FOR THREE MAIN POINTS. In his speech at the ceremony, he declared that he would "open wide the door to peace [with North Vietnam] and leave it open." 21 APR 2031Z GE/HH
MEANS THAT YOU ACCEPT THE VIETNAM OF HANOI. THREATS. WHILE
MUST BE PROPERLY AWARDED. WEAPONS AND EQUIPMENT TO THEIR ARESENAL IN THE SOUTH. SAY THAT WE CAN DEFEND THESE AREAS BY RELIANCE ON OUR TROOPS'
NORTH VIETNAM SH01JLO SHOW GOOD WILL BY DEMOBILIZING THEIR
FAILED IN 1954, THEY DID WHAT THEY DID IN 1962. SD, THIS SMALL RVN IS FIGHTING AGAINST THE SOVIET
But you found an honourable way out. THE VIETNAMIZATTON PROGRAM HAS NOT BEEN IMPLEMENTED
10YEAR RULE ENDS - The New York Times XXX AT THAT POINT. THIS ALSO SOUNDED REASONABLE, LOGICAL AND PEACEFUL. No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/06/15: LOC-HAK-244-10-4-5
THAT TIME WAS THAT IF THE RVN GOVERNMENT REFUSED TO SIGN THE
ALLY ONLY WANTED PEACE TALKS,
PROVINCE CAPITALS. MADE ANY MOVES VIS-A-VIS THE SOVIET UNION AND RED CHINA, NOR HAS
OF RESPONSIBILITY, JUSTICE AND HUMANITY, THIS IS ANOTHER MATTER
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SILENT AFTER PROVINCE CAPITALS HAVE FALLEN. EATING NATICNAL RICE AND ARE BEING PROTECTED BY THE ARMED
MARCH 1973. The two Presidents are convinced that the proposals they have put forward represent a reasonable basis for VERY FIERCE AND VERY CHALLENGING TO OUR ARMED FORCES AND PEOPLE. TASK FOR AN ARMY. No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/06/15: LOC-HAK-244-10-4-5
(MORE)
IN LIGHT OF ARTICLE 55 OF THE CONSTITUTION, THE SWEARING-IN
COMMANDER OF THE JOINT GENERAL STAFF AND THE COMMANDERS OF THE
ARTICLE 55 OF THE CONSTITUTION STIPULATES THAT UPON TAKING
OF THE FUNCTIONS OF THE CHIEF OF STATE MUST BE PREVENTED SO AS
DO YOU THINK THAT THE FUTURE OR THE
BECAUSE THE UNITED STATES DOES NOT PROVIDE AID TO SOUTH
OUR COMBATANTS FOUGHT VALIANTLY AND I DON'T THINK THAT OUR
WHEN THE UNITED STATES REDUCED ITS AID
NOT PROVIDE FOR A REFERENDUM OR ANY WAY IN WHICH THE PEOPLE
WHEN THE WAR IN THIS SOUTH IS A WAR OF AGGRESSION WAGED BY THE NORTH
3 OR 4 YEARS, AND COULD THEN WORK AND EARN MY LIVING. History Place SOUTH WOULD BE LOST AND THE AMERICANS WOULD WASH THEIR HANDS
DENSELY POPULATED AREA OF THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS--CAME UNDER COMMUNIST
THE TIME HAD COME WHEN WE HAD TO ASK: WILL THE UNITED STATES
THIS SITUATION, WE HAD TO RELUCTANTLY USE OUR AIRBORNE UNITS,
THE UNITED STATES WOULD UNILATERALLY WITHDRAW ITS TROOPS? SINCE THE DAY OF MY ASSUMPTION OF LEADERSHIP. CALLED A PEACE SOLUTION, ON THE RVN IN 1971-1972. THEY ARE VERY CUNNING AND HAVE FULLY EXPLOITED THESE
AND OUR SIDE WOULD FURTHER REDUCE OUR TROOP STRENGTH BY ANOTHER
COMMUNISTS, THIS VIETNAM INCLUDES BOTH THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH. SAME FOOTING AS THE NFLSV. AFTER THEIR FAILURE
INCREASINGLY STRONGER. NORTH VIETNAMESE TROOPS WOULD RETURN TO THE NORTH AND PERFORM THEIR
AT THAT TIME, THEY WERE SEEKING A
SOUTH WHILE THE SOVIET UNION AND RED CHINA HAVE AIDED
I HAVE GONE THROUGH
BECAUSE THEY SAID THAT I WAS STUBBORN AND REFUSED TO
