1.
MS NGUYEN ENTERING FRIEND'S HOUSE
5 ft

2.
MS REPORTERS AND PHOTOGRAPHERS
7 ft

3.
CU HE (TILT DOWN TO) WATER BOTTLE
11 ft

4.
MS REPORTERS AND PHOTOGRAPHERS
16 ft

5.
CU HE LOOKING AT ALBUM
20 ft

6.
MS REPORTERS
22 ft

7.
MCU HE SPEAKING
24 1/2 ft

8.
MS REPORTERS TAKING DOWN NOTES
27 ft



Initials CAR/S/GAP/YA/AMR



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Background: NGUYEN THANH NAM, A FORMER GOVERNMENT CHEMICAL ENGINEER, TOLD A PRESS CONFERENCE AT A FRIEND'S HOUSE IN SAIGON ON NOVEMBER 16 THAT THE LATE PRESIDENT NGO DINH DIEM OF SOUTH VIETNAM HAD WRONGFULLY JAILED HIM FOR POLITICAL REASONS.

AFTER POSING FOR PRESS PHOTOGRAPHERS, 65-YEAR-OLD NGUYEN, A GRADUATE FROM THE PARIS UNIVERSITY, SAID THAT HE WAS NEVER INTERESTED IN POLITICS.

ON RETIREMENT 23 YEARS AGO, HE RETURNED TO HIS VILLAGE IN THE KIEN HOA PROVINCE AND LIVED AS A HERMIT MEDITATING ON THE BUDDHIST RELIGION, WHEN HE WAS ARRESTED.

THE MILITARY REVOLUTIONARY COMMITTEE WHO RELEASED HIM FROM JAIL A FEW DAYS AFTER THE LIGHTING COUP D'ETAT, HAS ALSO GRANTED HIM A PASSPORT TO GO TO JAPAN TO FURTHER HIS KNOWLEDGE ON BUDDHISM.