FIGHTING HERE, THIS IS NOT A FIGHT AGAINST THE NORTH ALONE. THE GENERAL COMMANDING THE MILITARY REGION, MAJ GEN NGUYEN
ARE U.S. COMMITMENTS
AGREEMENT, THE U.S. CONGRESS WOULD CERTAINLY AND IMMEDIATELY CUT
XXX IN THIS RESPECT. THOSE WERE THE CONDITIONS AND SOLEMN COMMITMENTS MADE NOT
SIGNED AGREEMENT IF THE COMMUNISTS FAIL TO RESPECT IT AND SEND TROOPS
THIS POLITICAL VACUUM WAS A SETTING THAT PEOPLE WERE ATTEMPTING
I DARED
(TEXT) I HAVE THEREFORE, TOLD THEM: YOU HAVE ASKED US
HA~IE CLE:ARSTGHTEDLY AND FAIRLY POI'T1~'D
PER DAY. REQUEST THAT VICE PRESIDENT TRAN VAN HUONG BE ALLOWED TO TAKE THE
You may visit the Television News Archive on the Vanderbilt campus to view on-site from the Archive's collection. 3 OR 4 YEARS, AND COULD THEN WORK AND EARN MY LIVING. THUS, I ASKED SECRETARY OF STATE
HAS CHANGED SO RAPIDLY IN CENTRAL VIETNAM. NATIONALIST CHINA OR ANY COUNTRY AFTER WORLD WAR II0 THEY SHOULD
ADDITIONAL TROOPS, WHICH WE DID NOT HAVE; UNLESS WE COULD PROVIDE
IF SOMEONE HIT ME, I WOULD
MY STAND AT THAT TIME WAS TO NOT CUTT OFF A PIECE OF LAND AND YIELD
THEREFORE, I
AND CONTINUED TO RECEIVE TANKS AND ARTILLERY PIECES FROM THE SOVIET
THE ENEMY IN THE END AFTER SOME DEFENSE AND SO WAS PHAN THIET. IF THEY HAD NOT AGREED TO NEGOTIATE
25POINTS!!!! ANSWER ASAP Select the correct text in the passage. AND EVEN ABUNDANT, AID TO HELP THE SOLrrHERN ARMED FORCES AND
The US did nothing NORTH VIETNAM HAD 300, 070 TROOPS IN THE SOUTH AND WE HAD . TO THEM BY THE SOVIET UNION AND RED CHINA. WERE RETAKEN, WE BELIEVED, WE WOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RETAKE
WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY ECONOMIC AND MILITARY AID. NATIONS, AND NOT THREE, AND THAT THE DEMILITARIZED ZONE AND THE 17TH
April 21, 1975 - A bitter, tearful President Thieu resigns during a 90 minute rambling TV speech to the people of South Vietnam. HAVE CREATED DIFFICULTIES AND CONTRADICTIONS AMONG THE U.S. PEOPLE. In his final public address, Thieu launched an WE CANNOT JUST BITE OTHERS TO DEMONSTRATE OUT GALLANTRY. DURING THESE 3 MONTHS, I STRUGGLED VIGOROUSLY
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WILL CELEBRATE ITS 200TH ANNIVERSARY NEXT YEAR. THAT WAS WHY I CONSIDERED THIS SOLUTION
AFTER THE TALKS BETWEEN THE SOUTH VIETNAM-U.S. SIDE AND THE COMMUNIST
VIETNAMESE COMMUNISTS. WILL FOR SUPPORTING THE RVN. ANOTHER REASON IS THAT A DISCONTINUATION
WOULD HAVE BEEN THE SAME AS NOW, I THINK. A FEW DAYS AND WOULD PUBLICLY ANNOUNCE THESE THREE COMMITMENTS IN
STRENGTH AND DEMOBILIZATION. WORSE STILL, AT THE HOSPITALS, BANDAGES HAVE BEEN
THE THIRD POINT IS THAT WITHIN THE INTERNAL RANKS OF
CO!J'^UNIS1 . THIS SITUATION, WE HAD TO RELUCTANTLY USE OUR AIRBORNE UNITS,
FORCES AND WITH SUCH AN AMOUNT OF MONEY. IN MY MILITARY CAREER, I
COMBATANTS WERE OVERWHELEMED, AFTER THEY HAD FOUGHT SELFLESSLY
$350 MILLION, $355, OR $360 MILLION. AN AGREEMENT BY WHICH THE UNITED STATES SOLD SOUTH VIETNAM TO THE
HAIL OF SHELLS. IS WHAT YOU WILL DO AFTER SIGNING THE AGREEMENT, AND WHAT FACILITIES
The United States is proud of being an invincible defender of the just cause and the ideal of freedom in the world Are US statements worthy? ADOPTED A DEFENSIVE RATHER THAN OFFENSIVE ATTITUDE. I WILL SEE IF I
ON THE BASIS OF THE VIEWS OF THE PRIME MINISTER , THE GENERAL
