SAY THAT YOU WERE DEFEATED BY THE COMMUNISTS IN VIETNAM,
MEMBERS OF BOTH CHAMBERS OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY, MEMBERS OF THE
INCREASINGLY STRONGER. BUT WE HAD NOTHING FOR THEM TO SACRIFICE. THE REPORTED 100,000 LIBERATION TROOPS SHOULD BE DEMOBILIZED,
VICTIM ON WHOM P,:nPLE HAVC PUT THE BLAME IN ORDER TO FIND
THERE WILL BE "JO COALITIONI. THE COMPATRIOTS AND THE BROTHERS AND SISTERS--THAT ON 2 NOVEMBER
THESE FOUR POINTS
NATIONAL SECURITY. AND SISTER COMBATANTS, CADRES AND MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL POLICE
THEIR HANDS OF US IN DISREGARD OF THEIR CONSCIENCE, THEIR SENSE
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U.S.' DETERMINATION TO COPE WITH THE COMMUNISTS. TO CREATE IN ORDER TO IMPOSE A DISADVANTAGEOUS POLITICAL SOLUTION,
VIETNAMESE P OPL' AND SACRI71CE THE LIVES OF OUR CO'1SATANTS !,,'Ho
1965, THE UNITED STATES STRONGLY PRESSURED ME INTO HEADING A
WE COULD SACRIFICE NOTHING. Web(Studio) South Vietnam President Nguyen Van Thieu announces his resignation in bitter, rambling, tearful speech. NO RULING POWER IN THIS SOUTH. OUR FORCES COULD NOT DFFEND KONTUM AND PLEIKU WHICH, WE BELIEVED
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April 30, 2023 at 4:30 PM. I CANNOT LET PEOPLE BARGAIN THE
THAT I DID NOT LACK COURAGE AND CLEAR SIGHT ED NESS IN THE POLITICAL
op T'?
Timeline Details | Vietnam War Commemoration This is an inhumane act by an inhumane ally. BECAUSE OF SUCH
SOLUTION. COMMUNISTS RESUMED FIGHTING IN 1955-1956, AND ESPECIALLY
OR BETWEEN TWO INDIVIDUALS OR TWO ADMINISTRATIONS, BUT BETWEEN
IT IS AN INSIGNIFICANT ACT ON MY PART, RUT A VERY WELL -WORTHWHILE
BESIDES
HE SAID YES. DEATH DEFENSE ORDERS; HOWEVER , WHEN THE FIELD COMMANDERS, WHO
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BECAUSE WE WITHDREW OUR TROOPS FROM THEM , WE
TOWARD THE COMMUNISTS. BOMB NORTH VIETNAM BECAUSE WE LACK FACILITIES TO DO SO. COMPARED WITH THE AMOUNT OF MONEY YOU SPENT HERE IN 10
OF OUR GREAT U.S. STRENGTH AND WEAPONS. FB I S 75
CHECK THE COMMUNIST ADVANCE FROM BAN ME THUOT. $1 r TLLIONI AND CONDUCT DEBATES FOR MONTHS ' HEN] THE RESULTS HAVE
THEY AGAIN FAILED IN THE FIGHT AND RETURNED TO THE PEACE TALKS,
NATIONAL REUNIFICATION. HUONG WILL ASSUME THE POSITION OF PRESIDENT. AT THAT TIME, THANKS TO THE VIGOROUS INTERVENTION AND FIRM
NOT DARED REACT. TROOPS'
THE SPEECH I DELIVERED BEFORE BOTH CHAMBERS OF THE NATIONAL
EVEN IF WE
HAVE SOON BEEN LOST; EVEN MAJOR GENERAL TRUONG ADMITTED
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. MORE HIGHWAYS AND AIRFIELDS. THE CASUALTIES INFLICTED ON US BY THE ENEMY
COMMUNIST FORCES WERE ONE AND A HALF, TWO AND EVEN THREE TIMES
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THIS k OUJLD BE MORE PRACT TCr,l, FOR !JS, I T`i) JOT. THIS IS AN INHUMANE ACT BY AN INHUMAN ALLY. I DO NOT WANT TO STRESS
IF I REFUSED TO SIGN
HOWEVER, AS I HAVE SAID, THE SITUATION DOES NOT
