1.
MS SAIGON POLICE GUARD STREET
5 ft

2.
LS BUDDHIST AND VIETNAMESE FLAGS FLUTTERING FROM BUDDHIST HEADQUARTERS (PAN) CROWD OUTSIDE
11 1/2 ft

3.
MLS BUDDHIST NUNS AND OTHERS GOING INTO HEADQUARTERS (2 SHOTS)
17 1/2 ft

4.
LS SIGN AT HEADQUARTERS
19 ft

5.
MS WOMEN INTO HEADQUARTERS
25 ft

6.
MS MORE BUDDHISTS INTO HEADQUARTERS
28 ft

7.
MS WREATH CARRIED INTO HEADQUARTERS
32 ft

8.
MS MONKS AND OTHERS AT HEADQUARTERS ENTRANCE
35 ft

9.
LS DESERTED ROMAN CATHOLIC BASILICA
38 ft

10.
MS STATUE OF "OUR LADY" OUTSIDE BASILICA
39 ft

11.
MS ARMED SOLDIER GUARDING BASILICA
41 ft

12.
LS BASILICA
44 ft



Initials CAR/S/MK/YA/CAR



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Background: ARMED SOUTH VIETNAMESE POLICE ARE CONSTANTLY PATROLLING THE STREETS OF SAIGON, ITS CAPITAL, FOLLOWING A WARNING BY THE BUDDHISTS THAT STUDENTS WOULD AGAIN RIOT AND CLOSE ALL MARKETS IF THEIR DEMANDS WERE NOT MET BY THE KHANH GOVERNMENT. THE BUDDHISTS ALSO ISSUED AN ULTIMATUM.

THE DEMANDS INCLUDE CONVENING A NATIONAL CONGRESS TO ELECT A HEAD OF STATE; COMPENSATION FOR THOSE BUDDHISTS INJURED IN THE RECENT DISTURBANCES WITH ROMAN CATHOLIC YOUTHS; AND AN APPEAL FOR LENIENCY FOR ARRESTED BUDDHISTS WHO BARRICADED OFF SECTIONS OF SAIGON DURING THE RIOTS.

WHILE THE GOVERNMENT, LED BY MAJOR-GENERAL NGUYEN KHANH, WAS CONSIDERING THE DEMANDS, THOUSANDS OF BUDDHISTS, INCLUDING NUNS AND MONKS, GATHERED AT THE BUDDHIST HEADQUARTERS IN SAIGON ON SEPTEMBER 5 TO PAY THEIR RESPECTS TO TWO MEMBERS OF THEIR FAITH WHO DIED AS A RESULT OF THE BLOODY POLITICAL AND RELIGIOUS DISTURBANCES LAST WEEK. THEY WERE BURIED THE NEXT DAY.

MEANWHILE IN DOWNTOWN SAIGON, ARMED TROOPS CONTINUE TO GUARD THE ROMAN CATHOLIC BASILICA OF OUR LADY, WHICH WAS NEARLY SACKED BY BUDDHIST RIOTERS DURING THE DISTURBANCES. IF TROUBLE STARTS AGAIN BETWEEN ROMAN CATHOLIC AND BUDDHIST YOUTHS, IT IS THOUGHT LIKELY THAT THE BASILICA MAY BE A TARGET FOR THE BUDDHISTS.