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...Cabinet in an effort to improve relations with the brass and discourage more coups. There was a slight delay. Although Huong and Chief of State Phan Khac Suu waited in the palace on the appointed day, the four failed to show up because Air Force Boss Nguyen Cao Ky had last-minute second thoughts about giving up his command for his Cabinet assignment-Minister of Youth and Sports. Finally Ky reluctantly agreed to it, and next day the ceremony was held...
...officers. Before dawn the next day, Sunday-it seems to be always on Sunday-there were ominous troop movements in Saigon. Reportedly the operation was directed by Brigadier General Nguyen Chanh Thi, the mustached, intense commander of the I Corps in the northern region, and Air Vice Marshal Nguyen Cao Ky, who affects harlequin glasses and a pearl-handled revolver. Squads of police sped through Saigon's darkened streets, arresting seven council members and a dozen-odd politicians and student leaders...
...calming down. Tensions were eased by the departure of Lieut. General Tran Thien Khiem, the professional coup plotter and former member of South Viet Nam's ruling triumvirate who went into exile last week. Ousted by Premier Khanh in response to the wishes of Air Commodore Nguyen Cao Ky and his clique of young officers, Khiem departed Saigon at midweek. It was a lachrymose leavetaking. Tears gleamed in the eyes of General Duong Van ("Big") Minh as he bussed Khiem on both cheeks, and Khiem himself was nearly crying as he shook the hands of nearly 100 high-ranking...
...government, the Buddhists rioted and sent him swerving madly to Dalat. Then, in September, when Khanh met Buddhist demands and relieved a number of Catholic generals of their commands, the Catholics staged a "coupette," which ended only when a group of young officers, led by Air Commodore Nguyen Cao Ky, came to Khanh's aid. Last week Ky's guys put their hands on the Vietnamese steering wheel, and Khanh was skidding more dizzily than ever...
Endless Circle. No sooner had Khanh returned to Saigon than he was faced with another threatened coup against his increasingly ineffectual regime. The latest challenge came from the disaffected band of younger officers, including Air Force Commander Nguyen Cao Ky, who only two weeks earlier had saved Khanh from the third military rebellion since President Ngo Dinh Diem's assassination last November. They gave Khanh until Oct. 25 to purge six generals - including one member of Khanh's ruling triumvirate -whom they accused of seeking compromise with the Communists and neutralism for South Viet...