LEADER OF THE FREE WORLD. TROOPS OR ANY WITHDRAWAL IS NOT AN EASY TASK. The FORCING THE ENEMY TO BOW HIS HEAD. THIS IS THE REALLY IMPORTANT MATTER. BUT I WAS NOT
I ASKED
YOU DRAFT MAY BE, THE PROBLEM WILL NOT BE FOR YOU TO REFER TO THE
ONLY HALF
UNITED STATES WITH A VIEW TO REACHING THE AGREEMENT OF 26 OCTOBER 1972. AS FOR ME, A
I HOPE THAT OUR VIETNAMESE PEOPLE ARE MATURE AND WISE ENOUGH
MAY I ASK YOU TO GENEROUSLY EXCUSE ME' FOR DEALING WITH THIS
HE ALSO SAID VICE PRESIDENT AGNEW WOULD COME TO VIETNAM IN
UPON MY DEPARTURE , I SHOULD HAVE SOLICITED THE VIEWS OF THE
BALANCE OF FORCES BETWEEN US AND THE ENEMY. THIRTEENTH ADD 60 (THIEU ADDRESS)
THE COURAGE TO SAY THAT THE CURRENT SITUATION WOULD BE THE SAME
He is a respected 72-year-old, Harvard-educated IT IS A MOST DIFFICULT
CONSIDERING THE SITUATION AT THAT TIME, QUANG TIN WOULD
TO PRODUCE ANYTHING. AFTER THEIR FAILURE
WE ARE FIGHTING THE COMMUNISTS WHO POSSESS FACILITIES MADE AVAILABLE
THEREFORE, AS I
SD, THIS SMALL RVN IS FIGHTING AGAINST THE SOVIET
I STRESSED THAT I
FOUGHT TOGETHER WITH OUR PEOPLE HERE AND FOR WHICH SOME
SIGNED AGREEMENT IF THE COMMUNISTS FAIL TO RESPECT IT AND SEND TROOPS
OPPORTUNITY. For more information, please visit our FAQ or Terms of Use. ,1:.GnfI~T WITH THE COMMUNISTS. EATING NATICNAL RICE AND ARE BEING PROTECTED BY THE ARMED
VIETNAM. FOR-REASONS OF NATIONAL SECURITY, I PERMITTED MYSELF TO INVITE
300,000 TROOPS, AND WE WOULD REDUCE OUR TROOP STRENGTH TO 703,030. (TEXT) GENTLEMEN, COMPATRIOTS, BROTHERS AND SISTERS:
21 APR 2031Z GE/HH
BATTLEFIELD 9 ON ECONOMIC FACILITIES, AND ON U.S. BAC'(I"IG. NATIONAL SECURITY. THEY HAVE
EVEN IF WE
THEY HAVE SAID
Are US commitments still valid? EVEN IF WE HAD NOT DONE WHAT WE DID, THE RESULT
ON THE CONTRARY, THE COMMUNISTS AT
HAD 4 YEARS TO BUILD REGULAR UNITS AT THE CORPS AND DIVISION LEVELS
View other clips in this broadcast . IF THE PATIENT 19 NOT COMPLETELY HEALED 9 HE WILL BE UNABLE
AND IF IT IS WEAK, IT WILL GET WEAKER IT IS LIKE A PATIENT:
And with this sum, you ask me to score a victory or to check communist aggression, a task which you failed to fulfil in six years, with all US forces, and with such an amount of money. I SAID : AH! XXX CAN BE STOPPED. DENSELY POPULATED AREA OF THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS--CAME UNDER COMMUNIST
I THOUGHT THERE WAS SOME REASON FOR HIS ACCEPTANCE OF THIS
THAT WAS WHY
BECAUSE OF THE POSITIONS
IT IS A
CERTAIN SEGMENTS OF WORLD PUBLIC
HAIL OF SHELLS. THUS, NO MATTER HOW BRAVE OUR COMBATANTS MAY BE AND NO MATTER
YOU SEE, GENTLEMEN AND COMPATRIOTS, EVEN OUR SEASONED AIRBORNE
(TEXT) MEANWHILE, THE COMMUNISTS HAVE STEADILY INTRODUCED INTO
AND OUR SIDE WOULD FURTHER REDUCE OUR TROOP STRENGTH BY ANOTHER
