<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Vietnam" id="mwAR4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="South Vietnam">South Vietnamese</a> junta leader and Prime Minister <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nguyen_Cao_Ky" id="mwAR8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Nguyen Cao Ky">Nguyen Cao Ky</a> fires rival, Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nguyen_Huu_Co" id="mwASA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Nguyen Huu Co">Nguyen Huu Co</a>, while the latter is overseas on a diplomatic visit.<sup about="#mwt90" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-16"}}' id="cite_ref-16" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./January_25#cite_note-16" id="mwASE" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 16;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwASI">[16]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-16"><cite about="#mwt87" class="citation news cs1" id="CITEREFRandal1967"><a href="./Jonathan_Randal" id="mwB3c" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Jonathan Randal">Randal, Jonathan</a> (26 January 1967). "Saigon Government Dismisses Deputy Premier". <i id="mwB3g"><a class="mw-redirect" href="./New_York_Times" id="mwB3k" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="New York Times">New York Times</a></i>. p.<span id="mwB3o" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span>3.</cite><span about="#mwt87" class="Z3988" id="mwB3s" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=New+York+Times&amp;rft.atitle=Saigon+Government+Dismisses+Deputy+Premier&amp;rft.pages=3&amp;rft.date=1967-01-26&amp;rft.aulast=Randal&amp;rft.aufirst=Jonathan&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AJanuary+25"></span></span>