Before dawn on 19 December 1964, a coup d'état took place when the ruling military junta of South Vietnam led by General Nguyễn Khánh dissolved the High National Council and arrested some of its membe
Nguyễn Khánh, the leader of the coup, in 1964
Kỳ was one of the most prominent of the Young Turks to whom Khánh was substantially beholden
General Maxwell Taylor, ambassador to South Vietnam, opposed the coup and was angry with its leaders
Thi (left) and Thiệu (right) during the 1960s. Both were subjected to Taylor's outburst
Thích Trí Quang
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Thích Trí Quang was a Vietnamese Mahayana Buddhist monk best known for his role in leading South Vietnam's Buddhist population during the Buddhist crisis in 1963, and in later Buddhist protests agains
Memorial for the victims of the Huế Phật Đản shootings in 1963
