Article about power struggles within the South Vietnamese military junta

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Title
Article about power struggles within the South Vietnamese military junta
Description
Original title: "khanh", Keever's title: "A 'Hollywood Coup' Marks Vietnamese General's Power Play," Article about power struggles within the South Vietnamese military junta, written by Keever for the New York Herald Tribune
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13200 prowald newlead khanh saigon american backed
premier majgen nguyen khanh continued meeting late tonight
with powerful rightwing vietnamese generals according to
ranking vietnamese officer stoppara
sane sources said generals were negotiating in power
struggle cama making concessions baskx with each other in order
to forestall fighting among army units in streetsve saigon
and to shape an upcoming government stoppara
while goven rebelcontrolled radio station listed almost every
division corps and service commander as now backing the new
revolutionary committee dash which is notrptnot antikhanh unda sh
qux powerful commandersve marines navy airforce and chiefve
staffve joint general staff still support ge khanh according reliable
sources stop commanderve airforce warned rebel units he would
bomb them if attacked military installations and late tonight
he ordered continuous flaredrops around tan son nhut airport
fearing an attack stop aye rebel initiated attack stoppara
and briggen
khanh met with ligen ban thien khien came
nguyen thieu comma former dai chiefve staff of joint general staff
whom khanh removed because belonged to dai viet party stop both
khanh and their thieu comma aye catholic comma known to favor
hardline against buddhists stop some sources speculated three generals
were already had already formed alliance and were plotting future
moves against possible proneutralist buddhist leaders and politicians
th conton] wrinces that have threatened to seceed from nation enditdeepe
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1320 prowald exdeepe khanh xxx two
had been rumored in saigon
for several days that khiem would launch aye quote catholic
coup unquote in reaction to the major concessions khanh had made
to buddhists for more civilian authority in government stop buddhist
HEMS
leaders had been blocking appointments of ranking generals and
officers to key corps assignments commmmunohm s top however
khiem thursday denied reports to herald tribune that he was
affiliated with aye catholic coup that would bring him to power
stoppara
Khiem and thanh giống will presumably negotiate fox about the
future course of government and buddhist comfax involvement in
politics comma but khanhs original order to avoid bloodshed
indicated to observers in saigon that he would be willing to make
concessions to khiem and young army officers who are pushing
aye hard line against buddhists and civilians control of government
stoppara
While the original announcements of cx rebel group
dash made by briggen lam van phat whom khanh had removed as ministerve
* interior several days ago undash advocated exe; expelling
khanh from government and arresting him for corruption and inciting
tomakexu um under phat were
religious warfare stop however
phat was principally supported by units of seventh division under
Ph prokhanh commander comma majgen duong van u duc stop morede
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13200 prowald exdeepe khanh three
however four hours later
duc read radio broadcast comma which eliminated antikhanh
remarks comma but continued to ask for strong central government
to fight communists stop both phat and duc statements were
proamerican stoppara
ironically all three key generals today dash khanh khiem and phat undash
were classmates in nineteen fortyseven french military academy in dalat where khanh
had been staying stop ironically phat graduated first in class stop however tis she
khanh and khien who will negotiate the future stops informatively suggest
Ba
running my general kh piece
about khanh and khien dan
they will decide future tonight
deepe
Date
1964
Subject
Vietnam, 1961-1975; Vietnam (Republic); Military government; Nguyễn Khánh
Location
Saigon, South Vietnam
Coordinates
10.8231; 106.6311
Size
20 x 26 cm
Container
B187, F2
Format
dispatches
Collection Number
MS 363
Collection Title
Beverly Deepe Keever, Journalism Papers
Creator
Keever, Beverly Deepe
Collector
Keever, Beverly Deepe
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Publisher
Archives & Special Collections, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries
Language
English