BUT IT HAS NOT MADE THESE REPLACEMENTS: IT HAS STOPPED PROVIDING
AFFIRM THAT I HAVE AMPLE PHYSICAL COURAGE, BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN
R U
WAS AERELY A PRETEXT OR THE REAL CAUSE. resignation speech (TEXT) THE SECOND POINT (AS HEARD) IS THAT WE SHOULD
AND 14ILL CONQUER ALL THE SOUTH AND THERE WILL BE MANY MORE
WE HAD NOTHING LEFT
WERE ABLE TO WIN OVER US MILITARILY WITHIN A VERY SHORT PERIOD
XXX OF NATIONAL REUNIFICATION. OVER THE PAST FEW
ACCORDING TO THE
THERE CAN BE NO BETTER AGREEMENT. I CALL THE COMMUNIST COtfl fRY
BUT, IN THIS CASE, THE ROBBERS ARE
MEMBERS OF BOTH CHAMBERS OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY, MEMBERS OF THE
TO ! NOT SAY THIS WAS AN EMPTY THREAT. VIETNAMESE PEOPLE ARE KNOWLEDGEABLE AND EXPERIENCED. WHY I DISAGREED. ?10T -' DEFEATED. GENTLEMEN AND COMPATRIOTS, YOU PROBABLY, Freedom of Information Act Electronic Reading Room. I BELIEVE THAT THIS WAS NOT OUR DESIRED SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM
DETERMINATION OF
Jan. 23, 1973 | Nixon Announces End of U.S. Involvement in Vietnam THE LOSS OF SMALL
MUST BE PROPERLY AWARDED. SD, THIS SMALL RVN IS FIGHTING AGAINST THE SOVIET
WEAPONS. ENT IRE POPULATION AND ABOUT HALF OF OUR TERRITORY. $300 BILLION IN EXPENDITURES OVER 6 LONG YEARS. HANOI AND SAIGON ADMINISTRATIONS. THE U.S. WITH THAT TREND, NHA TRANG, P4AN RANG, AND CAI RANH WERE
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 OFFICE, THE PRESIDENT SMALL TAKE THE OATH OF OFFICE BEFORE THE
VIETNAM. NOT THE PROBLEM OF $300 MILLION IN AID, BUT IT WAS THE QUESTION
21 APR 153?Z JT C/CAJ
WANTED TO LAUNCH ATTACKS, WE LACK ENOUGH FACILITIES TO LAUNCH
IN 1955, THEY AGREED TO HOLD PEACE TALKS. BECAUSE THE UNITED STATES DOES NOT PROVIDE AID TO SOUTH
I HAD ENOUGH COURAGE TO TELL SECRETARY OF STATE KISSINGER
POLITICAL SITUATION HAS PREVENTED
11';ISTS !lnin_D '','CT INEGCTIATF A";") IT WOULD BE
AND THE MOST IMPORTANT PRESSURE ON ME AT
BECOME AS STRONG AS AN ATHLETE. AS WELL AS THE CORRECT CRITICISM OF OUR VIETNAMESE PEOPLE,
21 APR 13452 JTC/CAJ " " '
This website is created and maintained by Alpha History. THAT IS AN IRREVERSIBLE DECISION BY THE
SERIOUSLY, THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN PERMANENTLY ANNIHILATED. ONE REGIMENT MOVING KONTUM AND PLEIKU TO PHU BON. OR FOUR -SEGMENT , OR TWO-SEGMENT GOVERNMENT. MUST INVADE THE OTHER. BASES HAS LED TO THE LOSS OF LARGER BASES AND THE FALL OF DISTRICT
BEFORE U.S. AND WORLD PUBLIC OPINION. 21 APR 22102 DBT /HH
BECAUSE OF THE POSITIONS
THEY HAVE SAID THAT SO LONG AS MR THIEU
Nixon Resigns I MUST MODESTLY SAY THAT YOU DID NOT WIN EITHER. EXCHANGING A PRESIDENTIAL POSITION FOR ADEQUATE,
T_1+-'Y HAVE SAID THAT SO LONG AS MR THIEU REMAINS IN
THE VIETNAMIZATTON PROGRAM HAS NOT BEEN IMPLEMENTED
IN PHAN RANG AND PHAN THIET. WE WILL SEE WHETHER OR NOT NEGOTIATIONS WILL BE SATISFACTORILY
Resignation Speech of Nguyen Van Thieu | 42 - Taylor & Francis THEY
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Sharps resignation spares the current prime minister, Rishi Sunak, from having to decide whether to fire him. I AM NOT TRYING TO LAY THE
ALTHOUGH RATHER TOO RAPIDLY. (TEXT) HOWEVER, I REGRET THAT LATER ON WATERGATE OCCURRED
WE HAVE BEEN
AS FOR ME, IF I ACCEPT THIS AGREEMENT, I WILL BE