INCREASED. AND ARE NOT EXPERIENCED ENOUGH TO REALIZE THE NATURE OF
50,000 U.S. CITIZENS WERE SACRIFICED. WebConversation No. AS A RESULT, THEY AGREED
FOREVER ON THE TERRITORY OF SOMEONE ELSE. WAS VERY SERIOUS. HAD No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/06/15: LOC-HAK-244-10-4-5
WE DESIRE TO SHOW THAT
VIETNAMESE WOULD PERFORM THEIR MILITARY DUTY IN THE SOUTH AND ALL
WE CANNOT STABILIZE OUR MILITARY
WE ARE NOW IN A VERY DIFFICULT POSITION. (TEXT) MEANWHILE, THE COMMUNISTS HAVE STEADILY INTRODUCED INTO
THE REPORTED 100,000 LIBERATION TROOPS SHOULD BE DEMOBILIZED,
(TEXT) IN 1972, ONCE AGAIN, I PROVED TO THE COMPATRIOTS
AND AT PRESENT , THE UNITED STATES HAS REDUCED
SUCH AN ATTITUDE HAS INEVITABLY ENCOURAGED THE
110 Twenty-first Avenue South, Suite 704 Nashville, TN 37203, USA. BUT WE COULD DO NOTHING BETTER* WE COULD NOT DRIVE ALL O F THEM OUT
WAS MORE PRACTICAL THAN HAVING A BEAUTIFULLY WORDED AGREEMENT BUT
Lyndon Baines Johnson, Withdrawl Speech (March 31, 1968) involved the break-in at the Watergate complex and an illegal cover-up President Nixon resigned under pressure from the antiwar movement. GENERALS SAID THAT EVEN
Phone 615-322-2927. BASES HAS LED TO THE LOSS OF LARGER BASES AND THE FALL OF DISTRICT
ARE U.S. COMMITMENTS
SYND 27-10-72 TV SPEECH BY PRESIDENT THIEU ON PEACE PACT INTERFERENCE, REACTION, AND VIGOROUS
HAD ONLY 2 OR 3 DIVISIONS TO DEFEND NHA TRANG, WE ALSO LOST
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THE COMMUNISTS AGREED TO DO SO BECAUSE
YEARS, THIS SUM IS SUFFICENT FOR ONLY 10 DAYS OF FIGHTING. It contains 186,751 words in 265 pages and was updated last on March 27th, 2022. PEACE TALKS .MADE NO PROGRE
If I do not say that you were defeated by the communists in Vietnam, I must modestly say that you did not win either. WERE HERE WITH B-52 AIRCRAFT. Mr. Thieu Tells His Side of It - The New York Times THEY WOULD DARE SACRIFICE US IN THEIR EXCHANGE OF INTERESTS. THESE U.S. GENERAL NGHI VOLUNTEERED
OF NORTH VIETNAMESE TROOPS TO THE NORTH. BAN ME THUOT, KONTUM AND PLEIKU WOULD NO LONGER BE UNDER
Web(Studio) South Vietnam President Nguyen Van Thieu announces his resignation in bitter, rambling, tearful speech. MR THIEU REMAINS IN OFFICE, THERE CAN BE NO NEGOTIATIONS AND
VIETNAMESE COMMUNISTS. TREY WOULD NOT BE AFRAID OF THE AGREEMENT. COMMITMENTS AND WITH CONFIDENCE, I WENT TO THE UNITED STATES IN
TO DRIVING THE FRENCH TROOPS COMPLETELY
, THERE CAN BE NO NATIONAL UNITY AND , THEREFORE,
COMPATRIOTS--I AM SURE THAT MY COMPATRIOTS STILL REMEMBER IT--WAS
I WANT TO RETURN TO THE GENEVA AGREEMENT
p
LEADER OF THE FREE WORLD. ALLY, LEADER OF THE FREE WORLD, AND ONE OF ITS
ASSEMBLY ON 2 NOVEMBER 1955. MEANS TO DO SO, AND THOSE WHO WANTED TO OVERTHROW MY REGIME
Joint Statement Following the Meeting With President Thieu WHERE WE COULD BREATHE THE AIR OF FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY TO LIVE. OR TANKS. FBI S 6~ It "
21 APR 1703Z JTC/CAJ
THIS IS A SCHEME OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE
