Balkans Plot Evolves As Reds Deny Coup
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. The abortive Bulgarian putsch against Premier Todor Zhivkov is confirmed by some reports but denied by Sofia. Western analysts link the plot to military disaffection and Chinese-leaning factions within Bulgaria while the regime moves to assert control.
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United Nations
N.Y
NANA
Bulgaria
Todor Zhivkov
Sofia
Communist Party
Huch
Tsara Krusiey
Foreign Ministry
Svetko Yanev
Ivan Todorayv-Corunya
Central Committee
Dis
Patch
China
Sloveho Trunski
Vasil Makarski
Penko Krustey
Mihailovgrad
United Press International
Plovdiv
Transki
Eastern
Europe
Viet Cong Mission Arrives in Moscow
A five member National Liberation Front delegation arrives in Moscow for a permanent mission and semidiplomatic status. Dang Quang Minh rejects Johnson offer of unconditional talks as a falsification while Soviet and Chinese officials pledge support if needed. A bomb threat to the U S Embassy in Paris interrupts proceedings but yields no explosives.
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South Viet Nam
Soviet Union
Moscow
Dang Quang Minh
National Liberation Front of
Front
Johnson
Viet Nam
Central Committee
Pan Tzu-li
Minh
Peking
Babadjan Vasurov
Soviet Society For
Paris
U.S
Texas Gulf Stockholders File Suit Over Ore Strike
Two former Texas Gulf Sulphur stockholders seek over 25 million dollars in New York Supreme Court alleging the firm hid a Canada ore strike. They claim they sold shares below value after the undisclosed discovery. The SEC also charged insiders with using inside information to profit before public release.
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NEW York
Texas Gulf Sulphur Co
Canada
Isidore Yasuna
Mt. Aden General Hospital
State Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Yusuna
Texas Gulf
Victor M. Cannon Jr
Suffolk Community College
Selden
Long Island
Arab Press Denounces Bourguiba for Peace Talks
Cairo paper Al Akhbar calls Bourguiba mad while Al Moharrer in Beirut labels his proposal treasonous. Israeli Foreign Office notes a wait for a full report on Bourguiba’s Tunis speech to students as Israel maintains openness to talks with Arab leaders.
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Cairo
Bourguiba
al Akhbar
Habib Bourguiba
Tunisia
Beirut
Lebanon
al Moharrer
Jerusalem
Tunis
Israel
Sihanouk Snubs Cambodia Talks
Prince Norodom Sihanouk rejected any conference on Cambodia neutrality deeming it a pretext for talks on South Vietnam. The move undermines hopes for Cambodia talks to advance Vietnam peace efforts as the Soviet Union pushes to reconvene the Geneva conference with Britain backing.
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Phnom Pent
Cambodia
UPI
Norodom Sihanouk
Viet Nam
Sihanouk
Soviet Union
Britain
Submarines Sighted Off South Africa Reports Rise
Defense Minister J. J. Fouche told Parliament there were 10 reports from reliable sources of unidentified submarines sighted off South Africa in February. He answered questions about alleged Soviet submarine activity in these waters.
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Cape Town
South Africa
J. J. Fouche
Geneva Accords Seen as Cause of Viet War
Washington and Saigon officials frame the 1954 Geneva agreements as the linchpin for peace in Indochina while both sides accuse each other of violations. The article traces the pact’s terms, the failed 1956 elections, and ensuing U S aid and military involvement shaping South Viet Nam through the early 1960s.
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Washington
Indochina
Viet Nam
International Central Commission
Viet
South Viet Nam
United States
Saigon
North Viet Nam
Red Rift Deepens Between Soviets and China Over Viet Nam
Washington officials warn that the Viet Nam war strains widen the split between the Soviet Union and Red China, risking less unity against the United States. De Gaulle’s moves threaten Western unity as Moscow seeks a peaceful settlement while Beijing favors a prolonged conflict. North Vietnamese fear of Chinese domination looms, and Soviet arms deliveries to Hanoi may shift influence.
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France
Southeast Asia
Indochina States
Viet Nam
Laos
Cambodia
United States
Red China
Soviet Union
John M. Hightower
Washington
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Andrei A. Gromyko
Paris
China
Moscow
Pyotor N. Bemicher
Kremlin
Wanoi
U.S
Early Bird Demonstrates Transatlantic TV Link
Early Bird communications satellite and ground stations proved trans Atlantic television capability Friday. From a fixed 22,300 mile orbit above the Atlantic between Brazil and Africa the spacecraft relayed live and filmed broadcasts both ways between U S stations and Europe for about six hours. Comsat reported the pictures were of good quality and showed two way space television without loss of clarity.
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Washington
Early Bird Communications
Atlantic
Brazil
Africa
United States
Europe
Communications Satellite Corp
Comsat
6000 Sailors Volunteer For Viet Nam
Navy Secretary Paul H. Nitze said more than 6,000 sailors have volunteered for special duty in South Vietnam. The call, issued two weeks earlier, seeks officers and enlisted with unique skills for shorebased roles in advisers, logistics, and communications. President Johnson intensified a White House energy reduction push, briefly turning off the lights in the press office lobby upon returning to work.
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Washington
Navy
South
Viet Nam
Secretary of the Navy
Paul H. Nitze
Nitze
Navy League
Johnson
White House
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