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363-04774.pdf
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Digital Object Identifier
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363-04774
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Title
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Coup in Two Acts - A Viet Special
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Description
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Article published in the New York Herald Tribune about General Khánh peacefully overthrowing the military junta that had previously controled South Vietnam, page 4
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Date
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1964, Jan.
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Subject
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Nguyễn, Khánh, 1927-2013; Vietnam (Republic)--History--Coup d'état, 1964; Vietnam (Republic)--Government and politics
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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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B4, F6
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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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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
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extracted text
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"~ By Beverly Deepe
A. Special Correspond,ent
SAIGON.
The reassertion of power
1n South Viet Nam by a military junta as a governing
super-body appeared yesterday to be a coup d'etat in
slow motion, with more to
come.
The junta overthrew one
of the three pillars of the
Vietnamese government-the
High National Council, whose
nine active members were
the legal foundation of ithe
1pOlitica.J structure.
The other two pillars of
government, Chief of State
Phan Khac Suu and Premier
Tran Van Huong, have so tfar
remained untouched. But
their contlnua:tion in office
appears doubtful.
There is speculation that
a "slow coup" is being conducted in two installmentswith Mr. Huong and Mr. Suu
the next victims-to avoid the
question of the legitimacy of
an army takeover and hence
the problem of recognition
by other governments.
The re - emergence of a
military junta Is considered
likely to be followed by the
re-emergence of a military
strongman leading the government--Lt. Gen. Nguyen
Khanh, armed forces commander-in-chief and former
Premier.
In this first phase of a
drive to centralize power in
the anti - Communist armed
forces, the junta also:
Tivo Acts-•A Viet Special
fIForcibly retired 41 generals and colonels.
«!Arrested 10 troublesome
leaders of political parties
an·d student organizations
who had planned recent violent demonstrations against
the government.
f[Served a warning to religious leaders whether Ro-
man Catholics or Buddhists
that further acts leading to
political instability would not
be tolerated.
"We arrested only :troublemakers," one Vietnamese genera.l 1nvolV'ed 1n the seizure of
power explained. "We did not
arrest any Buddhist leaders,
but their turn will be next if
they cause any more trouble."
At least six Vietnamese
generals w~re reported under
house arrest, but this could
not be confirmed. Five of these
had been overthrown by Gen.
Khanh during his Jan. 30
coup but had been reinstated
in hlgh-hranking military
posts.
American and Vietnamese
officials were unable to decide whether the power shift
should be described as a coup
or a purge. "This is without
comparison to any other power maneuver in the world,"
one Vietnamese officer said
"It's a Viet Nam special." ·
One Vietnamese political
observer called it a "coup a la
Alfred Htchcock. This is just
the first act. Everyone is in
suspense to see how the coup
finally ends."
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