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claimed, "Catholie~s, . Buddhists ;: .;
Lao dai, Hoa Hoa -wow-these-are`wthe
major religious groups)--everyo:re
has conscious : the most important
for them is to unite against U S- .
aggressmon ."
Nguyen clarified the misunderstanding
concerning he Catholic ;
"one thing is, who ;are the Catho :. .
lies??? In 1964, at the time of
the Geneva accords, Catholic priests
in North Vietnam told the Catholics
the democratic government was
anti,rCatholic : The priests eorav'ineed .
The Catholics to go to South'Vietuam
these are ther refuggees . The
Diem regime convinced Catholics
they had to form an anti-communist
government to protect themselves . w
He told them that an American supported
regime was the only kind .
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theix ;r.el~gian,, .D~eni ; told them ~, .f
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nism,~The Catholics beYieve they
had to fight to death for the Americans
or be killed by the comes
mtani.sts~, But this is city the Catholics,from
North Vietnam, Many
Catholics from South Vietnam sup"
port the National :Liberation
Front,
"It is im~ortant ;for people in
the West to understand the National
Liberation Front is opposed
to this and not all Catholics .
There is a Catholic-group in the
National Liberation Front .
Brother Nguyen added, "The'
Buddhimt~a aspirations are the as
the NC,F . The 3uddhists and others
actively support the NLF in occupied
zones . They enabled the NLF to