Word: guerrillas
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Congolese territory into a guerrilla war zone...
...Jeunesse (youth), though many are over 50-count only a few hundred hard-core Reds. But they have incited thousands of local tribesmen to rise against the "profiteers of independence," as Mulele has labeled Premier Cyrille Adoula's government. The terrorists operate along classic Mao Tse-tung guerrilla lines, spout an unmistakable doctrine. For example, their interpretation of the United States AID agency's clasped-hands symbol is that the U.S. is "pulling the Congolese into slavery." They also blend in their own brand of juju, showering dirt over themselves as protection against bullets, and maintaining that Mulele...
...folksy style pleasantly surprised U.S. advisers, who have long urged grass-roots politicking on government leaders. Next day Khanh flew to address troops at guerrilla-beleaguered Ben Cat, 27 miles north of Saigon. "We cannot win the war by staying in Saigon," he said. "It is the countryside where the majority of the people live, people who need help, protection and security." At a village market, he questioned startled peasants about their health, housing and work. With flashbulbs popping, he handed out candy to squealing small fry, wisecracked: "A few more months of this and I will be ready...
...intelligence reported Viet Cong assassination agents slipping into the capital, with U.S. Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge as a prime target. In a bold attack on a U.S. military compound, a four-man Red guerrilla squad slipped by night into a barracks in central Viet Nam occupied by 130 American advisers, bombed and burned a billet, wounding a captain. A Kansas corporal opened fire and killed two of the intruders...
Beaten to the Draw. The new strongman, Lieut. General Nguyen Khanh, 36, is a goateed, poker-playing, guerrilla-fighting veteran. Like Big Minh, he attended the U.S. Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth and is considered staunchly pro-American. The irony of Khanh's accession is that it could have happened three months ago. Khanh and a few other disgruntled Vietnamese officers were actually planning to topple the Diem regime when Big Minh and his fellow conspirators beat them to the draw...