Word: coups
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Yesterday's coup was pulled off by a few graduate students who were unhappy with the traditional cocktail party atmosphere. John Newmeyer, a sixth-year graduate student in Social Psychology, and one of the leaders of the coup, termed it a success. "This is only the first time." he said, "and people are a bit uneasy about sitting down. They've never done it before, you know...
...coalition government for Saigon, a possibility Washington rejects on the grounds that such a regime would quickly be taken over by the Communists. Last week, however, the Viet Cong endorsed a possible coalition candidate. He is General Duong Van ("Big") Minh, 53, a popular leader of the 1963 coup against the Diem regime who is an old rival of President Nguyen Van Thieu. Speaking at a press conference in Paris, Mrs. Nguyen Thi Binh, the chief negotiator for the National Liberation Front, said that "we would be ready to begin conversations" with a "peace" cabinet headed by Minh...
Died. Iskander Mirza, 70, Pakistan's first President, whose troubled two years in office were marked by corruption, famine and near bankruptcy and ended with a military coup by General Mohammed Ayub Khan in 1958; of a heart attack; in London...
...threat was discounted by U.S. authorities in Saigon and by most South Vietnamese politicians. The greatest restraining influence against a coup is the conviction in Saigon that the Americans would wash their hands of the commitment in Viet Nam if the politicians and generals undercut the country's fragile stability by staging another government overthrow...
...Coup Rumors. The contest for South Viet Nam could also be lost on the political front. Last week Saigon was once again alive with talk of a coup. The speculation started when South Vietnamese Senator Tran Van Don invited some 300 Vietnamese to his home in Saigon's Cholon section to toast the anniversary of the 1963 overthrow of the Diem regime. Among the guests was General Duong Van ("Big") Minh, a popular leader of the 1963 plot and an old Thieu rival, who is regarded as the possible leader of a coalition government. Asked about his plans...