sentences:  The Council of Notables had accused the provisional government and junta of having an uncertain stance on the issue and went as far as to recommend that South Vietnam suspend diplomatic relations with France.The rumors and crisis heightened when a reputed French agent, Lieutenant Colonel Tran Dinh Lan suddenly returned to Saigon after several years in France.He had served in both the French and Vietnamese National Army and had brought with him several million US dollars worth of South Vietnamese piasters.