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In another letter to Ambassador Taylor, the Buddhists hinted that unless the U.S. withdraws its support from Huong—as it did last year from President Ngo Dinh Diem—Buddhist ire may be turned against Americans. Pointedly the Buddhists warned Taylor: "We affirm that you are responsible, before both the American and Vietnamese peoples, for the existence of the Huong government." Whereupon Chau, Quang and the Buddhists' nominal religious head, Thich Tinh Khiet, announced a 48-hour weekend hunger strike, urging Buddhists to join them in round-the-clock prayer sessions. From Darlac province came an offer of candidates for flaming Buddhist suicides.