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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-02
Diem Falls After l8-Hour Uprising;
Buddhist Named Provisional Leader

alties, either civilian or mill
tary. The report, received to-
day, was made after the fight
ing ceased.
A department source said
Radio Saigon has announced it
will seek a doubling of United
States aid payments to South
Wet Nam. These payments are
now running at about Sis mil
lion a day.
Although some censorship is
still being imposed on outgoing
press dispatches, the new re-
gime apparently aims to get
along with the press, accord
ing to information reported to
the State Department by the
American Embassy in Saigon.
At the height of the battle.
little news of the revolt filtered
from the city. Commercial
lines of communication were
disrupted.
The coup began at noon Fri
day with an attack on the
presidential palace, a stucco
building in downtown Saigon.
The rebels encountered stiff
resistance from Mr.. Diem's
loyal palace guards and his
crack 2,000-man detachment oil
special forces.
AS the battle grew more
fierce, it became apparent Mr.
Diem's time was limited.
The rebels halted the attack
for three hours, during which
they offered Mr.. Diem and his
brother a pledge of safe con-
duct if they surrendered. The
two refused, and again the
insurgents opened their attack
The battle ragged through the
streets. Rebel marines sur
rounded the police and navy
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in the United States were the
coup successful.
Stabbed in the Back
81 cannot stay in a country
whose Government stabbed me
in the back" she said.
She blamed the coup on
American Intervention.
Messages of coincidence on
the overthrow of her brother
in-law's government poured
into the hotel switchboard all
day.
Mrs. Nhu received the first
report of the possible suicides
at about 9:45 pm. psf, ap-
proximately three hours after
they repeatedly occurred in
Wet Nam.
Her original travel plans
were to leave Los Angeles early
next week for Tokyo, Hong
Kong and Saigon, the final
leg of her five round-the-
world tour. When word of the
suicides reached her here an
aide said. this changes the
picture entirely"
Delayed Tokyo Trip
The aide speculated that Mrs.
Nhu may have had an inkling
a revolt was brewing when she
decided last Monday to return
to Los Angeles from San Fran
cisco instead of continuing on
to Tokyo as planned.
"She may have known that
something was going to hap
pen," he said. But it's diff
cult to tell"
Mrs. Nhu appeared yesterday
wearing large, dark glasses. It
was reported that she under
went an eyelid operation at
Beverly Hills Doctors Hospital
for the removal of a fatty cyst.
She also was reported to have
visited a Beverly Hills cos
metologist on Wednesday to
have her eye and eyebrow
makeup restyled to make the
lines less severe.
Mrs. Nhu repeatedly talked
to her husband by telephone at
the beginning of the week, then
made her decision to stay in
the United States a little longer.
She tried to put in a call to
Saigon yesterday after learning
of the coup but was unable to
get through, according to Ngoc
Thach, acting Wet Namese OBJ
servers to the United Nations
who has been travelling with
her during her three-week
United States speaking tour.
Mrs. Nhu and her eldest
child, lie Thuy, Is, made only
one public appearance yester-
day before a showing, elbowing
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which was belatedly accepted
last month. Elected vice presi.
dent in 1861. he also served as
Secretary Of State for Economic
Development.
He is, with Mr.. Tho, a Bud
dhist and considered anti
Communist and pro-Western.
Breakdown on Buddhists
Mr.. Mau emerged from the
shadows of the Diem regime ir
August when he announced he
planned to resign as foreign
minister and go on a pilgrim
age to India.
Word of this rea C h e d
through Saigon censors to the
outside in a handwritten note
on an unessential part of an
Associated Press wirephot to
transmitted by radio.
Mr.. Mau's resignation came
after a breakdown on Bud
dhists by the government. He
shaved his head like a Bud
dhist monk and made plain
that he was quitting on the is
sue of tolerance.
Later in August. Mau was
hailed as a nero by university
students in Saigon who violated
martial law to stage violent
pro-Buddhist demonstrations.
In a speech to students, Mr.
Mau said he was calling OF
Mr.. Diem to free BuddhistS i'm.
prisoned last summer after {
series of raids on BuddhiSts pa,
godas. Cheers from the mill
ing demonstrators almos
drowned out his words.
Last week there were report!
he might join in moves to form
a South Wet Nam government
| in exile.
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POLICY
U. S. Officials Deny
Any Part in Revolt

