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363-04868 and 363-06644
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Title
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Khanh Fights to Keep Power: Paratroops Vs. Saigon Mobs
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Description
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Article published in the New York Herald Tribune about Paratroopers loyal to General Khanh using firehoses against protesters against him in Saigon, page 1 and 4
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Transcript
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Khanh Fights to Keep Power
Paratroops vs. Saigon Mobs
By Beverly Deepe
A Special Correspondent
SAIGON.
Helmeted, heavily armed paratroopers
turned high-pressure hoses on rioting teen-
agers at Saigon's central market last night
in their first firm move to end the latest
outbreak of religious killings and violence.
But South Viet Nam's government crisis
continued, with Mai. Gen. Nguyen Khanh
apparently still in control despite his
resignation as President last Tuesday.
A government spokesman announced last
night that a "committee of unification"
of generals and civilians-Including Bud-
dhist. Catholic and possibly student repre-
sentatives will replace the ruling Mill-
tary Revolutionary Council.
Nguyen Xuan Oanh, a former Vice-Pre-
mier for Economic Affairs took over today
as acting Premier. Mr. Oanh, a former Har-
vard economics professor who is considered
Western-oriented, said he would head the
caretaker government for the next two
months.
Thousands of youths-including Bud-,
dhists and perhaps Communist-inspired
hooligans as well-virtually ruled the cen-
ter of Saigon until the paratroopers
stepped in. They had barricaded a four-
block area, raided a Catholic newspaper
office and beaten to death a Catholic boy.
The hoses manned by the paratroopers
and combat police sent most of the teen
mob running down the streets. Several
shots were fired, but no injuries were re-
ported.
About 150 were trucked to jail. Thirty-
five were from the provinces and carried
no identification papers, indicating they
might be pro-Communists. The clandestine
radio of the National Liberation Front, the
political arm of the Communist Viet Cong
guerrillas, had urged the youths to keep up
their demonstrations.
The mobs set up their barricade at the
central market early yesterday. Police ig-
nored them and simply directed traffic
around the barrier.
Late in the afternoon, 600 youths armed
with bricks, clubs, spears, crowbars and
hammers ran at top speed through the
center of the city to the Catholic news-
paper Xa Dung. They tore down the buid-
ing's shutters and door, then tossed a
Molotov cocktail inside. But it failed to set
the building on fire.
A half-block away, hundreds of Catholic
students ran out of a school and down the
More on SAIGON-P 4
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Paratroops Vs. Saigon Mobs
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street to protect the newspaper office A
brick-throwing battle followed and several
of the boys were injured
One mob of Buddhist teen-agers captured
a Catholic boy and marched him to the
market place beating him with clubs
and iron bars. A 10-year-old stabbed him
and the mob continued the beating until
he was dead.
Meanwhile, the struggle to set up a gov-
ernment continued After a meeting of the
new three-man junta, Gen Khanh told
newsmen that the junta chiefs had refused
to accept his resignation as President His
recent assumption of that post formerly
held by the Buddhist favorite. Maj. Gen.
Duong Van Minh, was one factor that
touched off the Buddhist unrest.
The ruling 62-man Military Revolution-
ary Council remained in being yesterday.
although it had announced Thursday that
It had dissolved. That announcement was
coupled with the naming of the triumvirate
mincluding Gen Khanh. Gen Minh and
Lt Gen Tran Thien Khiem-to rule for
60 days
These three will be members of the com-
mittee on unification. the government
spokesman said last night.
Gen Khanh made it apparent that he
would be the dominant member of the
triumvirate He told newsmen that,
speaking as a private individual, he still
considered himself President
He also announced that he had headed
off a coup by leaders of the influential
Dai Viet party, including his former Vice-
Premier, Nguyen Ton Hoan No one was
arrested. he said, because "what they (the
coup leaders) forgot was that we in the
armed forces put the higher interest of the
nation first"
The government spokeman said the Dail
Viet party will not hold any key offices
and will not be represented in the commit-
tee of unification. The party. which is
headed by Mr Hoan, has the allegiance
of several military commanders
Asked if he thought the party would
try to fan a rebellion against Gen Khanh,
the spokesman said, "It is possible since
that is their only remaining chance for
assuming power But I don't think they'll
risk war I hope there are enough men of
good will that we can somehow form a
stable government.
The spokesman said preparations will be
made for the formation of a popularly
elected constituent assembly and the or-
ganization of a new government
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Date
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1964, Aug. 24
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Subject
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Protest movements--Vietnam (Republic); Nguyễn, Khánh, 1927-2013
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Location
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Saigon, South Vietnam
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Coordinates
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10.8231; 106.6311
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Container
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B186
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Format
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newspaper clippings
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Collection Number
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MS 363
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Collection Title
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Beverly Deepe Keever, Journalism Papers
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Creator
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Keever, Beverly Deepe
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Collector
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Keever, Beverly Deepe
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Copyright Information
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These images are for educational use only. To inquire about usage or publication, please contact Archives & Special Collections.
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Publisher
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Archives & Special Collections, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries
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Language
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English
