THIS IS A SCHEME OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE
PRESENCE OF HALF A MILLION ALLIED TROOPS FROM SIX ALLIED COUNTRIES,
TO FIGHT AN ILLOGICAL WAR BECAUSE THIS IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY. C a- THE CO^i"1 U'J ISTS '' ILL RESPECT US a"JD ACCEPT
AWAY. 21 APR 2 No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/06/15: LOC-HAK-244-10-4-5
HOWEVER v THE AMERICANS HAVE ASKED US TO DO AN IMPOSSIBLE
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I WOULD REMAIN UNABLE TO WORK, TO STAND
A"S''NDANT AID THEY RECETI,117-1-5 FROM THE S'OVTET UNION AND RED CHINA AND,
AND INFLICTED HEAVY LOSSES ON TWO OR THREE ENEMY REGIMENTS. PAY NO HEED TO THE COMMUNISTS' STATEMENTS AND PROPAGANDA. AND WE HAVE
I TOLD PRESIDENT NIXON AND THE U.S. GOVERNMENT AND CONGRESS
(Studio) South Vietnam President Nguyen Van Thieu announces his resignation in bitter, rambling, tearful speech. AS A RESULT
OF THE FUNCTIONS OF THE CHIEF OF STATE MUST BE PREVENTED SO AS
WANTED TO LAUNCH ATTACKS, WE LACK ENOUGH FACILITIES TO LAUNCH
EVEN SOME OF OUR BROTHER ARMYMEN, EITHER BECAUSE THEY ARE
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I? PEOPLE, IN ONE WAY OR ANOT'-TER, EVEN THOUGH THE CONSTITUTION DOES
NOTHING WAS MORE
BILLION IN U. S. AID , THE UNITED STATES REDUCED THIS REQUESTED
DETERMINATION OF
3 OR 4 YEARS, AND COULD THEN WORK AND EARN MY LIVING. No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/06/15: LOC-HAK-244-10-4-5
REGARDING THE SITUATION IN VIETNAM , THE COMMUNISTS
PHYSICAL TRAINING, I WOULD BECOME AS STRONG AS AN ATHLETE IN THE NEXT
AND CONCORD, CHARGED SOLELY WITH HOLDING ELECTIONS. NOW THAT MORE THAN HALF OF OUR COUNTRY HAS BEEN LOST TO THE
THEY AGAIN FAILED IN THE FIGHT AND RETURNED TO THE PEACE TALKS,
TO ! ECONOMICAL VIETNAMESE WAYS. WE HAVE REALIZED THIS FACT AND WE CANNOT ENDURE
FORCES HAVE LOST? SET UP. OR MILITARY BASES, IF WE HAD ONE DIVISION, THE COMMUNISTS DEPLOYED
PEOPLE NATIONWIDE, IN THE PRESENCE OF THE SUPREME COURT AND THE
AN AGREEMENT BY WHICH THE UNITED STATES SOLD SOUTH VIETNAM TO THE
TO ATTACK YOU AGAIN. NOT SAY THIS WAS AN EMPTY THREAT. NORTH VIETNAM HAD 300, 070 TROOPS IN THE SOUTH AND WE HAD . MEANS YOU ACCEPT TO SELL SOUTH VIETNAM TO THE NORTH VIETNAMESE
ENEMY'S EXPLOITATION OF THE SITUATION. TENTH ADD 60 (THIEU ADDRESS)
FULFILL THEIR MISSIONS DESPITE THEIR DETERMINATION, HE HAD NO WAY
I CANNOT ACCEPT IT. WEAPONS WHICH MUST BE RAPIDLY PROVIDED US IN SUFFICIENT QUANTITIES. AS WELL AS THE CORRECT CRITICISM OF OUR VIETNAMESE PEOPLE,
I ALSO REFUSED TO ACCEPT A THREE-SEGMENT,
MEMBERS OF BOTH CHAMBERS OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY, MEMBERS OF THE
DO YOU THINK THAT THE FUTURE OR THE
VICE PREMIER, THE CHIEF OF THE GENERAL STAFF, THE VICE PREMIERS AND
FROM KONTUM AND PLEIKY TO RECAPTURE BAN ME THUOT. THE TALK TO NATIONAL SECURITY, I ASK THE COMPATRIOTS AND THE BROTHER
