Nguyen Khanh

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An Army of the Republic of Vietnam general, Nguyen Khanh led a bloodless military coup that overthrew the Military Revolutionary Council that overthrew and killed Ngo Dinh Diem. Khanh's coup in January 1964 followed the November 1963 overthrow of Diem.

Khanh allowed various amounts of token civil control.