However, he also said that he was "determined not to accept a surrender." FACED WITH THE ENEMY PRESSURE AND HIS ARTILLERY ATTACKS
AT THAT TIME, I TOLD YOU COMPATRATIOS THAT THE
OR MILITARY BASES, IF WE HAD ONE DIVISION, THE COMMUNISTS DEPLOYED
I BELIEVE THAT THIS WAS NOT OUR DESIRED SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM
ARDLESS OF THE RATE OF DEVELOPMENT OF THE SITUATION
AND THE UTMOST SACRIFICE OF OUR COMBATANTS. LEVELS. THAT IS WHY WE HAVE LOST. PRESIDENT AND A MAN WITH SOME MILITARY KNOWLEDGE
!,!E DO NOT TRY TO CONCEAL THE
BECAUSE IT CAN PRODUCE NO BULLETS, WEAPONS, ROCKETS,
CAN, THE FOREIGN MINISTER , THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SUPREME COURT , THE
COMMUNIST FORCES WERE THREE TIMES LARGER THAN OURS. RESOLUTELY RAN ALONE SO AS TO MAINTAIN THE CONSTITUTIONAL AND
PAY NO HEED TO THE COMMUNISTS' STATEMENTS AND PROPAGANDA. Virginia NAACP calls for resignation after state's chief diversity VERY FIERCE AND VERY CHALLENGING TO OUR ARMED FORCES AND PEOPLE. FALL . BE STOPPED. THIS k OUJLD BE MORE PRACT TCr,l, FOR !JS, I T`i) JOT. TAKEN THE DECISION TO RESIGN, I WILL ASSUME FULL RESPONSIBILITY
21 APR 1524Z JTC/CAJ
WE RESPECT THE PARIS AGREEMENT SO AS TO PLEASE THE WORLD AND U.S.
Thieu blames United States for South Vietnam's inability to win mil. Mr. President: I wish to express my appreciation to you and to Madame Thieu for the very warm welcome you have given to Mrs. Nixon and me on our visit to AND WITH THIS SUM , YOU ASK ME TO SCORE A VICTORY OR TO CHECK
WE CANNOT
REPORTER: Howard K. Smith, (Saigon, South Vietnam) Presidential function in Founder's Day celebration left to low-ranking official; at last minute President Thieu cancels appearance. I HOPE THAT OUR VIETNAMESE PEOPLE ARE MATURE AND WISE ENOUGH
DURING THAT PERIOD v THE RVN ARMED
The Virginia NAACP has called for the resignation of the state's chief diversity officer after remarks he made during a speech at the Virginia Military Institute. THE RVN ARMED
RESTORED. THE BRAVERY OF COMBATANTS IN RECENT BATTLES. THE SOUTH MORE TROOPS, MORE TANKS, MORE HEAVY ARTILLERY PIECES,
| EXCHANGING A PRESIDENTIAL POSITION FOR ADEQUATE,
FROM KONTUM AND PLEIKY TO RECAPTURE BAN ME THUOT. OVER THESE YEARS, HOWEVER, THE COMMUNISTS HAD INCREASED THEIR TROOP
PROVIDE US WITH AID AND WILL IT INTERVENE AFTER ALL? TWO PRESIDENTIAL TERMS AND MY SECOND TERM WILL EXPIRE IN 6 MONTHS. No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/06/15: LOC-HAK-244-10-4-5
OF PUBLIC OPINION HAVE STUCK TO THE ALLEGATIO`J THAT IF
Uf_TKF.LY Th-T TH,: 1_I11ITED STATES WOULD PROVIDE THE SOUTH
AFFIRM THAT I HAVE AMPLE PHYSICAL COURAGE, BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN
LEGAL POSITION OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE SOUTH AND TO SUCCESSFULLY
WEAPONS WHICH MUST BE RAPIDLY PROVIDED US IN SUFFICIENT QUANTITIES. I STRESSED THAT I
AT THAT TIME, WITH
OUR CASUALTIES
THE WORLD AND THE UNITED STATES. THE REAL PROBLEM IS: WHAT WILL THE AMERICANS MAKE AVAILABLE TO
TROOPS, SECRETARY OF STATE KISSINGER ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THEY HAD THE
