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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25015 prorosenfeld etwald taylor one saigon ambassador mexwell ada
taylor said today vietnam is facing the most serious political
situation since he arrived here five months ago comma s according
reliable sources stoppara
in eye special press briefing comma taylor the serious political
event as amounamin ayo fight on four fronts comma the councilve
generals headed by 1tgen nguyen khanh vorsus the government semicolon
the generals against the ambassador dash himself undash semicolon the
buddhists versus the ambassador and the generals versus the vietoong
communist guerrillas stoppara
reliable sources indicated taylor said he was notrpnot
so sure the vietnamese generals were fighitn fighting the viet cong
so vell xamdopen stop he said many of the generals comprising
the twentyman armed forces council have been in saigon for three days
last three days quote but the captains are carrying on unquote the war
stoppara morodeope
mote a joutes:
mots reyess
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beverly deepe carte no. 197
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24020 prorosenfeld etwald taylor two
hamtonomnom
in describing
the generals on the council dash commonly known as the quote young turks
unquote taylor said quote some are bordering on being muts unquote and
some are absolutely firstclass stoppara moredeepe
mots ajoutes,
mots rayest
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24020 prorosenfeld etwald taylor three taylor made these comments
in specially convented background briefing to more than eight
american correspondents in which contentave briefing were notxptnot
to be attributed to him personally or to american officials stoppara
representative of newyork herald tribune was only
emerica n american staff correspondent uninvited to briefin
special backgrounder stoppara tribune ± wednesday carried exclusive
interview in which ligen nguyen khenh sharply criticized embassador
taylor stoppara moredespe
mots ajoutens
mots rayes*
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beverly deepe carte no. 197
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SAJ
25023 prorosenfeld etwald taylor eight taylor described khanhs
nghachombom taylor was mainly
criticism of hisxasi
a flareve temper and emotions stop taylor reported said khanh was
intelligent able smart but lacking in principles stoppara moredeepe
mots ajoutes:
mots rayess
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24024 prozosenfeld etwald taylor four taylor reportedly said that
during aye monday conference khanh asked him whether it would be
helpful if khanh qua quote ceased to be commander in chief stoppara
taylor told the khanh it would commna according to reliable
sources stoppara
this conference was one day after khanh twentymon council
of quote young turks unquote overthrew national legislative body stop
in american policy comma with threatsve outting off promised aid
boosts comme calls for restorationve council stop khanh and generals
thus far refused stoppera moredeepe
mots ajoutes:
mots rayes;
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25024 prozosonfold otwald taylor seron taylor reportedly told
american correspondents that in his tuesday morning conference with
om said he might stop down
from commander in chief post and arkod taylor if unistates would
defray his expenses for a trip to unistates otother countries commn
along with several other generals stoppara
taylor anid neither ho nor thanh gave aye final answer at
that time stoppara morodeope
note ajoutens
mots rages:
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25024 prorosenfeld etwald taylor five
taylor reportedly said that
Con
khanh-now feeling americans against him comma is centerve
antiamerican camp 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 norptnot vietnamese group stays together for
long ethence in few days armed for forces council will fall apart and
secondly khanh is notprnot very popular with young turks stoppera
moredeope
mots ajoutes: 3
mots reyest
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25025 prorosenfeld etwald taylor eight immediately after high national
council overthrowh 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 stopunę uote 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:
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25025 prozosenfeld and wald taylor eight taylor reportedly
described sixtythree yearold prie prime minister tran van huong as
being physically afraid of the military ethositatos to tangle with
them because he things theres an even bigger tries throat from
buddhists comme who have been attempting overthrow him comma and
ho feels he must have supportve military in fight against the buddhist
political priests stoppere malopon
taylor reportedly said he told huong twould be difficult
for unistates to work with him if he addition accepted
to stay in office by making concessions to the military because the
roal power would bo in the hands of the gonorals and theres norptnot
value for unistatos to negotiato with a quote facade government
stopunquote onditdeepe
mota ajoutons
mote reyest
boverly deepe ca rto 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