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...crowd of 10,000 looked on, General Abdul Haris Nasution, Defense Minister and Commander of the Army, hobbled forward on crutches, supported by two aides. Nasution had been a prime target of the assassins and had broken an ankle in his escape. His five-year-old daughter Erma was shot and killed. "We living witnesses know that you were upholding truth and justice," said Nasution, addressing the dead. "In our heart you are the heroes. We believe that the truth will...
Wounded Daughter. Untung's good luck began to run out early. As his men rounded up the suspect generals, Army Chief of Staff Ahmad Yani and a quartermaster corps general were said to have been killed. The detachment sent to arrest Defense Minister Abdul Haris Nasution bungled the job: Nasution and his five-year-old daughter were reportedly both wounded...
Nasser's efforts have been not without success. Last week, because of the "rapid deterioration of the security situation in Aden," Whitehall suspended the colony's two-year-old constitution, fired Chief Minister Abdul Qawee Mackawee, 46, and his 23-man Legislative Council, and turned control back to Her Majesty's High Commissioner Sir Richard Turnbull...
President Abdul Salem Aref had two reasons to be grateful last week. Not only could he thank his brother, Abdul Rahman, for putting down an attempted coup during his absence in Morocco (TIME, Sept. 24). He now basked in the blessing of Egypt's Gamal Abdel Nasser, who assured Baghdad's boss that he had no connection whatsoever with the wily pro-Nasser rebels who sparked the revolt...
President Aref was gone, but his brother, Deputy Chief of Staff General Abdul Rahman Aref was not. He quickly rallied the pro-Aref forces - and may well have had a spy on Razzak's team. At any rate, the rebel tank detachment bound for Radio Iraq was intercepted and captured after a brief encounter in Baghdad's streets. Other loyal troops surrounded the government ministries and arrested Premier Razzak and his fellow conspirators...