WITH 911%19ANT AID. IN THE PAST. IN MY OPINION9 THIS WAS A COALITION GOVERNMENT I COULD NOT
POLITICAL SITUATION HAS PREVENTED
THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH--THAT IS9 TWO SEPARATE
BESIDES
AFTER THE NORTH VIETNAMESE AND LIBERATION TROOPS HAD BEEN
8062 | Miller Center (TEXT) GENTLEMEN, COMPATRIOTS, BROTHERS AND SISTERS:
South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu resigns in favor of Vice President Tran Van Huong. THAT WAS
The general - a fervent anti-Communist - first came to power in 1965 having helped overthrow the government of President Diem in 1963 with US support. But the appetite for war has gradually waned in the US and at the same time, Thieu has stripped South Vietnam of many of its democratic institutions. No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/06/15: LOC-HAK-244-10-4-5
THE COMMUNIST AGGRESSORS IN CASE OF RENEWED COMMUNIST AGGRESSION. I BECAME DOUBTFUL ABOUT THE U.S. COMMITMENTS AT
INCREASED BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT HAD ENOUGH HELICOPTERS TO EVACUATE
WANTED TO LAUNCH ATTACKS, WE LACK ENOUGH FACILITIES TO LAUNCH
T'+ GE PEOPLE AND GROUPS ARE NOW VIGOROUSLY VOICING THEIR OPINIONS. THIS IS LIKE A CASE WHICH YOU HAVE
AWAY. Read the following excerpt from President Nixon's "Peace with Honor" speech. EVENTS. AROUND THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH AND IF THE NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN
FALLEN, WE WONDERED WHERE WE COULD GET TROOPS TO RECAPTURE IT. THE BRIDGES, THE ECONOMY, THE R ICEPADD IES AND THE RIVERS, WE HAVE
HAVE CREATED DIFFICULTIES AND CONTRADICTIONS AMONG THE U.S. PEOPLE. SINCE WE HAD ONLY THE FIRST DIVISION IN HUE AND MARINE
WEAK, HE WILL GET WEAKER. OF THE GOVERNMENT AND ADVISERS TO THE GOVERNMENT, DEAR BROTHER
(TEXT) THE SECOND POINT (AS HEARD) IS THAT WE SHOULD
CONCERNING THE ARMED FORCES OF THE TWO SOUTH VIETNAMESE PARTIES
FBIS 103
SAME FOOTING AS THE NFLSV. A U.S. PRESIDENT AND A VIETNAMESE PRESIDENT; BETWEEN A REPRESENTATIVE
SIGNED AGREEMENT IF THE COMMUNISTS FAIL TO RESPECT IT AND SEND TROOPS
SINCE THEN, THEY
THEREFORE, THE IMPORTANT THING
TO ! 100,030. WAS ALREADY EXTREMELY DIFFICULT FOR US TO PRESERVE PART OF OUR
THE HONOR OF AN ALLIED COUNTRY AND THE FATE OF ONE OF ITS ALLIES
IF A BURGLAR BREAKS INTO MY PLANTATION EVERY NIGHT
It contains 186,751 words in 265 pages and was updated last on March 27th, 2022. XXX CONSISTENT WITH ETIQUETTE-
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SERIOUSLY, THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN PERMANENTLY ANNIHILATED. UNITED STATES REMAINED SILENT. 300,000 TROOPS, AND WE WOULD REDUCE OUR TROOP STRENGTH TO 703,030. THEY DID IT TO TEST U.S. 21 APR 1703Z JTC/CAJ
AMMUNITION AND OTHER FACILITIES. TO WORK UNDER THE COMMAND OF ANOTHER MILITARY REGION COMMANDER,
I CANNOT ACCEPT IT. ADDITION, INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC CHANGES CONCERNING ENERGY AND FOOD
. ACCEPT SUCH A GOVERNMENT AT THE CENTRAL LEVEL--THIS IS NOT TO MENTION
OF THE ENEMY. OF YOU ON VERY SHORT NOTICE TO COME TO A SETTING THAT SHOULD HAVE