AGREEMENT. MR THIEU IS NOT THE MAN TO AGREE TO NEGOTIATE; MR THIEU IS
WHAT WAS THEIR AIM? IF A BURGLAR BREAKS INTO MY PLANTATION EVERY NIGHT
ALLY AND OTHER ALLIES, THANKS TO THE
WHY I DISAGREED. THE PEOPLE IN THAT CITY WOULD
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AND LOGICAL. ALSO, YOU HAVE LET OUR COMBATANTS DIE UNDER A
THEM TO SIGN THE PARIS AGREEMENT. STALLING. THUS, IT WOULD BE BETTER FOR
SIDE TO NEGOTIATE, ADVANCING ONE PROPOSAL AFTER ANOTHER AND WE HAVE
ABC Evening News for Monday, Apr 21, 1975 POLITICAL SITUATION HAS PREVENTED
MY STRUGGLE WAS SUCCESSFUL IN THIS RESPECT. POWERFUL TROOPS AND SKILLED COMMANDERS AND WITH NEARLY
14E TO GO TO BINH LONG, KONTUM, OUANG TRI, BINH DINH AND HUE DURING
AFFECTED THE WORLD'S ECONOMIC AND MILITARY AID AND GOOD
a ~,1"! YOU WANT TO SELL
I DO NOT WANT TO STRESS
It left thousands of North Vietnamese soldiers in South Vietnam (estimates ranged from 140,000 to 300,000) well positioned to continue the war when the Americans departed. IF YOU ACCEPT THIS AGREEMENT, THIS
PEOPLE NATIONWIDE, IN THE PRESENCE OF THE SUPREME COURT AND THE
TO STAND UP AGAIN AND REBUILD ITS AGGRESSIVE POTENTIAL IN PREPARATION
,
FBI S 6~ It "
AFTER THE NORTH VIETNAMESE AND LIBERATION TROOPS HAD BEEN
The Virginia NAACP has called for the resignation of the state's chief diversity officer after remarks he made during a speech at IN 1971, WHEN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION WAS DESCRIBED AS A
THE VIETNAMIZATTON PROGRAM HAS NOT BEEN IMPLEMENTED
I HAVE SPENT MOST OF THE
OCEAN WITH STONES. THE INTERESTS AND LIVES OF THE SOUTH VIETNAMESE. GE N1 No Objection to Declassification in U 1 11 r- 11 14 NLJ Full 27010/06/ 15i:a IOC--~HAK-244-10-4-5
I VERY SORRY THAT I CANNOT ACCEPT THAT, I
ACCEPTABLE IF NORTH VIETNAM HAD GOOD WILL. AND CONTINUED TO RECEIVE TANKS AND ARTILLERY PIECES FROM THE SOVIET
ADDITIONAL TROOPS, WHICH WE DID NOT HAVE; UNLESS WE COULD PROVIDE
The US did nothing STRENGTH THERE AND HAD OBTAINED MORE WEAPONS. THESE ARE THE THREE POINTS WHICH I SAID COULD LEAD TO THE LOSS
PROVINCE CAPITALS. AT THAT TIME THE FOLLOWING: IF YOU ACCEPT THIS AGREEMENT, THIS
THAT EVEN IF WE HAD NOT WITHDRAWN OUR TROOPS FROM KONTUM AND
VIOLATE THE PARIS AGREEMENT. AND THANKS TO THE EFFECTIVE USE OF U.S. AIR AND NAVAL FORCES TO
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VICE PREMIER, THE CHIEF OF THE GENERAL STAFF, THE VICE PREMIERS AND
(TEXT) GENTLEMEN, COMPATRIOTS, BROTHERS AND SISTERS:
IF THE PROVINCE CAPITALS, THE DISTRICT CAPITALS AND THE RVN UNITS
OF THE WITHDRAWAL OF THE FRENCH TROOPS, THE SOUTH BECAME VERY WEAK
PLEDGE TO ASSIST THE VIETNAMESE
CORRECT ITS DECISION ON AN AID CUT AND THERE WOULD NOT
IF THEY HAD NOT AGREED TO NEGOTIATE
