Article about a military coup

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363-05702 to 363-05706

Title

Article about a military coup

Description

Original title: "coup", Keever's title: "Rebel Troops and Armored Cars Jar Saigon's Sunday Churchgoers during 'Little Coup,'" Article for the New York Herald Tribune about a South Vietnamese troops moving from the Mekong Delta to Saigon to take part in a military coup

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URGENY t/a press tribune newyork prowald coup one filing brief topper to incoming wires on coup which probably too late for sunday stoppara saigon dash rebel troops and armored cars patrolled through streetsve saigon early smorning as sunday churchgoers and marketing women buzzed through town stoppara [deletion: the] unknown numbersve rebel troops including ranger units from warweary mekong delta area moved into outskirtsve saigon [deletion: about nine ayem] early sunday morning under orders from [deletion: fourth] [XXXX indicating deletion] leading generals whom prime minister majgen nguyen khanh dismissed from their jobs because buddhist and student protests moredeepe mots ajoutes: 1 mots rayes: 4 B Deepe beverly deepe carte 44 URGENT t/a PRESS TRIBUNE NEWYORK PROWALD COUP TWO AYE VIETNAMESE RANGER CAPTAIN IN TIGER SPOT SUIT TOLD THIS CORRESPONDENT THAT HE HAD BEEN ORDERED BY FOURTH CORPS COMMANDER [XXXX indicating deletion] TO COME TO SAIGON BECAUSE MAJGEN NGUYEN KHANH WAS [XXXX indicating deletion] SCHEDULED TO RELEASE FIVE GENERALS ACCUSEDVE BEING PRONEUTRALIST STOP KHANH HAD OVERTHROWN THESE FIVE GENERALS [XXXX indicating deletion] DURING HIS JANUARY THIRTY COUP STOPPARA CAPTAIN ALSO SAID HE DID NOTRPTNOT KNOW WHETHER THE COUP WAS FOR OR AGAINST [XXXX indicating deletion] AMERICAN BACKED PRIME MINISTER KHANH MOREDEEPE MOTS AJOUTES: 1 MOTS RAYES: 5 B Deepe BEVERLY DEEPE CARTE NO. 44 URGENT t/a PRESS TRIBUNE NEWYORK coup three upon tip from friend this correspondent raced through saigons hectic sunday morning traffic to phu lam repeat phu lam checkpoint comma aye suburban area [XXXX indicating deletion] area [deletion: comma] leading south towards ricerice mekong delta stop two [deletion: armed] car armored cars armed with bristling fifty calibre machineguns skirted the area stop white uniformed police at the traffic checkpoint [deletion: bristled] stood alert with cocked rifles and carbines stop lounging against bridge and sleeping under trees were coupla squadsve fatigue clad and heavily armed troopers moredeepe mots ajoutes: 3 mots rayes: 7 B Deepe beverly deepe carte 44 URGENT T|A PRESS TRIBUNE NEWYORK PROWALD COUP FOUR [XXXX indicating deletion] DRIVING FEVERISHLY BEHIND THREE [XXXX indicating deletion] TRUCKLOADSVE [insertion: MACHINEGUNNED] TROOPS AND AN ARMORED [deletion: CORPS] CARS SCORRESPONDENT YELLED AT AYE VIETNAMESE RANGER CAPTAIN LEADING THE MILITARY PROCESSION STOP HE REPLIED QUOTE WE ARE NOTRPTNOT GOING TO SHOOT ANYONE STOP WE ARE JUST GOING TO OPPRESS THEM STOPUNQUOTE PARA EARLIER AT THE SAIGON CHECKPOINT SUBURBAN CHECKPOINT CAPTAIN [deletion: SAID THE] DESCRIBED REBEL MOVEMENT AS QUOTE LITTLE COUP UNQUOTE [XXXX indicating deletion] WHICH HE SAID WAS REACTION TO RELEASEVE FIVE ALLEGED PRONEUTRALIST GENERALS STOPPARA ASKED [XXXX indicating deletion] HOW MANY TROOPS CAME INTO SAIGON HE REPLIED QUOTE EYE CAN NOTRPTNOT TELL YOU STOP EYELL GO TO JAIL AYE LONG TIME FOR TELLING YOU ALL THIS STOPUNQUOTE PARA MOREDEEPE MOTS AJOUTES: 2 MOTS RAYES: 3 beverly deepe carte 44 B Deepe URGENT T/a press tribune newyork prowald coup [deletion: four] 5 saigon reacted normally to the movementve troops who entered the city without resistance or firing stop saigon has seen two previous coups in less than aye year stoppara uppick wires [XXXX indicating deletion] eyell file [XXXX indicating deletion] heavily on interpretive tonight if postoffice still operating multithanks deepe mots ajoutes: 1 mots rayes: 3 B Deepe beverly deepe carte 44

Date

1964, Aug. 2

Subject

Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Vietnam (Republic); Military government; Coups d'état; Vietnam (Republic). Quân lực

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