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Stage Secrets. A more gracious entrance was made by Mary Martin. Just off the plane, she said: "I'm thrilled to be here, proud to be here and glad to be here." At the press conference, where she wore a yellow and white ao dai, she was asked, "Are you afraid to be here?" Mary hesitated, then answered, "No, not really." Then she turned the question around. Were the correspondents afraid? Back came a thunderous "Yes!" So was the Pentagon. The company would put on six performances in the next ten days in the war area, but the exact...
Quat had been forced by a crippling Cabinet crisis to call the generals back into politics-and they returned only with the greatest of reluctance. For nearly three weeks, Catholic extremists and elements of the Cao Dai and Hoa Hao sects had demanded Quat's resignation, charging him with persecution of religious and national minorities, and conspiring with "French colonialists" to neutralize South Viet Nam. When Quat tried to reshuffle his Cabinet, Suu, who backed Quat's foes, vetoed the shifts. The Catholics took to the streets, and Quat feared that he might soon be faced with madness...
...revolutionary government. While in power, Ho Chi Minh began extensive programs of land and educational reform. But the new regime was short-lived. In order to re-establish colonial control, the French overthrew Ho Chi Minh's government in the South and reinstated a puppet regime headed by Bao Dai...
...policy were undermined by the regime imposed by the United States. In June, 1954, Ngo Dinh Diem became the de facto chief of state, possessing dictatorial powers. Diem had been in France during the later years of the war, and owed his appointment to his influence with Bao Dai, under whose regime he served as Minister of the Interior...
Pregnant Procession. Khanh's action enabled him to get rid of Big Minh, whom Buddhists and leaders of the nationalist Dai Viet Party had wanted to maneuver back into authority, hoping to use him as their puppet. At the same time, Khanh won over one of his most important and dangerous rivals, Defense Minister General Khiem, who got a fourth star and decided to throw in his lot with the Chairman-for the time being at least. Asked whether he was now a dictator, Khanh replied quizzically: "For six months I have been head of a totalitarian regime without...