The plotters were acquitted by military court .

They decided Deciding on General Manuel de Oliveira Gomes da Costa , who agreed Agree_or_refuse_to_act to join Becoming_a_member the plotters on 25 May .

Khánh and his fellow plotters exploited this to spread rumors that Minh 's junta was about to make a deal with Hanoi and then gained the support of the US , most notably through the chief of military forces in Vietnam , General Paul Harkins , who supported Diệm and opposed Minh 's November coup .