L · T. 0 L D S , FISHER : MONDA Y, NO VE M BER 4 , 1 9 6 3 Good E veni ng E erybody: A dispatch from Saigon says that Ame,•icans in the Vietnamese capital are pleased o er the demise of the Diem regime. But are nol at all pleased o v er the wa it ellded, the Diem traged y . They consider the death of the late President of So · uth Viet Nam a poignant tragedy. Especially with Madame Nhu tottring America at this time in defence of her brother-in-law. Also in defence of her hr,sband who also was killed during the revolt. The AmericaPIS - some of them anyway, Ambassador Lodge isn't quoted on this - some Americans feel that Diem should at least have been gi en a trial Anyway, the coup is being taken - for what it claims to be. An effort to unify tlie country - and prosectlte the anti-gtterri lla c:a · mpaign. The Saigon VIET NAM - 2 junta today was emphasizing this , and claiming that if they hadn't acted - there would have been mass desertions from the Vietnamese Army. What about the new strongman of Soutle Viet Nam - General Duong Van Dinh? Our people out there - have a high opinion of him. They say he's a staunc• anti-Communist - and an able military man. Just tlae type needed to win this war against the Reds. As for the General - he takes full responsibility for the coup. Admits he had been t,lotting - for a month. And that he gave the signal for the revolt - only thirty minutes before the first shots were fired in the streets of Saigon. MADAM NHU That must have been a poignant meeting today beta,eien form er Sou tit Vietnamese Am bass ado.,. Tra,e Van Clu,oung and his daughter Madame Nhu. Altlaough tire Ambassador lrad always de,eied that Ire "1ould visit Iris estranged daughter, tire tragedy ,soa, surrounding Viet Nam's Dragon Lady - has caused ltlm to change Iris mind. "Sire is my daughter and sl,e Is u,ahappy" he told reporters. "There was no need of a reconciliation•·. ALGERIA The bitter fighting between Morocco and Algeria ~ ~•;a~ to a halt today - for the moment at least. The two sides finally decided to honor ttl/t"cease-fi~::::tl{;~ have gone into effect at midnight last Friday. Now the organization of African unity will meet in Addis Ababa, within two weeks - to try and settle the dispute. Meanwhile Mali and Ethiopian troops - u will patrol the border. WEST BERLIN The Soviets seem to be up to their old tactics - alo ng the Autobahn to W est Berlin. The so-called " salami tactics " - that the Reds have used so often in so many places. Taking what they want - not in one fell swoop, which might provoke a war - but slice by slice. Latest example - _!llied r~.s_hts in West Berlin. And - / on the access routes to the beleaguered city. Khrushchev isn't starting - any war scare. But the figure of speech about salami - would explain what the boss of the Kremlin is up to. He's trying to change the rules - alt little by little. Destroy our rights - slice by slice. b : - ~ e Allies are taking IIU& a serious view - of what sounds like an inoffensive Russian demand. Namely - that Russian commanders be allowed to count the troops in our vehicles. You can Dee - m how the thing could snowball. Next, alt maybe - Soviet insistence on setting the number of soldiers in our convoys. Then - the number of WEST BERLIN - 2 trucks. Then - special Soviet visas. And so on - until the Reds had sliced up the Berl i n salami. Hence - ~as .rarning to Moscow, ,-\ today. A warning - that we aren't going to let it happen. LUXEMBOURG The s mall r u r it an i an Grand Duchy of Luxe m b oewg. was in gala mood today. Men, women and children - thronging the narrow picturesque streets, cheering and waving flags of their own, and placards saying "we like America". Vice President Lyndon Johnson and Ladybird were there, for lunch with Grand Duchess Charlotte, ruler of the lilliputian country. The tall Texan, o• a u,eek's visit to the Common Market's "Little Three" - Belgium, Hola nd and Luxembourg - was highly deligltted by his reception. Shaking hands with everyone, wavi•g his hat - and flashing his best Texan smile. Forgirtg one more link, as Prime Minister Pierre Werner re,,.arked - "in the long chain of friendship and m,d ual good will between the United States and Ludembourg". Also, Te x as and Luxembourg. WALLACE While everyone is expecting Go v ernor Nelson Rockeleller to announce some time this week whether or not he will run for President - another Preside11tial hopeful is in the wings . Another Governor - Wallace of Alabama - told 11ew Englanders today that he will be e11tert11g several primaries:- Alabama, South Carolina. Mississit,pi, Louisia11a, Georgia - a• d maybe Virginia a11d Arta11•••· He may even enter New Hampsltire's first-in-tlle-11atiot1 primary on March tenth - but he isn't quote sure about tltat one yet. Tire Governor who is 6usy ext,laiNiflg Ills positio11 on civil rights to the New Englartd states, ir,sists lle's not - an avowed candidate. But lte says Ire is iP1terested, in gettir,g Ille Kennedy admiP1istratio11 out of office ; Plot ;,. puttiPlg himself in the Wllite Ho11se. PARIS French francs blowing through the streets of Mont, parnasse toriight. , After all, how do you run do•n the number of francs that add up to - six tl,ousand American dollars? The gendarmes had the satisfaction of preventing a holdup, and finishing off one of the notorious gangs - of the Paris underworld. r•at is tltey •ere •ailing - when the robbers ran out of an office buildh1g. There was a gun battle witlt cafe P•tro• ducii11g for cover. The ba11dits 011 the r1u1 tossed tlle stolen francs - to the •ind. T lte ring le ad er - It ill ed. Tlte otl,er members of tl,e gang - captured. Anotl,er wild night in Mon tparnasse, Dick, where they've had na,sy a wild ,aight. I B IS That famous bronze Ibis - the sacred bird of ancient Egypt - property of the Harvard "Lampoon" - narrowly escaped the junk heap today. Turning up in the yard o f a Cam bridge jun k dealer - who valued it at a dollar and eighty-seven cents. In the Harvard Yard they regard it as - priceless. Strange story about that Egyptian Ibis - and tlte Harvard "Lampoon?" Students have been mailh1g tlie famous bird - it was donated by a grateful alunu10•• named William Randolph Hearst - back and forth across the country for the last two years. The "Found a Bird" committee, trying to keep the Ibis away from their rival - the "Find A Bird" committee. Tlte former sent it finally to a Cambridge city cou,rcillor - for safe-keepi,rg. The councillor took it to the ju,rk- yard - for an evaluation. Said the junk man - a buck eighty-seven". Said the Cambridge City Councillor: I BIS - 2 "At tlrat price, I'd just as soon return it to the Harvard Lampoon " Which he did. Tonight the bird - is bact in the yard. Not the junk yard - the famous Harvard yartl.