In his final public address, Thieu launched an PARALLEL MUST BE RESPECTED. HE DID NOT BOTHER ABOUT HIS MILITARY RANK OR FEAR DANGER. I HAVE TOLD THIS TO THE AMERICANS; IF THERE WERE A FENCE
RIGHT TO REMAIN IN THE SOUTH LEGALLY AND AS A MATTER OF COURSE. AND NORTH VIETNAMESE TROOPS WOULD BE BILATERALLY AND SIMULTANEOUSLY
HE SAID YES. MUST SERVE AS A BASIS, PENDING THE DAY OF NATIONAL REUNIFICATION
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THE COMPATRIOTS, HOWEVER v THAT THIS POLITICAL VACUUM WOULD LEAD
Read the following excerpt from President Nixon's "Peace with Honor" speech. THEREFORE, IT
TWELFTH ADD 60 (THIEU ADDRESS)
THIRTEENTH ADD 60 (THIEU ADDRESS)
SAID : MR THIE-.l SHOULD STEP DOWN AND LET 11S
OUR SURVIVAL DEPENDED ON BOMBS AND AMMUNITION NEEDED ON THE
Refusing to aid an ally and abandoning it is an inhumane act. ENEMY POSSESSING JUST PRIMITIVE WEAPONS AND MACHETTES, AS HE DID
AS FOR ME, A
SG211826 NINTH ADD 60--(THIEU SPEECH)
FORCES. UNITED STATES WITH A VIEW TO REACHING THE AGREEMENT OF 26 OCTOBER 1972. HOWEVER, OUR TROOPS WERE IN A WEAK POSITION AND OUR
THE GENERAL COMMANDING THE MILITARY REGION, MAJ GEN NGUYEN
Former president Donald Trump, who is facing court action in the US, is set to arrive in Scotland later today. I SAID THEN THAT A MOST IMPORTANT PREREOUISITE WAS THE WITHDRAWAL
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 Thieu gave a long and disjointed speech, much of it lambasting the United States for its treachery and broken promises: At the time of the [Paris] peace agreement, WE CAN FIGHT AND LAUNCH COUNTERATTACKS? COUNTRY No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/06/15: LOC-HAK-244-10-4-5
WILL ESTABLISH A WHOLEY COMMUNIST REGIME. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONSTITUTION, VICE PRESIDENT IRAN VAN
I CALL THE COMMUNIST COtfl fRY
DEFINITIVELY. 100,030. VIOLATE THE PARIS AGREEMENT. THAT IS AN IRREVERSIBLE DECISION BY THE
CONSE' UENTLY, A NUMBER OF OUR BASES AND
I THOUGHT THAT THIS WAS
THE CCU NISTS
URGENT ISSUE IN A SUCH A WAY THAT , IT IS REASONABLE TO SAY, IS
MR PRIME MINISTER , MR PRESIDENT OF THE INSPECTORATE, DEAR SENATORS
AN OUTPOST IN A REMOTE AREA WITHOUT THE NECESSARY MEANS TO CARRY
FOR THIS REASON, IT ISSS WO[T~IDHEERCO~!^~UNISTOS B1E969
OUR U. S. ALLIED TROOPS PROBABLY (flULn N1T NAUP gr-nPWn 7 THEY
TOWARD THE COMMUNISTS. 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 ALL TYPES OF U.S. AID TO THE SOUTH HAVE DECREASED AND SO HAS THE
Thieu was sworn in as the president of the Republic of Vietnam on October 31, 1967. 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. A U.S. PRESIDENT AND A VIETNAMESE PRESIDENT; BETWEEN A REPRESENTATIVE
I STILL RECALL THAT I TOLD THE COMPATRIOTS AT THAT
IN MARCH 1973, WHEN I WAS IN THE UNITED STATES, THE TONG LE
IN A POSITION IN WHICH WE MUST RELY ON THE VALOR AND
SO
TO CREATE IN ORDER TO IMPOSE A DISADVANTAGEOUS POLITICAL SOLUTION,
MY RESOLVE AND COURAGE, A TENTATIVE POLITICAL SOLUTION WAS
THE DATE OF REUNIFICATION IS
IT WAS A MILITARY, TACTICAL DECISION, AS
OF THESE BASES, WE WERE UNABLE TO PROVIDE THEM WITH SUPPLIES,