THE BIG BROTHERS OF THE AGGRESSORS HAVE HELPED THEM BECOME
WE ARE NOW IN A VERY DIFFICULT POSITION. PLEDGE TO ASSIST THE VIETNAMESE
C"-,NNOT, ON ACCOUNT OF MY PRESIDENTIAL POSITION, DO HARM TO THE
NOTHING WITH WHICH TO COPE WITH THE ENEMY. I HAD ENOUGH COURAGE TO TELL SECRETARY OF STATE KISSINGER
THEY HAVE ADDED VARIOUS TYPES OF MODERN
$300 BILLION IN EXPENDITURES OVER 6 LONG YEARS. ME, AND ONCE A HELICOPTER FLYING NEXT TO MINE WAS SHOT DOWN. OF PAPERS. HAVE SPENT LITTLE TIME IN THE OFFICE. OF OUR GREAT U.S. THEREFORE, WE HAVE KEPT INVITING THE COMMUNIST
THING . HOWEVER , AFTER RECOVERING FROM MY ILLNESS, IF IT WERE GIVEN
INCREASINGLY STRONGER. AND IF THEY USE ME AS AN EXCUSE FOR THEIR DISENGAGEMENT AND TO WASH
The fall of South Vietnam WERE NOT. IF THEY WANTED SOUTH VIETNAM TO DEVELOP VIGOROUSLY
AT THAT TIME, THANKS TO THE VIGOROUS INTERVENTION AND FIRM
WILL NOT PROVIDE AID TO US AND OUR ARMY WILL BE UNABLE TO FIGHT. HOWEVER, WHEN WE ABANDONED
HOWEVER, BECAUSE OF THE SITUATION AND BECAUSE
AND RECETVED ND RED THOUSANDS AND ARTILLERY PIECES FROM THE SOVIET
TROOPS, TANKS, ARTILLERY PIECES, AND OUR PEOPLE IN THESE
OUTPOSTS HAD TO BE EVACUATED OR ABANDONED. WE WILL MAKE AVAILABLE TO YOU IF NORTH VIETNAM RENEGES ON AND
U
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THESE U.S. NEITHER COUNTRY
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TO AVOID POLITICAL INSTABILITY, A POLITICAL VACUUM, AND THE
DELEGATION CAME HERE, I TOLD THE CONGRESSMEN THAT IT WAS
STABILIZATION OF THE SITUATION AND OUR MILITARY POSITION MUST
THAT CITY. ARTILLERY HAVE SOARED. Vietnam War memory quiz events 1946-1964, Vietnam War memory quiz events 1965-1975, Vietnam War memory quiz terms and concepts (I), Vietnam War memory quiz terms and concepts (II). President Thieu asked Nixons successor for more financing, but was turned down. VICE PREMIER, THE CHIEF OF THE GENERAL STAFF, THE VICE PREMIERS AND
WE WILL SEE WHETHER OR NOT NEGOTIATIONS WILL BE SATISFACTORILY
COMMUNISTS' ACTS OF AGGRESSION, WE HAD TO DECIDE OUR OWN AFFAIRS. And at present, when our army lacks weapons, ammunition, helicopters, aircraft and B-52s (bombers), you ask us to do an impossible thing, like filling up the ocean with stones, Likewise, you have let our soldiers die under the hail of shells. OUR U. S. ALLIED TROOPS PROBABLY (flULn N1T NAUP gr-nPWn 7 THEY
OUR ARMED FORCES, OUR POLICE, OUR ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEM AND
OF PRESIDENT-DESIGNATE TRAM VAN HUONG SHOULD HAVE BEEN HELD IN
STRENGTH AND DEMOBILIZATION. IN MY MILITARY CAREER, I
A ROOM IN A HOTEL FOR $30 PER DAY: TO EAT FOUR OR FIVE SLICES
COMBATANTS AND CADRES. BEFORE U.S. AND WORLD PUBLIC OPINION. April 21, 1975 - A bitter, tearful President Thieu resigns during a 90 minute rambling TV speech to the people of South Vietnam. HOWEVER v THE AMERICANS HAVE ASKED US TO DO AN IMPOSSIBLE
MAY I ASK YOU TO GENEROUSLY EXCUSE ME' FOR DEALING WITH THIS
TO NEGOTIATE BECAI.ISE THEY WERE SUBJECT TO RENEWED , EVEN MORE
~? ADDITIONAL TROOPS, WHICH WE DID NOT HAVE; UNLESS WE COULD SEND THEM
COALITION IS LIKE A SUGAR-COATED POISONOUS PILL; TO NOT ALLOW THE
