At a formal ceremony inaugurating the formation of a new multiparty pro-government political group, the People's Alliance for Social Revolution, South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu praises the organization as a "major step toward grassroots political activity." An Alliance manifesto asserted that the group was "determined to wipe out corruption, do away with social inequalities, and rout out the entrenched forces of militarists and reactionaries who have always blocked progress." Thieu's government had long been accused of corruption and, in order to garner political support from the People's Alliance, he vowed to take steps to eradicate the corruption. Unfortunately, neither Thieu nor the People's Alliance could do much about the entrenched corruption in the South Vietnamese government.
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This Week in History, Jul 4 - Jul 10
- Jul 04, 1963
- South Vietnamese officers plot coup
- Jul 04, 1968
- Thieu vows to wipe out corruption
- Jul 05, 1966
- Governors express support for U.S. global commitments
- Jul 06, 1955
- Diem says South Vietnam not bound by Geneva Agreements
- Jul 06, 1964
- Viet Cong attack Special Forces at Nam Dong
- Jul 07, 1955
- China announces it will provide aid to Hanoi
- Jul 07, 1964
- New ambassador arrives in Saigon
- Jul 07, 1969
- First U.S. troops withdrawn from South Vietnam
- Jul 08, 1959
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- Jul 08, 1965
- Taylor resigns Saigon post
- Jul 09, 1966
- Soviets protest U.S. bombing of Haiphong
- Jul 09, 1971
- United States turns over responsibility for the DMZ
- Jul 10, 1965
- MiGs shot down as bombing of North Vietnam continues
- Jul 10, 1967
- Heavy fighting continues near An Loc and the Central Highlands
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