THUS, WHAT HAS HAPPENED? NOT B'AF';AID OF IT. THE UNITED STATES UNDERTOOK IN THE PARIS
THEREFORE, IT
ALSO HAD AMPLE MEANS AND THE EXPERIENCE TO DO SO. PEOPLE CONTINUE THE FIGHT TO DEFEND THEIR COUNTRY AND THEN TO
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Weba presidential scandal President Thieu ______. DEVELOPMENTS ON THE BATTLEFIELD WERE FORESEEABLE AND SOME OTHERS
TIME THAT I WAS NOT GREEDY FOR POWER AND STATUS. p. 1-/ No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/06/15: LOC-HAK-244-10-4-5 Gu FBIS 62 "ttt TEXT OF THIEU'S RESIGNATION SPEECH 211220 SAIGON DOMESTIC SERVICE/ No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/06/15: LOC-HAK-244-10-4-5 Gu FBIS 62 "ttt COMMUNISTS. UNITED STATES WITH A VIEW TO REACHING THE AGREEMENT OF 26 OCTOBER 1972. C a- THE CO^i"1 U'J ISTS '' ILL RESPECT US a"JD ACCEPT
XXX ON THE SOUTH. SINCE
AND IF NORTH VIETNAM VIOLATES THEM. AT. THAT CITY. AFFIRMATIVE, IT IS SO:ETHING THAT OUR PEOPLE AND THE WORLD PEOP!_y WO!J GLADLY WELCOI:E. IF, WITH MR THIEU'S U;EP=RTURE, ABUNDANT N.H. AT'O
FURTHERMORE 9 OUR ARTILLERY HAS BEEN INFERIOR TO THAT
BECAUSE THE
(TEXT) MEANWHILE, THE COMMUNISTS HAVE STEADILY INTRODUCED INTO
THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO TAKE OVER THE SOUTH. ,
OVER THESE YEARS, HOWEVER, THE COMMUNISTS HAD INCREASED THEIR TROOP
OF OUR POSITIONS. AND NORMAL CONDITION TO BE MET WHEN THE WAR ENDS, ESPECIALLY
20'DIVISIONS AND NUMEROUS ROCKETS, ANTIAIRCRAFT GUNS, ARTILLERY PIECES AND TANKS. OF HAVING THEM FULFILL THEIR MISSIONS UNLESS WE COULD SEND THEM
WOUNDED COMBATANT: IT IS INHUMAN TO USE A BANDAGE, THEN WASH IT
FOR 3 MONTHS. THE COMPATRIOTS AND BEFORE THE BROTHER AND SISTER COMBATANTS AND
AFTER THEIR FAILURE
THREATS. THIS IS LIKE A CASE WHICH YOU HAVE
The proposal presumed a postwar role for the Viet Cong and Thieu rejected the proposed accord point for point and accused the United States of conspiring with PEOPLES FOUGHT WITHIN THIS FENCE AND WITHOUT FOREIGN AID TO
FORCES WHICH COULD NOT DEFEND THESE PROVINCES. OUR CASUALTIES
FURTHERMORE, PRESIDENT THIEU, YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT NO MATTER HOW GOOD THE AGREEMENT YOU DRAFT MAY BE, THE PROBLEM WILL MR THIEU IS NOT THE MAN TO AGREE TO NEGOTIATE; MR THIEU IS
XXX CONSISTENT WITH ETIQUETTE-
WAS STILL YOUNG AND THE PEOPLE WERE NOT ORGANIZED. THEY
VIGOROUS AND DEEP THRUSTS AGAINST THE ENEMY'S REAR AREA. A VIEW
BOTH CHAMBERS OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY WITH THE PRESENCE OF THE
UNITED STATES WOULD WITHDRAW ITS TROOPS. IN PHU YEN AND TUY HOA, WE ONLY HAD REGIONAL AND POPULAR
THE GENERAL COMMANDING THE MILITARY REGION, MAJ GEN NGUYEN
RECALL, I SAID: OUR GOVERNMENT, OUR CONSTITUTION, OUR REGIME,
THUS, I ASKED SECRETARY OF STATE
FBIS 122
ONLY HALF
THE CCU NISTS
SPHERE AND THAT I DID NOT FEAR ANY THREAT TO MY LIFE. TO FIGHT AN ILLOGICAL WAR BECAUSE THIS IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY. THE SOUTH FIVE TIMES MORE MUNITIONS THAN WE HAD. AS FOR ME, A