WERE CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH THE TROOPS AND THE PEOPLE, COULD NOT
I SENT MANY GENERALS TO THE AREA. ARE BEING BARGAINED IN THE SAME MANNER AS THE PURCHASE OF FISH AT
Web[45] President Thieu told his people last week, I quote, We must make greater efforts and accept more sacrifices because, as I have said many times, this is our country. SIXTH AD No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/06/15: LOC-HAK-244-10-4-5
BE STABILIZED IN ORDER TO CONDUCT NEGOTIATIONS AND THAT
EVEN IF WE
THIS WAS ALSO TRUE WITH PHU YEN. SIGNED THE 1954 GENEVA AGREEMENT BECAUSE
Former president Donald Trump, who is facing court action in the US, is set to arrive in Scotland later today. BOMB NORTH VIETNAM BECAUSE WE LACK FACILITIES TO DO SO. THAT. ME FOR BEING STUBBORN AND BELLICOSE. NOT SAY THIS WAS AN EMPTY THREAT. FINALLY, WE HAD TO REACH A COMPROMISE SOLUTION. AT THE MOST. OF RESPONSIBILITY, JUSTICE AND HUMANITY, THIS IS ANOTHER MATTER
TO PREVENT MY FRUIT AND POULTRY FROM BEING STOLEN, I NEED 30 OR
I OPPOSED THIS AGREEMENT
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COMMANDER OF THE JOINT GENERAL STAFF AND THE COMMANDERS OF THE
and President Nixon's May 14 speech. ABUNDANT ECONOMIC AID AND THE CONTINUATION OF THE VIETNAMIZATTON
OUR ECONOMY, AND THEN GRADUALLY REDUCE IT TO ZERO BY 1980. ABUNDANT MEDICINE-SEVEN OR EIGHT KINDS OF MEDICINE--AND IF I UNDERWENT
ALLY, LEADER OF THE FREE WORLD, AND ONE OF ITS
BE SETTLED BY THE VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENTS, THE VIETNAMESE ELEMENTS
VIETNAMESE COMMUNISTS AND THE COMMUNISTS IN THE SOUTH. FBIS 115
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HAVE BEEN FIGHTING SINCE 1963-1964. HistoryNet THAT I DID NOT RE9UEST FROM THEM ENDLESS AID FOR 20 OR 30 YEARS,
THEY SUCCEEDED IN DECEIVING
OR TANKS. COMYIUNISTS. ON DANANG, WE COULD NOT INSURE A PROTRACTED LIFE OR DEATH DEFENSE
NOT DARED REACT. BECAUSE THEY
IF I WERE DOOMED TO DEATH, I
op T'? DONE THAT, THE AMERICANS WOULD HAVE CUT AID MORE RAPIDLY. WE HAD ONLY A SMALL LAND, THIS SOUTH VIETNAM,
AND SISTER COMBATANTS, CADRES AND MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL POLICE
BOTH CHAMBERS OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY WITH THE PRESENCE OF THE
THOSE WERE THE CONDITIONS AND SOLEMN COMMITMENTS MADE NOT
SOME 50 PERCENT OF THEIR COMBAT POTENTIAL: IT
ENTICING AND LOGICAL. THE COMMUNIST AGGRESSION--A TASK WHICH YOU FAILED TO FULFILL
The THIS SOLUTION WAS: THE PROBLEM
STRENGTH AND WEAPONS. SINCE 1973, U.S. MILITARY AID HAS
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IF I DO NOT
VIOLATE THE PARIS AGREEMENT. EFFECTIVELY DEFENDED OUR TERRITORY FOR 2 YEARS UNTIL RECENTLY. XXX WITHDRAW FROM THEM. THE WAR ALTHOUGH A BIPARTITE COALITION GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN
THIEU XXX STRENGTH AND WEAPONS. PROVINCE CAPITALS. THEY HAVE NOW RESTARTED
MEANS TO DO SO, AND THOSE WHO WANTED TO OVERTHROW MY REGIME
POTENTIAL, YOU CAN IMAGINE WHAT HAD TO HAPPEN. GENERAL TOAN, IN ORDER TO DEFEND THE PHAN RANG AIRBASE. THEREFORE p DESPITE
TROOPS, AS THE AGGRESSOR TROOPS, MUST WITHDRAW FIRST, BEFORE THE
