American Was in Vietnam

             In late 1973, the cease fire was broken by the sending of 18
             divisions from North Vietnam into the south. This, in time, would
             become one of the worst blood baths of the war. This continued
             through 1975, when the enemy came to be in near Saigon, and elements
             of the underground political opposition came into the open and held
             meetings to voice their antigovernment feelings. The government moved
             in and on March 27 1975, arrested a number of poeple suspected of
             plotting a coup. On April 2 1975, the South Vietnamese Senate even
             adopted a resolution holding President Thieu personnally responseable
             for the detiorating situation and asking him to take immediate steps
             to form a broader cabinet. It was speculated that to save what they
             could, the government should send a plenipotentiary to Paris and ask
             the Fench governmentto act as official intermediary in negotiations to
             be conducted with the Communists. But President Thieu appeared only
             incredulous.
             Demands that President Thieu should resign and transfer his
             powers at once to General Duong Van Minh were resurrected in earnest.
             A coalition government led by General Minh, it was said, stood a
             better chance of being accepted by the Communists; if so, more
             bloodshed could be averted. On Monday April 21, during a meeting at
             Independance Palace, President Thieu announced his decision to step
             down. He inferred that the United States wanted him to resign, and
             whether or not he consented, certain generals would press for a
             replacement. As required by the Constitution of South Vietnam, he was
             prepared to transfer the presidency to Vice President Tran Van Huong.
             Finally, he asked the armed forces and the national police to fully
             support the new president. In the evening of April 21, 1975, the
             televised transfer of power ceremony took place at Independance
             Palace. After President Huong took over, he immediatly went about
             impo...

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