South Viet Nam: New Phase

SOUTH VIET NAM

As abruptly as he had left, Nguyen Khanh boarded a plane in the resort town of Dalat and flew back to Saigon last week, drove to his office and resumed his work as Premier of South Viet Nam. His arrival passed almost unnoticed; there wasn't even a photographer at the airport. In view of the fact that Khanh had abandoned Saigon amid bloody riots only a week before, it all seemed slightly bewildering. But there was an explanation: U.S. Ambassador Maxwell Taylor had simply put on his toughest pressure to reinstall the little general.

Lingering Anarchy. Taylor, who was to...

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