political fer-emight be welcome. In uth Vietnam, a divided society J where a war is being 'ought, intrigue is a way of life and v political institutions st are! slender reeds. The politi-al;unre- could explode into haos and pave the way for a -- Otfimunist takeover. event In any non-Commun-ist opposition politi-parties have boldly come al nto the open and attacked the rhieu government Students ire; demanding peace and ome thing they call social ustjee. Pray For Peace g The Catholics pray or peace and the right-win- g Catholics are afraid of a sell-)to the Communists. The Buddhists are uneasy because left-win- o many ut not all of them Catholics have been restored to high j laces in government Thieu s a Catholic. At die moment looking out f my window, I can see 200 Cambodian Buddhist monks quatting in the middle of the tnet in front of the presiden-i- al palace. They represent South Vietnams 600,000 Cambodians and they are props ting because the government has stripped them of heir minority rights. The general population s is tired of the war, tired of sky- -i ocketirg prices, tired of graft md corruption and just slain tired. 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