European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 27, 1964, Darmstadt, Hesse Pozyc 6 the stars and stripes december 1964 International affairs m Congo the Young turks took Over in Saigon called danger a trouble filled week opened in South Vic Tum with a new Power play Fay the armed forces against Saigon civilian up Ihling through a bloodless a group o Young Mili tary officers known As the Yonne turks arrested members of the civilian High National Council in an action thai appeared id be a Al Luul military Twenty four hours after the military had resumed supreme Power in South Vietnam against american the commander of the nations armed forces announced his support of the Young turks who had overthrown the legislative in stating his it Ren Nguyen Thanh old the United Stales not to meddle in South Vietnam Domestic of he said his military forces still faced Many difficulties in the struggle against the communists and each of us must still suffer Many sacrifices and but we make sacrifices for the country Independence and the vietnamese Peoples Liber not to carry out the policy of any foreign he Khanh denounced the Dis solved which had been South Vietnam provisional he said this set up amidst the Hopes of All the peo ple and armed was exploited by counterrevolutionary elements who place partisan consideration above the Home lands sacred More than he some of them were engaged in inciting the arousing while our comrades in arms Are shedding their blood on the american somewhat dismayed by tile turnabout in immediately let it to known that Aid to the South vietnamese War Effort had been suspended pending the restoration of a Legal government in the stale department called us experts to Gether to study the Impact of khans which was in direct Defiance of the United slates had been through ambassador Maxwell to ease South Vietnam military out of the operations of the Saigon government so that the Clu regime could concentrate on stepping up the War against communist Khanh asserted the right of the armed forces to step into the political Field if the army Felt the Circum stances warranted such at Hart two americans were killed and m were injured when Christmas eve bomb blast ripped through an american officers Barracks in it was the biggest explosion Ever to Rock the the Pentagon american officials said the bomb presumably was planted by the Viet the explosion was set off in the ground floor garage of the six Story Brick Bachelor officers quarters in downtown the blast broke windows Quarter mile away and hurled debris 50 the bomb started several fires among cars and starting fresh explosions As their Gas tanks went Sev eral soldiers went into the area to push cars and trucks beyond reach of other troops ran from room to room to Check on the explosion came at the end of the Day when about 125 servicemen were returning to their after the Young vietnamese officers who came to Power in a bloodless coup Are shown leaving he embassy la Sai gon after a conference with ambassador Well left to right Are air Force blander Nguyen Cao by Navy commander Chung Tan can first corps commander Ngu yen Chan and fourth corps commander Nguyen Van More than 20 politicians were a Phi Oil end pressure said lbs president Johnson was nut Happy about the squabbling and nitpicking that had characterized Many of the recent talks among Western apparently he also was disturbed by reports that some officials had been using pressure tac tics on Allied last week Johnson sent a memo to Secretary of stale Dean Rusk and defense Secre tary Robert Mcnamara or Dering with other Cabinet exercise refrain from using argue less and listen More to other representatives views in discussions of matters concerning the Atlantic the presidential instructions were drafted after the washing ton visit of British prime min ister Harold rusks talks with French president Charles de Gaulle and the ministerial Council meeting of the North at lactic treaty organization in the spearheading a new Effort to forgo Unity in the Western set aside All dead links for the creation of u nato multilateral nuclear Force the instructions also emphasized that there will be no nuclear defense plan accept Able to president Johnson unless it has the approval of a loin and Germany and has Sioon thoroughly discussed with Johnsons action did nut represent a change in pol but it meant that the prism Dent insists on leaving an open door for any ally to join in at lactic defense at any Lime in the and this applies particularly to while Cabinet members were absorbing the presidents Unity the do Gaulle government in France was going about its business of building up a nuclear French Premier Georges Pompidou announced Thul in absolute priority Hud been plur cd on production of nuclear because it wus the Only Wuy to keep France the atomic weapon is the Only Way to make a Nollet Cully Pelcl great country at this time 1 Pompidou the Premier was review ins his governments actions in the past four i placed the six year Mili tary program in Tho front ranks of our action because National defense the Funda mental preoccupation of a nut he the situation in the Congo is extremely Jange Roui and can Only to Maje worse by outside Secretary of slate Dean Rusk said in i midweek news Rusk said it was important Thul the congos neighbors not permit or participate in inter Ference in the country internal he denied that help for Tho government of Premier mols Tshombe is interference und suld that in ims Tho Congo will need and will gel our continuing Africa faces the possibility of the told War extending it self into the heart of Africa and of the Conco becoming a Divi Sive Issue among Rusk but he said to was hopeful that the Security Council would work out a solution to the Congo Only u few hours after Rusk Hud sounded his the tension in the Congo was jacked up suddenly by a rebel radio announcement of plans to in Vade on the tense capital sweated out the but nothing Hap thursday night passed without any sign of a rebel in and pm Friday the Only military activity seen was a couple of defense planes flown by 103 died tie lives of 103 came to u sudden end last week in two widely separated a train crush near Villa her killed at least 49 and injured the Roic of Tho wont in mexican railway occurred uhen a freight train smashed into the rear of passenger train bring ing Christmas shoppers Home from Mexico Puebla and Veru in 57 died in i cuu mine explosion near Cerro do the mine u owned by a but there were no americans among the thirty four some seriously were rescued from the Cut Eden Popes Christmas message w it n ii t to i Georges Pompidou ppe Paul in a Christ Ems message to the called for in end to racism nationalism und social inequality among All Tho dedicating his words to brotherhood Monu men Snook Mil sir Only against despite the lessons of two world Hona to onanism can once a u u i n prove me urged that the rulers of nations find a Wuy to prudently und the process of disarmament we would Uko to Sec a pen Crous Mandod investigation of now military expenditure could in diverted to humanitarian und this not Only to toe advantage of the particular countries concerned but also of others in course of development w in a stale of the Pope hunger and sick Ness Mill Kim Rince still cry out for he the christinas the second in Pauls 18month wus recorded for Tele vision networks nod the message m millions of listeners throughout Europe and other parts of the