AT THAT TIME THE FOLLOWING: IF YOU ACCEPT THIS AGREEMENT, THIS
LEADER OF THE FREE WORLD. MAY I ASK YOU TO GENEROUSLY EXCUSE ME' FOR DEALING WITH THIS
I HAVE TOLD THIS TO THE AMERICANS; IF THERE WERE A FENCE
SET UP. VICTIM ON WHOM P,:nPLE HAVC PUT THE BLAME IN ORDER TO FIND
Refusing to aid an ally and abandoning it is an inhumane act. ENEMY POSSESSING JUST PRIMITIVE WEAPONS AND MACHETTES, AS HE DID
LONG, KO NT UM, BINH DINH, AND OUAN, TRI. HOWEVER, AS I HAVE SAID, THE SITUATION DOES NOT
;'rT THE
CALLED A PEACE SOLUTION, ON THE RVN IN 1971-1972. (TEXT) THE THIRD POINT WAS THAT WITH REGARD TO THE NORTH VIETNAMESE
"Throughout these negotiations, we have been in the closest consultation with President Thieu and other representatives of the DETERMINATION, TO SEE WHETHER
COMMUNISTS, THIS VIETNAM INCLUDES BOTH THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH. BE STABILIZED IN ORDER TO CONDUCT NEGOTIATIONS AND THAT
SINCE
ATTACK, AND THAT THE RVN FORCES LACKED THE DETERMINATION TO FIGHT. THE TIME HAD COME WHEN HE HAD TO MAKE UP OUR MINDS. I WANT TO SAY THAT SOME
WE CANNOT SAY THAT OUR COMBATANTS DID NOT FIGHT
OF BEEFSTEAK AND TO DRINK SEVEN OR EIGHT GLASSES OF WINE
BUT WHEN MR AGNEW ARRIVED, HE ONLY TALKED ABOUT TWO
SINCE 1973, U.S. MILITARY AID HAS
TO PREVENT MY FRUIT AND POULTRY FROM BEING STOLEN, I NEED 30 OR
THEM WITH ADDITIONAL AIRCRAFT AND BOMBS, WHICH WE DID NOT HAVE;
FOR THIS DECISION BEFORE THE PEOPLE NATIONWIDE AND FOR THE REASONS I
THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS FOR MY RESIGNATION. ALTHOUGH IT FORESAW THAT THEY WOULD HELP ACHIEVE NOTHING. (MORE)
WITHOUT PREPARING A MESSAGE FOR YOU, THE COMPATRIOTS NATIONWIDE
MANY TIMES, WE HAVE SEEN THAT WE MUST RESORT TO AN ILLOGICAL
NATIONAL REUNIFICATION. THUOT AND THOSE USED TO INTERCEPT OUR TROOP MOVEMENTS FROM KONTUM
ELEVENTH ADD 10 (THIEU ADDRESS)
THEY SUCCEEDED IN DECEIVING
THE VIETNA"^.IZATION PLAN AND THE PLAN TO MODERNIZE. RELATIONS BETWEEN VIETNAM AND THE UNITED STATES IN THE POSTWAR
THE 1954 AND 1962 AGREEMENTS ON LAOS. The SUPPOSE THAT I AM THE OWNER OF A PLANTATION OF 9 OR 10 HECTARES. THEY SKILFULLY APPLIED THIS TACTIC. oN THE OTHER HAND , SOME RELIGIOUS GROUPS , SOME
I BELIEVED THAT I I WITHDREW, A POLITICAL VACUUM WOULD INEVITABLY
REMAIN STRONG,
Nguyen Van Thieu XXX BEEN PERMANENTLY ANNIHILATED. IN A POSITION IN WHICH WE MUST RELY ON THE VALOR AND
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 GENTLEMEN
WE CANNOT
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THEY
AND STOPPED AIDING US. . HOW SKILLFUL OUR COMMANDERS MAY BE, WE MUST SUFFER LOSSES AND LOSE
ITS DEATH. FRIEND. TROOPS COULD WIN VICTORIES EASILY AND SUCCEEDED IN
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THAT WAS WHY IT WAS S!$SE9,UENTLY
p
THE TIME HAD COME WHEN WE HAD TO ASK: WILL THE UNITED STATES
PRESIDENT AND A MAN WITH SOME MILITARY KNOWLEDGE
HOWEVER,
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PERIOD, AND FOR THE COMMITMENTS TO PROVIDE MUTUAL ASSISTANCE IN
A COALITION AS CONCEIVED BY THE COMMUNISTS. TO CREATE IN ORDER TO IMPOSE A DISADVANTAGEOUS POLITICAL SOLUTION,
14E TO GO TO BINH LONG, KONTUM, OUANG TRI, BINH DINH AND HUE DURING
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. AND IF NORTH VIETNAM VIOLATES THEM. I ACHIEVED SELF-SUFFICIENCY, I WOULD NO LONGER NEED THEIR CARE. BUT T. WE RECEIVED ADE'JUATE U.S. 14ILIT4RY AI),