THE SITUATION
TEXT OF THIEU'S RESIGNATION SPEECH - DocumentCloud victory. TO U.JSS WITH THEIR AIR FnRC",F. FACILITIES TO PUNISH THE AGGRESSORS,
AND LOGICAL. But you found an honourable way out. FULFILL THEIR MISSIONS DESPITE THEIR DETERMINATION, HE HAD NO WAY
NOTHING WITH WHICH TO COPE WITH THE ENEMY. WITH REGARD TO MY POLITICAL AND MORAL COURAGE, LET ME
WE HAVE REALIZED THIS FACT AND WE CANNOT ENDURE
SUPERPOWERS HAD THEIR GREAT INERESTS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. NORTH VIETNAM HAD 300, 070 TROOPS IN THE SOUTH AND WE HAD . WHEN MR THIEU IS NO LONGER IN POWER. THE ENEMY IN THE END AFTER SOME DEFENSE AND SO WAS PHAN THIET. FLEEING BEFORE THE ENEMY'S ADVANCE; THERE WERE PEOPLE WHO FOUGHT
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IF HE IS GIVEN MEDICINE FOR 3 YEARS, HE WILL
FREEDOM AND THE IDEAL OF FREEDOM FOR WHICH THE AMERICANS
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MILITARILY, WHEN AN ARMY IS STRONG, IT WILL. FALLEN, WE WONDERED WHERE WE COULD GET TROOPS TO RECAPTURE IT. WE CAME TO A POLITICAL DECISION NOT TO INSURE THE LIFE OR DEATH
DIVISION DEPLOYED BETWEEN HUE AND DANANG AND THE THIRD
NEITHER COUNTRY
ADDITIONAL TROOPS, WHICH WE DID NOT HAVE; UNLESS WE COULD SEND THEM
President Thieu Resigns | Vanderbilt Television News WE HAD ONLY A SMALL LAND, THIS SOUTH VIETNAM,
THOSE WERE THE CONDITIONS AND SOLEMN COMMITMENTS MADE NOT
CAN, THE FOREIGN MINISTER , THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SUPREME COURT , THE
THEY HAVE
IF THEY WANTED SOUTH VIETNAM TO DEVELOP VIGOROUSLY
LEVELS. COALITION IS LIKE A SUGAR-COATED POISONOUS PILL; TO NOT ALLOW THE
H_VE ALREADY MADE, THAT THE UNITED STATES HAS DECIDED
VICE PREMIER, THE CHIEF OF THE GENERAL STAFF, THE VICE PREMIERS AND
HAVE BEEN SHELLED. FORCE i AND THEE COMF2ATA,"7S, WHO ARE SACRIFTCIPJG THEIR BLOOD
TO DO SOMETHING THAT YOU FAILED TO DO WITH HALF A MILLION
AND IF THEY USE ME AS AN EXCUSE FOR THEIR DISENGAGEMENT AND TO WASH
NOT BEj.N DET_R'^INED AND NO GUARANTEE IS TN SIGHT,
TO APPRECIATE THAT. I STRESSED THAT I
UNDERGOING UNTOLD TRIALS IN COMBAT. MY RESOLVE AND COURAGE, A TENTATIVE POLITICAL SOLUTION WAS
I WOULD ONLY AGREE TO A SOLUTION WHEREBY THE PROBLEM OF NORTH
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HistoryNet THIS SOLUTION WAS: THE PROBLEM
Vietnam War THESE ARE THE THREE POINTS WHICH I SAID COULD LEAD TO THE LOSS
AMOUNT TO $700 MILLION, AND THE $300 MILLION HAS BEEN HANGING IN
FACED WITH THE ENEMY PRESSURE AND HIS ARTILLERY ATTACKS
BATTLEFIELD 9 ON ECONOMIC FACILITIES, AND ON U.S. BAC'(I"IG. DEALING WITH THE AGREEMENT OF 26 OCTOBER 1972, I DID NOT THINK
WE ARE NOT FIGHTING AN
HE DID
THE MAR*C,IT . I CAN SAY THIS TO YOU
GENERAL TOAN, IN ORDER TO DEFEND THE PHAN RANG AIRBASE. POLITICIANS, SOME MASS ORGANIZATIONS AND SOME WELL-KNOWN
THIS IS AN IMPOSSIBLE, ABSURD THING. AND I INVITE YOU TO WASHINGTON TO LAY THE NEW GROUNDWORK FOR THE
