sentences:  This was partly due to American pressure, reasoning that the popular Minh would be a unifying and stabilizing factor in the new regime and that his cooperation would provide continuity.According to Kahin, it was "a means of symbolizing to the outside world a political unity and continuity that actually did not exist".Khánh characterized Minh's real lack of power to the Americans in private as being "exactly like the King of England", but on a "provisional basis".