Word: loyality
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Long before he became Premier, Ky as air force chief had his flyers emulating his style-and loyal to a man. As "warlord of the air," Ky found himself with a power base that inevitably drew him into Saigon's politics. He became a protege of goateed General Nguyen Khanh, who promoted Air Commodore Ky to the Anglicized altitude of air vice-marshal. In return, Ky twice scrambled his Skyraiders over Saigon to stave off coup attempts against Khanh's 'government-once even resorting to the cold threat to flatten Saigon with bombs if the rebels refused...
...constitutional future. He believes that control will have to be placed initially in the hands of a royal Governor and a council of Rhodesian advisors. This centralized rule linked to Britain will be needed to replace rebellious members of the current government, the armed forces and police with men loyal to the Crown. Elections for an interim independent government will be held after the African franchise has been increased. A constitution would be written with provisions to give the Africans a "blocking third" in the legislature and to assure them of increasing participation in the government, leading to majority rule...
...clean up Brazilian politics once and for all. In Brazilian terms, the predicament was relatively simple. Castello Branco had annulled the nation's 13 fractious political parties, ordered them to join hands to form two new ones: a government party called Arena (for National Renovation Alliance) and a loyal opposition party called Modebras (for Brazilian Democratic Movement...
Even if the United States succeeds in altering the military balance, it must still wage a major political war in the South to create the conditions necessary for a coalition dominated by the Saigon regime. A large segment of the peasantry has remained loyal to the Viet Cong underground, which operates as the main intelligence source for the Communists. As Charles Mohr reported from Saigon in Monday's Times, "the peasants have shown little inclination to inform on this structure and to help government activity. This is the central problem of the South Vietnamese...
...hats. Underneath the village snakes a maze of tunnels that connect each hut to a passageway leading under the village wall. When the trainees attack, some villagers usually slip into the tunnels to get away; those who are captured and interrogated try to convince their captors that they are loyal peasants...