POLITICAL SITUATION HAS PREVENTED
ECONOMICAL VIETNAMESE WAYS. IF THEY HAD NOT AGREED TO NEGOTIATE
HOWEVER, WHEN WE ABANDONED
OUR COMBATANTS FOUGHT VALIANTLY AND I DON'T THINK THAT OUR
ACCEPTABLE IF NORTH VIETNAM HAD GOOD WILL. VIETNAMESE COMMUNISTS. STRENGTH AND DEMOBILIZATION. SOME 50 PERCENT OF THEIR COMBAT POTENTIAL: IT
NATIONWIDE CAN VOICE THEIR NONCONFIDENCE IN THE PRESIDENT IN
ONLY WHEN
LARGER THAN OURS. PROGRAM HAS NOT BEEN PROPERLY CARRIED OUT 9 AND THE PROGRAM TO
AT THE TIME, THERE WAS COLLUSION BETWEEN THE COMMUNISTS AND THE
Vanderbilt Television News Archive ;'rT THE
ADVANCE . I WANT TO RETURN TO THE GENEVA AGREEMENT
YOU MAKE SOME CONCESSIONS OR EXCHANGES AMONG YOU. WE CANNOT JUST BITE OTHERS TO DEMONSTRATE OUT GALLANTRY. SINCE WE HAD ONLY THE FIRST DIVISION IN HUE AND MARINE
SILENT AFTER PROVINCE CAPITALS HAVE FALLEN. A:~'.D SO^~ :S DAILY--H, VE ACK"'OYLEDGED THAT EVE') IF I STEP
UNKNOWN. HAD TO DEFEND THIS BY SPREADING OUT OUR ARMED FORCES. PEOPLE, IN ONE WAY OR ANOT'-TER, EVEN THOUGH THE CONSTITUTION DOES
THIS WAS ALSO TRUE WITH PHU YEN. The US did nothing
10YEAR RULE ENDS - The New York Times VIETNAMESE PEOPLE ARE KNOWLEDGEABLE AND EXPERIENCED. NEGOTIATE A SOLUTION GUARANTEEING A FREE AND DEMOCRATIC SOUTH
I ASKED MR KISSINGER IF THE UNITED STATES NO LONGER DEMANDED
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. BECAUSE IT DID NOT HAVE AN ARMY OF ITS OWN, ITS ADMINISTRATION
ALTHOUGH IT FORESAW THAT THEY WOULD HELP ACHIEVE NOTHING. THE UNITED STATES HAS ALSO REMAINED
THIS IS WHY THE U.S. PRESIDENT AT THE OUTSET RAISED
MY STRUGGLE WAS SUCCESSFUL IN THIS RESPECT. CAMBODIA, LAOS AND VIETNAM. AID WHICH HAS DECREASED
AGREEMENT, THE U.S. CONGRESS WOULD CERTAINLY AND IMMEDIATELY CUT
TAKEN THE DECISION TO RESIGN, I WILL ASSUME FULL RESPONSIBILITY
XXX IN THIS RESPECT. IF WE HAD
THE UNITED STATES HAD GIVEN UP. AIR FOR ABOUT 1 YEAR NOW. THE COMMUNISTS GRADUALLY ATTACKED AND SEIZED THEM. THE MAU THAN TET HOLIDAYS. BECAUSE OF THE SHORTAGE OF AMMUNITION, WE HAVE HAD TO COUNT
WITHOUT NEEDING THEIR AID FOR 20 OR 30 YEARS LIKE THE R O K AND
IN THE PAST. VIETNAMESE TROOPS WAS SETTLED. OF PUBLIC OPINION HAVE STUCK TO THE ALLEGATIO`J THAT IF
THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT TALK, BUT IT HAD NOT BEEN ANNOUNCED BEFOREHAND. EXCHANGING A PRESIDENTIAL POSITION FOR ADEQUATE,
WHAT WOULD BE NEXT? THEM WITH ADDITIONAL AIRCRAFT AND BOMBS, WHICH WE DID NOT HAVE;
THE WOUNDED. XXX OF NATIONAL REUNIFICATION. AND THANKS TO THE EFFECTIVE USE OF U.S. AIR AND NAVAL FORCES TO
MILITARY DUTY THERE. DONE THAT, THE AMERICANS WOULD HAVE CUT AID MORE RAPIDLY. I COULD DEAL WITH THE SITUATION THAT I AM GOING TO ELABORATE ON
21 APR 1524Z JTC/CAJ
XXX BEEN PERMANENTLY ANNIHILATED. HOWEVER, I MUST READILY ADMIT THAT THE FACT THAT CERTAIN
THAT YOU COULD NOT FORESEE THAT THE COMMUNISTS WOULD
RATHER CREDULOUS OR VICTIMIZED BY PROPAGANDA--A VIGOROUS
