 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pana 1 November 1963, kudengenyeka kwenyikayakatangwa. Pashure pokunge muzinda wapurezidhendi wapindirwa muhondo, Diệm akabatwa achiedza kutiza Saigon uye akaurayiwa musi wa 2 November 1963. Hurumende itsva muSaigon yaitungamirirwa naGeneral Dương Văn Minh. Pana November 22, 1963, Kennedy akapondwa uye akatsiviwa naLyndon Johnson. Muna December 1963, Johnson akatumira McNamara kune imwe basa rokutsvaka chokwadi kuSouth Vietnam kuti aongorore zvaiitwa naGeneral Minh. Pana 19 December 1963, McNamara akashuma kuti mugariro wacho wakanga uri unovhiringidza zvikuru sezvo maitiro azvino, kunze kwokunge achinjwa mumwedzi miviri kana mitatu inotevera, achatungamirira mukusava nechinetso kana kuti zvichida kune hurumende inodzorwa neCommunist. Iye akabvumawo kuti mienzaniso yekombiyuta nechiverengero, izvo iye akanga apa ukoshi hwakadaro kwazviri, zvakanga zvakakanganisa zvikuru uye kuti kudzora kwehurumende nzvimbo dzokumaruwa kwakanga kwave kuchiipa chaizvoizvo... kusvikira kumwero mukuru zvikuru kupfuura zvatakaziva chifo chaJuly. Pamusoro pehurumende yaMinh, McNamara akanyora kuti panguva ino hapana hurumende yakarongeka muSouth Vietnam. Achishandisa McNamara akabvuma kuti utongi hutsva hwaiva husina kutsunga uye husingafungi, akakurudzira Johnson kuita zvinhu zvine simba zvikuru kana mamiriro acho ezvinhu asina kuratidza zviratidzo zvokutanga zvokuvandudzika. Musi waJanuary 30, 1964, General Minh akakandirwa pasi neGeneral Nguyễn Khánh. Kuchinja kwevatungamiriri hakuna kuchinja hondo. Lyman Kirkpatrick weCIA akashuma muna February 1964 pashure pokushanyira Saigon kuti akanga atyisidzirwa nenhamba yavanhu vedu neyeuto, kunyange avo vane basa nguva dzose rokutaura kuti tiri kukunda, avo vanonzwa kuti mafungu ari kutirwisa. Mumwedzi mumwe chetewo wakaona battalion yeVC muMekong Delta ichitiza mauto eSouth Vietnamese, avo vaive vakatarwa sevamwe veakanakisa muARVN nevanopa mazano vekuAmerica avo vakavadzidzisa, hondo yakasimbisa matambudziko muARVN. 