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...gleaming black hair is no longer neatly combed back. The mustache has been trimmed. Gone is the dashing Captain Midnight look: tailored black flying suit, violet scarf, pearl-handled .38 revolver. At 37, the Vice President of South Vietnam, Nguyen Cao Ky, has taken to wearing bulky Mao-style suits -and the baggy new look is in keeping with both his sagging political fortunes and his efforts to fashion a new political image...
...Nguyen Cao Ky is more likely to attempt a coup than to resign, although neither course seems very likely at the moment. He probably believes that time is his best ally. He wants to change his image, move away from the Americans, and mold a thoroughly nationalist look designed to appeal to the masses and the younger generation; in short, to transform the flashy, daredevil flyboy into a sort of Uncle Nguyen-an antiCommunist, anti-Western and South Vietnamese patriot...
Forming a government is a traditionally unenviable task in politically fragmented South Viet Nam, as new Premier Tran Van Huong discovered last week. It took tough bargaining with President Nguyen Van Thieu, Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky, the nation's collegium of generals and politicians of various persuasions. After seven days, Huong put together a Cabinet more or less acceptable to everyone. When he finally presented his choices, they failed to measure up to the hopes of those Vietnamese and Americans who had wanted the popular Huong to shape a government of national unity...
...constitution endows the office of Premier with wide responsibilities-and potential power-in the day-to-day administration of the country on behalf of the President. In the constant clash-and-compromise bargaining between South Viet Nam's two top men, Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky persuaded President Nguyen Van Thieu to accept as the country's first Premier a Saigon lawyer and Ky confederate with no political experience, Nguyen Van Loc. Ever since Tet, Saigon has rumbled with rumors that Thieu was going to replace Loc, who had proved a less-than-efficient administrator in the wake...
...talks ever proceed to the point where the South Vietnamese are officially included, Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky will probably head the delegation. He would not be likely to make the negotiations any easier. Since the prospect of talks has loomed, Ky has become noticeably unhappy with the Americans. "Any foreigner who wants to withdraw from Viet Nam can withdraw today," he told university students in Dalat last week, obviously aiming...