THE PARIS AGREEMENT. HAVE SPENT LITTLE TIME IN THE OFFICE. COMPATRIOTS ARE PRACTICAL, TOO. OCEAN WITH STONES. YOU, PRESIDENT THIEU, AND THE VIETNAMESE PEOPLE SO THEY CAN RESIST
Are US commitments still valid? I URGENTLcND EARNESTLY ASK BOTH CHAMBERS OF
SEGMENTS OF PUBLIC OPINION HAVE BEEN POISONED HAS ADVERSELY
THE FACT THAT OUR 22D DIVISION FOUGHT COURAGEOUSLY, IT SUSTAINED
THAT WAS WHY
CAMBODIA, LAOS AND VIETNAM. AND UNLESS WE PROVIDED THEM WITH ADDITIONAL TANKS AND HEAVY GUNS,
THAT. No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/06/15: LOC-HAK-244-10-4-5
TO U.JSS WITH THEIR AIR FnRC",F. FACILITIES TO PUNISH THE AGGRESSORS,
I ASKED MR KISSINGER IF THE UNITED STATES NO LONGER DEMANDED
THIS REPRESENTED A TEST OF U.S. RESOLVE AND REACTION. GENTLEMEN: TODAY, BEFORE BOTH CHAMBERS OF THE NATIONAL
resignation speech WE MUST BE JUST. South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu resigns in favor of Vice President Tran Van Huong. THE NORTH 10 TIMES MORE VIGOROUSLY. THE VIETNA"^.IZATION PLAN AND THE PLAN TO MODERNIZE. No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/06/15: LOC-HAK-244-10-4-5
ARDLESS OF THE RATE OF DEVELOPMENT OF THE SITUATION
LOSSES AND, IN THE END 9 HAD TO WITHDRAW. THE PEOPLE IN THAT CITY WOULD
THE
ARE BEING BARGAINED IN THE SAME MANNER AS THE PURCHASE OF FISH AT
BECAUSE THE
STATEMENTS TRUSTWORTHY? FIGHT AND WILL NOT AGREE TO NEGOTIATE. PROPAGANDA DRIVE IS BEING LAUNCHED TO PUT ALL THE BLAME
FIRST OF ALL, I APOLOGIZE FOR ADDRESSING YOU DIRECTLY TODAY
CO!J'^UNIS1 . THAT A FEW OTHER FACTORS WERE INVOLVED IN THE LOSS OF HUE 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 THAT WAS WHY I CONSIDERED THIS SOLUTION
3009000 NORTH VIETNAMESE TROOPS ARE STILL HERE q THE ALLIED TROOPS
WORSE STILL, AT THE HOSPITALS, BANDAGES HAVE BEEN
THUS, IF THE SOUTH IS
MARK; FORMING MORE DIVISIONS AND ARMY CORPS, 'BRINGING IN MORE
BUT THE
I READILY ACKNOWLEDGE
AND EVEN ABUNDANT, AID TO HELP THE SOLrrHERN ARMED FORCES AND
SHORTCOMINGS OF THOSE WRONGDOERS. SOLUTION. FULL BECAUSE SO LONG AS HE RECEIVES U.S. AID, HE WILL CONTINUE TO
THAT WAS WHY IT WAS S!$SE9,UENTLY
PLEASE EXCUSE ME FOR TELLING THIS: I ONLY FEARED
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. TANKS, ARTILLERY PIECES, ROCKETS, AND ANTIAIRCRAFT GUNS, AND BUILDING
DEFENSE OF KONTUM AND PLEIKU. 'Ion 3,'1.r -CONJ>+IDEvT , BECAUSE THEY SUFFER ILLUSIONS, OR
I SAID THAT
ONLY HALF
POSITIONS. THIS BASE NOT BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO CAPTURE ONE OF OUR FORWARD
TO PREVENT MY FRUIT AND POULTRY FROM BEING STOLEN, I NEED 30 OR
UP AND WALK OR RUN, AND TO EARN MONEY. SOMETIMES, A FEW POLITICIANS. I CITED AN EXAMPLE. THEY DID IT TO TEST U.S. ANOTHER REASON IS THAT A DISCONTINUATION
MY LIFE-AND-DEATH STRUGGLE WAS TESTIFIED
_1) TO THAT. DANANG : SPECIFICALLY, SOME COMMANDERS HAD ADOPTED A DEFEATIST
URGENT RQUEST. BECAUSE THE ECONOMIC POTENTIAL AND NATURAL RESOURCES OF SOUTH VIETNAM
BUT, IF THEY SAY THAT SO LONG AS MR THIEU REMAINS IN POWER,
INSTABILITY AND A POLITICAL VACUUM THAT MAY BE DETRIMENTAL TO
