Article about Saigon after the Tonkin Gulf Incident

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363-05686 to 363-05688
Title
Article about Saigon after the Tonkin Gulf Incident
Description
Original title: "festive", Keever's title: "News Of Tonkin Gulf Attacks Mar Mid-Autumn Festivities," Article for the New York Herald Tribune about how Saigon became tense following news of the Tonking Gulf Incident
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URGENT T/a press tribune newyork 19084 prowald exdeepe festive one saigon aye [deletion: long] lone american jet early smorning broke saigons festive mood as this crisisridden capital city prepared to celebrate [insertion: on] sunday annual midautumn moon festival stoppara single american jet [XXXX indicating deletion] took off in postdawn skies as first bulletinsve initial sketchy washington reports of latest tonkin gulf incident were flashed around saigon stoppara american military spokesman said that american fff 101 voodoo jets and fff 102 [XXXX indicating deletion] delta daggers [deletion: rushed to vietnam six weeks ago after august tonkin incidents undash] had [deletion: always] been on [insertion: continuous] alert for air defenseve saigon [XXXX indicating deletion] since their rush arrival from [XXXX indicating deletion] pacific bases after [deletion: early august tonkin incidents] [XXXX indicating deletion] and american bombing novietnam stop spokesman said did notrptnot know whether american jet units had been issued special alert instructions today stoppara mots ajoutes: 4 mots rayes: 14 beverly deepe carte no. 44 B Deepe URGENT T|A PRESS TRIBUNE NEWYORK 19085 prowald exdeepe festive two american military radio station carried first [XXXX indicating deletion] washington flashes to [XXXX indicating deletion] breakfasting american gggiiis but issued norptno instructions to servicemen or [XXXX indicating deletion] moren eighteen hundred dependents in vietnam [deletion: stoppara] there was norptnot rush to military offices stoppara sketchy reports taken with casual calmness in this capital city galvanised for most crisis stoppara premier majgen nguyen khanh dash who survived coup detat attempt [deletion: against himself] only six days ago undash and vietnamese foreign minister doctor pham huy quat repeat pham huy quat held previously scheduled press conference on [insertion: deteriorating] vietnamese dash cambodian relations but had norptno opening remarks about tonkin incident stoppara moredeepe mots ajoutes: 1 mots rayes: 6 beverly deepe carte no. 44 B Deepe URGENT TA PRESS TRIBUNE NEWYORK 19090 prowald exdeepe festive three commander american military assistance command dash vietnam comma ltgen william ccc westmoreland comma held to his schedule of addressing incoming [XXXX indicating deletion] american gggiiis dash and reported to his office lantern normal stoppara as vietnamese housewives flooded early morning market to buy specially baked quote moon cakes unquote for tomorrows festival heralding beginningve autumn comma american housewives took aye final look at emergency evacuation kits they’ve had sitting by doorways for weeks stop there’s norptnot indications [insertion: now of] american dependents being evacuated stop but american housewife said quote eye think eye’ll put aye few more items in my suitcase stopunquote enditdeepe mots ajoutes: 2 mots rayes: 2 beverly deepe carte no. 44 B Deepe
Date
1964, Aug.
Subject
Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Vietnam (Republic); Public opinion; Tonkin Gulf Incidents, 1964; Civilians in war
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