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...Chicago speech before the faithful from the Cook County Democratic machine, he fired off a petulant homily that struck most observers as intemperate, ill-timed and self-serving. Instead of offering a rational discussion of the Administration's reaction to the desperate idiosyncrasies reflected in Premier Nguyen Cao Ky's latest political move (see THE WORLD), Johnson launched a round house counterpunch at U.S. critics of his Viet Nam policy...
...last determined gamble of Saigon's government to reassert its authority. Premier Nguyen Cao Ky was striking directly at rebellious elements in his own army and indirectly at the militant Buddhists. The clash began with the lightning predawn "invasion" of rebellious Danang by Vietnamese marines loyal to Premier Ky. Soon all the sound and fury of incipient civil war had enveloped the crucial northern base town: the clank of tank treads, the rattle of sniper fire, the sodden plop of tear-gas grenades, the sudden sky-shaking roar of strafing aircraft. Danang's chaotic clangor had its echoes...
...stomach for killing: most of the gunfire was purposely aimed high. Government tanks cleared street after street, carefully hosing them with .50-cal. machine-gun fire as they moved forward. Government spotter planes circled the rebel area, dropping leaflets that announced the appointment of General Huynh Van Cao as I Corps commander-the fourth in that thankless role since March-and demanding loyalty. Rebel gunners cut loose at the planes, and put bullets into an American L19 on reconnaissance, forcing it to make an emergency landing near...
...South Viet Nam itself, very little of equal value was happening. In a panic-stricken debacle along Saigon's Hai Ba Trung Street U.S. military police opened fire on a truckload of civilian dockworkers and killed six of them. In Danang far to the north, Premier Nguyen Cao Ky made an even more quaking move: a group of Vietnamese marines "invaded" Danang and quietly established control over the major center of Buddhist political unrest, then lounged peacefully on the grass. That quietude may well be shattered by Buddhist riots. From Saigon to the Red Chinese border, the elements...
...Will Fight." Whether or not his mood was affected by the military success, Premier Nguyen Cao Ky seemed to be in a freer and firmer state of mind about the political picture. Clad in a canary-yellow flight suit and sipping Jim Beam bourbon from a paper cup, he held an impromptu press conference at the Mekong Delta town of Can Tho. Ky said it would be at least a year before the new civilian government demanded by the Buddhists could be legally elected-and added that he expected to remain in power for that period. "Elections for a constituent...