Word: coupes
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...these problems were small beside the enormous political implications. The ultimate collapse of Malaysia and Indo-China could be a coup de grâce to the West's remaining position in all of Asia. The next target might well be the Philippines. Japan would be put under serious new pressure. And the psychological shock waves in Africa and the Latin American countries would be very grave indeed...
...Alexis Johnson acting for Ambassador Maxwell Taylor, plus two military officers representing Commander-in-Chief General Nguyen Khanh, met to negotiate. Khanh's lads complained that the military Young Turks, who overthrew the ineffectual High National Council, had been "seriously insulted" by Taylor after he had demanded that coup-minded officers cease interfering with the civilian government. The officers got no apology. But at week's end, under the whirling fans and gilded cornices of Gia Long Palace, Huong and Khanh signed what was advertised as a "solution...
Turks Galore. Actually, more than anything else the agreement simply ratified the military's Dec. 20 "demi-coup." It did not restore or replace the High National Council, as the U.S. had demanded. Moreover the "solution," as usual, only papered over again South Viet Nam's myriad divisions. Even as it was being signed, word spread that a new coup of junior officers was becoming increasingly jealous of the Young Turks' swift promotions. Inevitably, they were dubbed "Baby Turks." Some of the brass, frustrated in their desire for power, were flirting with the Buddhists, who in turn...
...sorry beginning for Pakistan's first try at democracy since 1958, when Ayub Khan seized power in a military coup d'état. Under his benign but dictatorial eye, a new form of in direct democracy was conceived. The nation's voters last November elected 80,000 "basic democrats" who last week cast their ballots for a President...
Making Friends. Correspondent Deepe modestly attributed her coup to "luck and timing." "I was sure something like this was going to happen," she said, "and I had put in an application for an interview nearly three weeks before." Beverly has arranged just this kind of coup before. Her first exclusive audience with Khanh took place in August, after the general had been forced out as Premier. "I try to make friends with people on their way up," says Beverly, "and they remember me later-like Khanh...