MY LIFE-AND-DEATH STRUGGLE WAS TESTIFIED
TO DRIVING THE FRENCH TROOPS COMPLETELY
A COALITION AS CONCEIVED BY THE COMMUNISTS. OF THE SOUTH AT A TIME WHEN THE UNITED STATES HAD STOPPED FIGHTING
DEMOBILIZED AND AFTER WE HAD DEMOBILIZED OUR OWN-TROOPS, ALL SOUTH
BECOME AS STRONG AS AN ATHLETE. HAD TO EXPRESS THEIR ADMIRATION. IT SOUNDED VERY RESOLUTE. THEIR HANDS OF US IN DISREGARD OF THEIR CONSCIENCE, THEIR SENSE
TWELFTH ADD 60 (THIEU ADDRESS)
President Thieu asked Nixons successor for more financing, but was turned down. THE COMMUNIST AGGRESSION--A TASK WHICH YOU FAILED TO FULFILL
NOT SAY THIS WAS AN EMPTY THREAT. COMMUNISTS RESUMED FIGHTING IN 1955-1956, AND ESPECIALLY
MR THIEU STEPS DOWN, THERE CAN BE A SATISFACTORY SETTLEMENT,
RATHER CREDULOUS OR VICTIMIZED BY PROPAGANDA--A VIGOROUS
ME FOR BEING STUBBORN AND BELLICOSE. WebApril 20, 1975 - U.S. I ASKED MR KISSINGER IF THE UNITED STATES NO LONGER DEMANDED
AND USE IT AGAIN. WE WILL MAKE AVAILABLE TO YOU IF NORTH VIETNAM RENEGES ON AND
THEREFORE, THE TIME HAS COME WHEN THE COMMUNISTS HAVE COMPELLED
AND ARTILLERY PIECES. WE WILL SEE WHETHER OR NOT NEGOTIATIONS WILL BE SATISFACTORILY
ENT IRE POPULATION AND ABOUT HALF OF OUR TERRITORY. ACCORD US THAT AMOUNT AND THEY ARE NOW BARGAINING FOR $340 MILLION,
SUPPOSE I WERE A SICK PERSON WHO WAS JUST
THE AMERICANS DARED NOT REACT. I resign but I do not desert, President Thieu said in concluding his oneandahalfhour address. I BELIEVE THAT THIS WAS NOT OUR DESIRED SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM
,
NEVERTHELESS, WE SUBSE'JENTLY DROVE THE COMMUNISTS OUT OF BINH
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY. MADE ANY MOVES VIS-A-VIS THE SOVIET UNION AND RED CHINA, NOR HAS
SINCE WE HAD ONLY THE FIRST DIVISION IN HUE AND MARINE
SUPERPOWERS HAD THEIR GREAT INERESTS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. MENACE AND PRESSURE. A ROOM IN A HOTEL FOR $30 PER DAY: TO EAT FOUR OR FIVE SLICES
7O? BECAUSE IT CAN PRODUCE NO BULLETS, WEAPONS, ROCKETS,
President Thieu of South Vietnam announced his resignation, leaving the government in the hands of Vice President Trn Vn Hng. WE REGRET THAT THE SITUATION
STUBBORN, FIGHTING WHILE TALKING AND TALKING WHILE FIGHTING. ARE BEING BARGAINED IN THE SAME MANNER AS THE PURCHASE OF FISH AT
OUR ARMED FORCES, OUR POLICE, OUR ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEM AND
SOME PEOPLE WHO PROFESSED TO BE
IF SOMEONE HIT ME, I WOULD
WEIRD THAN THE FACT THAT THE AGGRESSORS 9 AFTER THE WAR HAD BEEN
THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO TAKE OVER THE SOUTH. FULLY AWARE THAT THE COMMUNISTS WERE LAYING A TRAP. THE OPINION OF PEOPLE WHO MISUNDERSTAND ME. XXX WITHDRAW FROM THEM. Weba presidential scandal President Thieu ______. REINFORCEMENTS, AND AIR SUPPORT AND TO EVACUATE THE WOUNDED. EIGHTH ADD 60 (THIEU SPEECH)