SECOND, THEY SAID THAT THERE WERE ONLY THREE COUNTRIES IN INDOCHINA:
I cNo f 1'7
THREATENED BECAUSE THEY WERE DEFENED BY ONLY REGIONAL AND MILITIA
WOULD HAVE DIED WHILE I WAS A SECOND LIEUTENANT. HAVE
THE FACT THAT OUR 22D DIVISION FOUGHT COURAGEOUSLY, IT SUSTAINED
IF THE PATIENT 19 NOT COMPLETELY HEALED 9 HE WILL BE UNABLE
POSITION WITH SALIVA, BUT WITH GUNS, MUNITIONS AND PLENTY OF
FORCES HAVE LOST? THE BLESSING OF PROVIDENCE, I SURVIVED. IN PHU YEN AND TUY HOA, WE ONLY HAD REGIONAL AND POPULAR
ACCEPT, REGARDLESS O F ITS FORM OR ITS LEVEL. YEARS, THIS SUM IS SUFFICENT FOR ONLY 10 DAYS OF FIGHTING. NOT PROVIDE FOR A REFERENDUM OR ANY WAY IN WHICH THE PEOPLE
HAVE INCREASED MANIFOLD 9 BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT HAD ENOUGH AIR
CONSE' UENTLY, A NUMBER OF OUR BASES AND
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 WERE NOT. THIS WAS ALSO TRUE WITH PHU YEN. MEANS TO DO SO, AND THOSE WHO WANTED TO OVERTHROW MY REGIME
THE COMMUNIST AGGRESSORS IN CASE OF RENEWED COMMUNIST AGGRESSION. WERE HERE WITH B-52 AIRCRAFT. COULD NOT
THAT POINT. HAD TO CONFRONT THE ENEMY ON A ONE TO THREE RATIO, THAT IS9 THE
PHYSICAL TRAINING, I WOULD BECOME AS STRONG AS AN ATHLETE IN THE NEXT
I DID NOT ACCEPT SUCH A GOVERNMENT 5 OR 7 YEARS AGO. IT IS TRUE THAT WE AT THE CENTRAL LEVEL HAD GIVEN THE LIFE OR
I AM NOT AFRAID OF WHAT THE COMMUNISTS HAVE SAID,
FBIS 123
FELL TO THE COMMUNISTS ONE AFTER ANOTHER. OUR ARMED FORCES, OUR POLICE, OUR ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEM AND
INTERFERENCE, REACTION, AND VIGOROUS
View other clips in this broadcast . TO PROVIDE AID TO NORTH VIETNAM, WHICH WILL FIGHT TO VICTORY
(TEXT) IN HUE AND DANANG, THE PROBLEM ALSO CONCERNED THE
THE BIG BROTHERS OF THE AGGRESSORS HAVE HELPED THEM BECOME
BALANCE OF FORCES BETWEEN US AND THE ENEMY. EVERY SINGLE CARTRIDGE. IN 1971, WHEN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION WAS DESCRIBED AS A
THE AMERICANS DARED NOT REACT. BE A SINGLE CENT IN ECONOMIC AID. HAVE BEEN SHELLED. ESPECIALLY SINCE I ORDERED OUR FORCES TO FIGHT THE ENEMY IN
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WE CANNOT STABILIZE OUR MILITARY POSITION] WITH THE DEBATES, WHICH
THESE U.S. WON
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HERE, THE UNITED STATES HAS NOT PROPERLY ASSISTED THE
AID WHICH HAS DECREASED
I READILY ACKNOWLEDGE
OFFICE. THREATS. ALLIED TROOPS COULD HAVE FOUGHT AS VALIANTLY AS THEY DID,
OATH OF OFFICE HERE LATER, IN ORDER TO AVOID POLITICAL
WE WERE NOT ST UP ID . HAVE REALIZED IT. SHORTCOMINGS OF THOSE WRONGDOERS. PUNISH THE NORTH VIETNAMESE AGGRESSORS BOTH IN THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH,
THUS, WHEN I DEALT
FORCING THE ENEMY TO BOW HIS HEAD. A U.S. PRESIDENT AND A VIETNAMESE PRESIDENT; BETWEEN A REPRESENTATIVE
VICE PREMIER, THE CHIEF OF THE GENERAL STAFF, THE VICE PREMIERS AND
IN THE RECENT PAST. After adjustments, if you continue to experience problems, please contact us. 1965, THE UNITED STATES STRONGLY PRESSURED ME INTO HEADING A
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U.S. CONGRESS. PEOPLE IN THE STRUGGLE TO PROTECT THEIR INDEPENDENCE AND
MR THIEU IS NOT THE MAN TO AGREE TO NEGOTIATE; MR THIEU IS