PRIOR TO THE CEASE-FIRE, THE COMMUNISTS HAD STORED IN
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THE COMMUNISTS NOW POSSESS MORE ABUNDANT, MORE MODERN
THE FATALITY RATE AMONG THE WOUNDED HAS
HOWEVER, OUR TROOPS WERE IN A WEAK POSITION AND OUR
This website is created and maintained by Alpha History. NATIONAL ASSEMBLY. SOLO RACE, I WAS BEING PRESSURED INTO GIVING UP THE SOLO CAMPAIGN
OF TIME. WHAT WAS THEIR AIM? FIFTH No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/06/15: LOC-HAK-244-10-4-5
BUT
THIRD, THE AMERICANS WOULD PROMPTLY PROVIDE ABUNDANT MILITARY
HOW SKILLFUL OUR COMMANDERS MAY BE, WE MUST SUFFER LOSSES AND LOSE
Thieu played an important part in a successful coup against Diem in 1963. In 1965 he became chief of state in a military government headed by Premier Nguyen Cao Ky. In 1967 he was elected president under a new constitution promulgated in that year. He was reelected without opposition in 1971. THE FOLLOWING CONDITION FOR NORTH VIETNAM : THE NORTH VIETNAMESE
BECAUSE THE
VIETNAMESE PEOPLE ARE KNOWLEDGEABLE AND EXPERIENCED. WAS VERY SERIOUS. No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/06/15: LOC-HAK-244-10-4-5
OR OF THE HANOI GOVERNMENT? No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/06/15: LOC-HAK-244-10-4-5
THE AMERICANS HAVE REFUSED TO
HAD TO EXPRESS THEIR ADMIRATION. EVEN IF WE
ENDED AND PEACE RESTORED , HAD THE RIGHT TO LEAVE THEIR TROOPS
SOUTH WOULD BE LOST AND THE AMERICANS WOULD WASH THEIR HANDS
AND USE IT AGAIN. ACCEPT, REGARDLESS O F ITS FORM OR ITS LEVEL. THEY DID IT TO TEST U.S. TO AVOID POLITICAL INSTABILITY, A POLITICAL VACUUM, AND THE
I OPPOSED THIS AGREEMENT
HOWEVER, WHY WAS IT THAT PRESIDENT NIXON SAID IN A SPEECH THAT
THIS AGREEMENT, WHICH I SPENT MUCH TIME EXPLAINING TO OUR
PALACE)
NOT TO BELIEVE IN THE COMMUNISTS' WORDS. COMPATRIOTS--I AM SURE THAT MY COMPATRIOTS STILL REMEMBER IT--WAS
THEREFORE, HAD THE OPPORTUNITIES PRESENTED
50,000 U.S. CITIZENS WERE SACRIFICED. US TO USE OUR REGULAR UNITS TO DEFEND OUR TERRITORY. THE UNITED STATES HAS ALSO REMAINED
BEEN DIFFERENT FROM THAT OF INDEPENDENCE PALACE. DEFINITIVELY. SHARING OF INTERESTS AMONG YOU POWERS THAT I DO NOT KNOW ABOUT. Former president Donald Trump, who is facing court action in the US, is set to arrive in Scotland later today. ON DANANG, WE COULD NOT INSURE A PROTRACTED LIFE OR DEATH DEFENSE
LONG, KO NT UM, BINH DINH, AND OUAN, TRI. IF WE HAD 15 TANKS, THEY DEPLOYED 20 TANKS; IF WE HAD 10 HEAVY GUNS,
OUR COMBATANTS FOUGHT VALIANTLY AND I DON'T THINK THAT OUR
THE OUTSET HAD AN AMOUNT OF WAR MATERIEL WHICH HAS STEADILY
AND STOPPED AIDING US. THE COMMUNISTS HAVE NO RESPONSIBILITY. RETAKING BAN ME THUOT THEN VANISHED, BECAUSE OUR FORCES EVERYWHERE
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PERIOD, AND FOR THE COMMITMENTS TO PROVIDE MUTUAL ASSISTANCE IN
THE SPEECH I DELIVERED BEFORE BOTH CHAMBERS OF THE NATIONAL
IF I DO NOT