BECAUSE OF THE POSITIONS
O WE WILL SCORE ACHI` 'J: MEUTS I1ITHC'JT A FIGHT. WAS VERY SERIOUS. GIVE US A LOT OF AID FOR 3 OR 5 YEARS SO THAT WE COULD DEVELOP
COMBATANTS AND CADRES:
WERE RETAKEN, WE BELIEVED, WE WOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RETAKE
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XXX ON THE SOUTH. WE WOULD HAVE MOST EVERYTHING,
HOWEVER, AS I HAVE SAID, THE SITUATION DOES NOT
AS THE SOLE GOVERNMENT IN SOUTH VIETNAM. ACCORDING TO WHICH THERE ARE TWO VIETNAMS AND TWO ADMINISTRATIONS--THE
THE REPORTED 100,000 LIBERATION TROOPS SHOULD BE DEMOBILIZED,
THE HONOR OF TWO COUNTRIES, PARTICULARLY THE HONOR OF A SUPERPOWER,
WE CANNOT SAY THAT OUR COMBATANTS DID NOT FIGHT
COULD NOT
STATEMENTS TRUSTWORTHY? THIS ALSO SOUNDED REASONABLE, LOGICAL AND PEACEFUL. "J0 VICTORIES CAN BE EXPECTED AND THAT THE COMMUNISTS WILL
Are US commitments still valid? ENOUGH FACILITIES. FBIS 81
THAT NORTH VIETNAM WITHDRAW ITS TROOPS. ALLIES WHICH WAS FIGHTING--THE RVN. THE COMPATRIOTS, HOWEVER v THAT THIS POLITICAL VACUUM WOULD LEAD
(TEXT) GENTLEMEN, COMPATRIOTS, BROTHERS AND SISTERS:
REMAINS IN POWER , THE COMMUNISTS WILL CONTINUE TO FIGHT
THE COMPATRIOTS NATIONWIDE, AS WELL AS YOURSELVES AND THE BROTHER
IF THE ANSWER IS I" THE
ALL TYPES OF U.S. AID TO THE SOUTH HAVE DECREASED AND SO HAS THE
ACTUALLY, IF THE:, CeNIMUNISTS VIOLAT'-D THE AGREEMENT iISIA. AfV DEPUTIES, DEAR SUPREME JUDGES AND INSPECTORS, DEAR MEMBERS
THIS POLITICAL VACUUM WAS A SETTING THAT PEOPLE WERE ATTEMPTING
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Former president Donald Trump, who is facing court action in the US, is set to arrive in Scotland later today. OR FOUR -SEGMENT , OR TWO-SEGMENT GOVERNMENT. Thieu blames United States for South Vietnam's inability to win THE TIME HAD COME WHEN WE HAD TO ASK: WILL THE UNITED STATES
ON THE BASIS OF THE VIEWS OF THE PRIME MINISTER , THE GENERAL
MY STRUGGLE WAS SUCCESSFUL IN THIS RESPECT. WHEN THE UNITED STATES REDUCED ITS AID
THE COMMUNISTS HAVE NO RESPONSIBILITY. THEREFORE, I RESIGN
USED AND REUSED TWO OR THREE TIMES. F'RT''":' ;RILY BY THE COMM1U;JISTS, AS A '11EPE PR TEXT. If you are experiencing playback problems, check the minimum requirements and adjust your setup accordingly. THREATENED BECAUSE THEY WERE DEFENED BY ONLY REGIONAL AND MILITIA
NOT PROVIDE FOR A REFERENDUM OR ANY WAY IN WHICH THE PEOPLE
THEY WILL BE WORTHLESS, IF THEY ARE NOT IMPLEMENTED
THE UNITED STATES HAS
IN SOME AREAS
PER DAY. WILL BE PROVIDED IMMEDIATELY TO HELP THE RVN ARMED FORCES COND! THE NORTH 10 TIMES MORE VIGOROUSLY. SACRIFICE. WEIRD THAN THE FACT THAT THE AGGRESSORS 9 AFTER THE WAR HAD BEEN
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I COULD DEAL WITH THE SITUATION THAT I AM GOING TO ELABORATE ON
I ASKED
I DO NOT WANT TO STRESS
WE CAME TO A POLITICAL DECISION NOT TO INSURE THE LIFE OR DEATH
HAS CHANGED SO RAPIDLY IN CENTRAL VIETNAM. MATERIEL HAS DECREASED. WILL ESTABLISH A WHOLEY COMMUNIST REGIME. No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/06/15: LOC-HAK-244-10-4-5
THEY
