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Thus, only three months after the assassination of President Ngo Dinh Diem and his brother, Big Minh's regime was itself overturned in a bloodless coup that was so well planned and unexpected that most Saigon citizens first heard of it from a government broadcast 16 hours later. Arrested with Minh were Commander in Chief General Tran Van Don; General Le Van Kim, chief of the joint general staff; Interior Minister General Ton That Dinh; and National Police Chief General Mai Huu Xuan...
...South Viet Nam, there was still hope for victory in the grinding war against the Viet Cong Communists. But to many an American observer, the hope may be forlorn unless there are some victories soon over the Red guerrillas. In the third month after the overthrow of President Ngo Dinh Diem, the Viet Cong still reign supreme in 13 of the country's 43 provinces. The Communists control half of Long An Province on Saigon's southern flank (see map). From the fifth-floor terrace bar of the city's Majestic Hotel, idlers can view both bikini...
...Minh retained the title of Chief of State, but gave his second job of commander in chief to Defense Minister General Tran Van Don. The latter, in turn, handed his post as chief of the joint general staff to another general, Le Van Kim. General Ton That Dinh gave up his command of the III Corps, which covers the northern half of the Mekong Delta; he had been trying to hold down the troop command along with the post of national security chief. Dinh was named Interior Minister, which gives him responsibility for the fortified hamlet program...
...months since the overthrow of President Ngo Dinh Diem, the news out of South Viet Nam has been mostly bad. The Communist Viet Cong have scored alarming gains in vital Long An province south of Saigon, which feeds the capital. For all the fanfare with which they were welcomed by Diem's critics, the generals who succeeded the slain President have demonstrated an unsettling lack of political leadership; recently, the civilian chiefs of nine northern provinces relayed a plea to junta chairman Major General Duong Van ("Big") Minh: "Please send us orders...
...official proclamation, a government broadcast said that "thanks to divine protection, all Cambodia's enemies suffer complete destruction. Ngo Dinh Diem and Ngo Dinh Nhu were killed by bullets. Their friend Sarit, who mistreated Cambodia incessantly, met with sudden death. Moreover, the great boss of these aggressors met the same fate." When the U.S. officially protested these words, Cambodia denied any derogatory intentions toward President Kennedy, but it huffily recalled its ambassador from Washington...