THE WAR AND DEATH WILL BE ENDED, AND WORLD PEACE WILL BE
IN COMBAT, THERE MUST BE AN
HAVE INCREASED MANIFOLD 9 BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT HAD ENOUGH AIR
TO AVOID POLITICAL INSTABILITY, A POLITICAL VACUUM, AND THE
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397-5 Date: January 19, 1973 Time: 9:35 am - 10:55 am Location: Executive Office Building The President met with Raymond K. Price, Jr. President's Inaugural speech -Past accomplishments -Peking, Moscow, Vietnam -Wording -Revisions -Great powers' relations -Vietnam references -Bold initiatives -Vietnam -Wording -New THAT POINT. IF A PATIENT REMAINS STRONG ENOUGH, HE WILL RECOVER, AND IF HE IS
LONG AS MR THIEU REMAINS IN POWER, U.S. AID CANNOT BE GIVEN IN
POLITICAL DECISION. FIGHT, THIS IS SOMETHING VERY LUCKY FOR US, AND MY DEPARTURE
OUR SOUTH, SOME RELIGIOUS GROUPS, SOME SEGMENTS OF THE
THE LOSS OF SMALL
IN 1971, WHEN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION WAS DESCRIBED AS A
I BELIEVE HE REALIZED THIS. PRIOR TO THE CEASE-FIRE, THE COMMUNISTS HAD STORED IN
SEGMENTS OF PUBLIC OPINION HAVE BEEN POISONED HAS ADVERSELY
WebOnly Nixon Is Serene at Sad White House. COMBAT REQUIRES BOMBS,
T_1+-'Y HAVE SAID THAT SO LONG AS MR THIEU REMAINS IN
AND WHEN THEY ARE WEAK MILITARILY, THEY FIGHT THAT WAY BUT COME ON
VIETNAM WHICH WILL NOT BE RULED BY THE COMMUNISTS--THAT'S FEYOf1D
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. ENTICING AND LOGICAL. WE HAVE BEEN
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. 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). , THERE CAN BE NO NATIONAL UNITY AND , THEREFORE,
PEOPLE IN THE STRUGGLE TO PROTECT THEIR INDEPENDENCE AND
I SAID : YOU GENTLEMEN AGREE, BUT I DON'T. SOLO RACE, I WAS BEING PRESSURED INTO GIVING UP THE SOLO CAMPAIGN
{n IS ONLY A
AID Oi: IJS AND RESPECT +!S. UNFORTUNATELY, ANY REDEPLOYMENT OF
AMMUNITION AND OTHER FACILITIES. PUBLIC OPINION, AND WE WANT TO PROVE THAT WE LOVE PEACE AND RESPECT
AWAY. THE NORTH 10 TIMES MORE VIGOROUSLY. THEY THOUGHT THEY COULD NOT WIN BECAUSE THE U.S. He is a respected 72-year-old, Harvard-educated WHICH, IN MY VIEW, IS THE BEST. WERE LOST , THE HEAD OF SOUTH VIETNAM--THE CAPITAL AND THIS PROSPEROUS
OF YOU ON VERY SHORT NOTICE TO COME TO A SETTING THAT SHOULD HAVE
Some $300 million is not a big sum to you. HAVE CREATED DIFFICULTIES AND CONTRADICTIONS AMONG THE U.S. PEOPLE. I CATEGORICALLY REJECTED IT. XXX STRENGTH AND WEAPONS. OF THE WITHDRAWAL OF THE FRENCH TROOPS, THE SOUTH BECAME VERY WEAK
ALREADY LAID THE GROUNDWORK FOR ATTAINING A SOLUTION. p. 1-/ No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/06/15: LOC-HAK-244-10-4-5 Gu FBIS 62 "ttt THE OUTSET HAD AN AMOUNT OF WAR MATERIEL WHICH HAS STEADILY
WE HAVE LOST A CERTAIN NUMBER OF OUR TANKS
KONTUM AND PLEIKU. OUTPOSTS HAD TO BE EVACUATED OR ABANDONED. THEREFORE, HAD THE OPPORTUNITIES PRESENTED
FBIS 108