WITH THE COMPATRIOTS AND THE BROTHER AND SISTER COMBATANTS. HOWEVER, I DO NOT REQUIRE THAT BECAUSE OF THE SITUATION,
OF THE JUST CAUSE AND THE IDEAL OF FREEDOM IN THIS WORLD AND
AFTER THEIR FAILURE
AT THAT TIME THE FOLLOWING: IF YOU ACCEPT THIS AGREEMENT, THIS
Vietnam part 5 UNION AND RED CHINA WHILE ITS ALLY FAILS TO PROTECT AND
(ADDRESS BY RVN PRESIDENT NGUYEN VAN THIEU--LIVE FROM INDEPENDENCE
HE SAID YES. ALLY ONLY WANTED PEACE TALKS,
AND PERMANENTLY ITS AIRSTRIKES AGAINST NORTH VIETNAM. WON
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TROOPS COULD WIN VICTORIES EASILY AND SUCCEEDED IN
FOUR YEARS AGO,
The President of South Vietnam has been forced to resign accusing the United States of betrayal. In a TV and radio address, outgoing President Nguyen Van Thieu said his forces had failed to stop the advance of the Vietcong because of lack of funds promised to him by the Americans. THE FOLLOWING CONDITION FOR NORTH VIETNAM : THE NORTH VIETNAMESE
AS A RESULT, THEY AGREED
ALSO HAD AMPLE MEANS AND THE EXPERIENCE TO DO SO. MILITARY EQUIPMENT WAS INADEQUATE. INTERFERENCE, REACTION, AND VIGOROUS
LARGER THAN OURS. IT SOUNDED VERY RESOLUTE. VERY VALIANTLY. IN LIGHT OF ARTICLE 55 OF THE CONSTITUTION, THE SWEARING-IN
FROM $700 MILLION TO $300 MILLION. THUS, IF THE SOUTH IS
TWO DIVISIONS TO CONFRONT US; IF WE HAD ONE REGIMENT, THEY DEPLOYED
SENATE CHAIRMAN NGUYEN VAN HUYEN, LOWER HOUSE SPEAKER NGUYEN BA
O
THE OUTSET HAD AN AMOUNT OF WAR MATERIEL WHICH HAS STEADILY
BILLION IN U. S. AID , THE UNITED STATES REDUCED THIS REQUESTED
MORE HIGHWAYS AND AIRFIELDS. THE VIETNAMIZATTON PROGRAM HAS NOT BEEN IMPLEMENTED
BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT THE OVERWHELMINIG MAJORITY OF THE
ALL U.S. MILITARY AND ECONOMIC AID TO THE RVN GOVERNMENT--"AND
DEATHS AND MUCH SUFFERING FOR OUR PEOPLE. KISSINGER: WHICH VIETNAM? THE PEOPLE IN THAT CITY WOULD
HE ALSO SAID VICE PRESIDENT AGNEW WOULD COME TO VIETNAM IN
40 KEEPERS. Browse the Collections | Advanced Search | Search Help, No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/06/15: LOC-HAK-244-10-4-5 6v A/
Ambassador Graham Martin meets with President Thieu and pressures him to resign given the gravity of the situation and the unlikelihood that Thieu could ever negotiate with the Communists. NATIONALIST CHINA OR ANY COUNTRY AFTER WORLD WAR II0 THEY SHOULD
MORE CEREMONIOUSLY IN A MORE SOLEMN SETTING. STUBBORN, FIGHTING WHILE TALKING AND TALKING WHILE FIGHTING. CONTINUE TO FIGHT ; AND THAT AS LONG AS MR THIt U REMAINS
AND 14ILL CONQUER ALL THE SOUTH AND THERE WILL BE MANY MORE
a ~,1"! DEVELOPMENTS ON THE BATTLEFIELD WERE FORESEEABLE AND SOME OTHERS
AND LOGICAL. Resignation Speech of Nguyen Van Thieu | 42 - Taylor & Francis The US did nothing ESPECIALLY SINCE I ORDERED OUR FORCES TO FIGHT THE ENEMY IN
CADRES NATIONWIDE, I DECLARE MY RESIGNATION AS PRESIDENT, AND,
WHILE
AFTER THE TALKS BETWEEN THE SOUTH VIETNAM-U.S. SIDE AND THE COMMUNIST
IN 1972, WHEN THE COMMUNISTS BECAME STRONG, THAT IS, AFTER THEY
REDEPLOY OUR TROOPS TO DEFEND MR III AND IV. BAN ME THUOT, KONTUM AND PLEIKU WOULD NO LONGER BE UNDER
THE-RrFORE, TwL CO.^.1'~NI STS HAVE CLAIMED THAT AS LONG AS
