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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19160 prowald exdeepe khanh one saigon latest tonkin gulf
incident will increase/dash momentarily and marginally undash
the strengthve american backed premier majgen nguyen khanh dash
but will also increase
se
his risksve greater internal trouble comma
reliable
observers hore believe stoppara
the risksve aye quote bigger limited war unquote dash as one
highranking vietnamese officer called it undash appear to be
crescendoing stoppara moredeepe
mots ajoutes: mots rayos:
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beverly deepe carte no. 44
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19162 prowald exdeepe khanh two
thanh however
appeared to
be gaining more strength from his international troubles with
cambodia than he is from tonkin gulf action stopparan tonkin
Stop
gulf incident directly involves american against novietnamese sh
souvietnamese feplu republic is bys outsider dash unless
hanol retaliates against americans in south vietnam stoppara
cambodian border ins incidents dash and more can be expected
observers believe more can be expected undash Erz directly
afft affect souvietnam and its conductvo anticommunist var stoppara
Ex Ithanh today in press conference charged comb cambodia'
attempting to act as
sukathwingm princo norodon sihanouk
liaison agent whereby communist political leaders could meet
south vietnamese antikhanh political officials on cambodian
soil stoppara
nots ajoutes?
mozedeopo
nota rayed beverly deepe carto no. 44
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19164 prowald mot khanh three vietnam for years accused cambodia
directly aiding communist guerrillas stop diplomatic relations
between two
two countries severed thirteen months ago stoppara
observers hore consider international incidents dash such as
tonkin and cambodian border troubles undash help strengthen
HAVE TAKEN
positionvo khanh stop internatioanl headaches tattos focus
HANS
away from internal political troubles comma
PARTIAL.
creates petó
crisis atmosphere in vietnam comma and justifies
strong central government in which
Am decision
making power concentrated in hondeve military rathern civilian
leaders stoppara noredeepe
nots ajoutos: 4 mots rayes: of beverly deepe carte 44
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19165 provold khanh four however k
many observers believe that novietnamese answer to
august tonkin gulf incident was increased prin communist
political subversion
politically policies.
souvietnam stop some-some observers
BELIEVE
buddhist leaders dash and probuddhist students professors politicians
within their orbit undash
to those communists stoppara
similar or parallel
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 thanh instituted stateve omorgency
comna curieus in saigon and press censorship stop this procipat
precipitated student demonstrations comme catholic buddhist
religious warfare comma strat civilian protests strong enough
the
to force recectieve top government le stoppara moredeepe
moto ajoutes:
5 mo
mots rayes:
beverly deopo carte 44
7 bever
Bouge
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mots ajoutes:
mots rayes:
beverly deepe carte 44
South
19170 prowald khanh five vietnamese reaction to latest tonking
gulf incident dn did notrptnot initially appear serious enough
to warrant strong military and security alerts in souvietnam on stronger
Accordin
control over civilian population stoppara
however the novietnamese reaction to latest incident may
be to stopu stopup 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 hovevo
the political and military war appeared to be
FAVOLABLE to 12
swinging
that they need notrptnot risk hig
escalation by massive invasions or norol retaliatory aerial
attacks stoppara
khanhd 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
general strike tomorrow undash plan to attempt pore internal troubles
SH And
A
and upset the status quo comma khanh must capitalize on
international incidents stop this does notrpnot mean they he
communist bases
must precipitate them though bombingve southern laouhan laos
has long been matterve speculation stoppara morödeepe
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while
19170 prowald khanh six souvietnamese international problems
dash in tonlin gulf comma cambodia or southern laos undash
serve as aye weight on one endve teeter totter
internal soulmes problems at the other end stoppara
the inter international problems serve to offset the
internal problems dash but
notrptnot solve them onditdeepe
Po 3
Boc2.44.
Cote 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
Copyright Information
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Publisher
Archives & Special Collections, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries
Language
English