In his final public address, Thieu launched an extraordinary verbal assault on the United States: The Americans have asked us to do an impossible thing You have asked us to do something you failed to do, with half a million powerful troops and skilled commanders, and with nearly $300 billion in expenditure over six long years. WE ARE NOT FIGHTING AN
In his 2-hour resignation COMYIUNISTS. A COMBATANT FOR 20 YEARS NOW. IS LIKE A BOXER WHO HAS LOST SOME 60 PERCENT OF HIS STRENGTH. SECOND, THEY SAID THAT THERE WERE ONLY THREE COUNTRIES IN INDOCHINA:
ESPECIALLY SINCE I ORDERED OUR FORCES TO FIGHT THE ENEMY IN
After adjustments, if you continue to experience problems, please contact us. I WANT TO SAY THAT SOME
THE COMMUNISTS AGREED TO DO SO BECAUSE
COMMITMENTS AND WITH CONFIDENCE, I WENT TO THE UNITED STATES IN
ASSEMBLY, BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT, BEFORE THE GOVERNMENT, BEFORE
THAT WAS
EITHER SIDE, YOU COULD SAY THE SOUTH HAD FAILED BECAUSE IT
AGREEMENT TO CARRY OUT REPLACEMENTS ON A PIECE-TO -PIECE B ASIS,
REPORTER: Ken Kashiwahara. REALIZING
AND NORTH VIETNAMESE TROOPS WOULD BE BILATERALLY AND SIMULTANEOUSLY
THIS IS THE REASON WHY, ON THE DAY A U.S. CONGRESSIONAL
I CALL THE COMMUNIST COtfl fRY
ACCEPTABLE IF NORTH VIETNAM HAD GOOD WILL. OF THE SOUTH AT A TIME WHEN THE UNITED STATES HAD STOPPED FIGHTING
THIS IS INHUMAN TO A
LEADER OF THE FREE WORLD. No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/06/15: LOC-HAK-244-10-4-5
On April 21st 1975 South Vietnamese president Nguyen Van Thieu resigned. PLEDGE TO ASSIST THE VIETNAMESE
RATHER CREDULOUS OR VICTIMIZED BY PROPAGANDA--A VIGOROUS
MR THIEU REMAINS IN OFFICE, THERE CAN BE NO NEGOTIATIONS AND
SAIGON (UPI) President Nguyen Van Thieu resigned tonight with a bitter speech in which he said former President Richard M. Nixon gave him written HE SAID YES. THE SOUTH FIVE TIMES MORE MUNITIONS THAN WE HAD. VIOLATES THE AGREEMENT AND RENEWS ITS ATTACKS AGAINST THE SOUTH. IT WAS AN AGREEMENT LEADING THE NATION AND COUNTRY OF VIETNAM OT
WebTEXT OF THIEU'S RESIGNATION SPEECH Contributed by Mitchell Kotler. a ~,1"! ME ONLY $3 AND URGE ME TO GO BY PLANE, FIRST CLASS; TO RENT
OF PRESIDENT-DESIGNATE TRAM VAN HUONG SHOULD HAVE BEEN HELD IN
THIRTEENTH ADD 60 (THIEU ADDRESS)
IN PHAN RANG AND PHAN THIET. H_VE ALREADY MADE, THAT THE UNITED STATES HAS DECIDED
WHY I DISAGREED. 21 APR 22102 DBT /HH
A~'.D DEMOCRACY AND THE COMM-1NJIST3 4JIL1. I AM NOT TRYING TO LAY THE
MILITARY DUTY THERE. MILITARY EQUIPMENT WAS INADEQUATE. NOT PROVIDE FOR A REFERENDUM OR ANY WAY IN WHICH THE PEOPLE
SUPERPOWERS HAD THEIR GREAT INERESTS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. SIGNED THE 1954 GENEVA AGREEMENT BECAUSE
USED AND REUSED TWO OR THREE TIMES. AND 14ILL CONQUER ALL THE SOUTH AND THERE WILL BE MANY MORE
THEY WERE READY TO SEIZE EVERY OPPORTUNITY THAT WOULD ALLOW THEM TO
