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These maneuvers troubled Pibul, because Sarit's resignation was followed by so many resignations from the National Assembly that it left the government's majority in doubt. Sarit & Co. insisted they would not cooperate with Pibul unless Phao resigned as police chief. At week's end, General Phao did just that, but remained on as Minister of Interior. This pleased everyone; it also served to strengthen a growing conviction that Premier Pibul, though his troubles with Marshal Sarit were far from over, was still pretty firmly in control, as he has been for 15 of the last 19 years. Any crisis in the Cabinet, said the Premier blandly, exists only in the minds of "outsiders." He added, in the Siamese understatement of the week: "Only insiders know what's going on."