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taken aback by Taylor's searing words and felt they had been humiliated, but they responded to Taylor in a circumlocutory way. They remained calm and did not resort to direct confrontation, trying to justify their actions in the interests of stability and government efficiency. Cang said "It seems ... we are being treated as though we were guilty. What we did was only for the good of the country." Later, despite Taylor's pleas to keep the dissolution of the HNC secret in the hope it would be reversed, the Young Turks called a media conference, where they maintained the HNC had been dissolved in the nation's best interests. The quartet vowed to stand firm and not renege on their decision. They also proclaimed their ongoing confidence for Suu and Hương.
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failed, As the coup collapsed, Cang, along with fellow Young Turks Ky and Thi among others, appeared with Đức at a news conference where they proclaimed the unity of the South
Vietnamese military. They announced a resolution by the armed forces, claiming a united front against corruption, vowing to
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and they a group of cadets caught cheating". He said "I told you all clearly at
General Westmoreland's dinner we Americans were tired of coups. Apparently I wasted my words." He said "you have made a real mess. We cannot carry you forever if you do things like this." Cang and his colleagues were
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However, relations between Khanh and Taylor continued to deteriorate. In the first week of
February 1965, Taylor told Kỳ—who then passed on the message to colleagues in the junta—that the US was "in no way propping up General Khánh or backing him in any fashion". Taylor then sent a cable to
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and Cang after
Maxwell called a meeting, leading to an infamous confrontation that was later leaked to the media. Taylor asked the four to sit down and then said "Do all of you understand English?" The ambassador then angrily denounced the officers. According to
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Washington claiming his words had "fallen on fertile ground". Taylor and his staff in Saigon thought highly of three officers as possible replacements for Khánh: Thiệu, the commander of
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Generation: How the Assassinations of Diem and JFK Prolonged the Vietnam War
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Grose, Peter (September 15, 1964). "Khánh, Back at the Helm, Lauds
Younger Officers".
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Public
Affairs : The Military and the Media, 1962–1968
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Vietnamese military personnel of the Vietnam War
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Intervention: How
America Became Involved in Vietnam
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185:Cang took command in November 1963 after Captain
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872:. New York City: Cambridge University Press.
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870:Triumph Forsaken: The Vietnam War, 1954–1965
636:"South Viet Nam: The U.S. v. the Generals".
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176:Bakersfield, California
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423:Vietnam Campaign Medal
390:Training Service Medal
243:sent the Young Turks,
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617:Moyar (2004), p. 770.
590:Moyar (2006), p. 344.
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233:High National Council
127:Years of service
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174:– January 24, 2007,
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102:Republic of Vietnam
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795:Vietnam: A History
767:Kahin, George McT.
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