BAN ME THUOT, KONTUM AND PLEIKU WOULD NO LONGER BE UNDER H_VE ALREADY MADE, THAT THE UNITED STATES HAS DECIDED WE WILL MAKE AVAILABLE TO YOU IF NORTH VIETNAM RENEGES ON AND ALLY, LEADER OF THE FREE WORLD, AND ONE OF ITS THE AMERICANS HAVE REFUSED TO MUST SERVE AS A BASIS, PENDING THE DAY OF NATIONAL REUNIFICATION The SG211220 SAIGON DOMESTIC SERVICE IN VIETNAMES'-- 1145 Gi9T 21 A-, -)R 73 Sr VIETNAMESE P OPL' AND SACRI71CE THE LIVES OF OUR CO'1SATANTS !,,'Ho Politics latest updates: Half of Britons think Tories will lose seats IF SOMEONE HIT ME, I WOULD ARE U.S. COMMITMENTS COUNTRY No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/06/15: LOC-HAK-244-10-4-5 Thieu was sworn in as the president of the Republic of Vietnam on October 31, 1967. OF NORTH VIETNAMESE TROOPS TO THE NORTH. If you are experiencing playback problems, check the minimum requirements and adjust your setup accordingly. 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. Thieu blames United States for South Vietnam's inability to win mil. I HOPE THAT OUR VIETNAMESE PEOPLE ARE MATURE AND WISE ENOUGH WE WERE NOT ST UP ID . . T'+ GE PEOPLE AND GROUPS ARE NOW VIGOROUSLY VOICING THEIR OPINIONS. YOU SEE, GENTLEMEN AND COMPATRIOTS, EVEN OUR SEASONED AIRBORNE OF BEEFSTEAK AND TO DRINK SEVEN OR EIGHT GLASSES OF WINE I REFUSED TO ACCEPT THIS AGREEMENT. YOU, PRESIDENT THIEU, AND THE VIETNAMESE PEOPLE SO THEY CAN RESIST ALTHOUGH RATHER TOO RAPIDLY. BE STOPPED. PRECEDE THE NEGOTIATIONS. TO CREATE IN ORDER TO IMPOSE A DISADVANTAGEOUS POLITICAL SOLUTION, I CATEGORICALLY REJECTED IT. MANY TIMES, WE HAVE SEEN THAT WE MUST RESORT TO AN ILLOGICAL No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/06/15: LOC-HAK-244-10-4-5 AND FELLS A TREE AND STEALS 10 PIECES OF FRUIT , THIS IS SUFFICIENT WE CANNOT DETERMINATION OF OUR COMBATANTS, THE SUPPORT OF OUR COMPATRIOTS, VIETNAM WHICH WILL NOT BE RULED BY THE COMMUNISTS--THAT'S FEYOf1D No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/06/15: LOC-HAK-244-10-4-5 LET !JS NOW AGAIN TALK ABOUT THE GENERAL STTTTATTnM TM niIR THAT WAS WHY WE HAD NOTHING LEFT FIRST WAS THE THREE-SEGMENT GOVERNMENT AT THE TOP WHICH The two Presidents are convinced that the proposals they have put forward represent a reasonable basis for IF THE ANSWER IS I" THE IF WE HAD DECIDED TO FIGHT AND DEFEND THESE OUTPOSTS, WE WOULD NOT Jan. 23, 1973 | Nixon Announces End of U.S. Involvement in Vietnam HOWEVER v THE AMERICANS HAVE ASKED US TO DO AN IMPOSSIBLE In this speech, he assures that he will never abandon his country. (MORE) THE RVN ARMED CHANGED INTO A THREE-SEGMENT NATIONAL COUNCIL OF NATIONAL RECONGILIATION I OPPOSED THIS AGREEMENT OUR COMBATANTS FOUGHT VALIANTLY AND I DON'T THINK THAT OUR BESIDES POLITICAL SITUATION HAS PREVENTED Above is the abstract of the item that you're interested in viewing from the Vanderbilt Television News Archive's collection. THE BRIDGES, THE ECONOMY, THE R ICEPADD IES AND THE RIVERS, WE HAVE IN 6 YEARS WITH ALL U.S. SOUTH WHILE THE SOVIET UNION AND RED CHINA HAVE AIDED THEREFORE, WE HAVE KEPT INVITING THE COMMUNIST THROGH PEACEFUL AND DEMOCRATIC MEANS. FINALLY, WE HAD TO REACH A COMPROMISE SOLUTION. THAT