National Council of the Vietnamese Revolution

The National Council of the Vietnamese Revolution was a liberal political alliance in South Vietnam which was founded in August 1962 by Free Democratic Party of Vietnam leader Pham Huy Co. It was launched during the course of the exiled Co's trips to Cambodia, Japan, and Vietnam, where he gained the backing of the leaders of the 1960 coup attempt to overthrow Ngo Dinh Diem. The Council was strongly pro-West and pro-United States, and it spread anti-Diem propaganda in Saigon by using firecracker bombs containing leaflets starting on 27 January 1963.