LACKS WEAPONS, AMMUNITION, HELICOPTERS, AIRCRAFT AND B-52-S,
AGAINST YOU, YOU WILL HAVE NO MILITARY AND-ECONOMIC AID FOR DEFENSE,
110 Twenty-first Avenue South, Suite 704 Nashville, TN 37203, USA. I REFUSED TO ACCEPT THIS AGREEMENT. STUBBORN, FIGHTING WHILE TALKING AND TALKING WHILE FIGHTING. PROTECTING THE FREEDOM AND INDEPENDENCE OF SOUTH VIETNAM, SHOULD
POWER DOWNWARD TO THE PROVINCIAL, DISTRICT, VILLAGE AND HAMLET
21 APR 1903Z JTC/CAJ
THIS. INCREASED. PROVIDE US WITH AID AND WILL IT INTERVENE AFTER ALL? PLEIKU WITH THE EXPLICIT PURPOSE OF USING THEM TO RECAPTURE
THEY ARE VERY CUNNING AND HAVE FULLY EXPLOITED THESE
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THEY HAVE NOW RESTARTED
THERE WILL BE "JO COALITIONI. SIDE RESUMED AT THE PARIS CONFERENCE TABLE, WE REALIZED THEY WERE
(TEXT) IN PURELY MILITARY TERMS, IT IS VERY STUPID TO ESTABLISH
FURTHERMORE 9 OUR ARTILLERY HAS BEEN INFERIOR TO THAT
MORE NUMEROUS THAN THE KEEPERS AND ARE EQUIPPED WITH MORE MODERN
MILITARILY, WHEN AN ARMY IS STRONG, IT WILL. RECALL--NOT MERELY TO CITE THE MERITORIOUS SERVICE I HAVE RENDERED TO
FBIS SS -
ABUNDANT MEDICINE-SEVEN OR EIGHT KINDS OF MEDICINE--AND IF I UNDERWENT
A ROOM IN A HOTEL FOR $30 PER DAY: TO EAT FOUR OR FIVE SLICES
THE VIETNAMIZATTON PROGRAM HAS NOT BEEN IMPLEMENTED
DIVISION IN DANANG, WE HAD TO WITHDRAW FROM THOSE AREAS,
AT THAT TIME, THEY WERE SEEKING A
FACED WITH
IN
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 DEATH DEFENSE ORDERS; HOWEVER , WHEN THE FIELD COMMANDERS, WHO
Are US commitments still valid? A SOLEMN SETTING. COMMUNISTS RESUMED FIGHTING IN 1955-1956, AND ESPECIALLY
WITH REGARD TO PRESSURE, LET ME SAY FRANKLY,
THEY THOUGHT THEY COULD NOT WIN BECAUSE THE U.S. WEAPONS AND EQUIPMENT TO THEIR ARESENAL IN THE SOUTH. TO DRIVING THE FRENCH TROOPS COMPLETELY
HANOI AND SAIGON ADMINISTRATIONS. NATIONS, AND NOT THREE, AND THAT THE DEMILITARIZED ZONE AND THE 17TH
THAT NORTH VIETNAM WITHDRAW ITS TROOPS. COMMUNISTS. UNION AND RED CHINA WHILE ITS ALLY FAILS TO PROTECT AND
I AM SPEAKING FRANKLY. I CANNOT LET PEOPLE BARGAIN THE
In his speech at the ceremony, he declared that he would "open wide the door to peace [with North Vietnam] and leave it open." VIGOROUS AND DEEP THRUSTS AGAINST THE ENEMY'S REAR AREA. TAKEN THE DECISION TO RESIGN, I WILL ASSUME FULL RESPONSIBILITY
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TANKS, ARTILLERY PIECES, ROCKETS, AND ANTIAIRCRAFT GUNS, AND BUILDING
ANY OF THESE ACTIVITIES AND HAVE REMAINED INACTIVE. BECAUSE THEY SAID THAT I WAS STUBBORN AND REFUSED TO
SINCE WE
FIRST ADD 60 (THIEU SPEECH)
WebOn October 22, however, South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu stopped the process in its tracks. URGENT RQUEST. AN OUTPOST IN A REMOTE AREA WITHOUT THE NECESSARY MEANS TO CARRY
MATERIEL HAS DECREASED. IT WAS A MILITARY, TACTICAL DECISION, AS
GENERAL TOAN, IN ORDER TO DEFEND THE PHAN RANG AIRBASE. THAT I DID NOT LACK COURAGE AND CLEAR SIGHT ED NESS IN THE POLITICAL
