sentences:  Many observers were immediately sceptical of the claims of neutralism and regarded personal ambition as the motivating factor all along.An anonymous source close to the plotters told "The New York Times" that "We were anxious about them indeed...and we had conclusive proof that they had been talking with the French in terms of a neutralized Vietnam and that North Vietnam had given support to the plan", explicitly naming Kim and Xuân.It was not clear whether the Department of State or Lodge was enthusiastic about the political change in Saigon at the time, but if they were not, they were handed a "fait accompli".