Vietnam: A Television History; Thieu Interview

When you reduce the military add it to the 700 million. I welcome but efficiency haven't been reduced to four people say. I think in that day. The situation would be very dangerous for South Vietnam. Would be very damsels. Well you loons Provenzano clearly think that the decision the political decision eased. With and Quraysh the last companies. To go ahead. To hurry their. Takeover of South Vietnam and sold psychologically. These South Vietnamese people. We can see clearly that the United States have a watch hand. And I've been down South Vietnam. And the distal richer our people and our army.

Mr. President there are some people who say. That Henry Kissinger and the doctor. Has brought. Peace to North Vietnam. Some people are saying. That Dr. Kissinger and their doctors have brought peace to North Vietnam because the war is still in South Vietnam. What do you have to say about that. I think. We have to look at the reality. In reality. North Vietnam have a complete peace. They have a normal bumby. They have a normal blockade. They flee to infiltrate the troop's the lows the stakes. The weaponry to South Vietnam to continue the war. Meanwhile they are safe. Knowing palliation no reaction from the United States even from South Vietnam. And they they are free

to develop economically. They're. A country. That in in some sense it's just. It's just in the sense that Ollie North Vietnam has a peace. And South Vietnam. Remain. So leave the victim of the war. And they. Are on Tunis. They're not the enemy and pureness. I think it's not fair it's not just when we talk about peace. Mr. President what are South Vietnam's needs to continue and sustain the level of combat at the present time. Yeah. I would like to remind you that the. Even last year. In the assumption that the devival a sense of violation of the cease fire. Would be at the moderate level. We need the

1.4 million. To be surface and on the one to one replace mine and to cope well with the small a violation of the cease fire by the Communists. And you remember that the through de appropriation through the authorization has been reduced to 1 billion. And the appropriation have been reduced to 700 million. And now the governor of the United States government asked that the I disown all pre-Internet and everything. To cope well with the generalize up and see. That the communists have a launch six months ago. It's a reason why we continue to lose the route. And people. Many bases has been over and because of the lack of support we lack of

mobility and we lack of a magician. Now the general offensive is already in Laos by the Communists. One month before. Even before these they take over the footlong province. Province and I think that they. Know. What we need. Is have enough means. Not only to sustain the current situation. But. As long. As that in the coming is to sustain the momentum of it all fancy. I think. We still need the means to defend ourselves because. What is to do the real balance of force now between US companies. They have a double. Almost no border strengths. In the east. Your. Forced viewpoint. They have a.

Simple. At least attempt boding lose the stick. They have a buildup since the 2 years. So we are now. Fighting against them from 1 to 3. And they are attacking us of from three to one. And in 1972 they could only sustain the momentum of the open sea for 3 months now they can sustain the momentum of their offensive for at least the one year so we have to foresee what happens. From now on.