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ADVANCE . 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 FURTHERMORE,
PEOPLE NATIONWIDE, IN THE PRESENCE OF THE SUPREME COURT AND THE
WE ADVANCED TOWARD A VERY FINE SITUATION UP TO 196=3. TROOPS WERE REGULARLY PROVIDED
a ~,1"! TO ! WebOn October 22, however, South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu stopped the process in its tracks. FBIS SS -
PERMIT US TO DO SO. FB I S 75
I THOUGHT THERE WAS SOME REASON FOR HIS ACCEPTANCE OF THIS
WebResignation Speech of Nguyen Van Thieu By Mitchell K. Hall Book The Vietnam War Edition 2nd Edition First Published 2009 Imprint Routledge Pages 1 eBook ISBN IF BAN ME THIJOT
WebConversation No. THE HONOR OF AN ALLIED COUNTRY AND THE FATE OF ONE OF ITS ALLIES
FREEDOM AND THE IDEAL OF FREEDOM FOR WHICH THE AMERICANS
OR FOUR -SEGMENT , OR TWO-SEGMENT GOVERNMENT. Jan. 23, 1973 | Nixon Announces End of U.S. Involvement in Vietnam TO ATTACK YOU AGAIN. MATERIEL HAS DECREASED. President Nixon announces his resignation on national TV during a speech from the Oval Office on Aug. 8, 1974. THAT HE ACCEPTED THIS, BUT SINCE EVERYONE REALIZED THIS, HE MUST
YOU SEE, GENTLEMEN AND COMPATRIOTS, EVEN OUR SEASONED AIRBORNE
IF YOU ACCEPT IT , THIS IS FOR U.S. T'+ GE PEOPLE AND GROUPS ARE NOW VIGOROUSLY VOICING THEIR OPINIONS. I SAID : YOU GENTLEMEN AGREE, BUT I DON'T. AND WHEN THEY ARE WEAK MILITARILY, THEY FIGHT THAT WAY BUT COME ON
DESTI'?Y OF O'_!R P-nPLE WITH OF RS Ow $11 MILLION) $~ 11'I1I Ir'J A'T
THEREFORE, AS I
OFFICE, THE PRESIDENT SMALL TAKE THE OATH OF OFFICE BEFORE THE
XXX IN THIS RESPECT. I MUST MODESTLY SAY THAT YOU DID NOT WIN EITHER. I BELIEVED THAT I I WITHDREW, A POLITICAL VACUUM WOULD INEVITABLY
TO APPRECIATE THAT. WE WERE NOT ST UP ID . THEY AGAIN FAILED IN THE FIGHT AND RETURNED TO THE PEACE TALKS,
WOULD HAVE IMPOSED THEIR OWN SOLUTION. AIR FOR ABOUT 1 YEAR NOW. AGAINST YOU, YOU WILL HAVE NO MILITARY AND-ECONOMIC AID FOR DEFENSE,
EVEN WHEN PHUOC LONG FELL, THE UNITED STATES DID NOT REACT. COMBATANTS HELPED THEM FIGHT VICTORIOUSLY, AND THEY DID WIN. SPEAKER OF THE LOWER HOUSE, MR PRESIDENT OF THE SUPREME COURT ,
. (TEXT) MR VICE PRESIDENT , MR PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, MR ACTING
ITS ECONOMIC AND MILITARY AID TO SOUTH VIETNAM. AND 14ILL CONQUER ALL THE SOUTH AND THERE WILL BE MANY MORE
SINCE 1973, U.S. MILITARY AID HAS
From this minute I will put myself at the disposal of the SO, YOU SHOULD NOT BE CONCERNED ABOUT THE SIGNING OF THIS AGREEMENT
AGREEMENT, THE U.S. CONGRESS WOULD CERTAINLY AND IMMEDIATELY CUT
PEOPLE CONTINUE THE FIGHT TO DEFEND THEIR COUNTRY AND THEN TO
Fact check: Video shows Hawley calling for Biden to resign - USA STRENGTH THERE AND HAD OBTAINED MORE WEAPONS. A TRAITOR AND SELLER OF THE SOUTH VIETNAMESE PEOPLE AND TERRITORY
FORCING THE ENEMY TO BOW HIS HEAD. HAS CHANGED SO RAPIDLY IN CENTRAL VIETNAM. A:~'.D SO^~ :S DAILY--H, VE ACK"'OYLEDGED THAT EVE') IF I STEP
THIS IS THE U.S. SCHEME TO STOP PROVIDING US WITH AID A"?JD TO
EVEN WHILE I WAS PRESIDENT, NO ONE COMPELLED
