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South Viet Nam, uncertain under its new military junta, requires a new look on the scene by Defense Secretary Robert McNamara-and gets another in advance from TIME Correspondent Murray Gart, who flew on 26 helicopter missions in five days to gather his story...
...sects, many of whose members had collaborated with the Viet Cong. But the junta chairman, Lieut. General Duong Van ("Big") Minh, seems reluctant to wield power, and the outsized, 22-member military Revolutionary Council has taken few outwardly bold steps. Reported TIME Correspondent Murray Gart: "None of this proves that the generals cannot do the job of running South Viet Nam. It is too soon to tell. But for the moment, there is a power vacuum at the top in a country...
...readers know. Last September, in a five-column story, TIME discussed the dissatisfaction in the army and illustrated it with photographs of five generals and one colonel. Our top two pictures were of Generals Minh and Don, who led last week's coup. In Saigon, TIME Correspondent Murray Gart watched the attack on Diem's palace lying flat on his belly on a rooftop less than 200 yards away. Knowing the chaos in communications that he could expect, and the delays that military censorship might impose, Gart grabbed the first available plane from Saigon to Bangkok to file...
...cannon firing resumed, smashing windows, splintering doors, knocking chunks off the palace walls. The riflemen, belly-flat on the ground, sniped happily at Diem's last-ditch supporters. The battle was clearly over, and 17 minutes later, by dawn's first light, reported TIME Correspondent Murray Gart, "I could see a white flag being waved from a first-floor window on the palace's southwest corner. But there was more shooting from the palace. Then the white flag waved again and firing stopped. At first cautiously, then freely, the camouflage-suited rebels began to stand...
...nearly three weeks, TIME'S Chicago Bureau Chief Murray Gart has been touring the U.S. talking to Republicans in all sections. His camp-by-camp report of their activities...