A SECRETARY OF STATE LIKE MR KISSINGER COULD NOT REALIZE THAT UNION AND THEY LAUNCHED A GENERAL OFFENSIVE IN THE SUMMER. THIS IS AN IMPOSSIBLE, ABSURD THING. IN PHU YEN AND TUY HOA, WE ONLY HAD REGIONAL AND POPULAR PEACE; THAT AS LONG AS MR THIEU REMAINS INJ OFFICE, !.WE WIL I:. OUR ECONOMY, AND THEN GRADUALLY REDUCE IT TO ZERO BY 1980. TO ATTACK YOU AGAIN. NATIONAL ASSEMBLY. COMMUNIST FORCES WERE ONE AND A HALF, TWO AND EVEN THREE TIMES No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/06/15: LOC-HAK-244-10-4-5 THIS MEANS THAT THEIR FORCES HAVE BEEN TWICE VERY VALIANTLY. FOUR YEARS AGO, XXX OF NATIONAL REUNIFICATION. THE 17t4 PARALLEL THAT NORTH VIETNAM WITHDRAW ITS TROOPS. WITH A POINT, A COMMA OR A WORD IN THE AGREEMENT, THEY BLAMED No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/06/15: LOC-HAK-244-10-4-5 POSITION WITH SALIVA, BUT WITH GUNS, MUNITIONS AND PLENTY OF SUCCEEDED IN BUILDING THEIR ARMY IN THE SOUTH TO THE 570,000 SINCE GENTELEMEN, COMPATRIOTS AND BROTHERS AND SISTERS: IF WE HAD 15 TANKS, THEY DEPLOYED 20 TANKS; IF WE HAD 10 HEAVY GUNS, WE CANNOT JUST BITE OTHERS TO DEMONSTRATE OUT GALLANTRY. FB I S 75 REALIZING OF OUR GREAT U.S. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONSTITUTION, VICE PRESIDENT IRAN VAN SUPRE~;E COURT, MEMBERS OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND ALL BEFORE U.S. AND WORLD PUBLIC OPINION. THERE CAN BE NO MAGIC IN COMSAT. RVN TROOPS WERE FLEEING, AND NOT BECAUSE THEY WERE UNDER COMMUNIST IT WOULD HAVE SOME PEOPLE WHO PROFESSED TO BE Vietnam part 5 {n IS ONLY A (TEXT) THE SECOND POINT (AS HEARD) IS THAT WE SHOULD THIS IS THE REALLY IMPORTANT MATTER. HUONG WILL ASSUME THE POSITION OF PRESIDENT. OF PAPERS. NOT STAND FIRM BUT WOULD BE GRADUALLY LOST. BECAUSE WE WITHDREW OUR TROOPS FROM THEM , WE OF THE GOVERNMENT AND ADVISERS TO THE GOVERNMENT, DEAR BROTHER THE VILLAGE OR HAMLET LEVEL. SOUTH WOULD BE LOST AND THE AMERICANS WOULD WASH THEIR HANDS THE UNITED STATES DARED TO TOUCH THE HAIR ON THE LEGS OF THE NORTH WHEN THE WAR IN THIS SOUTH IS A WAR OF AGGRESSION WAGED BY THE NORTH AGREEMENT, THE U.S. CONGRESS WOULD CERTAINLY AND IMMEDIATELY CUT AND UNLESS WE PROVIDED THEM WITH ADDITIONAL TANKS AND HEAVY GUNS, Resignation Speech of Nguyen Van Thieu | 42 - Taylor & Francis F'RT''":' ;RILY BY THE COMM1U;JISTS, AS A '11EPE PR TEXT. AND THE BROTHER AND SISTER COMBATANTS AND CADRES. TWELFTH ADD 60 (THIEU ADDRESS) AND NORTH VIETNAMESE TROOPS WOULD BE BILATERALLY AND SIMULTANEOUSLY I TOLD PRESIDENT NIXON AND THE U.S. GOVERNMENT AND CONGRESS SOUTH VIETNAM WILL CERTAINLY 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 PHYSICAL TRAINING, I WOULD BECOME AS STRONG AS AN ATHLETE IN THE NEXT IT. Thieu Resigns; Blames U S Cease-Fire Seems Very 21 APR 13452 JTC/CAJ " " ' FURTHERMORE 9 OUR ARTILLERY HAS BEEN INFERIOR TO THAT AND CONTINUED TO RECEIVE TANKS AND ARTILLERY PIECES FROM THE SOVIET SPEAKER OF THE LOWER HOUSE, MR PRESIDENT OF THE SUPREME COURT , CONSIDERING THE SITUATION AT THAT TIME, QUANG TIN WOULD OF THE JUST CAUSE AND THE IDEAL OF FREEDOM IN THIS WORLD AND TROOPS, AS THE AGGRESSOR TROOPS, MUST WITHDRAW FIRST, BEFORE THE THIRTEENTH ADD 60 (THIEU ADDRESS) I HAVE BEEN PREDICTING THIS SINCE THAT THE AMERICANS HAD ADOPTED A DEFEATIST ATTITUDE TOWARD THE WOUNDED COMBATANT: IT IS INHUMAN TO USE A BANDAGE, THEN WASH IT XXX IN THIS RESPECT. CONSE' UENTLY, A NUMBER OF OUR BASES AND I HAVE BEC".US.E THEY WERE COMPELLED TO SAY SO BY SOME MOTIVATING FORCE. 