Editing Nguyễn Khánh (section)

===Deposal of the High National Council===
Before dawn, there were troop movements in the capital, as the junta deposed the civilians. The operation was commanded by Thi,
who had travelled into Saigon from I Corps, and Kỳ. The national police, which was under the control of the army, moved through the streets, arresting five HNC members and other politicians and student leaders they deemed to be an obstacle.<ref name=versus/><ref name=s294/> Minh and the other older generals were arrested and flown to [[Pleiku]], a [[Central Highlands (Vietnam)|Central Highlands]] town in a [[Montagnard (Vietnam)|Montagnard]] area, while other military officers were simply imprisoned.<ref name=k398/> They arrested around 100 members of the National Salvation Council of Lê Khắc Quyến, a new party active in central Vietnam with an anti-war ideology, aligned with Thi and [[Thích Trí Quang]]. As Thi was active in the purge, it was believed that the Quyến had fallen out with Thi in I Corps.{{Clarify|date=November 2012}}<ref name=s295/> At this point, Khánh had not spoken up and allowed the impression that the moves have been against his will, and a move on the part of other officers to take power for themselves.<ref name=versus/> Huong had actually privately endorsed the dissolution of the HNC, as both he and the Young Turks thought it would allow them to gain more power and thus influence over Khánh.<ref name=mo770/>