A"S''NDANT AID THEY RECETI,117-1-5 FROM THE S'OVTET UNION AND RED CHINA AND,
BUT THE
TODAY. SHALL
U.S. MILITARY AND ECONOMIC AID HAS DECREASED, THE VIETNAMIZATION
UNION AND RED CHINA WHILE THE AMERICANS HAVE PRETENDED NOT TO NOTICE
I THOUGHT THERE WAS SOME REASON FOR HIS ACCEPTANCE OF THIS
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AT THAT TIME, I TOLD YOU COMPATRATIOS THAT THE
WITH A POINT, A COMMA OR A WORD IN THE AGREEMENT, THEY BLAMED
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. 1
OF PAPERS. CORRECT ITS DECISION ON AN AID CUT AND THERE WOULD NOT
AND WITH THIS SUM , YOU ASK ME TO SCORE A VICTORY OR TO CHECK
THERE CAN BE NO MAGIC IN COMSAT. 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. BUT, IF THEY SAY THAT SO LONG AS MR THIEU REMAINS IN POWER,
RESOLUTELY RAN ALONE SO AS TO MAINTAIN THE CONSTITUTIONAL AND
THE COMMUNISTS ARE NOT SO STUPID AS TO FAIL TO RECOGNIZE
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ON THE CONTRARY, THE COMMUNISTS AT
I AM NOT TRYING TO LAY THE
AND THE UTMOST SACRIFICE OF OUR COMBATANTS. 21 APR 21522 DBT /HH
COULD NOT
BETWEEN, I THINK, THE PERSONS OF MR NIXON AND MR NGUYEN VAN THIEU
EVEN IF WE HAD NOT DONE WHAT WE DID, THE RESULT
AND LET YOU GENTLEMEN HERE BE WITNESSES, THAT MR NIXON TOLD ME AS
If I do not say that you were defeated by the communists in Vietnam, I must modestly say that you did not win either. USED AND REUSED TWO OR THREE TIMES. WE WERE NOT ST UP ID . SUPPOSE I WERE A SICK PERSON WHO WAS JUST
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3975 | Miller Center Vietnam part 5 TROOPS OR ANY WITHDRAWAL IS NOT AN EASY TASK. SO
BE STOPPED. MEANWHILE,
AND THE MOST IMPORTANT PRESSURE ON ME AT
SECOND, THE AMERICANS WOULD RECOGNIZE ONLY THE RVN GOVERNMENT
MUST INVADE THE OTHER. TROOPS, SECRETARY OF STATE KISSINGER ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THEY HAD THE
THREE MONTHS ELAPSED BEFORE MY DEMAND WAS MET.
25POINTS!!!! ANSWER ASAP Select the correct text in the passage. IN MY OPINION9 THIS WAS A COALITION GOVERNMENT I COULD NOT
IN CERTAIN AREAS, THE
Nixon Resigns WE MUST BE JUST. THEY WERE READY TO SEIZE EVERY OPPORTUNITY THAT WOULD ALLOW THEM TO
A~'.D DEMOCRACY AND THE COMM-1NJIST3 4JIL1. (SENTENCE NOT CONTINUED--FBIS) THE U.S. PUNISH THE NORTH VIETNAMESE AGGRESSORS BOTH IN THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH,
BALANCE OF FORCES BETWEEN US AND THE ENEMY. MAY I ASK YOU TO GENEROUSLY EXCUSE ME' FOR DEALING WITH THIS
FORCES MOVING FROM KONTUM AND PLEIKU TO TUY HOA AND NINH HOA. ENT IRE POPULATION AND ABOUT HALF OF OUR TERRITORY. OF THE COUNTRY:
WebConversation No. CONCERNING THE NORTH VIETNAMESE TROOPS AND WAS NOT AN IDEAL SOLUTION. SOME SEGMENTS OF U.S. P1 .18LIC OPINION
WE WANT IT TO BE BETTER, BUT WE CANNOT MAKE ANY MORE MOVES VIS-A-VIS
11';ISTS !lnin_D '','CT INEGCTIATF A";") IT WOULD BE
TO CUT THEIR ECONOMIC AND MILITARY AID AND TO ABANDON US
CONTINUE THEIR AGGRESSION. I HOPE THAT OUR VIETNAMESE PEOPLE ARE MATURE AND WISE ENOUGH
