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- The December 1964 South Vietnamese coup took place before dawn on December 19, 1964, when the ruling military junta of South Vietnam led by General Nguyễn Khánh dissolved the High National Council (HNC) and arrested some of its members. The HNC was an unelected legislative-style civilian advisory body they had created at the request of the United States—South Vietnam's main sponsor—to give a veneer of civilian rule. The dissolution dismayed the Americans, particularly the ambassador, Maxwell D. Taylor, who engaged in an angry war of words with various generals including Khánh and threatened aid cuts. They were unable to do anything about the fait accompli that had been handed to them, because they strongly desired to win the Vietnam War and needed to support the Army of the Republic of Vietnam. Instead, Taylor's searing verbal attacks were counterproductive as they galvanized the Vietnamese officers around the embattled Khánh. At the time, Khánh's leadership was under threat from his fellow generals, as well as Taylor, who had fallen out with him and was seeking his removal. The genesis of the removal of the HNC was a power struggle within the ruling junta. Khánh, who had been saved from an earlier coup attempt in September 1964 by the intervention of some younger generals dubbed the Young Turks, was indebted to them and needed to satisfy their wishes to stay in power. The Young Turks disliked a group of older officers who had been in high leadership positions but were now in powerless posts, and wanted to sideline them completely. As a result, they decided to hide their political motives by introducing a policy to compulsorily retire all general officers with more than 25 years of service. The chief of state Phan Khắc Sửu, an elderly figure appointed by the military to give a semblance of civilian rule, did not want to sign the decree without the agreement of the HNC, which mostly consisted of old men. The HNC recommended against the new policy, and the younger officers, led by I Corps commander General Nguyễn Chánh Thi and Air Marshal Nguyễn Cao Kỳ, disbanded the body and arrested some of its members along with other politicians. As a result of this event, Taylor summoned Khánh to his office. Khánh sent Thi, Kỳ, the commander of the Republic of Vietnam Navy Admiral Chung Tấn Cang and IV Corps commander General Nguyễn Văn Thiệu, and after beginning with "Do all of you understand English?", Taylor harshly berated them and threatened cuts in aid. While angered by Taylor's manner, the officers defended themselves in a restrained way. The next day Khánh met Taylor and the Vietnamese leader made oblique accusations that the U.S. wanted a puppet ally; he also criticized Taylor for his manner the previous day. When Taylor told Khánh he had lost confidence in his leadership, Taylor was threatened with expulsion, to which he responded with threats of total aid cuts. Later however, Khánh said he would leave Vietnam along with some other generals he named, and during a phone conversation, asked Taylor to help with travel arrangements. He then asked Taylor to repeat the names of the would-be exiles for confirmation, and Taylor complied, not knowing that Khánh was taping the dialogue. Khánh then showed the tape to his colleagues out of context, misleading them into thinking that Taylor wanted them expelled from their own country to raise the prestige of his embattled leadership. Over the next few days, Khánh embarked on a media offensive, repeatedly criticizing U.S. policy and decrying what he saw as an undue influence and infringement on Vietnamese sovereignty, explicitly condemning Taylor and declaring the nation's independence from "foreign manipulation". Khánh and the Young Turks began preparations to expel Taylor before changing their minds; however, Khánh's misleading tactics had rallied the Young Turks around his fragile leadership for at least the short-term future. The Americans were forced to back down on their insistence that the HNC be restored and did not carry through on Taylor's threats to cut off aid, despite Saigon's defiance. (en)
- 1964년 12월 베트남 공화국 쿠데타는 1964년 12월 19일, 의 의장 즈엉반민을 상대로한 베트남 공화국군 소속 군인들의 쿠데타이다. (ko)
- 1964年12月南越政變（越南語：Đảo chính Việt Nam Cộng hòa tháng 12 năm 1964），發生於1964年12月19日黎明，阮慶將軍領導的軍政府解散了國家高級委員會，並將其一些成員逮捕。國家高級委員會是一個根據美國要求而創立的、未經選舉的立法機構形式的文官顧問機構，以將軍政府粉飾為文官政權。國家高級委員會被解散令美國人感到失望，尤其是美國大使馬克斯維爾·泰勒，但無法對既成事實作出任何舉動，因為他們非常希望贏得越戰，並需要得到越南共和國陸軍的支持。 (zh)
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- Army of the Republic of Vietnam(ARVN)
- High National Council
- other civilian politicians
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- High National Councildissolved
- Nguyễn Khánhpolitical victory
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- Nguyễn Khánh, the leader of the coup, in 1964 (en)
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- Army of the Republic of Vietnam (en)
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- December 1964 South Vietnamese coup (en)
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- High National Council dissolved (en)
- Nguyễn Khánh political victory (en)
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- 1964년 12월 베트남 공화국 쿠데타는 1964년 12월 19일, 의 의장 즈엉반민을 상대로한 베트남 공화국군 소속 군인들의 쿠데타이다. (ko)
- 1964年12月南越政變（越南語：Đảo chính Việt Nam Cộng hòa tháng 12 năm 1964），發生於1964年12月19日黎明，阮慶將軍領導的軍政府解散了國家高級委員會，並將其一些成員逮捕。國家高級委員會是一個根據美國要求而創立的、未經選舉的立法機構形式的文官顧問機構，以將軍政府粉飾為文官政權。國家高級委員會被解散令美國人感到失望，尤其是美國大使馬克斯維爾·泰勒，但無法對既成事實作出任何舉動，因為他們非常希望贏得越戰，並需要得到越南共和國陸軍的支持。 (zh)
- The December 1964 South Vietnamese coup took place before dawn on December 19, 1964, when the ruling military junta of South Vietnam led by General Nguyễn Khánh dissolved the High National Council (HNC) and arrested some of its members. The HNC was an unelected legislative-style civilian advisory body they had created at the request of the United States—South Vietnam's main sponsor—to give a veneer of civilian rule. The dissolution dismayed the Americans, particularly the ambassador, Maxwell D. Taylor, who engaged in an angry war of words with various generals including Khánh and threatened aid cuts. They were unable to do anything about the fait accompli that had been handed to them, because they strongly desired to win the Vietnam War and needed to support the Army of the Republic of Vie (en)
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- December 1964 South Vietnamese coup (en)
- 1964년 12월 베트남 공화국 쿠데타 (ko)
- 1964年12月南越政變 (zh)
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