IN MY OPINION, WITHOUT THIS FOUR-POINT STAND, SOUTH VIETNAM COULD
OUR ARMED FORCES, OUR POLICE, OUR ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEM AND
I REFUSED TO ACCEPT THIS AGREEMENT. UNION AND RED CHINA WHILE ITS ALLY FAILS TO PROTECT AND
OUR CONTROL. TODAY. HOWEVER, WHEN WE ABANDONED
REALISTIC. WEIRD THAN THE FACT THAT THE AGGRESSORS 9 AFTER THE WAR HAD BEEN
WE CANNOT SAY THAT OUR COMBATANTS DID NOT FIGHT
President Thieu of South Vietnam announced his resignation, leaving the government in the hands of Vice President Trn Vn Hng. THE COUNTRY TO AN INCALCULABLE POLITICAL ADVENTURE, AND THAT
A"S''NDANT AID THEY RECETI,117-1-5 FROM THE S'OVTET UNION AND RED CHINA AND,
BECAUSE OF SUCH
THE LOSS OF MANY OF OUR GOOD COMBAT UNITS. 21 APR 22102 DBT /HH
AS I SAID, THIS WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT POINT. ?10T -' DEFEATED. PARIS FOR NEGOTIATIONS. OPPORTUNITY. NATIONAL SECURITY. HAIL OF SHELLS. AND THE PROGRAM FOR MODERNIZATION OF THE RVN ARMED FORCES WAS ABANDONED
OF PRESIDENT-DESIGNATE TRAM VAN HUONG SHOULD HAVE BEEN HELD IN
REQUEST THAT VICE PRESIDENT TRAN VAN HUONG BE ALLOWED TO TAKE THE
OUT SUPPLY ACTIVITIES AND MEDICAL EVACUATION. RECOVERING MY STRENGTH. AND CONCERNING THE ARMED FORCES OF SOUTH AND NORTH VIETNAM SHALL
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 REPORTER: Ken Kashiwahara. BILLION IN U. S. AID , THE UNITED STATES REDUCED THIS REQUESTED
THIS AGREEMENT, WHICH I SPENT MUCH TIME EXPLAINING TO OUR
SG211220 SAIGON DOMESTIC SERVICE IN VIETNAMES'-- 1145 Gi9T 21 A-, -)R 73 Sr
THE COMMUNISTS HAVE GAINED THE UPPER HAND. OUR FORCES COULD NOT DFFEND KONTUM AND PLEIKU WHICH, WE BELIEVED
Overview. BUT I WAS NOT
LEGAL POSITION OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE SOUTH AND TO SUCCESSFULLY
FOR-REASONS OF NATIONAL SECURITY, I PERMITTED MYSELF TO INVITE
WEAPONS. UNION AND RED CHINA WHILE THE AMERICANS HAVE PRETENDED NOT TO NOTICE
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. HAD 4 YEARS TO BUILD REGULAR UNITS AT THE CORPS AND DIVISION LEVELS
AND THEN IN 1972,
PLEDGE TO ASSIST THE VIETNAMESE
MY EXPECTATIONS AND I WOULD BE REALLY GRATEFUL TO THE AMERICANS. YET , YOUR BAREFOOTED DIVISIONS, THEY SAID , COULD FIGI-IT. FALL . Ik THE UNITED STATES DID
THUS, THE COMMUNISTS HAD AN AIM. IS IT THE VIETNAM OF THE SAIGON GOVERNMENT
DIVISION IN DANANG, WE HAD TO WITHDRAW FROM THOSE AREAS,
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WITH MORE B-52 SUPPORT THAN WERE OUR RVN TROOPS. 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. BLAME ON THE TROOPS OR THE COMPATRIOTS. O'!T T HAT T P,E RE AL PROBLEM IS NOT MR T HI E!U , ~~! THAT CITY. THAT SO LONG AS MR THEIR REMAINS IN POWER, THE AMERICANS
TO THE? BECAUSE IT CAN PRODUCE NO BULLETS, WEAPONS, ROCKETS,
President Nguyen Van Thieu resigns (1975) - Vietnam War TO CUT THEIR ECONOMIC AND MILITARY AID AND TO ABANDON US
AND THANKS TO THE EFFECTIVE USE OF U.S. AIR AND NAVAL FORCES TO
THE OUTSET HAD AN AMOUNT OF WAR MATERIEL WHICH HAS STEADILY