!,!E DO NOT TRY TO CONCEAL THE
I VERY SORRY THAT I CANNOT ACCEPT THAT, I
VIETNAMESE P OPL' AND SACRI71CE THE LIVES OF OUR CO'1SATANTS !,,'Ho
OF ITS URGENCY, MY RESIGNATION TODAY IS NOT CEREMONIOUS VIS-A-VIS
THE UNITED STATES HAD GIVEN UP. HOWEVER, BECAUSE OF THE SITUATION AND BECAUSE
THE U.S. TO SUPPORT THESE BASES. THE REPORTED 100,000 LIBERATION TROOPS SHOULD BE DEMOBILIZED,
THAT. THE BRIDGES, THE ECONOMY, THE R ICEPADD IES AND THE RIVERS, WE HAVE
THEREFORE, THE IMPORTANT THING
ALL HOPES OF
THE UNITED STATES WOULD UNILATERALLY WITHDRAW ITS TROOPS? Note to sponsor members: The Vanderbilt Television News Archive video player requires a modern operating system and browser to work properly. YOU MAKE SOME CONCESSIONS OR EXCHANGES AMONG YOU. This is an inhumane act by an inhumane ally. OFFICE. WTVR. I THINK THAT YOU WERE NOT SO STUPID
THEY HAVE OBTAINED MORE WAR MATERIEL, WHEREAS OUR VOLUME OF WAR
SOMETIMES ENEMY SHELLS FELL CLOSE TO
WE ARE PROUD TO SAY THAT
TEXT OF THIEU' S RESIGNATION SPEECH
victory. U
WE COULD SACRIFICE NOTHING. WAS AERELY A PRETEXT OR THE REAL CAUSE. I SAID THAT
THAT AFTER SIGNING THE PARIS AGREEMENT IN 1973, THE
Washington, Aug. 8 -- Richard Milhous Nixon, the 37th President of the United States, announced tonight that he had given up his long and arduous fight to remain in office and would resign, effective at noon tomorrow. SERIOUSLY, THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN PERMANENTLY ANNIHILATED. CONSE' UENTLY, A NUMBER OF OUR BASES AND
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. WAS MORE PRACTICAL THAN HAVING A BEAUTIFULLY WORDED AGREEMENT BUT
3009000 NORTH VIETNAMESE TROOPS ARE STILL HERE q THE ALLIED TROOPS
I HAVE BEEN PREDICTING THIS SINCE
ECONOMIC AID TO HELP THEM DEVELOP THEIR COUNTRY. OFFICE, THE PRESIDENT SMALL TAKE THE OATH OF OFFICE BEFORE THE
WILL NOT PROVIDE AID TO US AND OUR ARMY WILL BE UNABLE TO FIGHT. FLEEING BEFORE THE ENEMY'S ADVANCE; THERE WERE PEOPLE WHO FOUGHT
WHICH WE DID NOT HAVE EITHER. ALLIED TROOPS COULD HAVE FOUGHT AS VALIANTLY AS THEY DID,
NATIONAL REUNIFICATION. THAT SO LONG AS MR THEIR REMAINS IN POWER, THE AMERICANS
AND THE UTMOST SACRIFICE OF OUR COMBATANTS. WE WILL MAKE AVAILABLE TO YOU IF NORTH VIETNAM RENEGES ON AND
A:~'.D SO^~ :S DAILY--H, VE ACK"'OYLEDGED THAT EVE') IF I STEP
{n IS ONLY A
NOT THE PROBLEM OF $300 MILLION IN AID, BUT IT WAS THE QUESTION
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Vanderbilt Television News Archive RECALL, I SAID: OUR GOVERNMENT, OUR CONSTITUTION, OUR REGIME,
C"-,NNOT, ON ACCOUNT OF MY PRESIDENTIAL POSITION, DO HARM TO THE
ATTITUDE; SOME DISTURBANCES WERE CAUSED BY THE COMPATRIOTS'
FIGHT AND WILL NOT AGREE TO NEGOTIATE. IN THE RECENT PAST. ACTUALLY, IF THE:, CeNIMUNISTS VIOLAT'-D THE AGREEMENT iISIA. XXX CAN BE STOPPED. XXX ON THE SOUTH. CONTINUE THEIR AGGRESSION. THIS SOUNDED SENSIBLE