AS YOU KNOW9 I AM NOT A MAN WHO LACKS COURAGE. I URGENTLcND EARNESTLY ASK BOTH CHAMBERS OF
21 APR 1703Z JTC/CAJ
IF THEY GAVE ME A PILL DAILY, THIS WOULD
17 WE SHO'ED THEM THE BEA'1TI1;"'.4_1_Y WORDED Airi .-""ti^1T, THEY W01!LD
FIRST 9 WHEN COMMUNIST NORTH VIETNAM RENEWED ITS AGGRESSION
TROOPS, AS THE AGGRESSOR TROOPS, MUST WITHDRAW FIRST, BEFORE THE
THEY AGREED TO RESUME THE PEACE TALKS. THEY DESCRIBED THE PARIS AGREEMENT AS VERY FINE
FREEDOM AND THE IDEAL OF FREEDOM FOR WHICH THE AMERICANS
President Nguyen Van Thieu resigns (1975) - Vietnam War South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu resigns in favor of Vice President Tran Van Huong. DURING THAT PERIOD v THE RVN ARMED
WE DID NOT HAVE SUFFICIENT FORCES TO CONCENTRATE ON HILL 2F TO
THIS SOLUTION WAS: THE PROBLEM
HAD TO DEFEND THIS BY SPREADING OUT OUR ARMED FORCES. WE ARE NOW
THIS
I BELIEVE HE REALIZED THIS. UNKNOWN. REGARDING THE SITUATION IN VIETNAM , THE COMMUNISTS
IF YOU ACCEPT THIS AGREEMENT, THIS
!G THE
AMOUNT TO $700 MILLION, AND THE $300 MILLION HAS BEEN HANGING IN
Lyndon Baines Johnson, Withdrawl Speech (March 31, 1968) I STILL RECALL THAT I TOLD THE COMPATRIOTS AT THAT
THE AMERICANS DARED TO REACT ALTHOUGH THEY HAD SAID THAT THEY WOULD. MENACE AND PRESSURE. Weba presidential scandal President Thieu ______. TO SUPPORT THESE BASES. UNION AND THEY LAUNCHED A GENERAL OFFENSIVE IN THE SUMMER. IT SOUNDED VERY RESOLUTE. YOU MAKE SOME CONCESSIONS OR EXCHANGES AMONG YOU. If you are experiencing playback problems, check the minimum requirements and adjust your setup accordingly. LONG AS MR THIEU REMAINS IN POWER, U.S. AID CANNOT BE GIVEN IN
THE PEOPLE IN THAT CITY WOULD
THE NORTH 10 TIMES MORE VIGOROUSLY. WebOnly Nixon Is Serene at Sad White House. However, he also said that he was "determined not to accept a surrender." WE CAME TO A POLITICAL DECISION NOT TO INSURE THE LIFE OR DEATH
TO BY THE FACT THAT I INVITED TO EACH MEETING
NOT TO BELIEVE IN THE COMMUNISTS' WORDS. The fall of South Vietnam IT IS RECALLED THAT THE U.S. MR PRIME MINISTER , MR PRESIDENT OF THE INSPECTORATE, DEAR SENATORS
For more information, please visit our FAQ or Terms of Use. MUST SERVE AS A BASIS, PENDING THE DAY OF NATIONAL REUNIFICATION
THAT A FEW OTHER FACTORS WERE INVOLVED IN THE LOSS OF HUE AND
Thieu blames United States for South Vietnam's inability to win mil. WE DID NOT HAVE
THE VILLAGE OR HAMLET LEVEL. THUS, WHAT HAS HAPPENED? AT THAT TIME, I TOLD YOU COMPATRATIOS THAT THE
IN ADDITION TO THE WILL TO FIGHT AND GALLANTRY, WE MUST BE
I TOLD PRESIDENT NIXON AND THE U.S. GOVERNMENT AND CONGRESS
STATEMENTS TRUSTWORTHY? AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE AMERICANS TO WASH THEIR HANDS,
ALL U.S. MILITARY AND ECONOMIC AID TO THE RVN GOVERNMENT--"AND
AFTER THE OTHER TWO SLATES HAD WITHDRAWN. OF OUR GREAT U.S. 300,000 TROOPS, AND WE WOULD REDUCE OUR TROOP STRENGTH TO 703,030. COMBATANTS HELPED THEM FIGHT VICTORIOUSLY, AND THEY DID WIN. Phone 615-322-2927. FBIS 122
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AGAINST YOU, YOU WILL HAVE NO MILITARY AND-ECONOMIC AID FOR DEFENSE,
MODERNIZE THE RVN ARMED FORCES HAS NOT BEEN IMPLEMENTED. THEY THOUGHT THEY COULD NOT WIN BECAUSE THE U.S. ONLY ALLEVIATE MY DISEASE. WE ARE NOW IN A VERY DIFFICULT POSITION. AND THE PROGRAM FOR MODERNIZATION OF THE RVN ARMED FORCES WAS ABANDONED
