Article about a military coup

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Article about a military coup
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Original title: "Vietnamese Generals Topple Foundational Council, Arrest Oppositionist", article about the peaceful seizure of power in South Vietnam by a military junta, published by the New York Herald Tribune
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tribune newyork
20201 prorosenfled prorosenfeld
army one saigon the reassertionve
power by an anticommunist military junta as aye supergoverning bodya
mmm today appeared to be aye coup detat in slow motion stoppara
moredeope
mots ajoutess
mots rayes!
Bendly Deep
beverly deepe carte no. 197
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press
tribune newyork
20202 prozosenfeld army two the twentyplus man military junta & today
overthrow onove the three pillarsve the vietnamese government dash
the high national council whose mien nine active members were the legal
foundationve the political structure stoppara
the other two pillars w of the government dash chiefve state
phan khao suu and prime minister tran van huong dash have remained
untouched stop but their ton
in office appears tenuous stopparn
fimum continued existence
following the official reemergence of the me military
junta is considered likely/the reemergence of aye military strongman
dash 1tgon nguyen khanh comma now commander in chief etformer prime
minister who was routed from office during late august probuddhist
student demonstrations moredeope
mots ajoutess
mota rayess S
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beverly deepe carte no. 197
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press
tribune newyork
20204 prorosenfeld army three in the first phaseve the drive to
centralize power in the emericanbacked anticommunist armed forces
organization comme the military junta while toppling oneve the
pillareve the government simultaneously within its own ranks forcibly
retired fortyone generals etcolonels semicolon within the political
sphere arrested about ten troublesome leadersve political parties
etstudent organisations mendont who had engineered recent at violent
demonstrations semicolon in the religious sphere served eye warning
to him disordealy religious leaders dash whether anticommunist
catholics or a communist oriented buddhists undash that th
further acts loading to political instability would notipthot be
acceptable moredeepe
mots ajoutess
mots rayes!
beverly deepe carto no. 197
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tribune newyork
20215 prorosenfeld army four quote woman arrested only
troublemakers omaunquote one vietnamese general involved in the
seizureve power explained stopquote we didnotrptnot arrest any buddhist
leaders but their turn will be next if they cause anymore trouble stopunquote
para
but one.
at least six vietnamese generals were reported to be under house
arrest but this couldnot be confirmed stop five of these moth
had been overthrown by khanh during his january thirty coup
since reinstated into highranking military posts ma
Budgam but actually held little power or influence stoppara
the younger generals in the military junta which emerged today
presumable used as a/pretext for their acquisitionve power
key
the unconfirmed reports that membergy, the
ove
zam were blooking legislation that would automatically retire
the older generals from gommomban the armed froces
forces stop
mots ajoutess
mots rayest
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beverly deepe carte no. 197
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tribune newyork
20215 prorosenfeld army five these five generals were key membersve
vietnams first military junta which overthrew president ngo dinh diem
last moman november stop the emergence of the younger generals into
power today preu presumably blocked temporarily the return to vietnamve
majgen duong van van minh comma chazima chairmanve first junta etlater
chiefve state in the khanh regime stop minh who has
some popular support was considered as the closest rivel to khanh for
political power stoppara moredeope
mots ajoutess
mots reyest
beverly deepe carte no. 197
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tribuno newyork
20220 prorosenfeld army six barring unfers unforeseen events such as
political assassination khanh in dash whi who has yet to emerge openly
within the junta undash has clearly mom defeated minh in the power struggle
stoppara
todays events Tort american and vietnamese officials were tax
at loss of words about whether todays events should be described as
aye coup or aye purge. stoppara
quote this is without comparison to any other maneuver in the
world cmaunquote one confiused confused vietnamese officer explained
stopquote tis aye vietnamese made speciality specialty stopunquotepara
one keom vietnamese political os observer called it quote
aye coup ala hitchesxm alfred hitchcock stop this is just the first act
stop everyone is in suggee suspense to see how the coup finally ends
stopunquote morodcepe
mots ajoutess
mote rayoss
beverly deepe ca rte no. 197
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tribune newyork
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mois ajoutest
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mots rayes:
beverly deepe carte no. 197
20210 prorosenfeld army seven the biggest question appears to be
whether or not prime minister tran van huong will crackdown on the
Jarom militant buddhist leaders he considers quote playing
the communist game unquote by creating political instability through
demonstrations ethunger strikes stop while initial reaction among
buddhist leaders appeared to be oneve waitetsee the greatest
uncertainty in the currently situation appears to hinge on their
next move stoppara
american embassy spokesman said that american embassy was
unawarevet in advanceve the plansve the young generals today and were
notified by was notified by oneve them artixfimemtiming four ethalf
hours after initial arresteve high national councilmembers made stoppara
quote we most certainly view this seriously omanunquote-he
emphasized stoppara
however western diplomats traveling from thailand said that
twas common knowle knowledge in that government circles two days ago
that quote an explosion unquote would happen in vietnam sweekend stop
thai government officials are preparing to receive general minh
on official mission were puzzled whether he was aye quote general or a
mister amaunquote as one western diplomat explained stoppara
american embassy spokesmen said quote tis nows to me unquote
that western circles in bangkok knewve pending military mengs
action today lux enditdeepe
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mots ajoutes:
mots rayes:
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beverly deepe carte no. 197
20230 prorosenfeld army eight insert army two after para two speculation
about reasons for x apparent coup detat in two installments
was to skirt the problemeve legitimacyve army takeover ethence to
avoid troublesome questionve official reconi recognition by other
governments stoppara
uppick para three etthen follow with colon Then khanh
downstepped as prime minister military triumvirate established which in
PPA
turn It created and handed power to seventeen man high national council
xraupim n
which became legal basisve government stop council named chiefve state
etratified selectionve prime minister stop it was in future to function as
upper house of legislative body etto establish regulations for national
congress which would draft permanent constitution stoppara
through weeks a membership in council dwindled to only fifteen
official members but only nineve these were active stop today by
arresting aye numberve the fifteen members etdissolving the council
the military junta again recaptured.xx
xx illegally
dashomitiam regained the f foundationve the government stop
unconfirmed reports indicated from four to eight of the fifteem
Tatry farba today stoppara
members were arrested by the
uppick army three enditdeepe
Date
1964, Dec. 20
Subject
Vietnam, 1961-1975--History--Coup d'état, 1964; Vietnam (Republic); Military government
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