THAT IS AN IRREVERSIBLE DECISION BY THE
IF THE PATIENT 19 NOT COMPLETELY HEALED 9 HE WILL BE UNABLE
Compared to the amount of money you spent here in ten years, this sum is sufficient for only ten days of fighting. XXX THE REAL CAUSE. MY RESOLVE AND COURAGE, A TENTATIVE POLITICAL SOLUTION WAS
WITH A POINT, A COMMA OR A WORD IN THE AGREEMENT, THEY BLAMED
UNITED STATES WOULD WITHDRAW ITS TROOPS. A TRAITOR AND SELLER OF THE SOUTH VIETNAMESE PEOPLE AND TERRITORY
FORCES MOVING FROM KONTUM AND PLEIKU TO TUY HOA AND NINH HOA. OWING TO
MILITARILY, SUCH
SPEAKER OF THE LOWER HOUSE, MR PRESIDENT OF THE SUPREME COURT ,
What does President Thieu announce on television in WebJuly 30, 1969. MORE NUMEROUS THAN THE KEEPERS AND ARE EQUIPPED WITH MORE MODERN
FURTHERMORE,
NORTH VIETNAM MUST WITHDRAW ITS TROOPS. IMPOSE AN UNDESIRABLE POLITICAL SOLUTION ON THE SOUTH. VIOLATES THE AGREEMENT AND RENEWS ITS ATTACKS AGAINST THE SOUTH. IT IS REASONABLE TO SAY THAT MY
PROPAGANDA DRIVE IS BEING LAUNCHED TO PUT ALL THE BLAME
. I SAID : AH! FOR UNLEASHING A NEW, EVEN MORE VIGOROUS AGGRESSION AGAINST THE RVN. SHALL
PRECEDE THE NEGOTIATIONS. TROOPS WERE REGULARLY PROVIDED
I AM NOT AFRAID OF WHAT THE COMMUNISTS HAVE SAID,
THE COMMUNISTS GRADUALLY ATTACKED AND SEIZED THEM. I WILL SEE IF I
ME ONLY $3 AND URGE ME TO GO BY PLANE, FIRST CLASS; TO RENT
ATTACK, AND THAT THE RVN FORCES LACKED THE DETERMINATION TO FIGHT. THIS IS WHY THE U.S. PRESIDENT AT THE OUTSET RAISED
ALL THIS HAS LED TO THE CURRENT SITUATION IN OUR COUNTRY. ENDED AND PEACE RESTORED , HAD THE RIGHT TO LEAVE THEIR TROOPS
AID Oi: IJS AND RESPECT +!S. In his final public address, Thieu launched an THE ONE DEALING WITH U.S. HAVE LASTED FOR 1 YEAR, OVER THE 11I.S. AS FOR ME, A
THIS IS AN INEVITABLE
I CALL THE COMMUNIST COtfl fRY
O'!T T HAT T P,E RE AL PROBLEM IS NOT MR T HI E!U , ~~! ABC Evening News for Monday, Apr 21, 1975 I? NOT THE PROBLEM OF $300 MILLION IN AID, BUT IT WAS THE QUESTION
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WASH THEIR HANDS OF US. U.S.' DETERMINATION TO COPE WITH THE COMMUNISTS. THUS, I ASKED SECRETARY OF STATE
AREAS. AFTER THE OTHER TWO SLATES HAD WITHDRAWN. TO US AND WE CONSEQUENTLY LOST SOME So PERCENT OF OUR COMBAT
BASES HAS LED TO THE LOSS OF LARGER BASES AND THE FALL OF DISTRICT
THE OPINION OF PEOPLE WHO MISUNDERSTAND ME. REINFORCEMENTS, AND AIR SUPPORT AND TO EVACUATE THE WOUNDED. TO DRIVING THE FRENCH TROOPS COMPLETELY
NOTHING WAS MORE
THE VILLAGE OR HAMLET LEVEL. SOME $300 MILLION IS NOT A BIG SUM TO YOU. I REFUSED TO ACCEPT THIS AGREEMENT. THE CO4MUNISTS VIOLATE THE AGREEMENT. OUR CONTROL. WITH MY RESOLVE AND COURAGE, I DISREGARDED UNTOLD PRESSURE AND
WE ARE NOW
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He is a respected 72-year-old, Harvard-educated BE A SINGLE CENT IN ECONOMIC AID. AIR FOR ABOUT 1 YEAR NOW. POWER DOWNWARD TO THE PROVINCIAL, DISTRICT, VILLAGE AND HAMLET
DIVISION IN DANANG, WE HAD TO WITHDRAW FROM THOSE AREAS,
WILL CELEBRATE ITS 200TH ANNIVERSARY NEXT YEAR. THEREFORE, UNDER THE CURRENT CONDITIONS, WE MUST TRY TO
AGGRESSORS, WHO HAVE BECOME INCREASINGLY STRONGER , WHEREAS WE,
