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Over both the Cabinet and the "sages" is the rebel officers' 23-member "Military Revolutionary Committee," which last week decreed that "the legislative and executive powers are centralized" in itself, and named General "Big" Minh Chief of State. Within the committee is a twelve-man inner council, with Big Minh as chairman, Don and Dinh as vice chairmen-obviously the ruling triumvirate...
...already appearing as little Major General Ton That Dinh injected himself into the limelight with amazing speed. In the first week of victory, Security Minister Dinh conducted several press conferences of his own, and during one interview, while protesting that "we must stay as one," Dinh insinuated that Big Minh was really only his "front...
...betting that, for at least half a year or so, the generals will stand together, and there are high hopes for a more vigorous, more efficient pursuit of the war against the Communists, with more autonomy for local commanders than allowed by Diem. Said Big Minh: "Our main problem is to make the population happy. This and the military problem are intertwined. If the population does not feel protected, it will go over to the Viet Cong...
...Communist Viet Cong stepped up probing actions, but Big Minh & Co. ordered a new corps commander into the Mekong Delta, also replaced three division chiefs. Said one pleased American adviser: "They are putting some young tigers out there." Red North Viet Nam's radio charged that "U.S. imperialists schemed through the recent coup to replace the inefficient Ngo Dinh Diem clique by other henchmen who can serve more effectively their aggressive war." It was a handsome testimonial from the enemy...
...when crackdowns on the Buddhists continued, Don and Lieut. General Duong Van ("Big") Minh grew troubled. Egged on by the disturbed U.S. official community, Don, Minh and most of the key generals prepared a 20-page paper outlining proposed reforms, mostly aimed at getting the war against the Viet Cong back on the move, and presented it to President Diem. The President, said one officer, "agreed to every clause," but did nothing whatever to put the reforms into practice. Diem's determined inaction, say the generals, more than anything else, sealed his fate...