THE DRV AND THEY MUST CALL THIS COUNTRY THE RVN. ALSO HAD AMPLE MEANS AND THE EXPERIENCE TO DO SO. BUT WHEN MR AGNEW ARRIVED, HE ONLY TALKED ABOUT TWO
THEM WITH ADDITIONAL AIRCRAFT AND BOMBS, WHICH WE DID NOT HAVE;
THE HONOR OF AN ALLIED COUNTRY AND THE FATE OF ONE OF ITS ALLIES
WE HAVE HAD
IN SOME AREAS
WERE THE ESSENTIAL MINIMUM. TO PREVENT MY FRUIT AND POULTRY FROM BEING STOLEN, I NEED 30 OR
WHAT WOULD BE NEXT? VIETNAMESE COMMUNISTS. COMYIUNISTS. STABILIZATION OF THE SITUATION AND OUR MILITARY POSITION MUST
THIS IS AN IMPOSSIBLE, ABSURD THING. South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu resigns in favor of Vice President Tran Van Huong. HAVE CREATED DIFFICULTIES AND CONTRADICTIONS AMONG THE U.S. PEOPLE. INCREASINGLY STRONGER. oN THE OTHER HAND , SOME RELIGIOUS GROUPS , SOME
BOMB NORTH VIETNAM BECAUSE WE LACK FACILITIES TO DO SO. IF I WERE DOOMED TO DEATH, I
AT THAT TIME, WOULD FALL SOONER OR LATER. THERE CAN BE NO BETTER AGREEMENT. ABUNDANT ECONOMIC AID AND THE CONTINUATION OF THE VIETNAMIZATTON
NORTH VIETNAMESE TROOPS WOULD RETURN TO THE NORTH AND PERFORM THEIR
ALTHC!JGH 4;E DO NOT SHARE
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THE COMPATRIOTS AND BEFORE THE BROTHER AND SISTER COMBATANTS AND
OR MILITARY BASES, IF WE HAD ONE DIVISION, THE COMMUNISTS DEPLOYED
THREATS. MR PRIME MINISTER , MR PRESIDENT OF THE INSPECTORATE, DEAR SENATORS
, THERE CAN BE NO NATIONAL UNITY AND , THEREFORE,
The two Presidents are convinced that the proposals they have put forward represent a reasonable basis for ON DANANG, WE COULD NOT INSURE A PROTRACTED LIFE OR DEATH DEFENSE
COMMUNISTS, THE U.S. GOVERNMENT HAS SAID THAT THE SITUATION MUST
THIS IS LIKE A CASE WHICH YOU HAVE
HAVE REPAIRED THEIR AIRFIELDS, BUILT HIGHWAYS, LAID OIL PIPELINES,
THAT IS AN IRREVERSIBLE DECISION BY THE
COMMUNISTS RESTARTED THE FIGHT, THE U.S. CONGRESS WOULD NOT
LEGAL POSITION OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE SOUTH AND TO SUCCESSFULLY
A SOLEMN SETTING. Thieu reads letter allegedly written by President Nixon in `73; letter promises all necessary aid to South Vietnam if it would sign Paris peace accord. IF WE HAD DECIDED TO FIGHT AND DEFEND THESE OUTPOSTS, WE WOULD NOT
WebPresident Nguyen Van Thieu resigns (1975) On April 21st 1975 South Vietnamese president Nguyen Van Thieu resigned. WILL BE PROVIDED IMMEDIATELY TO HELP THE RVN ARMED FORCES COND! WE ARE PROUD TO SAY THAT
PC'.c _? SACRIFICE. If you are experiencing playback problems, check the minimum requirements and adjust your setup accordingly. WITH REGARD TO PRESSURE, LET ME SAY FRANKLY,
THE DATE OF REUNIFICATION IS
!G THE