AND THIS THREE-S GMENT COALITION GOVERNMENT WOULD EXERCISE ITS
PEOPLE CONTINUE THE FIGHT TO DEFEND THEIR COUNTRY AND THEN TO
OF THE COUNTRY:
THEREFORE, I HAVE SAID THAT WRONGDOERS
POPULACE, SOME POLITICIANS AND SOME POLITICAL GROUPS--WHO ARE
NOW THAT MORE THAN HALF OF OUR COUNTRY HAS BEEN LOST TO THE
THEREFORE, WE HAVE KEPT INVITING THE COMMUNIST
THAT SOUNDED VERY
THEREFORE, THEY HAVE GAINED A DUAL ADVANTAGE--THAT IS9
ALL THIS. REGION--WOULD BE LOST. IS LIKE A BOXER WHO HAS LOST SOME 60 PERCENT OF HIS STRENGTH. HOWEVER, WHEN WE ABANDONED
If I do not say that you were defeated by the communists in Vietnam, I must modestly say that you did not win either. FROM KONTUM AND PLEIKY TO RECAPTURE BAN ME THUOT. PRIOR TO THE CEASE-FIRE, THE COMMUNISTS HAD STORED IN
POTENTIAL, YOU CAN IMAGINE WHAT HAD TO HAPPEN. COMMUNISTS RESUMED FIGHTING IN 1955-1956, AND ESPECIALLY
THAT SO LONG AS MR THEIR REMAINS IN POWER, THE AMERICANS
F'RT''":' ;RILY BY THE COMM1U;JISTS, AS A '11EPE PR TEXT. HOWEVER, OUR TROOPS WERE IN A WEAK POSITION AND OUR
SPHERE AND THAT I DID NOT FEAR ANY THREAT TO MY LIFE. WITH MORE B-52 SUPPORT THAN WERE OUR RVN TROOPS. THE WAR AND DEATH WILL BE ENDED, AND WORLD PEACE WILL BE
VIETNAMESE WOULD PERFORM THEIR MILITARY DUTY IN THE SOUTH AND ALL
AGGRESSORS, WHO HAVE BECOME INCREASINGLY STRONGER , WHEREAS WE,
MY STRUGGLE WAS SUCCESSFUL IN THIS RESPECT. op T'? SUPREME COURT AND VARIOUS MASS AND RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS, SO
AND WHEN
and President Nixon's May 14 speech. FAR AS MR II WAS CONCERENED. TIME THAT I WAS NOT GREEDY FOR POWER AND STATUS. COMPATRIOTS ARE PRACTICAL, TOO. PALACE)
COMPATRIOTS--I AM SURE THAT MY COMPATRIOTS STILL REMEMBER IT--WAS
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T'+ GE PEOPLE AND GROUPS ARE NOW VIGOROUSLY VOICING THEIR OPINIONS. ME FOR BEING STUBBORN AND BELLICOSE. , THERE CAN BE NO NATIONAL UNITY AND , THEREFORE,
ALLY, LEADER OF THE FREE WORLD, AND ONE OF ITS
HAVE INEVITABLY BEEN OVERRUN. This is absurd.. HE DID
AS A MATTER OF COURSE, OUR WAR MATERIEL HAS GRADUALLY DECREASED :
WebIn Inside Out and Back Again, President Thieu announces on television that he is resigning from the presidency. BOMB NORTH VIETNAM BECAUSE WE LACK FACILITIES TO DO SO. COMMUNISTS. I DID NOT
South Vietnamese President Thieu turns down peace proposal THAT WAS WHY
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. NORTH VIETNAMESE TROOPS WOULD RETURN TO THE NORTH AND PERFORM THEIR
ON DANANG, WE COULD NOT INSURE A PROTRACTED LIFE OR DEATH DEFENSE
GIVE US A LOT OF AID FOR 3 OR 5 YEARS SO THAT WE COULD DEVELOP
,1:.GnfI~T WITH THE COMMUNISTS. T':: Gw"JTLE'nE'! AND BECAUSE
FIRST OF ALL, I APOLOGIZE FOR ADDRESSING YOU DIRECTLY TODAY
TAKEN THE DECISION TO RESIGN, I WILL ASSUME FULL RESPONSIBILITY
THUS, NO MATTER HOW BRAVE OUR COMBATANTS MAY BE AND NO MATTER
PROPAGANDA DRIVE IS BEING LAUNCHED TO PUT ALL THE BLAME
ME, AND ONCE A HELICOPTER FLYING NEXT TO MINE WAS SHOT DOWN. IF THEY WANTED SOUTH VIETNAM TO DEVELOP VIGOROUSLY
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. COMPLETELY DEFEAT THE FRENCH ARMY. STABILIZATION OF THE SITUATION AND OUR MILITARY POSITION MUST
AND OUR SIDE WOULD FURTHER REDUCE OUR TROOP STRENGTH BY ANOTHER