THE HONOR OF AN ALLIED COUNTRY AND THE FATE OF ONE OF ITS ALLIES
XXX AT THAT POINT. SOLUTION. NATIONAL COUNCIL OF NATIONAL RECONCILIATION AND CONCORD SHALL
Web(Studio) South Vietnam President Nguyen Van Thieu announces his resignation in bitter, rambling, tearful speech. No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/06/15: LOC-HAK-244-10-4-5
p
THE REAL PROBLEM IS: WHAT WILL THE AMERICANS MAKE AVAILABLE TO
WITH THE COMPATRIOTS AND THE BROTHER AND SISTER COMBATANTS. THE CASUALTIES INFLICTED ON US BY THE ENEMY
I ASKED MR KISSINGER IF THE UNITED STATES NO LONGER DEMANDED
THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT TALK, BUT IT HAD NOT BEEN ANNOUNCED BEFOREHAND. HAVE GONE. PC'.c _? I ASKED
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20'DIVISIONS AND NUMEROUS ROCKETS, ANTIAIRCRAFT GUNS, ARTILLERY PIECES AND TANKS. DEALING WITH THE AGREEMENT OF 26 OCTOBER 1972, I DID NOT THINK
IF A BURGLAR BREAKS INTO MY PLANTATION EVERY NIGHT
SPHERE AND THAT I DID NOT FEAR ANY THREAT TO MY LIFE. THUOT AND THOSE USED TO INTERCEPT OUR TROOP MOVEMENTS FROM KONTUM
THAT HE ACCEPTED THIS, BUT SINCE EVERYONE REALIZED THIS, HE MUST
Nathan Benn / Getty Images A crowd in front of the White House watches President Nixon's resignation speech. ADMIRATION OF THE U.S. IN OFFICE, THE SOVIET UNION AND RED CHINA WILL CONTINUE
INTERESTS
THE SOVIET UNION AND RED CHINA: AND WE HAVE GIVEN UP. AND THE BROTHER AND SISTER COMBATANTS AND CADRES. FURTHERMORE, PRESIDENT THIEU, YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT NO MATTER HOW GOOD THE AGREEMENT YOU DRAFT MAY BE, THE PROBLEM WILL DELEGATION TO PARTS TO ATTEND THE FOUR-PARTY CONFERENCE ON THE
TO THEM BY THE SOVIET UNION AND RED CHINA. $300 BILLION IN EXPENDITURES OVER 6 LONG YEARS. NOT STAND FIRM BUT WOULD BE GRADUALLY LOST. ALTHOUGH RATHER TOO RAPIDLY. IS BECAUSE CERTAIN SEGMENTS
NATIONAL SECURITY. For more information, please visit our FAQ or Terms of Use. BEFORE U.S. AND WORLD PUBLIC OPINION. MR THIEU IS NOT THE MAN TO AGREE TO NEGOTIATE; MR THIEU IS
PROPAGANDA DRIVE IS BEING LAUNCHED TO PUT ALL THE BLAME
PER DAY. COMMITMENTS AND HE FAILED TO MENTION THE THIRD ONE: HE IG NORED
RESOLUTELY RAN ALONE SO AS TO MAINTAIN THE CONSTITUTIONAL AND
THIS IS AN INHUMANE ACT BY AN INHUMAN ALLY. EVEN IF WE HAD NOT DONE WHAT WE DID, THE RESULT
AREAS. T':: Gw"JTLE'nE'! IN MY OPINION, WITHOUT THIS FOUR-POINT STAND, SOUTH VIETNAM COULD
LARGER THAN OURS. SAIGON. FOR-REASONS OF NATIONAL SECURITY, I PERMITTED MYSELF TO INVITE
REMAIN STRONG,
AS A RESULT, THE BALANCE OF FORCES HAS TILTED
ACCEPT SUCH A GOVERNMENT AT THE CENTRAL LEVEL--THIS IS NOT TO MENTION
I DO NOT WANT TO STRESS
WE WOULD HAVE MOST EVERYTHING,
THERE CAN BE NO BETTER AGREEMENT. AFTER THE TALKS BETWEEN THE SOUTH VIETNAM-U.S. SIDE AND THE COMMUNIST
MILITARILY, SUCH
YET , YOUR BAREFOOTED DIVISIONS, THEY SAID , COULD FIGI-IT. COMMUNISTS TO ACT AS THEY PLEASED IN SOUTH VIETNAM; AND TO NOT ACCEPT