should it be necessary to pro-
tect American lives"
This morning the United
States Aircraft Carrier Hancock
left Hong Kong, apparently
heading toward South Wet
Nam. United States consulate
officials refused to give the
ships destination. saying only
it had received orders to leave
Immediately. t
The United States had DEM
onstrated its displeasure with
the Diem regime. Relations be-
tween Washington and Saigon
became increasingly strained
during September and October,
as the United States sought to
pressure Mr.. Diem INTO easing
his repressive policies against
the Buddhists.
Kennedy's Words Recalled
In early September, Mr.. Ken
nedy said the repressive actions
were very unwise." The United
States would continue to assist
the Diem government in fight
ing the Communist guerrillas.
he said, but added 81 don't
think that the war can be won
unless the people support the
effort"
THE government has gotten
out of touch with the people, "
Mr.. Kennedy said, and only
changes in policy and perhaps
with personnel" could enable
the Diem regime to regain the
peoples support.
Last month, special pay to
those Of Mr.. Mus elite para
troop corps who had been
trained for fighting guerrillas,
but were used in raids on
Buddhist pagodas was sus-
pended. United States eco
nomic aid amounting to about
$40 million a month was cut off,
The downfall of the Diem
government opens the way for
la resumption of this assistance.
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SAIGON
Continued From Page Al

COntlnued from rage Al
ment withheld an immediate
announcement on their fate.
A civilian and former vice
president, Nguyen Ngoc Tho,
was named provisional presi-
dent. AS the ranking Buddhist
in the Diem government, he
was a leader in the campaign
TO conciliate South Wet Mans
angered Buddhist majority.
1t was Mr.. Diem's treatment
Of the BuddhistS, capped by the
governments August raids on
pagodas and ensuing. arrests,
that marked the country's final
disenchantment with him and
his family.
One of the first acts of the
new government was to release
political prisoners, students and
Buddhist monks and nuns i'm
prisoned by the old regime.
In Washington, United States
officials reacted cautiously to
the overthrow Of the Diem gov
eminent, with which the United
States has had a running argu-
ment in recent months because
of the Buddhist crisis.
A State Department spokes-
man said the United States
was in no way involved in Mr..
Diem's custer. Military off,
Gals, however, said they be-
lieve the revolutionary COM
mittee of generals has the pop
ular support for an intensified
war effort against the Com
munist Wet Cong guerrillas.
No U. S. Casualties
The department said the
United States Embassy in Sal
gon reported after a check of
hospitals there that there were
no known United States casu-
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"a complete change in the
government and the regime in
Wet Nam is completely neces-
Sary."
United States officials main
tain Washington had no adj
vance warning of the takeover
and that the United States had
no hand in it. There was no
surprise, however, when the
siege of the presidential palace
began.
There had been persistent
rumors for weeks that a coup
would be attempted.
But the news Of it came dra-
matically and early here, end
ing the sleep Of officials from
the President on down the line.
At 3 am. Mr.. Kennedy was
awakened to receive the first
reports of the fighting in
Saigon.
Soon automobiles carrying
advisers began arriving at the
White House and State De-
partment.
At the State Department, key
officials cloSeted themselves in
the operations center, tensely
studying cables and dispatches
White House Busy
The communications center
in the basement of the White
House was also humming. At
6 am, the President received
a briefing in his bedroom from
McGeorge Bundy, his special
assistant for national security
affairs.
By $3.50 am, MIR. Kennedy
was in his office, looking re-
Taxed in his office rocker.
From his chief military, dip
lomatic and intelligence adj
visers, he received a full report
on the situation, and orders
went out for United States
military forces in the Pacific
to head toward Wet Nam
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-02
White House Bills
Black Wutch Show

