<Tr> <Th> Total </Th> <Th> 567,246 </Th> </Tr> <Dl> <Dt> 20 January </Dt> </Dl> <P> While Buddhist protests against the government and the United States intensified, including the burning of a United States Information Service library, Ambassador Taylor met with a Buddhist leader . He said the Buddhists wanted peace and told Taylor that the leaders of South Vietnam were only interested in the benefits they could derive personally from American aid and would otherwise capitulate to the Viet Cong . The Buddhists had been protesting against the government of South Vietnam for the previous two years . </P> <Dl> <Dt> 26 January </Dt> </Dl>

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