SOUTH VIETNAM: ELECTION CAMPAIGN GETS UNDER WAY

Record ID: 347422

  • Title: SOUTH VIETNAM: ELECTION CAMPAIGN GETS UNDER WAY
  • Date: 1st September 1966
  • Summary: SEVERAL SHOTS OF CANDIDATES CAMPAIGNING AND PEOPLE LISTENING. Initials JMC/V--S/CT/JG Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 16th September 1966 13:00
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  • Location: SAIGON, SOUTH VIETNAM
  • Country: Vietnam
  • Reuters ID: LVA1CY5QUDEJVAOAKJ27YSUBEYII
  • Story Text: CAMPAIGNING IN THE NATIONAL ELECTIONS FOR A CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY IN SOUTH VIETNAM IS NOW WELL UNDER WAY -- BUT AMID STRICT SECURITY PRECAUTIONS IMPOSED BY THE RULING MILITARY JUNTA. AND THE AMERICAN AUTHORITIES HAVE ALSO TAKEN STEPS TO COMBAT POSSIBLE VIETCONG ACTIVITY, INCLUDING A LONGER CURFEW ON AMERICAN SOLDIERS AND CIVILIANS IN SAIGON AND CONSTANT NIGHT PATROLS BY WELL-ARMOURED MILITARY POLICE JEEPS.

    ABOUT FIVE MILLION PEOPLE -- APPROXIMATELY ONE THIRD OF SOUTH VIETNAM'S POPULATION -- WILL GO TO THE POLLS ON 11 SEPTEMBER TO CHOOSE 117-CANDIDATES FOR A CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY EMPOWERED TO DRAFT A CONSTITUTION FOR THE REPUBLIC.

    CAMPAIGNING BEGAN QUIETLY AND MANY OF THE CANDIDATES' MEETING WERE POORLY ATTENDED -- EXCEPT BY GROUPS OF CHILDREN WHO FLOCKED AROUND THE CANDIDATES CHEERING AND CLAPPING THEIR HANDS WHEN THE ELECTION SPEECHES WERE OVER.
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