Article about the transitional South Vietnamese government

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Title

Article about the transitional South Vietnamese government

Description

Original title: "government", Keever's title: "New Saigon Government of Warring Factions Seen as a 'Monsoon Honeymoon'", Article about tensions between factions of the transitional South Vietnamese government

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press tribune newyork 19170 prorosenfeld government one saigon the new vietnamese government comma considered aye tenuous compromise between warring factions comma appears to represent aye transitional interlude which one [deletion: politica] politician called quote the monsoon honeymoon stopunquote moredeepe mots ajoutes; [insertion: 0] mots rayes; [insertion: 2 Beverly Deepe] beverly deepe carte no. 217 press tribune newyork 19171 prorosenfeld government two as the monsoonal rains begin here comma ushering in an expected viet cong military offensive in the provinces comma some vietnamese political sources predict this current honeymoon period [deletion: to] will last norptno more than three months [insertion: dash and maybe much less] stop few expect aye permanent marriage moredeepe mots ajoutes; [insertion: 4] mots rayes; [insertion: 0 Beverly Deepe] beverly deepe carte no. 217 press tribune newyork 19172 prorosenfeld government three the new government comma scheduled to be officially installed monday comma means the military leaders and commanders have more and more power dash but in aye [deletion: illegible] shrinking anticommunist domain as the viet cong [XXXX indicating deletion] fighters spectacularly increase their [insertion: military] control on the population in the provinces and as [deletion: viet cong] communist subversives gradually and invisibly increase their political control in [insertion: the] saigon arena moredeepe mots ajoutes: [insertion: 4] mots rayes: [insertion: 5 Beverly Deepe] beverlt deepe carte no. 217 press tribune newyork 19173 prorosenfeld government four the new government structure [deletion: [illegible]] represents an [XXXX indicating deletion] inordinately complex series of checks and balances comma as does the american system stop but unlike the american judicial legislative and executive checks and balances the vietnamese structure pitches the proneutralist buddhist [deletion: politici] leaders versus the anticommunist catholics and the military generals versus the civilian politicians dash some of the civilians are considered proneutralist stopara the legal basis of the new government is the moren twenty military generals and branch commanders who form the general council fo the armed forces dash and the basis of the councils power is the raw force of guns and soldiers stop the executive committee of the council is the powerful en man national leadership committee which would vaguely represent the policymaking legislative branch of the government stop it has drafted and presented aye new charter stop its chairman is majgeneral nguyen van thieu dash which makes him roughly equivalent to the chiefve state stop the secretary generalve the national leadership committee is majgeneral phamxuan chieu stop one of the ten members of leadership committee is the newly appointed commissioner general in charge of executive affairs comma air force vice marshal nguyen cao ky dash making him roughly equivalent to the prime minister moredeepe mots rayes [insertion: deux (2)] Beverly Deepe, Carte No. 217 [insertion: Beverly Deepe] press tribune newyork 19174 prorosenfeld government five while the nato national leadership committee [deletion: is] represents a policymaking supergovernment of generals above vice marshal marshal ky comma operating under ky are [deletion: give five civilian] four civilian quote commissioner generals unquote executing the [XXXX indicating deletion] government policy in these four areas colon economics etfinance comma cultural etsocial affairs comma foreign affairs comma and justice stop operating under these four civilian commissioner generals dash roughly superministries undash [deletion: and the] [XXXX indicating deletion] are the [deletion: fourteen] ten civilian ministers [insertion: called commissioners] stop aye fifth commissioner general operating directly under ky is in chargeve defesen stoppara moredeepe mots ajoutes: [insertion: 3] mots rayes: [insertion: 4 Beverly Deepe] beverly deepe carte no. 217 press tribune newyork 19175 prorosenfeld government six in reality comma this complex governmental structure revolves around two triumvirates stop the official triumvirate is [deletion: [illegible]] the thieu comma chieu and ky stop the unofficial comma true triumvirate of power comma however comma is thieu comma roughly the chiefve state comma on the one hand comma who apparently at this time represents the anticommunist catholics semicolon [XXXX indicating deletion] briggen nguyen chanh thi comma the military commanderve the five [deletion: nothe] northern provinces who currently operating behind the scenes seems to represent the civilian probuddhist elements dash someve these civilians are suspectedve being proneutralist or procommunist stop between these two blocs is ky dash and whichever faction he allies himself with will determine the future political balanceve power etdestinyve vietnam stoppara the taskve this triumvirate will be to reconcile the irreconciliables dash the catholics ettheir supporters with the buddhist leaders ettheir supporters comma both groups which in varying degrees are considered by vietnamese sources to be maneuvered if notrpnot directed by communist subversives stop the proneutralist buddhist leadership has already privately voiced opposition to any military government comma according reliable sources comma etstudents in buddhist stronghold areas held meetings sweek deciding whether or notrptnot to demonstrate against the new military regime stop [deletion: leafi] leading probuddhist politicians refused to serve in new government stop some catholic religious leaders are also privately voicing opposition to aye military government enditdeepe [insertion: Beverly Deepe] mots ajoutes; [insertion: 1] mots rayes; [insertion: 5] beverly deepe carte no. 217

Date

1965, Jul.

Subject

Vietnam, 1961-1975; Vietnam (Republic)--Politics and government; Interim governments

Location

Saigon, South Vietnam

Coordinates

10.8231; 106.6311

Size

20 x 26 cm

Container

B187, 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