On 25 August, after promising further liberalizing measures, Khanh suddenly resigned. Two days later, after no one had stepped forward to fill the vacuum, a triumvirate composed of Khanh, Minh, and Tran Thien Khiem assumed power and withdrew the controversial constitution. Two days after that, Khanh apparently suffered a mental and physical “breakdown” and abruptly left Saigon, whereupon Nguyen Xuen Oanh, a Harvard-educated economist, was named acting premier to lead a caretaker government for the next two months. Five days, three government shakeups: the worst turmoil in the era of Ngo Dinh
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