ABC Evening News for Monday, Apr 21, 1975 OR MILITARY BASES, IF WE HAD ONE DIVISION, THE COMMUNISTS DEPLOYED
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. WITH THAT TREND, NHA TRANG, P4AN RANG, AND CAI RANH WERE
PRESENCE OF HALF A MILLION ALLIED TROOPS FROM SIX ALLIED COUNTRIES,
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. CHAN INCIDENT HAD ALREADY OCCURRED. AFTER THE NORTH VIETNAMESE AND LIBERATION TROOPS HAD BEEN
THE UNITED STATES DARED TO TOUCH THE HAIR ON THE LEGS OF THE NORTH
THEREFORE, I RESIGN
(TEXT) IN PURELY MILITARY TERMS, IT IS VERY STUPID TO ESTABLISH
WILL FOR SUPPORTING THE RVN. 21 APR 1903Z JTC/CAJ
AT THAT TIME, I TOLD YOU COMPATRATIOS THAT THE
MILITARILY, SUCH
ARTILLERY HAVE SOARED. SOLO RACE, I WAS BEING PRESSURED INTO GIVING UP THE SOLO CAMPAIGN
AND IF NORTH VIETNAM VIOLATES THEM. I TOLD PRESIDENT NIXON AND THE U.S. GOVERNMENT AND CONGRESS
WE CANNOT
FBIS 108
HAVE REALIZED IT. TODAY. BUT
MODERNIZE THE RVN ARMED FORCES HAS NOT BEEN IMPLEMENTED. ,
THE WORLD AND THE UNITED STATES. SOME $300 MILLION IS NOT A BIG SUM TO YOU. ARE VERY ABUNDANT. PUBLIC OPINION, AND WE WANT TO PROVE THAT WE LOVE PEACE AND RESPECT
I ALSO TOLD
WASH THEIR HANDS OF US. Oiff TANDTNG WORLD POLITICIANS HAVE ALSO BEEN POISONED. UNABLE TO ENDURE THE BOMBING RAIDS, NORTH VIETNAM AGREED TO GO TO
I resign but I do not desert, President Thieu said in concluding his oneandahalfhour address. FOLLOWING THE TONG LE CHAN INCIDENT, MANY OTHER REMOTE BASES
THE SOUTH FIVE TIMES MORE MUNITIONS THAN WE HAD. If you are experiencing playback problems, check the minimum requirements and adjust your setup accordingly. XXX WITHDRAW FROM THEM. WE ARE NOT FIGHTING AN
WERE THE ESSENTIAL MINIMUM. WHAT WERE THESE COMMITMENTS ABOUT? HOWEVER,
OF THE WITHDRAWAL OF THE FRENCH TROOPS, THE SOUTH BECAME VERY WEAK
Nixon Resigns TROOPS
NEGOTIATE A SOLUTION GUARANTEEING A FREE AND DEMOCRATIC SOUTH
PHYSICAL TRAINING, I WOULD BECOME AS STRONG AS AN ATHLETE IN THE NEXT
THEY HAVE ADDED VARIOUS TYPES OF MODERN
POLITICAL SITUATION HAS PREVENTED
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AT THAT TINE, THE ASSISTANCE CAN
AND MORE POWERFUL FACILITIES AND HAVE MORE TROOPS. AND THIS THREE-S GMENT COALITION GOVERNMENT WOULD EXERCISE ITS
I AM SPEAKING FRANKLY. No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/06/15: LOC-HAK-244-10-4-5
THE SOUTH MORE TROOPS, MORE TANKS, MORE HEAVY ARTILLERY PIECES,
WHY I DISAGREED. (TEXT) THE SECOND POINT (AS HEARD) IS THAT WE SHOULD
DEFEND OUR POSITION, SHOULD NEGOTIATIONS BE HELD. THEY HAD A SOLE AIM: TO HAVE THE UNITED STATES END UNCONDITIONALLY
NATIONALIST CHINA OR ANY COUNTRY AFTER WORLD WAR II0 THEY SHOULD
AFFECTED THE WORLD'S ECONOMIC AND MILITARY AID AND GOOD
Injuries and Illness Slow McConnell and Feinstein, and the Senate WHAT WAS THEIR AIM? IN PHU YEN AND TUY HOA, WE ONLY HAD REGIONAL AND POPULAR
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ENDED AND PEACE RESTORED , HAD THE RIGHT TO LEAVE THEIR TROOPS
CADRES NATIONWIDE, I DECLARE MY RESIGNATION AS PRESIDENT, AND,
FALL OF QUANG NGAI, BINH DINH AND QUI NHON WOULD THEN HAVE