Phone 615-322-2927. IF WE HAD
THE WOUNDED. H_VE ALREADY MADE, THAT THE UNITED STATES HAS DECIDED
SECOND ADD SO (T H IE U SPEECH)
WebPresident Nguyen Van Thieu resigns (1975) On April 21st 1975 South Vietnamese president Nguyen Van Thieu resigned. TODAY. You have three options if you'd like to view this item: If you believe that you are associated with a sponsoring college or university and have received this message in error, please let us know. ANOTHER REASON IS THAT A DISCONTINUATION
On April 21st 1975 South Vietnamese president Nguyen Van Thieu resigned. THE SPEECH I DELIVERED BEFORE BOTH CHAMBERS OF THE NATIONAL
I DID NOT ACCEPT SUCH A GOVERNMENT 5 OR 7 YEARS AGO. AND IMMEDIATELY TO CHECK THE AGGRESSION. I VERY SORRY THAT I CANNOT ACCEPT THAT, I
PRIOR TO THE CEASE-FIRE, THE COMMUNISTS HAD STORED IN
IN ADDITION TO THE WILL TO FIGHT AND GALLANTRY, WE MUST BE
THEY HAVE OBTAINED MORE WAR MATERIEL, WHEREAS OUR VOLUME OF WAR
I HAVE SPENT MOST OF THE
Welcome! TACTIC TO DEFEND OUR LAND AND TO PROTECT OUR PEOPLE. NOT INTERVENE, WE WOULD AT SOME FUTURE TIME LOSE EVERYTHING. DEFENSE OF KONTUM AND PLEIKU. ADOPTED A DEFENSIVE RATHER THAN OFFENSIVE ATTITUDE. COMMITMENTS AND WITH CONFIDENCE, I WENT TO THE UNITED STATES IN
MEMBERS OF BOTH CHAMBERS OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY, MEMBERS OF THE
WORSE STILL, AT THE HOSPITALS, BANDAGES HAVE BEEN
AND AT PRESENT, WHEN OUR ARMY
ADMIRATION OF THE U.S. FOREVER ON THE TERRITORY OF SOMEONE ELSE. VIETNAMESE TROOPS WAS SETTLED. ENT IRE POPULATION AND ABOUT HALF OF OUR TERRITORY. REMAINS THE TRUTH. U.S. MARINES SUPPORTED BY B-52'S COULD HARDLY FIGHT SO VICTORIOUSLY. C a- THE CO^i"1 U'J ISTS '' ILL RESPECT US a"JD ACCEPT
THE COMMUNISTS WANTED TO REVERSE THE TREND BY A MILITARY VICTORY. (MORE)
MILLION. DESPITE THIS, THE UNITED STATES HAS NOT
THERE WAS UNTOLD
After adjustments, if you continue to experience problems, please contact us. PEOPLE NATIONWIDE, IN THE PRESENCE OF THE SUPREME COURT AND THE
OUR COMBATANTS FOUGHT VALIANTLY AND I DON'T THINK THAT OUR
FOURTEENTH ADD 6.1 (THIE!J ADDRESS)
PROTECTING THE FREEDOM AND INDEPENDENCE OF SOUTH VIETNAM, SHOULD
HAVE INCREASED MANIFOLD 9 BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT HAD ENOUGH AIR
806-2 Date: October 23-24, 1972 Time: 11:35 pm - 12:05 am Location: Oval Office The President met with Henry A. Kissinger and Alexander M. Haig, Jr. Kissingers schedule -Recent trip -Ronald L. Zieglers forthcoming briefing -Briefing of William P. Rogers Vietnam negotiations -Settlement -Kissinger's view -Terms 4 NIXON WebOnly Nixon Is Serene at Sad White House. THE SOUTH FIVE TIMES MORE MUNITIONS THAN WE HAD. WE DESIRE TO SHOW THAT
ITS ECONOMIC AND MILITARY AID TO SOUTH VIETNAM. THEMSELVES--NAMELY, INTERNAL POLITICAL DISTURBANCES IN THE SOUTH--THEY
AFTER 1973, OUR TROOPS HAD FOUGHT MANY BATTLES THAT WON THE
THAT TIME WAS THAT IF THE RVN GOVERNMENT REFUSED TO SIGN THE
AFFECTED THE WORLD'S ECONOMIC AND MILITARY AID AND GOOD
THE COMMUNIST ATTACKS? LACKS WEAPONS, AMMUNITION, HELICOPTERS, AIRCRAFT AND B-52-S,
I SAID : YOU GENTLEMEN AGREE, BUT I DON'T.