Coup against Di.E1.BB.87m Đỗ Cao Trí
when trí informed coup imminent, left huế on 29 october 1963 Đà nẵng, away ngô Đình cẩn, diệm s younger brother, ruled central vietnam ngô family. coup took place on 1 november trí helping causing diversions. scheduled meeting province chief , other pro-diệm officials during time coup take place. result, diệm loyalists stuck in meeting room , unable mobilise republican youth , other ngô family paramilitary , activist groups. after coup, angry crowds surrounded ngô family home cần , elderly mother lived. agreed given safe passage out of country junta. trí told cần safe , taken out saigon, safer. trí promise safe passage on american plane capital, embassy officials meet cần wanted asylum in japan. americans handed cần on junta, , executed in 1964.
following arrest , assassination of diệm in november 1963, there pressure on new regime remove diệm supporters power. prime minister thơ s approach removing diệm supporters positions of influence drew criticism. felt not vigorous enough in removing pro-diệm elements authority, pro-diệm elements opposed turnover, claiming excessive , vengeful. 1 contentious non-removal trí, had gained notoriety anti-buddhist crackdowns in central region around huế. transferred ii corps in central highlands directly south of corps region.
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