South Viet Nam: The War Is Waiting

South Viet Nam's generals staged their coup—and the U.S. cheered it—on the theory that they could wage the war against the Communist Viet Cong guerrillas more successfully than Diem. They will have to prove it soon.

Bombs & Ambush. In Saigon, Red terrorists, many of whom infiltrated the capital under cover of the Buddhist demonstrations months ago, have been exploding bombs and throwing hand grenades sporadically since the coup. One night last week, a homemade bomb hidden under a table shattered a sidewalk cafe on tree-shaded Tu Do Street, wounding five U.S....

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