The mayorality of Saigon is one of the toughest jobs in South Viet Nam. The capital's population has swollen past 2,000,000, straining every public facility from electricity to garbage disposal to the breaking point. The city is racked by refugees, traffic jams, thousands of U.S. and Vietnamese troops—and is prey to the random terrorism of the Viet Cong. Yet for all his tasks and troubles, the mayor, Colonel Van Van Cua, a doctor and brother-in-law of National Police Chief General Loan, has less of a staff than many a minor province chief.
Cua took the job reluctantly in the first place, yielding...
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