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"United States officials were surprised and
heartened today at the size of turnout in South Vietnam's presidential
election despite a Vietcong terrorist campaign to disrupt the voting.
According to reports from Saigon, 83 percent of the 5.85 million
registered voters cast their <br>
ballots yesterday. Many of them risked reprisals threatened by the
Vietcong. A successful election has long been seen as the keystone in
President Johnson's policy of encouraging the growth of constitutional
processes in South Vietnam."<br>
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- Peter Grose, in a page 2 New York Times article titled,
"U.S. Encouraged by Vietnam Vote," September 4, 1967.<br><br>
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