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Let's say Diem is unable to take over the country and gets killed in 1955. What happens to South Vietnam? Can someone else take over? I think maybe the religious sects might or perhaps some other military dude. Or maybe the US appoints another jerk to lead the country. Can South Vietnam survive against Ho Chi Minh then?