Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-17
Lady on Horseback

vi IlCI way 10 UcCOu1lIlR the
Joan of Arc of Southeast
Asia.
AS propaganda, she has
become the best asset the
president Of South Wet Nam
could have hoped for. Be-
cause Of her. his government
will not topple.
This goes to show the pow
er of a lovely. stunningly
beautiful woman.
But women are vain, and
our State Department could
have steam-rollered her into
obScurity by concentrating
on her charms. not on her
verbalizations.
When it comes to choosing
sides. men will flock to her
banners much quicker than
to the Buddhists' monastery.
The BuddhiSts never had a
chance!
The publiciSts, from the
Pentagon to the State De-
partment, should have come
up with something to prevent
her phenomenal growth as
a world authority. But then.
that is nothing Nhu.
Jim ArgOdale.
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How ridiculous can we get?
Putting a fawning story of
this evil woman from South
Wet Nam on the front page
will certainly help the Com
munist cause. So she wants
popularity" Let her get
back to her troubled country
and her troubled people and
give them something other
than cynicism. Let her stop
spending the American tax
payers money on trips
around the world to improve
the image of herself and her
dictatorial husband and
brot h e r-in-law. Her image
will be improved by her
showing a compassion for
her country and her people
and not by any number of
public appearances which
prove how cute and witty she
is and little else.
Richard Light.
50 So
Washington plays host this
week to another important
visitor. Important because, as
she admits, she has become a
controversial figure. Nine.
Nhu feels she has become
controversial because of her
criticisms of the policies of
the United States Govern
ment. If that were the basis
for being controversial, she
would get lost in the crowd.
1t is hoped that Nine.
Nhu will receive a warm,
friendly welcome to our city,
and that she will be listened
to with courtesy and interest
in what she has to say.
Denis O'Brien.
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May I add a medley of
Bronx cheers to the swelling
chorus inspired by South
Wet Mans unofficial" visit
ing ambassadors of i'll will,
Nine. Nhu. For a person
so unpopular, not only in her
own country but in South
east Asia as a whole, she is
receiving far too much atten-
ton lin both eggs and acco-
lade) for the good of her own
self-contained and illimitable
egoism.
Ruth Bellamy.
What a pleasant surprise to
read of the editorial THE
Lady or the Tiger" on Nine.
Nhu. 1t did not stop with
a derisive name-calling con-
test-although I did note
you managed a new one, Ty-
phoid Mary!
I would like to suggest that
you print this editorial dali
lyon the front page-to
help the American public re-
m e m Der that regardless of
the Diem regim e we must
maintain our fight with
them against the Wet Cong
and the Communists. We can
not afford to lose our gate
way to the East.
Mary Ann Kilbane.
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I wish to protest the car
toon by Mauldin of Nine
Nhu which appeared in The
Star of October IA. 1t was
gauche and insulting to say
the lie st. To unprecedented
listeners to Nine. Nhu she
appears to be a very brave,
sincere and clever woman.
The insults and ridicule
which people have to put up
with from the American
press leads one to wonder if