Obituary: General Duong Van Minh

From: The Independent - London | Date: August 9, 2001| Author: Judy Stowe | Copyright information

DUONG VAN MINH was the last president of the Republic of Vietnam in Saigon, albeit for only two days before the city was captured by Communist forces, most of them coming from the North, on 30 April 1975.

He remained in the presidential palace in Saigon until it was captured by the opposing forces and then broadcast a statement calling on all Vietnamese on both sides to lay down their arms and observe a ceasefire. Some members of the South Vietnamese armed forces have always regarded ...

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