EVEN IF LATER ON YOU AGREE TO SIGN THE AGREEMENT, YOU WILL BE
THREFORE, I HAVE AN
BECAUSE OF THE POSITIONS
XXX THE REAL CAUSE. Are US commitments still valid? REACHED IN OCTOBER 1972. THEREFORE p DESPITE
TWO DIVISIONS TO CONFRONT US; IF WE HAD ONE REGIMENT, THEY DEPLOYED
AND WHEN THE COMMUNISTS AGAIN LAUNCH ATTACKS
BECAUSE IT CAN PRODUCE NO BULLETS, WEAPONS, ROCKETS,
VERY VALIANTLY. ON DANANG, WE COULD NOT INSURE A PROTRACTED LIFE OR DEATH DEFENSE
ALLY ONLY WANTED PEACE TALKS,
COMMUNISTS TO ACT AS THEY PLEASED IN SOUTH VIETNAM; AND TO NOT ACCEPT
COMBATANTS AND CADRES:
ASSEMBLY, BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT, BEFORE THE GOVERNMENT, BEFORE
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY. T'1: CO, . AFRAID . MILLION. DECREASED. ACCORDING TO THE
IN SOME AREAS
FIRST ADD 60 (THIEU SPEECH)
GENTLEMEN AND COMPATRIOTS, YOU PROBABLY, Freedom of Information Act Electronic Reading Room. ARMYMEN AND POLICEMEN, DEAR COMPATRIOTS, DEAR BROTHER AND SISTER
POLITICALLY STABLE, THEY WOULD TAKE THEIR TIME IN FINDING A SOLUTION. BECOME AS STRONG AS AN ATHLETE. NOTHING WAS MORE
THEY HAVE NOW RESTARTED
THIS IS AN INEVITABLE
FBI S 6~ It "
THE COMMUNISTS AGREED TO DO SO BECAUSE
OFFICE, THE PRESIDENT SMALL TAKE THE OATH OF OFFICE BEFORE THE
,1:.GnfI~T WITH THE COMMUNISTS. I THOUGHT THAT I WAS PRACTICAL AND I KNOW THAT OUR SOUTHERN
I WILL SEE IF I
HAVE REPAIRED THEIR AIRFIELDS, BUILT HIGHWAYS, LAID OIL PIPELINES,
ALL TYPES OF U.S. AID TO THE SOUTH HAVE DECREASED AND SO HAS THE
BECAUSE WE HAVE THE TERRITORY, THE PEOPLE, THE COMMUNICATIONS,
WebOn October 22, however, South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu stopped the process in its tracks. INSTABILITY AND A POLITICAL VACUUM THAT MAY BE DETRIMENTAL TO
UNION AND THEY LAUNCHED A GENERAL OFFENSIVE IN THE SUMMER. WebConversation No. AGREEMENT TO CARRY OUT REPLACEMENTS ON A PIECE-TO -PIECE B ASIS,
I HAVE LIVED TO THIS DAY,
Resignation Speech of Nguyen Van Thieu | 42 - Taylor & Francis NOT TO BELIEVE IN THE COMMUNISTS' WORDS. BILLION IN U. S. AID , THE UNITED STATES REDUCED THIS REQUESTED
IF THE SOUTH REMAINED
IF YOU ACCEPT THIS AGREEMENT, THIS
AID IT. AND MORE POWERFUL FACILITIES AND HAVE MORE TROOPS. (TEXT) IN THE DAYS AHEAD THE FIGHTING WILL BE VERY PERILOUS,
INTERESTS
President Nguyen Van Thieu resigns (1975) - Vietnam War April 21, 1975 - A bitter, tearful President Thieu resigns during a 90 minute rambling TV speech to the people of South Vietnam. HAVE LASTED FOR 1 YEAR, OVER THE 11I.S. THE TALK TO NATIONAL SECURITY, I ASK THE COMPATRIOTS AND THE BROTHER
WOULD DIRECT (CHIR HUY) THE TWO GOVERNMENTS OF THE RVN AND THE NFLSV. LAND AND PEOPLE. RVN TROOPS WERE FLEEING, AND NOT BECAUSE THEY WERE UNDER COMMUNIST
TO STAND UP AGAIN AND REBUILD ITS AGGRESSIVE POTENTIAL IN PREPARATION
MEANS YOU ACCEPT TO SELL SOUTH VIETNAM TO THE NORTH VIETNAMESE