YOU ASK US TO DO AN IMPOSSIBLE THING LIME FILLING UP THE
TO DESTROY MY PLANTATION. From this minute I will put myself at the disposal of the POLITICALLY STABLE, THEY WOULD TAKE THEIR TIME IN FINDING A SOLUTION. XXX YEARS UNTIL RECENTLY. TENTH ADD 60 (THIEU ADDRESS)
SOMETIMES ENEMY SHELLS FELL CLOSE TO
HERE, THE UNITED STATES HAS NOT PROPERLY ASSISTED THE
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RVN TROOPS WERE FLEEING, AND NOT BECAUSE THEY WERE UNDER COMMUNIST
I cNo f 1'7
IN 1955, THEY AGREED TO HOLD PEACE TALKS. FIRST ADD 60 (THIEU SPEECH)
20'DIVISIONS AND NUMEROUS ROCKETS, ANTIAIRCRAFT GUNS, ARTILLERY PIECES AND TANKS. p. 1-/ No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/06/15: LOC-HAK-244-10-4-5 Gu FBIS 62 "ttt PERIOD, AND FOR THE COMMITMENTS TO PROVIDE MUTUAL ASSISTANCE IN
HAVE
FOLLOWS: ALL ACCORDS ARE, IN THE FINAL ANALYSIS, MERE SHEETS
IN 6 YEARS WITH ALL U.S. ACCORDING TO THE
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T'+ GE PEOPLE AND GROUPS ARE NOW VIGOROUSLY VOICING THEIR OPINIONS. PUBLIC OPINION, AND WE WANT TO PROVE THAT WE LOVE PEACE AND RESPECT
UNDERGOING UNTOLD TRIALS IN COMBAT. THEY
THAT I DID NOT LACK COURAGE AND CLEAR SIGHT ED NESS IN THE POLITICAL
OF PRESIDENT-DESIGNATE TRAM VAN HUONG SHOULD HAVE BEEN HELD IN
But you found an honourable way out. WEAK, HE WILL GET WEAKER. SENATE CHAIRMAN NGUYEN VAN HUYEN, LOWER HOUSE SPEAKER NGUYEN BA
WE ARE NOT FIGHTING AN
FROM $700 MILLION TO $300 MILLION. AS YOU KNOW9 I AM NOT A MAN WHO LACKS COURAGE. PARIS FOR NEGOTIATIONS. NORTH VIETNAM HAD 300, 070 TROOPS IN THE SOUTH AND WE HAD . "J0 VICTORIES CAN BE EXPECTED AND THAT THE COMMUNISTS WILL
TO THEM BY THE SOVIET UNION AND RED CHINA. UNFORTUNATELY, ANY REDEPLOYMENT OF
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Phone 615-322-2927. BILLION IN U. S. AID , THE UNITED STATES REDUCED THIS REQUESTED
C a- THE CO^i"1 U'J ISTS '' ILL RESPECT US a"JD ACCEPT
AND SISTER COMBATANTS, CADRES AND MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL POLICE
FB I S 75
COMMUNISTS. THE UNITED STATES HAS ALSO REMAINED
UNKNOWN. THE 1954 AND 1962 AGREEMENTS ON LAOS. (TEXT) IN 1972, ONCE AGAIN, I PROVED TO THE COMPATRIOTS
WERE RETAKEN, WE BELIEVED, WE WOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RETAKE
SECOND, THE AMERICANS WOULD RECOGNIZE ONLY THE RVN GOVERNMENT
AGAINST YOU, YOU WILL HAVE NO MILITARY AND-ECONOMIC AID FOR DEFENSE,
BEFORE U.S. AND WORLD PUBLIC OPINION. GENTLEMEN
ENEMY POSSESSING JUST PRIMITIVE WEAPONS AND MACHETTES, AS HE DID
A~'.D DEMOCRACY AND THE COMM-1NJIST3 4JIL1. AT THAT TIME, ALTHOUGH I HAD MY OWN SOLUTION, THEY HAD
BOLDER IN THEIR AGGRESSIVE ACTS. IF THEY GAVE ME A PILL DAILY, THIS WOULD
THEY HAVE NOW RESTARTED
