2981029810 <p>1146. <gloss target="#t_CINCPAC1">CINCPAC</gloss> for <gloss
2981129811 target="#t_POLAD1">POLAD</gloss>. At about 1000 hours this morning
2981229812 Buddhist bonze burned himself to death<note n="2" xml:id="d163fn2"
29813- >according to a report by <gloss target="#t_COMUSMACV1"
29813+ >According to a report by <gloss target="#t_COMUSMACV1"
2981429814 >COMUSMACV</gloss> on June 12, the incident took place shortly
2981529815 after 11 a.m. The <gloss target="#t_MACV1">MACV</gloss> report
2981629816 identified the bonze who died as Quang Duc, estimated the supporting
@@ -29820,22 +29820,23 @@
2982029820 the South Vietnamese Government after the May 8 incident in Hue.
2982129821 (Telegram 121015Z from <gloss target="#t_ADMINO1">Admino</gloss>
2982229822 <gloss target="#t_COMUSMACV1">COMUSMACV</gloss> to the Joint Chiefs
29823- of Staff, June 12; <hi rend="italic">Ibid.</hi>)</note> at corner
29824- Phan Dinh Phung and Le Van Duyet Streets in Saigon. Preliminary
29823+ of Staff, June 12; <hi rend="italic">Ibid.</hi>) <p>Quang Duc’s
29824+ suicide was photographed by <persName corresp="#p_BM1">Malcolm
29825+ Browne</persName> of Associated Press. Several American
29826+ newsmen had been informed in advance that something important
29827+ might happen that morning near Xa Loi Pagoda, but only <persName
29828+ corresp="#p_BM1">Browne</persName> responded. His
29829+ photograph, taken an instant after the flames erupted, was
29830+ published around the world. In <persName corresp="#p_MJ1">John
29831+ Mecklin</persName>’s view, the photograph “had a shock
29832+ effect of incalculable value to the Buddhist cause, becoming a
29833+ symbol of the state of things in Vietnam.” (Mecklin, <hi
29834+ rend="italic">Mission in Torment</hi>, p. 157)</p></note> at
29835+ corner Phan Dinh Phung and Le Van Duyet Streets in Saigon. Preliminary
2982529836 information indicates Bonze (name unknown) was surrounded by massed
2982629837 ranks of from 200 to 300 Bonzes, applied gasoline to robe, and ignited
2982729838 it. Police tried vainly break through ranks of Bonzes. Embassy officer
2982829839 has viewed body. Burning viewed by crowd of 400-500 spectators.</p>
29829- <p>Quang Duc’s suicide was photographed by <persName corresp="#p_BM1"
29830- >Malcolm Browne</persName> of Associated Press. Several American
29831- newsmen had been informed in advance that something important might
29832- happen that morning near Xa Loi Pagoda, but only <persName
29833- corresp="#p_BM1">Browne</persName> responded. His photograph, taken
29834- an instant after the flames erupted, was published around the world. In
29835- <persName corresp="#p_MJ1">John Mecklin</persName>’s view, the
29836- photograph “had a shock effect of incalculable value to the Buddhist
29837- cause, becoming a symbol of the state of things in Vietnam.” (Mecklin,
29838- Mission in Torment, p. 157)</p>
2983929840 <p>Crowd orderly but growing. Police maintaining Bonzes in places and
2984029841 refusing permit procession to continue. Reportedly another Bonze
2984129842 prepared disembowel himself in protest today.</p>
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