Word: van
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Saigon. Premier Nguyen Van Loc resigns, and Tran Van Huong, a former Premier, is named to replace...
Sept. 14: Thieu announces that Major General Duong Van Minh ("Big Minh"), leader of anti-Diem coup in 1963, will return from exile to become a presidential adviser. Minh is one of few South Vietnamese deemed acceptable to Hanoi and N.L.F...
...Cyrus Vance and Colonel Ha Van Lau hold "procedural meeting" to work out details for the talks. In Saigon, Viet Cong infiltration of previous ten days tapers off, random sniper and rocket fire ebbs...
June 24: Tran Van Huong tells South Vietnamese National Assembly that, before 1960, "patriotic fighters took to the jungle to fight the Ngo Dinh Diem dictatorship." This is an indication that he feels that not all guerrillas are Communists, could pave the way for eventual amnesty...
...several weeks ago when the slackening of ground action became apparent. And although individual acts of terrorism continued, the threat of indiscriminate rocketing ebbed. No rockets have plummeted into Saigon, in fact, since Aug. 22. Despite a brief attack of coup fever last month, the government of President Nguyen Van Thieu displayed more and more confidence. Then the rumors of a complete bombing halt swept Saigon, the terror stopped, and peace fever prevailed...