Truong Dinh Dzu, a candidate who ran on a peace platform in the September 1967 presidential elections in South Vietnam, is sentenced to five years of hard labor for urging the formation of a coalition government as a step toward ending the war. This was the first time that a major political figure was tried and convicted under a 1965 decree that ordered the prosecution of persons "who interfere with the government's struggle against communism."
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Jul 26, 1968:
South Vietnamese opposition leader tried and sentenced
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This Week in History, Jul 26 - Aug 1
- Jul 26, 1968
- South Vietnamese opposition leader tried and sentenced
- Jul 26, 1972
- South Vietnamese troops raise flag over Quang Tri
- Jul 27, 1964
- Pentagon announces 5,000 more troops to Vietnam
- Jul 27, 1965
- U.S. jets attack new North Vietnamese air defense sites
- Jul 28, 1965
- Johnson announces more troops to Vietnam
- Jul 28, 1972
- CIA reports minor damage done to North Vietnam's dikes
- Jul 29, 1965
- 101st Airborne Division arrives in Vietnam
- Jul 29, 1967
- Fire ravages U.S. carrier off Vietnam
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- Aug 01, 1964
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