In Saigon, Hue, and Da Nang, demonstrations are staged against the recent election of President Nguyen Van Thieu and Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky, led by the militant Buddhist faction, who charge that the elections were rigged and demand that the Constituent Assembly cancel the results. In the United States, the Americans for Democratic Action (ADA) adopted a resolution against the Johnson administration's policy and strategy in Vietnam, charging that in Vietnam the United States was "in league with a corrupt and illiberal government supported by a minority of the people."
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Political instability continues in South Vietnam
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This Week in History, Sep 24 - Sep 30
- Sep 24, 1963
- McNamara and Taylor assess situation in Vietnam
- Sep 24, 1967
- Political instability continues in South Vietnam
- Sep 25, 1969
- Congressional opponents of Nixon Vietnam policy renew opposition
- Sep 26, 1945
- First American soldier killed in Vietnam
- Sep 26, 1969
- Nixon responds to critics
- Sep 27, 1967
- Antiwar sentiment increases
- Sep 27, 1969
- Thieu comments on Nixon's Vietnamization policy
- Sep 28, 1968
- Battle for Thuong Duc begins
- Sep 28, 1972
- Weekly casualty figures contain no U.S. fatalities
- Sep 29, 1965
- Hanoi announces that downed pilots will be treated as war criminals
- Sep 29, 1969
- Charges dropped against Green Berets
- Sep 30, 1964
- First large scale antiwar demonstration staged at Berkeley
- Sep 30, 1968
- Humphrey announces that he would halt the bombing of North Vietnam
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