September 1964 South Vietnamese coup attempt

General Nguyễn Khánh had come to power in January 1964 after surprising the ruling junta. In August, Vietnam War expanded with the Tonkin Gulf incident; Washington accused the Vietnamese of launching an attack in international waters. On September 13, 1964, the ruling military junta of South Vietnam was threatened by a coup attempt. With the help of the Americans, KhánH was able to rally support and the coup collapsed the next morning without any casualties.

About September 1964 South Vietnamese coup attempt in brief

General Nguyễn Khánh had come to power in January 1964 after surprising the ruling junta. He tried to augment his powers by declaring a state of emergency, but this only provoked large-scale protests and riots calling for an end to military rule. He removed several military officials closely linked to the discriminatory Catholic rule of the slain former President Ngô Đình Diệm; this response to Buddhist pressure dismayed several Catholic officers, who made a few abortive moves to remove him from power. Despite his survival, the coup was seen by the historian George McTurnan Kahin as the start of Khanh’s ultimate political decline. He was deposed in February 1965 with US connivance. In August, Vietnam War expanded with the Tonkin Gulf incident; Washington accused the Vietnamese of launching an attack in international waters. On August 7, he declared a new constitution, giving the police the ability to search properties under any circumstances. He also enacted a new public order banning all publications considered as harmful to national security, considered as dangerous to public order. He retained popular popular support as a head of state, while holding the real power by the Military Revolutionary Council. Because of American pressure, he retained popular token power by controlling the pre-dawn pre-previous operation, holding the Minh as a pre- pre- Pre-Pre-Pre War operation, while controlling the Pre- Pre War pre-War pre-war pre-emptive action against North Vietnam.

He produced a new new constitution on August 7 that included a ban on the circulation of all documents considered harmful to the public order, considered to be harmful to public security. In September 1964, he produced a. new constitution that considered all public documents, considered dangerous to the national security. On September 13, 1964, the ruling military junta of South Vietnam was threatened by a coup attempt headed by Generals Lâm Văn Phát and Dương Vĉn Đức, who sent dissident units into the capital Saigon. They captured various key points and announced over national radio the overthrow of the incumbent regime. With the help of the Americans, KhánH was able to rally support and the coup collapsed the next morning without any casualties. The U.S. remained supportive of his rule and pressured the rebels to give up. The coup was supported by the Catholic-aligned   Ĺn Quốc dân đảng, as well as General Trần Thiỉn Khiêm, a Catholic who had helped Khánn to power. The next morning, September 14, the rebels capitulate and Khánm is able to force them to capitulate. The rebels then appeared at a media conference where they denied that any coup had taken place and put on a choreographed display of unity, claiming that nobody would be prosecuted.

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