The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1955-06-25
Time Is Running Out


ian and Lithuanian States. Al done in the West by
Fascist Germany.
His determined assault on hi, political has
for him respect which is not altogether unrelated 10
the fact that he has been hsrdhiiins "vndsrdosoUf-
rightly opposed by the French victim OF sborfvs by
the Binh xvysn. and at the time. only hsfhsarsdy sup
ported by local United States representatives..
Prime Minister Diem's achievements TO however,
should be permitted TO obscure the fact that bigger battle
fields lie ahead time running short and that there is
indication that the in Saigon fully the
necessity combating the propaganda Of ihe Communists
South vetnsm we'll for ersdestine dsdent political
entities
Unfortunately few American diplomatic representatives.
Saigon taken the trouble out into the countryside
and take comprehensive reading Of the
overall political situation.
Those who have. in a less ex-oAieIo capacity,
come back with highly disturbing reports.
COMMUNIST MAJORITY?
One highly skilled analyst of rural in free Asia
states result OF field trips, made under
hazardous personal security conditions he has 10 the
conclusion that any general election South Veinsm at this
time would majority OF the farmers voting in favor OF
the North Vietnsm Communist Government.
The reasons he gives are these:
The links between the central the provincial
governments and the farmers themselves best very
weak. and in most do not exist at all
The largely dssdent ssets-the Binh xvyen, Hos, Hso,
and Gao Da-eontroI roughly per South vetns
And provincial governors appointed from Saigon, refused 70
90 controlled by the sse 10 enforce government
DEGREES.
In the areas where central government authority could
without interference from the see provincial COVER
nors find their work hsmpsred by what has normally
complete indifference the part Of the farmers and which
recently has become wsrnsss born Of the feeling thar
recent civil South vietnsm points degree Of in
stability even more than before the Geneva
fire agreement
AGENTS SLIP THROUGH
As result vitality important reforms which the govern
attempted such land and rural Taxation
have into stone wall.
Farmers as whole refuse TO declare themselves
They fed up with eight years
Of for this they constitute today large
Of precsovs psrehed fsneesittsrs who far than
the city dwssrs Of South vsne hold the balance OF power
in their hands
Although the armies Of North Vietnsm have been fully
Withdrawn from south Of the eessers line agents Of
The Vemnh either been left behind else slipped
across the frontier.
The argument Of these agents runs like this
General elections both North South Vstnsm will
held within years time according The terms Of The
Geneva agreement The voting will fall heavily the side Of
Ho Chi Minis peoples government in the North. Now the
time 10 get aboard The band wagon.
They tell the farmers accept the land
program which would paid landlords from
so IS per And they add that when The vssinh
sime takes the farmers will get their land free.
Far significant. however. is the Communist srav.
in favor Of winning independence and human dignity
Communist agents South vsins today are placing major
emphasis this political goal They point 10 the fact that Mr.
Diem is still forced 10 rely upon French and Foreign Legion
troops maintain security in central Viensm And they
this with skilled percussion 10 advance their claim that
The Saigon government really independent but still
satellite Of the French.
ITO Be continvsd