Nguyễễ n Văă n Thiệệ u was president of South Vietnam from 1967 until the Vietnam War ended in 1975.
In his youth he participated in Ho Chi Minh's Viet Minh resistance movement battling against the French colonial policy. He left the Viet Minh when the motion became a communist as well as Soviet-friendly. He later on received basic training in Hue.
He advanced in the military pressures and was selected to the General after the stroke of genius versus Head of state Ngo Dinh Diem 1 november 1963. In 1965 he became head of the military junta, and also 3 september 1967 he won the election with 38% of the votes and also came to be head of state of a noncombatant government. The former Head of state Nguyen strong Cao Ky became his vice-president, however the participation between both previous political competitors were characterized by proceeded competitions and power battles.
When his term ran out in 1971, wanted both Ky and Duong Van Minh to pose as opponents, but both took out from the election when it came to be clear that it would have been widespread electoral fraud. Also, the American Secretary of State Henry Kissinger shed self-confidence in the regimen when Van Thieu was re-elected without opposition prospect.
Prior to the North Vietnamese forces attacked Saigon 30 April 1975 therefore ended the Vietnam Battle, he fled to Taiwan, then England, lastly resolving outside of Boston, Massachusetts, where he lived till his death.
Our collection contains 4 quotes who is written / told by Nguyen.
"Don't listen to what the Communists say, but look at what they do"
"The United States did not keep its promise to help us fight for freedom and it was in the same fight that the United States lost 50,000 of its young men"
"You ran away and left us to do the job that you could not do"
"But the United States did not keep its word. Is an American's word reliable these days?"