The famed Black Watch
Regiment Of Britain win per-
form on the White House
grounds on November Is fol
LOO youngsters from child
care agencies in the Washing
ton area.
Mrs. John F. Kennedy had
invited the regiment to APP
pear. The White House said
yesterday she and the Presi-
dent will be on hand. The
Black Watch is touring the
United States and Canada and
makes a public appearance
here on November 16.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-02

med into a house occupied by
United States Marines. There
was no report of any casualties.
At.the United Nations in New
York. Secretary General U
Thant said he was informed
that all members of the visiting
United Nations mission in
South Wet Nam are safe and
sound" The seven-man mis-
sion was looking into alleged
i'll treatment Of Buddhists by
the South Wet Nam govern
ment. Diplomatic sources in
dicated the revolt probably
ends the mission of the fact
finding team.
The uprising against the Ngo
Dinhs, a prominent Roman
Catholic family, broke out on
All Saints Day and ended on
All Souls Day, both major
church observances.
In Los Angeles. Mrs. Ngo
Dinh Nhu, South Wet Mans
former first lady, remained in
seclusion at a hotel.
Another member Of the
family, Archbishop Pierre Mar
tin Ngo Dinh THUG Of Hue. is
attending the Vatican Ecumen-
ical Council. He is President
Diem's brother.
Happy PandemOnium
A scene of happy pandemo-
mum followed the end of the
revolt. Tens Of thousands OF
cheering South Wet Namese
poured into the streets of the
capital to greet the soldiers
who fought the successful re-
volt.
Huge crowds milled through
the Uttered streets surround
ing the presidential palace, now
only a pock-marked shell.
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Heat Wave Hits Rio

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil,
Nov. 2 (AP). - Hot SUMMER
weather hit Rio yesterday ct
the beginning of the first long
weekend holiday Of the season.
Thousands fled the city for the
mountains and the beaches as
the temperature climbed to 50.
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headquarters. Planes pounded
navy headquarters until they
forced it to surrender.
Point Blank Fire
AS night fell, rebel mortars
fired point blank at army head
quarters where Mr.. Diem's
palace guard was holed up. BY
midnight the center was re-
duced to rubble and tanks
rolled in.
BY 4 am. Saturday, Is tanks
moved in on the presidential
palace from the east. Others
ringed the building from the
west and the south. For az
hours, they fired at the cream
colored palace.
Adjoining buildings were
ablaze.
1t was clear Mr.. Diem, Mr..
Nhu and their few remaining
soldiers could not survive the
merciless pounding much longer.
AT 6:37 am, a white flag flut-
tered over the palace.
Mr.. Diem and Mr.. Nhu had
surrendered Internationally.
The death toll from the day
and night of fighting was
feared high, although no fig
ures were available imme-
diately. q : 1851 .
'-sF r.
Rocket Goes Astray
United States Ambassador
Henry Cabot Lodge, who was
scheduled to return to Wash
ington for consultations today
or tomorrow, had ordered all
Americans to take shelter.
A rocket fired from a plane
at the presidential palace ram
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Two Top Buddhists Led
Uprising Against Diem
Do IL Asloclated Prrss