ALL THIS. MY LIFE-AND-DEATH STRUGGLE WAS TESTIFIED
S
E?UIL IBRIUM IN THE BALANCE OF FORCES. No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/06/15: LOC-HAK-244-10-4-5
(TEXT) GENTLEMEN, COMPATRIOTS, BROTHERS AND SISTERS:
MR THIEU STEPS DOWN, THERE CAN BE A SATISFACTORY SETTLEMENT,
COMMUNISTS, THE U.S. GOVERNMENT HAS SAID THAT THE SITUATION MUST
CHANGED INTO A THREE-SEGMENT NATIONAL COUNCIL OF NATIONAL RECONGILIATION
CAPITALS. WE HAD NOTHING LEFT
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Mr. Thieu said he told the Americans that if he accepted such an agreement (which probably could have been had at almost any time during the war), I would be a FOR REASONS OF NATIONAL SECURITY AND BECAUSE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF
COMBATANTS AND CADRES. INCREASINGLY STRONGER. THE BRAVERY OF COMBATANTS IN RECENT BATTLES. EATING NATICNAL RICE AND ARE BEING PROTECTED BY THE ARMED
THE COMMUNISTS ATTACKED
IF WE HAD
THE RVN ARMED
WebPresident Nguyen Van Thieu resigns (1975) On April 21st 1975 South Vietnamese president Nguyen Van Thieu resigned. COMBATANTS HELPED THEM FIGHT VICTORIOUSLY, AND THEY DID WIN. DURING THAT PERIOD v THE RVN ARMED
WHO HAVE FOUGHT IN SELF-DEFENSE, HAVE BEEN STEADILY WEAKENED BY OUR
STRENGTH AND WEAPONS. No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/06/15: LOC-HAK-244-10-4-5
T_1+-'Y HAVE SAID THAT SO LONG AS MR THIEU REMAINS IN
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 ALSO SAID THAT WHEN GENERAL ELECTIONS ARE HELD, WE WILL
IF WE HAD DECIDED TO FIGHT AND DEFEND THESE OUTPOSTS, WE WOULD NOT
XXX OF NATIONAL REUNIFICATION. FIRST 9 WHEN COMMUNIST NORTH VIETNAM RENEWED ITS AGGRESSION
COMMUNISTS' ACTS OF AGGRESSION, WE HAD TO DECIDE OUR OWN AFFAIRS. Thieu didn't appear because of meeting with cabinet and top military men; resignation topic of meeting North Vietnam has so far refused to negotiate with South Vietnam till Thieu ousted. THEY
HAVE BEEN SHELLED. DEATHS AND MUCH SUFFERING FOR OUR PEOPLE. HAVE REPAIRED THEIR AIRFIELDS, BUILT HIGHWAYS, LAID OIL PIPELINES,
OF THE COUNTRY:
IF THE ANSWER IS I" THE
WILL CELEBRATE ITS 200TH ANNIVERSARY NEXT YEAR. 1 DO,J'T KNOW WHETHER THEY HAVE SAID THIS BECAUSE THEY ARE
I SAID : AH! SINCE WE HAD ONLY THE FIRST DIVISION IN HUE AND MARINE
PRESIDENT AND A MAN WITH SOME MILITARY KNOWLEDGE
South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu resigns in favor of Vice President Tran Van Huong. TO PREVENT MY FRUIT AND POULTRY FROM BEING STOLEN, I NEED 30 OR
FOLLOWING THE TONG LE CHAN INCIDENT, MANY OTHER REMOTE BASES
TROOPS, AS THE AGGRESSOR TROOPS, MUST WITHDRAW FIRST, BEFORE THE
THESE ARE THE THREE POINTS WHICH I SAID COULD LEAD TO THE LOSS
THIS IS WHY THE U.S. PRESIDENT AT THE OUTSET RAISED
OR BETWEEN TWO INDIVIDUALS OR TWO ADMINISTRATIONS, BUT BETWEEN
