Article about the effects of the Tonkin Gulf Incident on South Vietnamese politics

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Article about the effects of the Tonkin Gulf Incident on South Vietnamese politics
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Original title: "khanh", Keever's title: "'A Bigger Limited War' Signaled By Tonkin Gulf Incidents," Article for the New York Herald Tribune about the effects of the Tonkin Gulf Incident on South Vietnamese politics
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t/a press tribune newyork 19160 prowald exdeepe khanh one saigon latest tonkin gulf incident [deletion: will] increase dash momentarily and marginally undash the strengthve american backed premier majgen nguyen khanh dash but [deletion: will] also increased his riskve greater internal trouble comma reliable observers here believe stoppara the riskve aye quote bigger limited war unquote dash as one highranking vietnamese officer called it undash appear to be crescendoing stoppara moredeepe mots ajoutes: 0 mots rayes: 3 beverly deepe carte no. 44 B Deepe t/a press tribune newyork 9162 prowald exdeepe khanh two khanh however [XXXX indicating deletion] appeared to be gaining more strength from his international troubles with cambodia than he is from tonkin gulf action stoppara tokin gulf incident directly involves america [deletion: against] and novietnam [insertion: stop] souvietnamese republic is outsider dash unless hanoi retaliates against americans in south vietnam stoppara [insertion: [illegible]] cambodian border incidents dash and more can be expected observers believe more can be expected undash [XXXX indicating deletion] directly affect souvietnam and its conductve anticommunist war stoppara [XXXX indicating deletion] khanh today in press conference charged cambodian [XXXX indicating deletion] prince norodom sihanouk attempting to act as liaison agent whereby communist political leaders could meet south vietnamese antikhanh political officials on cambodian soil stoppara moredeepe mots ajoutes: 2 mots rayes: 13 beverly deepe carte no. 44 B Deepe t/a press tribune newyork 19164 prowald khanh three vietnam for years accused cambodia directly aiding communist guerrillas stop diplomatic relations between two countries severed thirteen months ago stoppara observers here consider international incidents dash such as tonkin and cambodian border troubles undash help strengthen positionve khanh stop international headaches [deletion: takes] have taken focus away from [insertion: Khans] internal political troubles comma creates [deletion: pseudo] partial crisis atmosphere in vietnam comma and justifies strong central government in which [XXXX indicating deletion] decision making power concentrated in handsve military rathern civilian leaders stoppara moredeepe mots ajoutes: 4 mots rayes: 4 beverly deepe carte 44 B Deepe t/a press tribune newyork 19165 prowald khanh four however [XXXX indicating deletion] many observers believe than novietnamese answer to august tonkin gulf incident was increased [XXXX indicating deletion] communist political subversion in souvietnam stop some observers [insertion: believe] [insertion: political policies] buddhist leaders dash and probuddhist students professors politicians within their orbit undash [XXXX indicating deletion] similar or parallel to those communists stoppara hence international incidents create justification for a strong central government and tough restrictive measures but triggers the response for greater civilian opposition to them stop after august tonkin incident khanh instituted stateve emergency comma curfews in saigon and press censorship stop this precipitated student demonstrations comma catholic buddhist religious warfare comma [deletion: strong] civilian protests strong enough to force [deletion: restrictionve top] reshaping the government [deletion: leaders] stoppara moredeepe mots ajoutes: 5 mots rayes: 7 beverly deepe carte 44 B Deepe t/a press tribune newyork mots ayoutes: mots rayes: beverly deepe carte 44 19170 prowald khanh five [deletion: no] south vietnamese reaction to latest tonkin gulf incident did notrptnot initially appear serious enough to warrant strong military and security alerts in souvietnam on stronger control over civilian population [insertion: according reliable source] stoppara however the novietnamese reaction to latest incident may be to stepup political subversion again dash in vietnam or other asian countries stop they may also call for increase terroristic acts by their guerrillas in souvietnam stop however the political and military war appeared to be [XXXX indicating deletion] favorable to them that they [deletion: need] did notrptnot risk [deletion: hig] escalation by massive invasions or [deletion: aerial] retaliatory aerial attacks stoppara khanh dash and hence the american policymakers undash appeared to be riding teeter totter dash aye balance between internal political troubles and international incidents stop since appeared that civilian leaders dash such as labor leaders who called [insertion: for state of] general strike [deletion: tomorrow] undash plan to attempt more internal troubles and upse the status quo common khan [insertion: dash and america undash] must capitalize on international incidents stop this does notrptnot mean they he must precipitate them though bombingve [insertion: communist bases] southern [XXXX indicating deletion] laos has long been matterve speculation stoppara moredeepe t/a press tribune newyork 19170 prowald khanh six souvietnamese international problems dash in tonkin gulf comma cambodia or southern laos undash serve as aye weight on one endive teeter totter while internal [deletion: souvietnamese] problems at the other end stoppara the international problems serve to offset the internal problems dash but do notrptnot solve them enditdeepe mots ajoutes: 1 mots rayes: 3 B Deepe Carte 44.
Date
1964, Aug. 19
Subject
Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Vietnam (Republic); Military government; Nguyễn Khánh; Tonkin Gulf Incidents, 1964
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