Word: cao
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...three left last week on an inspection and consultation trip to Saigon, where they conferred with Premier Nguyen Cao Ky and Chief of State Nguyen Van Thieu, and will not return to Washington until this week. Before he left Washington, McNamara confirmed that the upcoming decisions might include "calling up Reserve and Guard forces, extending the tours of duty of personnel presently in the forces, and increasing the draft calls...
...crash, in 1962), and its cabin service is noted in the Far East. First-class passengers dine on steaks, French wines and cheeses, served by multilingual hostesses in flowing blue and white gowns; one of the girls last year married South Viet Nam's current Premier, Nguyen Cao...
...August. When he does, he will find that things have changed since his first tour of duty. When he left Saigon on June 29, 1964, Major General Nguyen Khanh was Premier; since then, there have been six changes of government, and the current incumbent is Air Commodore Nguyen Cao Ky, whom Lodge has never met. Moreover, at the time of Lodge's 1964 leavetaking, there were 16,000 U.S. servicemen in Viet Nam, restricted to an advisory role and forbidden to carry the war to North Viet Nam. Today, American troops total 67,000, many of them are operating...
Planted Seeds. In 1940, for the first time in 28 years, Ho returned to his native Viet Nam. Operating from the mountainous caves of Cao Bang province (where he dutifully dubbed a streamlet "Lenin Spring"), Ho planted the seeds of the Viet Minh-the underground outfit that would carry him to power. During the five-year Japanese occupation of World War II, he carefully nursed alliances with the Chinese Communists, the Kuomintang and the American OSS, receiving some aid from all three. His steady aim: to strengthen the Viet Minh and one day kick out the French...
Phantoms & Diplomats. Though Premier Nguyen Cao Ky promises to execute profiteers, he has yet to make good his threat-and bullets alone can hardly reverse Saigon's rising tide of corruption. A huge, incalculable bite from Washington's $1 billion foreign-aid program is taken each year by government and military officials. U.S. refrigerators and air conditioners meant for hospitals end up in generals' homes; troop commanders collect the "phantom pay" of soldiers whose deaths in combat go unreported to Saigon. For $675, a well-to-do youth can buy an Interior Ministry "diploma" that certifies...