Article about Ambassador Taylor criticizing the South Vietnamese Army

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Article about Ambassador Taylor criticizing the South Vietnamese Army

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Original title: "taylor", keever's title: "Exclusive: U.S. Ambassador Taylor says some Vietnamese General 'are bordering on being nuts'", article about Ambassador Maxwell D. Taylor's private comments criticizing the South Vietnamese Army, published by the New York Herald Tribune

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encompte press tribune newyork 25015 prorosenfeld etwald taylor one saigon ambassador maxwell ddd taylor said today vietnam is facing the most serious political situation since he arrived here five months ago comma according reliable sources stoppara in aye special press briefing comma taylor [insertion: described] the serious political event as [XXXX indicating deletion] aye fight on four fronts comma the councilve [insertion: Vietnamese] generals headed by ltgen nguyen khanh versus the government semicolon the generals against the ambassador dash himself undash semicolon the buddhists versus the ambassador and the generals versus the vietcong communist guerrillas stoppara reliable sources indicated taylor said he was notrptnot [deletion: so] sure the vietnamese generals were fighting the viet cong so well [XXXX indicating deletion] stop he said many of [deletion: the] generals comprising the twentyman armed forces council have been in saigon for [deletion: three days] last three days quote but the captains are carrying on unquote the [insertion: anti-Communist] war stoppara moredeepe mots ajoutes: 2 mots rayes: 5 B Deepe beverly deepe carte no. 197 encompte press tribune newyork 24020 prorosenfeld etwald taylor two [XXXX indicating deletion] in describing the generals on the council dash commonly known as the quote young turks unquote taylor [insertion: reportedly] said quote some are bordering on being nuts unquote and some are absolutely firstclass stoppara moredeepe mots ajoutes: 1 mots rayes: 1 B Deepe beverly deepe ca rte no. 197 encompte press tribune newyork 24020 prorosenfeld etwald taylor three taylor made these comments in especially convented background briefing to more than eight american correspondents in which contentsve briefing were notrptnot to be attributed to him personally or to american officials stoppara representative of newyork herald tribune was only american staff correspondent uninvited to [deletion: briefin] special backgrounder stoppara tribune wednesday carried exclusive interview in which ltgen nguyen khanh sharply criticized ambassador taylor [insertion: for [illegible] quote [illegible] com] moredeepe mots ajoutes: 014 mots rayes: 7 B Deepe beverly deepe carte no. 197 encompte press tribune newyork 25023 prorosenfeld etwald taylor [deletion: eight] four taylor [deletion: described] said khanhs criticism of [XXXX indicating deletion] [deletion: taylor] him was mainly a flareve temper and emotions stop taylor [deletion: reported said] reportedly described khanh [deletion: was] as intelligent able smart but lacking in principles stoppara moredeepe mots ajoutes: 6 mots rayes: 2 B Deepe beverly deepe carte no. 197 encompte press tribune newyork 24024 prorosenfeld etwald taylor [deletion: four] five taylor reportedly said that during aye monday conference khanh asked him whether it would be helpful if khanh [XXXX indicating deletion] quote ceased to be commander in chief stoppara taylor told [deletion: the] khanh it would comma according to reliable sources stoppara this conference was one day after khanh twentyman council of quote young turks unquote overthrew national legislative body stop [XXXX indicating deletion] american policy comma with threatsve cutting off promised aid boosts comma calls for restorationve council stop khanh and generals thus far refused stoppara moredeepe mots ajoutes: 1 mots rayes: 0 B Deepe beverly deepe ca rte no. 197 encompte press tribune newyork 25024 prorosenfeld etwald taylor [deletion: seven] six taylor reportedly told american correspondents that [deletion: in his] tuesday morning [deletion: conference with] general khanh [XXXX indicating deletion] said he might step down from commander in chief post and asked taylor if unistates would defray his expenses for a trip to unistates etother countries comma along with several other generals stoppara taylor said neither he nor khanh gave aye final answer at that time stoppara moredeepe mots ajoutes: 0 mots rayes: 3 B Deepe beverly deepe carte no. 197 encompte press tribune newyork 25024 prorosenfeld etwald taylor [deletion: five] [deletion: six] seven taylor reportedly said that khanh [deletion: now] comma feeling americans against him comma is centerve antiamerican camp [insertion: of generals] ethe is whipping up aye hard coreve five or six young turks stoppara but taylor reportedly predicted khanh would notrptnot win for two reasons colon norptno vietnamese group stays together for long ethence in few days armed [deletion: for] forces council will fall apart and secondly khanh is notprnot very popular with young turks stoppara moredeepe mots ajoutes: 3 mots rayes: 2 Beverly Deepe beverly deepe carte no. 197 encompte press tribune newyork 25025 prorosenfeld etwald taylor eight immediately after high national council overthrown on sunday taylor said he saw fourve young turks and explained to them in quote soldier to soldier blunt terms unquote that he disapproved of what they had done stop taylor reportedly explained american view that the generals could notrptnot intervene in the government whenever they chose and then return to military affairs stop taylor reportedly said he told young turks that although they were patriotic they could notrptnot quote break the crockery and have others pick it up stopunquote para taylor explained problem now is quote we donotrptnot know how well the crockery can be picked up stopunquote para moredeepe mots ajoutes: mots rayes: beverly deepe carte no. 197 encompte press tribune newyork 25025 prorosenfeld and wald taylor [deletion: eight] nine taylor reportedly described sixtythree yearold prime minister tran van huong as being physically afraid of the military ethesitates [insertion: [illegible]] to tangle with them because he thinks theres an even bigger threat from buddhists comma who have been attempting overthrow him comma and he feels he must have supportve military in fight against the buddhist political priests stoppara [XXXX indicating deletion] taylor reportedly said he told huong twould be difficult for unistates to work with him if he [XXXX indicating deletion] accepted to stay in office by making concessions to the military because the real power would be in the hands of the generals and theres norptnot value for unistates to negotiate with a quote facade government stopunquote enditdeepe mots ajoutes: 2 mots rayes: 7 B Deepe beverly deepe ca rte no. 197

Date

1964, Dec. 2

Subject

Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Taylor, Maxwell D. (Maxwell Davenport), 1901-1987; United States--Foreign relations--Vietnam (Republic); Soldiers

Location

Saigon, South Vietnam

Coordinates

10.8231; 106.6311

Size

20 x 26 cm

Container

B187, F1

Format

dispatches

Collection Number

MS 363

Collection Title

Beverly Deepe Keever, Journalism Papers

Creator

Keever, Beverly Deepe

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Publisher

Archives & Special Collections, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries

Language

English