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volumes/frus1961-63v03.xml

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<p>1146. <gloss target="#t_CINCPAC1">CINCPAC</gloss> for <gloss
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target="#t_POLAD1">POLAD</gloss>. At about 1000 hours this morning
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Buddhist bonze burned himself to death<note n="2" xml:id="d163fn2"
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>according to a report by <gloss target="#t_COMUSMACV1"
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>According to a report by <gloss target="#t_COMUSMACV1"
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>COMUSMACV</gloss> on June 12, the incident took place shortly
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after 11 a.m. The <gloss target="#t_MACV1">MACV</gloss> report
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identified the bonze who died as Quang Duc, estimated the supporting
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the South Vietnamese Government after the May 8 incident in Hue.
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(Telegram 121015Z from <gloss target="#t_ADMINO1">Admino</gloss>
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<gloss target="#t_COMUSMACV1">COMUSMACV</gloss> to the Joint Chiefs
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of Staff, June 12; <hi rend="italic">Ibid.</hi>)</note> at corner
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Phan Dinh Phung and Le Van Duyet Streets in Saigon. Preliminary
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of Staff, June 12; <hi rend="italic">Ibid.</hi>) <p>Quang Duc’s
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suicide was photographed by <persName corresp="#p_BM1">Malcolm
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Browne</persName> of Associated Press. Several American
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newsmen had been informed in advance that something important
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might happen that morning near Xa Loi Pagoda, but only <persName
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corresp="#p_BM1">Browne</persName> responded. His
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photograph, taken an instant after the flames erupted, was
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published around the world. In <persName corresp="#p_MJ1">John
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Mecklin</persName>’s view, the photograph “had a shock
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effect of incalculable value to the Buddhist cause, becoming a
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symbol of the state of things in Vietnam.” (Mecklin, <hi
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rend="italic">Mission in Torment</hi>, p. 157)</p></note> at
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corner Phan Dinh Phung and Le Van Duyet Streets in Saigon. Preliminary
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information indicates Bonze (name unknown) was surrounded by massed
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ranks of from 200 to 300 Bonzes, applied gasoline to robe, and ignited
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it. Police tried vainly break through ranks of Bonzes. Embassy officer
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has viewed body. Burning viewed by crowd of 400-500 spectators.</p>
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<p>Quang Duc’s suicide was photographed by <persName corresp="#p_BM1"
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>Malcolm Browne</persName> of Associated Press. Several American
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newsmen had been informed in advance that something important might
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happen that morning near Xa Loi Pagoda, but only <persName
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corresp="#p_BM1">Browne</persName> responded. His photograph, taken
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an instant after the flames erupted, was published around the world. In
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<persName corresp="#p_MJ1">John Mecklin</persName>’s view, the
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photograph “had a shock effect of incalculable value to the Buddhist
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cause, becoming a symbol of the state of things in Vietnam.” (Mecklin,
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Mission in Torment, p. 157)</p>
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<p>Crowd orderly but growing. Police maintaining Bonzes in places and
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refusing permit procession to continue. Reportedly another Bonze
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prepared disembowel himself in protest today.</p>

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