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...episode, the U.S. and the Vietnamese approached a parting of the ways. The U.S. was insistent about trying to sustain a group of civilian politicians against overthrow by a junta of disgusted young generals, has come close to a parting of the ways, with Vietnamese Commander in Chief Nguyen Khanh loudly denouncing U.S. Ambassador Maxwell Taylor and the U.S. muttering dire threats about curtailing or withholding aid to Viet...
...investment totaling $3.5 billion, Washington seemed to have lost what little control of events it had retained. As a result, the U.S. found itself maneuvered into an incredible public clash with the very Vietnamese generals who were supposed to be leading the anti-Communist war. Lieut. General Nguyen Khanh, who only a few months ago was proclaimed by the U.S. to be the best hope of American policy in Viet Nam, was now bitterly attacking the U.S-and being bitterly attacked by the American ambassador...
Room for a Comeback. As usual, the latest crisis was a continuation of earlier intrigue. Forced to relinquish the premiership last October, Commander in Chief Khanh had never given up hope of a comeback. One of his problems was how to neutralize an old enemy, General Duong Van ("Big") Minh. Meanwhile, a group of younger second-echelon officers, inevitably known as the "Young Turks," were also spoiling for influence, and their targets were the five "Dalat generals," so nicknamed because of a period of arrest they had spent during 1964 in the mountain resort of Dalat. Released re cently...
Since the same decree would also retire Big Minh, Khanh threw in with the Turks, joined them in organizing a 20-general "Council of the Armed Forces," with the stated purpose of improving discipline...
Always on Sunday. Civilian Chief of State Phan Khac Suu, 63, whose signature was required to legalize the retirement ruling, buck-passed the matter to the High National Council. A civilian board set up after the anti-Khanh riots last August ostensibly to supervise the transition to constitutional rule, the council had been ridiculed as "the Na tional Museum"; it was divided, ineffectual, and more or less pro-Buddhist. The council refused to go along with the military's request...