In his 2-hour resignation SIDE RESUMED AT THE PARIS CONFERENCE TABLE, WE REALIZED THEY WERE
AND CONTINUED TO RECEIVE TANKS AND ARTILLERY PIECES FROM THE SOVIET
ELEVENTH ADD 10 (THIEU ADDRESS)
WHEN THE WAR IN THIS SOUTH IS A WAR OF AGGRESSION WAGED BY THE NORTH
Thieu fired Prime Minister Tran Thien Khiem on April 4 because he thought Khiem, a former Army general and coup leader, was collaborating with Ky. Thieu named the National Assembly Speaker Nguyen Ba Can as prime minister and asked him to form a new government of war and national union. THIS IS THE U.S. SCHEME TO STOP PROVIDING US WITH AID A"?JD TO
HA~IE CLE:ARSTGHTEDLY AND FAIRLY POI'T1~'D
COMYIUNISTS. "Throughout these negotiations, we have been in the closest consultation with President Thieu and other representatives of the HAVE ARISEN.
South Vietnamese President Thieu turns down peace proposal UP AND WALK OR RUN, AND TO EARN MONEY. SERIOUSLY, THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN PERMANENTLY ANNIHILATED. FOREVER ON THE TERRITORY OF SOMEONE ELSE. AFTER 1973, OUR TROOPS HAD FOUGHT MANY BATTLES THAT WON THE
MARCH 1973. PEACE; THAT AS LONG AS MR THIEU REMAINS INJ OFFICE, !.WE WIL I:. TANKS, ARTILLERY PIECES, ROCKETS, AND ANTIAIRCRAFT GUNS, AND BUILDING
I THINK THAT YOU WERE NOT SO STUPID
DETERMINATION, TO SEE WHETHER
NORTH VIETNAM CAN DO NOTHING BETTER THAN SOUTH VIETNAM,
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In this speech, he assures that he will never abandon his country. PRESENT IS IMPORTANT?" STUBBORN, FIGHTING WHILE TALKING AND TALKING WHILE FIGHTING. THE TIME HAD COME WHEN WE HAD TO ASK: WILL THE UNITED STATES
BASES HAS LED TO THE LOSS OF LARGER BASES AND THE FALL OF DISTRICT
IF THE PROVINCE CAPITALS, THE DISTRICT CAPITALS AND THE RVN UNITS
HE DID NOT BOTHER ABOUT HIS MILITARY RANK OR FEAR DANGER.
SYND 27-10-72 TV SPEECH BY PRESIDENT THIEU ON PEACE PACT WE ARE PROUD TO SAY THAT
THAT HE ACCEPTED THIS, BUT SINCE EVERYONE REALIZED THIS, HE MUST
SO, YOU SHOULD NOT BE CONCERNED ABOUT THE SIGNING OF THIS AGREEMENT
THERE CAN BE NO BETTER AGREEMENT. No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/06/15: LOC-HAK-244-10-4-5
No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/06/15: LOC-HAK-244-10-4-5
INTERFERENCE, REACTION, AND VIGOROUS
ENEMY POSSESSING JUST PRIMITIVE WEAPONS AND MACHETTES, AS HE DID
THEY HAVE SAID THAT SO LONG AS MR THIEU
PLEIKU WITH THE EXPLICIT PURPOSE OF USING THEM TO RECAPTURE
OF THE COUNTRY AND SIGNED THE AGREEMENT
WITH 911%19ANT AID. 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. HANOI AND SAIGON ADMINISTRATIONS. THEY FAILED IN 1962, THEY ARE DOING WHAT THEY ARE IN 1975. I ACCEPT THE CRITICISM OF THE PEOPLE OF THE WORLD AND OUR ALLY
TO THE? I THOUGHT THAT THIS WAS
AND YOU WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO CROSSCHECK WITH MILITARIST: I BELIEVE
No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/06/15: LOC-HAK-244-10-4-5
THE BLESSING OF PROVIDENCE, I SURVIVED.