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2021-08-18 Southeast Asia

You'll Never Guess Who Was Also Involved in the 1975 Debacle in Saigon

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Posted by Besoeker 2021-08-18 00:34|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top

#1 NYTimes, March 20, 1975: Defense Secretary James R. Schlesinger after a closed‐door meeting with the Senate Armed. Services Committee on military sales to Saudi Arabia, said that the “niggardly” approach of Congress toward military aid, to the Saigon Government was the “approximate cause” for withdrawal of South Vietnamese forces from provinces in the Central Highlands. Mr. Schlesinger saw North Vietnam taking advantage of South Vietnam's defensive move to launch what he described as “a major offensive” particularly in Military Regions. I and II in the northern part of South Vietnam.

Posted by Bertie Crains2651 2021-08-18 09:08|| 2021-08-18 09:08|| Front Page Top

#2 "Saigon. Sh*t, I was still in Saigon..."

Posted by M. Murcek 2021-08-18 10:32|| 2021-08-18 10:32|| Front Page Top

#3 Nixon was long gone by the time Saigon fell. But don't count on Joe to remember minor details like that, especially when it was Democrats in Congress who withheld military supplies for South Vietnam.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2021-08-18 14:59|| 2021-08-18 14:59|| Front Page Top

Posted by Skidmark 2021-08-18 18:30|| 2021-08-18 18:30|| Front Page Top

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