With the US also decrying the use of troops against civilian protests, the South Vietnamese government complained that unlike their Saigon counterparts, the Huế police were not trained in riot control.
Dengan AS juga menentang pemakaian pasukan melawan pemprotes sipil, pemerintah Vietnam Selatan mempermasalahkan bahwa tak seperti para anggota sejawat Saigon mereka, kepolisian Huế tak terlatih dalam kontrol kerusuhan.