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jose · Feb 1, 2005, 02:20 pm

The original at.
http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/nytimes/...Y+VIETNAM+VOTE

snip; "United States officials were surprised and heartened today at the size of turnout in South Vietnam's presidential election despite a Vietcong terrorist campaign to disrupt the voting. According to reports from Saigon, 83 percent of the 5.85 million registered voters cast their ballots yesterday. Many of them risked reprisals threatened by the Vietcong. A successful election has long been seen as the keystone in President Johnson's policy of encouraging the growth of constitutional processes in South Vietnam." -- Peter Grose, 'U.S. Encouraged by Vietnam Vote,' The New York Times, Sept 4, 1967, page 2.

more at
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story...403103,00.html

Feb 1, 2005, 02:20 pm	#13 (permalink) (top)
jose Volcanic Erupter Location: España Posts: 2,610	The original at. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/nytimes/...Y+VIETNAM+VOTE snip; "United States officials were surprised and heartened today at the size of turnout in South Vietnam's presidential election despite a Vietcong terrorist campaign to disrupt the voting. According to reports from Saigon, 83 percent of the 5.85 million registered voters cast their ballots yesterday. Many of them risked reprisals threatened by the Vietcong. A successful election has long been seen as the keystone in President Johnson's policy of encouraging the growth of constitutional processes in South Vietnam." -- Peter Grose, 'U.S. Encouraged by Vietnam Vote,' The New York Times, Sept 4, 1967, page 2. more at http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story...403103,00.html Last edited by jose; Feb 1, 2005 at 02:25 pm.