NINTH ADD 02 (THIEU SPEECH TEXT)

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-248-1-20-3
• Release Decision: RIFLIM
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: August 6, 2010
• Sequence Number: 20
• Content Type: CABLE

(TEXT) THEREFORE I DEEM IT NECESSARY TODAY
THAT THE RVN MUST 'CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR ITS INDEPENDENCE,
FREEDOM, SURVIVAL AND PEACE. THE RV$. DOES .NOT HESITATE TO
CONTINUE THE STRUGGLE, BUT IT NEEDS ASSISTANCE TO. FIGHT. ALONE,
BECAUSE THIS IS THE ONLY MAY IT CAN SAVE ITSELF. THE -RAN
READY TO ASSUME ITS RESPONSIBILITY AND TO :.E.DUCE THE BURDEN
OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ..OVER THE PAST YEARS. THE RVR PEOPLE
WILL CONTINUE TO ASSUME MORE AND MORE RESPONSIBILITIES WI L
THEIR ALLIES ARE COMPLETELY FREE OF THEIR BURDEN.
I HAVE OFTEN EXPRESSED MY IMPRESSIONS AND VIEWS
00 THE
BEEN
SO-CALLED WITHDRAWAL OF U.S. MILITARY PERSONNEL FROM THIS AREA.
BUT I HAVE ALSO ASSERTED THAT ALONG WITH THE WITHDRAWAL Of
U.S. PERSONNEL THE UNITED STATES .MUST CONTINUE TO
ECONOMIC AND MILITARY ASSISTANCE TO THE SMALL.AND
COUNTRIES IN THE AREA SO THEY MAY FIGHT T0 DEFEND THEIR O N
INDEPENDENCE AND FREEDOM.. AND ASSIST ONE ANOTHER UNTIL THE TI NE
,THE UNITED STATES REALIZES THAT IS NO LONGER BOUND SY THIS
RESPONSIBILITY*... THE RVN CASE IS NOT UNIQUE, BECAUSE THERE. -RE
MANY. SIMILAR CASES FROM EUROPE TO ASIAr.
WHETHER IT WANTS TO OR NOT, THE ,UNITED STATES
HAS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF LEADER OF THE FREE VORI
BUT IT MUST KEEP THIS RESPONSIBILITY FOREVER IF IT DOES NOT
WANT THE FREE ' ORLD TO FALL INTO THE COMMUNISTS' HANDS.
THEREFORE THE RVN PEOPLE ONLY WANT ? THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. TO
NINTH ADD 02.(THIEU SPEECH TEXT)
XXX NOT HAVE SURVIVED*
E ONTIHUE`-
.TO BE THE LEADER OF THE FREE WORLD, TO CONTINUE -TO' CORRECTLY
PURSUE ITS POLICY OF ASSISTING THE SMALL COUNTRIESSO THEY .
MAY USE THEIR OWN BLOOD AND BONES AND GRADUALLY RESORT,,, TO THEIS OWN
STRENGTH TO.. DEFEND THEMSELVES :AND TO :GRADUALLY L IEVE 7~ :BU EN
FROM THE AMER I CAt N PLE.
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SOUTH VIETNAMESE . PEOPLE ARE NOT A WARLIKE PEOPLE _ THAT THE.-RVN
GOVERNMENT DOES NOT WANT TO PROLONG THE WAR, NOR ' BUS IT WANT
TO PUSH ITS PEOPLE ONTO THIS PATH THE RVN DOES NOT LACK
GOOD WILL' IN SERIOUS TALKS. IT IS ONLY THAT THE cOMMUS ST. SIDE
DOES NOT. WANT TO TALK WITH THE RVN AND TRIES TO GRAS-AT
AMERICANS TO NEGOTIATE, THUS HOPING TO MAKE THE AMERI-BAN
PRESSURE THE RVN.
THE RVN DOES NOT PLACE OBTAC ES TO PARTIAL OR OVERALL, POW
EXCHANGE PLANS. ON THE CONTRARY, WE HAVE UNILATERALLY AND
UNCONDITIONALLY RELEASED COMMUNIST POW's' ON MANY O+ CASIONS 1 i
HAVE MADE MANY CONCRETE PROPOSALS FOR THE RELEASE -.OF 8 . 6 4 0
POW*$. THE RVN GOVERNMENT DOES NOT HESITATE AT ANYOVERALL. AND.
LASTING CEASE-FIRE LEADING TO NEGOTIATIONS (DQEER
THUYEETS) , Tf THIS CAEASE-FIRE CAN BEG ARANTEED
THE RV$ BOVERNMENT = IS NOT AN OB.STA TO .,PEACE, AS '1 $Y ,PEOPLE
HAVE DELIBERATELY CLAIMED.. EVERYONE XNOWS,AND= ADMITS THAT
YEARS THE RVN HAS SET. FORTH MANY BMAD-MIN D INITIATIVES
AND CONCRETE PROPOSALS FOR ENDING THE VAR. BUT THE CO NISTS
HAVE ALWAYS REJECTED OUR PROPOSALS. THE SOUTH VIETNA '
GOVERNMENT AND PEOPLE HAVE DONE EVERYTHING POSSIBLE AND SEI .ED
EVERY OPPORTUNITY-4M$ SMALL TO GREAT EATS,: FROM A SHORT-TERM
CEASE-FIRE TO A PROPOSAL, FOR A BROADER CEASE-FIRE,. FROM THE
UNILATERAL RELEASE OF POW "S .TO THE PROPOS t FOR AN EXCHANGE
OE POM' S, FROM THE OFFICIAL PEACE TALKS TO THE-ACCEPTANCE
OF SECRETT TALKS ANYWHERE AND AT ANY TIME TO DISCUSS ANY
QUESTION--TO RESTORE PEAS.
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No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/08/06: LOC-HAK-248-1-20-3