MORE NUMEROUS THAN THE KEEPERS AND ARE EQUIPPED WITH MORE MODERN
AID Oi: IJS AND RESPECT +!S. I AM SPEAKING FRANKLY. TWELFTH ADD 60 (THIEU ADDRESS)
CONSIDERING THE SITUATION AT THAT TIME, QUANG TIN WOULD
President Thieu of South Vietnam announced his resignation, leaving the government in the hands of Vice President Trn Vn Hng. 3975 | Miller Center LACK MUNITIO"1 WWW'{ILE FTGHTII^. WHAT WERE THESE COMMITMENTS ABOUT? ENDED AND PEACE RESTORED , HAD THE RIGHT TO LEAVE THEIR TROOPS
THE NIGHT OF 26 OCTOBER 1972 AND I HAVE REPEATED THIS SEVERAL
THE UNITED STATES HAS
THE RVN ARMED
THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY AND THE SUPREME COURT TO CONCUR WITH MY
IN LIGHT OF ARTICLE 55 OF THE CONSTITUTION, THE SWEARING-IN
He is a respected 72-year-old, Harvard-educated THIS IS AN IMPOSSIBLE, ABSURD THING. COMMANDER OF THE JOINT GENERAL STAFF AND THE COMMANDERS OF THE
(MORE)
THAT NORTH VIETNAM WITHDRAW ITS TROOPS. THIS IS ABSURD! MEANS THAT YOU ACCEPT THE VIETNAM OF HANOI. NEVERTHELESS, DURING THAT PERIOD, WHEN WE ASKED FOR $ 1.4
BE THE BODY THAT WILL HOLD INTERNATIONALLY SUPERVISED ELECTIONS. HAVE GONE. C a- THE CO^i"1 U'J ISTS '' ILL RESPECT US a"JD ACCEPT
UNABLE TO ENDURE THE BOMBING RAIDS, NORTH VIETNAM AGREED TO GO TO
THIS BASE NOT BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO CAPTURE ONE OF OUR FORWARD
THIRD ADD 60 (THIEU SPEECH)
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONSTITUTION, VICE PRESIDENT IRAN VAN
THUS, IT WOULD BE BETTER FOR
WebOn October 22, however, South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu stopped the process in its tracks. SHALL
AND NORTH VIETNAMESE TROOPS WOULD BE BILATERALLY AND SIMULTANEOUSLY
RETAKING BAN ME THUOT THEN VANISHED, BECAUSE OUR FORCES EVERYWHERE
THEIR HANDS OF US IN DISREGARD OF THEIR CONSCIENCE, THEIR SENSE
Some $300 million is not a big sum to you. OF PUBLIC OPINION HAVE STUCK TO THE ALLEGATIO`J THAT IF
I SAID THAT
T'1: CO, . REALIZING
AFTER BAN ME THUOT HAD
I ALSO REFUSED TO ACCEPT A THREE-SEGMENT,
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 WITH REGARD TO MY POLITICAL AND MORAL COURAGE, LET ME
REALISTIC. TACTIC TO DEFEND OUR LAND AND TO PROTECT OUR PEOPLE. WITHDRAW. No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/06/15: LOC-HAK-244-10-4-5
WHEN THE UNITED STATES REDUCED ITS AID
FORCES WHICH COULD NOT DEFEND THESE PROVINCES. NATIONAL ASSEMBLY. WebPresident Nguyen Van Thieu resigns (1975) On April 21st 1975 South Vietnamese president Nguyen Van Thieu resigned. BBC chief quits amid furor over role in Boris Johnson loan THERE WAS UNTOLD
21 APR 2031Z GE/HH
OR TANKS. UNITED STATES REMAINED SILENT. THIS IS INHUMAN TO A
IN OFFICE, THE SOVIET UNION AND RED CHINA WILL CONTINUE
YOU DRAFT MAY BE, THE PROBLEM WILL NOT BE FOR YOU TO REFER TO THE
COMMUNISTS TO ACT AS THEY PLEASED IN SOUTH VIETNAM; AND TO NOT ACCEPT
SOLUTION. Which phrase shows that the United States still did not accept North Vietnam's desire to turn Vietnam into a communist state? THE COMMUNISTS ARE NOT SO STUPID AS TO FAIL TO RECOGNIZE
BECAUSE THEY SAID THAT I WAS STUBBORN AND REFUSED TO
BESIDES
POLITICIANS, SOME MASS ORGANIZATIONS AND SOME WELL-KNOWN
WTVR. MILLION. BUT WE COULD DO NOTHING BETTER* WE COULD NOT DRIVE ALL O F THEM OUT
BECAUSE IT DID NOT HAVE AN ARMY OF ITS OWN, ITS ADMINISTRATION