false After the fall of Phuoc Long, ______. WERE RETAKEN, WE BELIEVED, WE WOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RETAKE
BE THE BODY THAT WILL HOLD INTERNATIONALLY SUPERVISED ELECTIONS. MY EXPECTATIONS AND I WOULD BE REALLY GRATEFUL TO THE AMERICANS. NOT DARED REACT. MILLION. Uf_TKF.LY Th-T TH,: 1_I11ITED STATES WOULD PROVIDE THE SOUTH
TROOPS OR ANY WITHDRAWAL IS NOT AN EASY TASK. THE MAU THAN TET HOLIDAYS. AFTER BAN ME THUOT HAD
(TEXT) THE SECOND POINT (AS HEARD) IS THAT WE SHOULD
(MORE)
THEY WANTED
FULL BECAUSE SO LONG AS HE RECEIVES U.S. AID, HE WILL CONTINUE TO
UNABLE TO ENDURE THE BOMBING RAIDS, NORTH VIETNAM AGREED TO GO TO
AND AT PRESENT , THE UNITED STATES HAS REDUCED
MUST SERVE AS A BASIS, PENDING THE DAY OF NATIONAL REUNIFICATION
ANOTHER REASON IS THAT A DISCONTINUATION
OF YOU ON VERY SHORT NOTICE TO COME TO A SETTING THAT SHOULD HAVE
WITHDRAWAL, WITH THE AID OF THE SOVIET UNION AND RED CHINA,
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BUT WE HAD NOTHING FOR THEM TO SACRIFICE. WE ADVANCED TOWARD A VERY FINE SITUATION UP TO 196=3. HAVE HAD THE FACILITIES TO DO SO. O'!T T HAT T P,E RE AL PROBLEM IS NOT MR T HI E!U , ~~! IF A PATIENT REMAINS STRONG ENOUGH, HE WILL RECOVER, AND IF HE IS
AID IT. TO PROVIDE AID TO NORTH VIETNAM, WHICH WILL FIGHT TO VICTORY
HOWEVER , AFTER RECOVERING FROM MY ILLNESS, IF IT WERE GIVEN
THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS FOR MY RESIGNATION. WEIRD THAN THE FACT THAT THE AGGRESSORS 9 AFTER THE WAR HAD BEEN
CONDUCTED WITH THE AGREEMENT OF THE COMMUNISTS AND SOUTH VIETNAM
THEY SKILFULLY APPLIED THIS TACTIC. NO RULING POWER IN THIS SOUTH. THOSE WERE THE CONDITIONS AND SOLEMN COMMITMENTS MADE NOT
Especially infuriating to him was the cease-fire in place. LOSSES AND, IN THE END 9 HAD TO WITHDRAW. ITS DEATH. No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/06/15: LOC-HAK-244-10-4-5
GENERALS WHO RETURNED TO SOUTH VIETNAM,
XXX YEARS UNTIL RECENTLY. CONCERNING THE NORTH VIETNAMESE TROOPS AND WAS NOT AN IDEAL SOLUTION. SINCE
WE CANNOT
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Thiu gave contradictory orders to Trng to stand and fight or withdraw and consolidate, leading to mass panic and collapse in the south of the country. This allowed the communists to generate much momentum and within a month they were close to Saigon, prompting Thiu to resign and leave the country. AS WE HAVE SEEN, THE COMMUNISTS HAVE NOT RESPECTED
BLAME ON THE TROOPS OR THE COMPATRIOTS. WHAT WERE THESE COMMITMENTS ABOUT? , THERE CAN BE NO NATIONAL UNITY AND , THEREFORE,
BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE COSTLY AND BECAUSE, I BELIEVE, ONCE I HAVE
MODERNIZE THE RVN ARMED FORCES HAS NOT BEEN IMPLEMENTED. BECAUSE WE HAVE THE TERRITORY, THE PEOPLE, THE COMMUNICATIONS,
THE 1954 AND 1962 AGREEMENTS ON LAOS. THEREFORE, THEY HAVE GAINED A DUAL ADVANTAGE--THAT IS9
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