A karshen watan Satumbar 1945 'yan jarida sun rufe rikice-rikicen bayan yakin a Saigon, nan da nan bayan da
Juyin Juya Halin Agusta da kuma zuwan Birtaniya ta Kudu maso gabashin Asiya. Jam'iyyar 'yan jarida ta zauna a Hotel Continental a Rue Catinat. An gayyaci Downs da abokin aikinsa James McGlincy don cin abincin rana tare da Kanar A. Peter Dewey a wani gida da ake amfani da shi a matsayin hedkwatar aikin OSS a yankin. Yayin da suke jira, wani rikici ya ɓarke tsakanin mayakan Việt Minh da 'yan maza da ke zaune a hedkwatar. Da yake mayar da harbi yayin da yake gudu, Manjo Herbert Bluechel ya fito cike da jinin Kanar Dewey. A cikin rikice-rikice, Downs da McGlincy sun ba da carbine kuma sun shiga sauran a cikin harbi. Downs ya harbe aƙalla mutum ɗaya kuma an ce daga baya ya lura da yadda "ganin ɗan ƙaramin launin ruwan kasa yana faɗuwa zai dame shi har tsawon shekaru". Bayan sa'o'i biyu da rabi maharan sun janye, kuma Downs da McGlincy suka ba da kansu don zuwa filin jirgin sama na kusa don neman ƙarfafawa. Sun hadu da Gorkhas uku a filin jirgin sama wadanda suka yi alkawarin zuwa hedkwatar. Bayan dawowa, Downs da McGlincy sun shiga neman jikin Kanar Dewey. Daga karshe sojojin Burtaniya da Faransa ne suka murkushe tawayen wanda suka yi amfani da taimakon sauran sojojin Japan a Saigon.