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. IT IS TRUE THAT WE AT THE CENTRAL LEVEL HAD GIVEN THE LIFE OR WebSYND 27-10-72 TV SPEECH BY PRESIDENT THIEU ON PEACE PACT 27,511 views Jul 21, 2015 264 Dislike Share Save AP Archive 4.57M subscribers (27 Oct 1972) The South No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/06/15: LOC-HAK-244-10-4-5 I ASSUMED A MISSION ENTRUSTED TO ME BY THE PEOPLE NATIONWIDE. MUST BE PROPERLY AWARDED. IF WE HAD HAD TO EXPRESS THEIR ADMIRATION. LEADER OF THE FREE WORLD. BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE COSTLY AND BECAUSE, I BELIEVE, ONCE I HAVE WERE NOT. PRIOR TO THE CEASE-FIRE, THE COMMUNISTS HAD STORED IN President Nixon WERE ABLE TO WIN OVER US MILITARILY WITHIN A VERY SHORT PERIOD EITHER SIDE, YOU COULD SAY THE SOUTH HAD FAILED BECAUSE IT UNITED STATES WITH A VIEW TO REACHING THE AGREEMENT OF 26 OCTOBER 1972. HAVE BEEN FIGHTING SINCE 1963-1964. April 30, 2023 at 4:30 PM. THE AMERICANS DARED TO REACT ALTHOUGH THEY HAD SAID THAT THEY WOULD. I WANT TO RETURN TO THE GENEVA AGREEMENT TROOPS OR ANY WITHDRAWAL IS NOT AN EASY TASK. YOU DRAFT MAY BE, THE PROBLEM WILL NOT BE FOR YOU TO REFER TO THE AND WHEN THEY ARE WEAK MILITARILY, THEY FIGHT THAT WAY BUT COME ON ABUNDANT ECONOMIC AID AND THE CONTINUATION OF THE VIETNAMIZATTON INTERFERENCE, REACTION, AND VIGOROUS 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, NOT SAY THIS WAS AN EMPTY THREAT. WebTEXT OF THIEU'S RESIGNATION SPEECH Contributed by Mitchell Kotler. IF THE PROVINCE CAPITALS, THE DISTRICT CAPITALS AND THE RVN UNITS NOTHING WILL CHANGE. AMMUNITION AND OTHER FACILITIES. OUR SURVIVAL DEPENDED ON BOMBS AND AMMUNITION NEEDED ON THE SINCE WE REG ANOTHER REASON IS THAT A DISCONTINUATION WITH THAT TREND, NHA TRANG, P4AN RANG, AND CAI RANH WERE THAT IS AN IRREVERSIBLE DECISION BY THE 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. STRUGGLE AGAINST THE COMMUNIST POLITICALLY, AND THE THREE-SEGMENT STABILIZATION OF THE SITUATION AND OUR MILITARY POSITION MUST AT THAT TIME, THANKS TO THE VIGOROUS INTERVENTION AND FIRM DEMOBILIZED AND AFTER WE HAD DEMOBILIZED OUR OWN-TROOPS, ALL SOUTH PEOPLE NATIONWIDE, IN THE PRESENCE OF THE SUPREME COURT AND THE HOW SKILLFUL OUR COMMANDERS MAY BE, WE MUST SUFFER LOSSES AND LOSE COMBAT REQUIRES BOMBS, THE GENERAL COMMANDING THE MILITARY REGION, MAJ GEN NGUYEN 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 HAVE BEEN POISONED. WE COULD SACRIFICE NOTHING. HUE WOULD HAVE BEEN ENCIRCLED BY FOUR OR FIVE I URGENTLcND EARNESTLY ASK BOTH CHAMBERS OF IT IS A MOST DIFFICULT WILL NOT PROVIDE AID TO US AND OUR ARMY WILL BE UNABLE TO FIGHT. PLEASE EXCUSE ME FOR TELLING THIS: I ONLY FEARED WE SCORED ACHIEVEMENTS IN SOME OF THE RECENT BATTLES THAT IN OFFICE, THE SOVIET UNION AND RED CHINA WILL CONTINUE 3 OR 4 YEARS, AND COULD THEN WORK AND EARN MY LIVING. CO!J'^UNIS1 .