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MS, CU A MS military convoy was stopped for many hours by the tactic of exposing altar in the streets of Hue by the buddhists



MS, CU Buddhists continued to pray



MS, CU US soldiers seemed to find its ridiculous



MS, CU When that time, the VN militiamen destroyed the sidewalk of the streets to enlarge the road



MS, CU US convoy was stopped



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MS, CU Venerable Thich Chan Kim explained the situation with the lieut colonel, commander of the VN marines battalion



MS, CU The conference between the venerable and the colonel got no result, buddhists continued he praying, and US soldiers were cool of the fact



MS, CU buddhists during the praying



MS, CU After that the convoy passed but it was not in need to move any altars.



MS, CU Slowly the convoy entered the city




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Background: Saigon June 14.- In Hue the buddhists continued tactics of exposing the altars in the streets which troubled the traffic and stopped for many hours an US military convoy through he city Thich Tri Quang, the leader of the Hue buddhists is in hospital but he continued his hunger strike and refused all food.