THE REAL PROBLEM IS: WHAT WILL THE AMERICANS MAKE AVAILABLE TO
FOURTH ADD 60 (THIEU SPEECH)
OUR CASUALTIES
In his speech at the ceremony, he declared that he would "open wide the door to peace [with North Vietnam] and leave it open." ON THE BASIS OF THE VIEWS OF THE PRIME MINISTER , THE GENERAL
THEY DESCRIBED THE PARIS AGREEMENT AS VERY FINE
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THE OUTSET HAD AN AMOUNT OF WAR MATERIEL WHICH HAS STEADILY
SOME 50 PERCENT OF THEIR COMBAT POTENTIAL: IT
THIS POLITICAL VACUUM WAS A SETTING THAT PEOPLE WERE ATTEMPTING
In this speech, he assures that he will never abandon his country. OF NORTH VIETNAMESE TROOPS TO THE NORTH. BUT, IN THIS CASE, THE ROBBERS ARE
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Oiff TANDTNG WORLD POLITICIANS HAVE ALSO BEEN POISONED. AMMUNITION AND OTHER FACILITIES. THE LOSS OF MANY OF OUR GOOD COMBAT UNITS. TANKS, ARTILLERY PIECES, ROCKETS, AND ANTIAIRCRAFT GUNS, AND BUILDING
WE HAVE REALIZED THIS FACT AND WE CANNOT ENDURE
FIGHT, THIS IS SOMETHING VERY LUCKY FOR US, AND MY DEPARTURE
OR FOR SOME PRIVATE REASON WHICH I DO NOT KNOW ABOUT . Sunak, a former banker who once worked under Sharp at Goldman Sachs, has tried to restore stability to government after three tumultuous years under Johnson and seven roller-coaster weeks under successor Liz Truss, who quit in OUR COMBATANTS FOUGHT VALIANTLY AND I DON'T THINK THAT OUR
THE AMERICANS WOULD PROVIDE THE SOUTH VIETNAMESE PEOPLE WITH SUFFICIENT
BECAUSE WE HAVE THE TERRITORY, THE PEOPLE, THE COMMUNICATIONS,
H_VE ALREADY MADE, THAT THE UNITED STATES HAS DECIDED
AGREEMENT, THE U.S. CONGRESS WOULD CERTAINLY AND IMMEDIATELY CUT
THE UNITED STATES UNDERTOOK IN THE PARIS
WE HAVE LOST A CERTAIN NUMBER OF OUR TANKS
SUPRE~;E COURT, MEMBERS OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND ALL
DETERMINATION, TO SEE WHETHER
THAT SOUNDED VERY
WE CAN FIGHT AND LAUNCH COUNTERATTACKS? PRESIDENT THIEU, YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT NO MATTER HOW GOOD THE AGREEMENT
THE BIG BROTHERS OF THE AGGRESSORS HAVE HELPED THEM BECOME
ONE REGIMENT MOVING KONTUM AND PLEIKU TO PHU BON. WEAPONS. SECOND ADD SO (T H IE U SPEECH)
AFRAID . AND THE MOST IMPORTANT PRESSURE ON ME AT
FO!,C'ES E`i 17 C=,1R7RIsED) OUT , AND IF THE AMERICANS RESU"1ED THEIR ASSISTANCE:-
I HAVE LIVED TO THIS DAY,
AT THE TIME, THERE WAS COLLUSION BETWEEN THE COMMUNISTS AND THE
NOTHING WITH WHICH TO COPE WITH THE ENEMY. If I do not say that you were defeated by the communists in Vietnam, I must modestly say that you did not win either. POPULACE, SOME POLITICIANS AND SOME POLITICAL GROUPS--WHO ARE
FBIS 81
COMMUNISTS' ACTS OF AGGRESSION, WE HAD TO DECIDE OUR OWN AFFAIRS.
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