Two top-ranking Buddhists
"a general and a civilian
emerged today as leaders Of the
Saigon coup that toppled Pres
ident Ngo Dinh Diem of Wet
Nam.
Mai. Gen. Duong Van Mini
led the military in the success
full uprising. Veteran civil serv-
ant Nguyen Ngoc Tho has been
named provisional President Of
the new regime.
The 47-year-old Gen. Mini,
known as Big Mini and "Beo"
Cat Boy), was military assist
ant to Mr.. Diem, but according
to best reports here he never
got very close to the President.
Gen. Mini was best known
for the role he played in help
ing to clean up crime elements
in Saigon shortly after Mr..
Diem rose to power in 1885.
French-Trained Officer
Gen. Mini is a French
trained infantry man, married
and father of three children,
popular among soldiers and
widely respected. He Is a bit
corpulent. He is regarded as
one of the few really capable
officers in the Wet Nam army
who could also speak up
against Mr.. Diem. He had been
in disfavor for some time and
for that reason had no troops
under his direct command.
Mr.. Tho was the ranking
Buddhist in Diem's government
and the man who initiated
peace-making moves to calm
his embattled coreligionists in
August.
He invited families claiming
they had relatives detained for
Buddhist activity to report
their names and addresses d.
rectly to him, bypassing the
police.
Asked Investigation
At the same time he voiced
suspicion that Americans were
involved in the Buddhists' anti
government campaign and said
he had asked Frederick E.
Noting, jr., then United States
Ambassador to South Wet
Nam, to investigate.
Mr.. Tho is about SIS years
old. He joined the civil service
under the French colonial re-
gime when he was % years old.
Also in the top echelon of
those who planned and exc
cuted the anti-Diem coup are
Maj. Gen. Tran Va Don and
Vice President WI Van Mau.
Not Close to Diem
Gen. Don, now 46, was with
President Diem when he visited
Washington in 1857. Because
of his youthful look, no one
paid any particular official at
tention to him then.
Gen. Don was named chief of
the armed forces general staff
August 20, the day before Mr..
Diem imposed martial law IN
a breakdown against Buddhists,
but he too was described as
not having been close to Mr..
Diem.
Gen. Don was born in Caude-
ran, France, and is also
French-trained.
Mr.. Mau, like Mr.. Tho, is
a public figure who had been
eclipsed in the limelight by de-
posed President Diem and his
family. He was foreign minis
ter until his abrupt resignation,
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No U. S. Casualties
Senate Foes to Seek
Deeper Cut in Funds

Continued From Page Al
communism in Latin America
81 know the $125 million cut
does not carry out the Presi-
dents judgment" said Senator
Humphrey.
If the cut is made, the Sen
ate bill still would contain $525
million for the Allia nee, as
against $3.50 million in the
House bill. But Senator Hum
phrey said this probably means
the amount finally appropriate
ed for all of Latin America will
be only a little more than the
$400 million which he said the
Soviet Union is now giving to
Cuba alone.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-02
Takes Responsibility

Senator Mansfield has en-
phasized he did not consult the
administration about the COM
promise cuts that he worked
out with Senator Dirksen, and
took responsibility for them as
an individual Senator.
The offering of the bipar-
tisan compromise reduction on
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headquarters. Planes pounded
navy headquarters until they
forced it to surrender.
St. Paul recorder., 1963-04-25
ReoderS Write
Letters On Schools,
African Missionaries
CONTINUED from Page u

our program to fight for integra-
ton of the schools and for civil
rights and civil liberties.
There are two facets related to
integration in the schools that are
important: One is that we must
have integration in order that the
Negro children have equal and full
opportunity for education. They
cannot have such equal opportuni-
ty in segregated schools. The
other is that integrated schools
enrich the lives of all children.
Our tendency toward a "homogen-
lied" society today where schools
consist primarily of children of one
particular color or socio-economic
status deprives them of the enrich
ing experience of studying with,
working with, and playing with
children of all segments Of society,
Experiences of this kind are es-
sential If they are to learn to be
good citizens in our American
democracy" - Very sincerely,
Mrs. Charles Hymes, Candidate
Minneapolis School Board, six yea1
term, April 22, 1868.
St. Paul recorder., 1963-04-25
Pepper Gets Better
And Better Eueh

Year, She Says
Editor: Just a line or two to tell
you my husband and myself think
the paper gets better with age.
We've been subscribers for IL
years, every since we came to st.
Paul, and we have never felt we
as Negroes lacked a champion for
the cause. The paper seems to
get better each year.
Your editorial leadership has
never stopped to advocating hatred
for our fellow whites but has
urged cooperation with those of
the majority group who sought it
or deserved it. Neither has your
paper backed away from battling
majority group bigots who sought
to deny our people their basic
rights.
A chief contribution Is that you
have not neglected to print the
news Of the faults with which we,
as all other groups are afflicted.
Your paper has not CLOSED over
the fact that we have a crime
problem, and that we also as a
group have some of the same
faults others have. This Is good
journalism in our opinion and helps
build a strong worthwhile COM
munity, providing the community
gets the message. Mrs. A. M,
st. Paul, Mimi, April 10, 1868.
St. Paul recorder., 1963-04-25
Funeral Services For
Mrs. Audrey 1. Vaughn
Held TUesdoy, ApriI .