CONCERNING THE ARMED FORCES OF THE TWO SOUTH VIETNAMESE PARTIES
ABUNDANT MEDICINE-SEVEN OR EIGHT KINDS OF MEDICINE--AND IF I UNDERWENT
WTVR. 14E TO GO TO BINH LONG, KONTUM, OUANG TRI, BINH DINH AND HUE DURING
I ASKED
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HEAVIER AIRSTRIKES, AND THEIR POTENTIALS DID NOT PERMIT THEM TO
THIS SOLUTION WAS: THE PROBLEM
DETERMINATION OF OUR COMBATANTS, THE SUPPORT OF OUR COMPATRIOTS,
PROGRAM AND THE PROGRAM TO MODERNIZE THE RVN ARMED FORCES. NORTH VIETNAM CAN DO NOTHING BETTER THAN SOUTH VIETNAM,
Vietnam War FOUGHT TOGETHER WITH OUR PEOPLE HERE AND FOR WHICH SOME
VIETNAMESE PEOPLE ARE KNOWLEDGEABLE AND EXPERIENCED. ME THAT THE UNITED ST ATES HAD NEGOT IATED THIS ISSUE FOR 3 YEARS
I CAN PROUDLY
CAPITALS. AT THE TIME, THERE WAS COLLUSION BETWEEN THE COMMUNISTS AND THE
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LIFE WAS AT STAKE , BECAUSE THOSE WHO WANTED TO KILL ME HAD AMPLE
false After the fall of Phuoc Long, ______. OF OUR POSITIONS. OATH OF OFFICE HERE LATER, IN ORDER TO AVOID POLITICAL
THE MAR*C,IT . Thieu Resigns; Blames U S Cease-Fire Seems Very SINCE
IF THEY GAVE ME A PILL DAILY, THIS WOULD
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ECONOMIC AID TO HELP THEM DEVELOP THEIR COUNTRY. ALL THIS. THE TRUTH, HOWEVER,
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IT IS A MOST DIFFICULT
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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 COMMUNIST AGGRESSORS HAD THE UPPER HAND AND
THREE MONTHS ELAPSED BEFORE MY DEMAND WAS MET. SUPPORT. NEITHER COUNTRY
ACCORDING TO WHICH THERE ARE TWO VIETNAMS AND TWO ADMINISTRATIONS--THE
BUT T. WE RECEIVED ADE'JUATE U.S. 14ILIT4RY AI),
OF THE JUST CAUSE AND THE IDEAL OF FREEDOM IN THIS WORLD AND
I AM NOT AFRAID OF WHAT THE COMMUNISTS HAVE SAID,
COMBATANTS AND CADRES. OF ITS URGENCY, MY RESIGNATION TODAY IS NOT CEREMONIOUS VIS-A-VIS
THREFORE, I HAVE AN
OF THE COUNTRY AND SIGNED THE AGREEMENT
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MORE HIGHWAYS AND AIRFIELDS. WE WILL SEE WHETHER OR NOT NEGOTIATIONS WILL BE SATISFACTORILY
WOULD DIRECT (CHIR HUY) THE TWO GOVERNMENTS OF THE RVN AND THE NFLSV. I CATEGORICALLY REJECTED IT. THE BIG BROTHERS OF THE AGGRESSORS HAVE HELPED THEM BECOME
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(TEXT) HOWEVER, I REGRET THAT LATER ON WATERGATE OCCURRED
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. ONLY ALLEVIATE MY DISEASE. April 21, 1975 - Imminent Implosion In South Vietnam - Thieu No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/06/15: LOC-HAK-244-10-4-5
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PROGRAM HAS NOT BEEN PROPERLY CARRIED OUT 9 AND THE PROGRAM TO
BATTLEFIELD 9 ON ECONOMIC FACILITIES, AND ON U.S. BAC'(I"IG. THEY WANTED
REACHED IN OCTOBER 1972. CONTINUE TO FIGHT ; AND THAT AS LONG AS MR THIt U REMAINS
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No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/06/15: LOC-HAK-244-10-4-5
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