 On 30 January 1964, General Minh was overthrown in a bloodless coup d'état by General Nguyễn Khánh.The change in leadership did not affect the war.Lyman Kirkpatrick of the CIA reported in February 1964 after visiting Saigon that he was "shocked by the number of our people and of the military, even those whose job is always to say we are winning, who feel the tide is against us".