Held tuesday, April 23
Funeral services for Mrs. Aud
rey L. Vaughn, "a, 645 Aurora
Av., were held Tuesday, April %
at 2 pm. at the Brooks Funeral
chapel with Rev. Henry Bolts, Jr.,
officiating in the absence Of Rev.
B. H. Hunter pastor Of Mt. Olivet.
Mrs. Ermine Allen, was vocalist
and organist.
Mrs. Vaughn died April 1S in
Bethesda hospital after undergo
ing surgery.
Visitations were held at the
Brooks Funeral Home, Monday,
April %.
Survivors are her husband, Rob-
ert Vaughn, Fulton, Missouri,
mother, Mrs. Georgia l. Lewis, st.
Paul sisters, Mrs. James Wilson,
Mrs. Lillian Merriweather, Nil
waukee, Wisconsin and Mrs. Emma
Graham, st. Louis, Missouri an
uncle, Sylvester Webb, Hannibal,
Missouri and other relatives.
Interment was in Fort Smelling
National Cemetery. Brooks Fun
eral Home was in charge Of her
angements.
St. Paul recorder., 1963-04-25
ct PETERS, AME

April 21, The 10:45 worship
service was we'll attended. The de-
votional was as usual. Evangelist
Daniels gave the invocation, Mr..
Charles Allen read the scripture,
and Decalogue, and Evangelist
Pearl Pleas offered prayer for the
benevolent offering. The senior
choir provided the music. The
Quartet from the choir so beauti-
fully rendered the special number
Rock My Soul". Those singing
with the Quartet were: Mr.. Paul
Curry, Mr.. Robert Wallace, Mr..
L. G. Leverett, and Mr.. o. ].
Thornton.
Prayer was offered by Rev. Lo-
veil johnson before the morning
message. The subject for the dy-
manic message was "Tarry For
Power. The foundation for the
message was from The Acts 1-S
and st. Luke 24-49. But ye shall
receive power after that the Holy
Ghost is come upon you; and ye
shall be witnesses unto me both in
Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and In
Samaria, and unto the uttermost
part Of the earth, "And, behold, I
send the promise for my Father
upon you: but tarry ye in the City
Of Jerusalem, until ye be endowed
with power from on high"
Rev. johnson opened his mes
sage by stating, unless our dead
spirit is connected with Christ we
are dead. And to have WILL power
Is alright until one meets with
WONT power, once a person meets
with won't power there Is no work
done, because 1t becomes the power
of the devil. The speaker went on
to say that every human being
wants power, some seeks power
only to control others, but one
needs power from on high to con-
troll ones self. In conclusion: Rev.
Johnson further stated we should
tarry It'll we receive power to wit
ness for God in the sick rooms,
power to witness on the job, and
power to witness on the streets.
Uniting with the church were
the Mines. Donella Peterson, Marie
Candy, Sarah jackson, and Alfred
Jackson.
The altar boys serving were:
Joel Wade, and Richard Cook.
The usher board No. 2, was on
duty. 1880 pm. The Youth Choir
presented a Musicale program.
Prayer meeting every Thursday
night, 7:30.
Mrs. Lucille McAdams, reporter.
St. Paul recorder., 1963-04-25
CARD OF THANKS

I wish to express my sincere
thanks and gratitude to Rev. Dem
zil Carly, rector Of st. Phillips
Episcopal Church, for his prayers
and Vsitations while I was con-
fined in the hospital. Also I wish
to thank the members Of the
church and the Prince Hall Mason
ic family for their many cards,
telephone calls, flowers and tokens
Of love. Your thoughtfulness and
kindness shall never be forgotten.
Mrs. Kate Neil, 971 st. Anthony
Av., st. Paul, MINI.