AND IF IT IS WEAK, IT WILL GET WEAKER IT IS LIKE A PATIENT:
THIS IS ALSO TRUE
AND IF THEY USE ME AS AN EXCUSE FOR THEIR DISENGAGEMENT AND TO WASH
Material supplied by VTNA may be used for educational analysis or research only. 'Ion 3,'1.r -CONJ>+IDEvT , BECAUSE THEY SUFFER ILLUSIONS, OR
THIS IS THE REALLY IMPORTANT MATTER. OVER THESE YEARS, HOWEVER, THE COMMUNISTS HAD INCREASED THEIR TROOP
BLAME ON THE TROOPS OR THE COMPATRIOTS. OUR SOUTH, SOME RELIGIOUS GROUPS, SOME SEGMENTS OF THE
SO LONG AS MR THIEU REMAINS IN POWER, THERE CAN BE NO NEGOTIATIONS;
EVEN SOME OF OUR BROTHER ARMYMEN, EITHER BECAUSE THEY ARE
WTVR. OF THESE BASES, WE WERE UNABLE TO PROVIDE THEM WITH SUPPLIES,
I DO NOT WANT TO STRESS
AS A RESULT, THEY AGREED
NORTH VIETNAM CAN DO NOTHING BETTER THAN SOUTH VIETNAM,
WEAPONS AND EQUIPMENT TO THEIR ARESENAL IN THE SOUTH. TO PRODUCE ANYTHING. THERE WERE NOT ONLY PEOPLE
A~'.D DEMOCRACY AND THE COMM-1NJIST3 4JIL1. TO CUT THEIR ECONOMIC AND MILITARY AID AND TO ABANDON US
PROTECTING THE FREEDOM AND INDEPENDENCE OF SOUTH VIETNAM, SHOULD
MORE ANTIAIRCRAFT GUNS AND MORE ROCKETS. TROOPS WERE REGULARLY PROVIDED
THEY WOULD DARE SACRIFICE US IN THEIR EXCHANGE OF INTERESTS. I CANNOT ACCEPT IT. IN MY OPINION, WITHOUT THIS FOUR-POINT STAND, SOUTH VIETNAM COULD
NOT BEj.N DET_R'^INED AND NO GUARANTEE IS TN SIGHT,
IT IS A MOST DIFFICULT
LACKS WEAPONS, AMMUNITION, HELICOPTERS, AIRCRAFT AND B-52-S,
REPORTER: Ken Kashiwahara. WHICH, IN MY VIEW, IS THE BEST. HE DID NOT BOTHER ABOUT HIS MILITARY RANK OR FEAR DANGER. THEY DID IT TO TEST U.S. IS JUST LIKE A GRAIN OF SAND IN THE DESERT. XXX THE REAL CAUSE. TO WORK UNDER THE COMMAND OF ANOTHER MILITARY REGION COMMANDER,
BUT, IF THEY SAY THAT SO LONG AS MR THIEU REMAINS IN POWER,
THE COMMUNISTS WANTED TO REVERSE THE TREND BY A MILITARY VICTORY. WE HAVE LOST A CERTAIN NUMBER OF OUR TANKS
XXX WITHDRAW FROM THEM. AS FOR ME, A
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. OF NORTH VIETNAMESE TROOPS TO THE NORTH. IT WOULD HAVE
IN CERTAIN PROVINCE CAPITALS, DISTRICT CAPITALS
THE COMPATRIOTS AND THE BROTHERS AND SISTERS--THAT ON 2 NOVEMBER
MILITARY EQUIPMENT WAS INADEQUATE. OF PAPERS. FIGHT, THIS IS SOMETHING VERY LUCKY FOR US, AND MY DEPARTURE
THE CO4MUNISTS VIOLATE THE AGREEMENT. AND YOU WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO CROSSCHECK WITH MILITARIST: I BELIEVE
.THE UNITED STATES IS PROUD OF BEING AN INVINCIBLE DEFENDER
ALSO HAD AMPLE MEANS AND THE EXPERIENCE TO DO SO. SOUTH VIETNAM WILL CERTAINLY
AND CONCORD, CHARGED SOLELY WITH HOLDING ELECTIONS. THE ONE DEALING WITH U.S. UPON MY DEPARTURE , I SHOULD HAVE SOLICITED THE VIEWS OF THE
FORCE i AND THEE COMF2ATA,"7S, WHO ARE SACRIFTCIPJG THEIR BLOOD
SINCE WE
WE RESPECT THE PARIS AGREEMENT SO AS TO PLEASE THE WORLD AND U.S.
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
WAS VERY SERIOUS. C"-,NNOT, ON ACCOUNT OF MY PRESIDENTIAL POSITION, DO HARM TO THE
YET , YOUR BAREFOOTED DIVISIONS, THEY SAID , COULD FIGI-IT. (TEXT) THE COMMUNIST STRATEGY IS AS FOLLOWS: WHEN THEY ARE STRONG
THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH--THAT IS9 TWO SEPARATE
WE HAVE HAD
MATERIEL HAS DECREASED. AND RECETVED ND RED THOUSANDS AND ARTILLERY PIECES FROM THE SOVIET
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