Article about anti-Communist war effort in South Vietnam, page 4

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Digital Object Identifier

363-08120

Title

Article about anti-Communist war effort in South Vietnam, page 4

Description

Original title: "War", Article draft about anti-Communist war effort in South Vietnam, for the London Daily Express, page 4

Transcript

Deepe War--3 The purpose of these troop movements is neither military attacks [XXXX indicating deletion] nor increased terrorism in Saigon, but [XXXX indicating deletion] “developing the political climate in Saigon. [XXXX indicating deletion] Six months ago their political aim was neutralism; now they’re strong enough to expect absolute accommodation to whatever they wish to dictate.” Reliable sources [XXXX indicating deletion] believe it will not be difficult for the Communists to establish this political climate in Saigon: there is already increasing fear of political assassinations among high-ranking government officials and militant anti-Communists. The Chinese and Indian business community already reflects more fear of the growing uncertainty; young married couples are attempting to scrape together the money to buy black-market French citizenship papers or to smuggle their children across the Cambodian border. Exit permits are [deletion: increasing sough] increasingly prized. “There’s a crisis in confidence; a crisis in leadership on the government side,” a Vietnamese businessman explained. The Vietnamese government position has steadily [deletion: deteriorated] eroded “and will eventually be swept [deletion: down] away like when the plug is pulled out of the bathtub drain,” another foreign observer explained. The generals within the military junta are fighting among themselves; the political parties are [deletion: agitation] agitating for more power and prestige; the Catholics and Buddhists are staging demonstrations which undermine the strength of the government. [XXXX indicating deletion] In the [deletion: rural provinces] countryside where the guts of the war is centered, the morale of government troops has [XXXX indicating deletion] continually sagged, bringing increased [insertion: number of] desertions and unwillingness to fight. (More)

Date

1964, Jun. 10

Subject

Vietnam, 1961-1975;

Location

Saigon, South Vietnam

Coordinates

10.8231; 106.6311

Size

20 x 26 cm

Container

B2, F5

Format

dispatches

Collection Number

MS 363

Collection Title

Beverly Deepe Keever, Journalism Papers

Creator

Keever, Beverly Deepe

Collector

Keever, Beverly Deepe

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Publisher

Archives & Special Collections, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries

Language

English