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His brother Diem, who was a strict moralist, closed Saigon's opium trade in 1955, although there may have been power-based reasons as

...trategic reserve soldiers, under his chief of staff, [[Cao Van Vien]] from Saigon to Danang. The 16th also saw the formal creation of the Struggle Movement, Demonstrations spread to Saigon and [[Hue]], and all nonessential U.S. personnel were evacuated from Hue. T

==1954 Saigon Military Mission== Conein, reporting to Lansdale in the Saigon Military Mission (SMM), arrived on July 1, 1945. Soon after, Conein, thro

...203</ref> Now-Emperor Gia Long's first act was to move the capital from Saigon to Hue. He also named his new reign, [[Vietnam]], and his line was still kn

After the 1975 [[fall of South Vietnam]], he was mayor of [[Saigon]], which had been renamed Ho Chi Minh City, until he was purged for perceiv

...to 1962, described a common United States Mission friction, not limited to Saigon. <blockquote>In various places a foreign leader might think that he could b | title = John H. Richardson, 84, C.I.A. Station Chief in Saigon in Early '60s

...]]). Some of the larger cities (such as [[Hanoi]], [[Ho Chi Minh City]]/[[Saigon]] and [[Hue]]) are themselves urban provinces.

Commander of the Saigon area, parts of which later became a Special Military District as well as [[

| title = Duong Van Minh, 85, Saigon Plotter, Dies

...overning Politburo. Other attacks came from areas under PRG control, near Saigon, which had started from sanctuaries inside Cambodia. To carry out these att The aforementioned strategic reserves tended to kept close to Saigon as a protection against internal military coups; the fear of a coup often l

...number of stations had quadrupled, with the communications activity in the Saigon area growing sixfold or sevenfold. The increased communications activity, ...60-1962", opens, on 11 November 1961, with the sounds of a coup attempt in Saigon. "Diem's luck held. The coup leaders were disorganized and amateurish. Rath

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...Congressman representing a district in [[New Orleans, Louisiana]]. Born in Saigon and airlifted out a few days before the [[fall of South Vietnam]], he is th

...r the callow messengers to the responsible graybeards running the war from Saigon and Washington."<ref name=Gole>{{citation

| title = Frederick Nolting Jr., U.S. Envoy To Saigon in 60's, Is Dead at 78 ...te Department in 1946, becoming an assistant to John Foster Dulles. Before Saigon, he was deputy chief of the United States mission to the NATO|North Atlanti

...f>. Since the Pentagon Papers clearly indicate Lansdale's role in the 1954 Saigon Military Mission,<ref name=PPv1D95>{{citation | title = Document 95, Lansdale Team's Report on Covert Saigon Mission in 1954 and 1955,

...n South Vietnam: 1,000,000 Chinese-identified people, especially in the [[Saigon]] district of [[Cholon]], dominated much of the economy. <ref name=Time1957

| publisher = Saigon: U.S. Mission in Vietnam | publisher = Saigon: U.S. Mission in Vietnam

...noi]], but its largest city is now called [[Ho Chi Minh]] city, formerly [[Saigon]].

...on after [[Ngo Dinh Diem]] became President in 1954, Huong became Mayor of Saigon, but later resigned over differences with Diem. Clearly not a Diem loyalist ...ks.google.com/books?id=phJrZ87RwuAC&pg=RA4-PA333&lpg=RA4-PA333&dq=Mayor+of+Saigon+Huong&source=web&ots=Nw_vVZx9aC&sig=fSvs2YddfMc9pL2vW7aEoTlWsiQ&hl=en&sa=X&

...n efforts from 1960 through 1972, the situation never decisively improved. Saigon would ultimately lose the war because its large and very well equipped army ...he north), various exiles returned. Diem was such an exile; he arrived in Saigon from France on 25 June 1954. and, with U.S. and French support, was named P

| contribution = State-Saigon Cable 243, August 24, 1963 ...on, who tells him that a coup is nearly ready; the corps commander for the Saigon area had not yet committed. They schedule another meeting for the 5th.

...y. ''Vietnam: A History'' (1983), popular history by journalist; strong on Saigon's plans. [http://www.amazon.com/Vietnam-History-Stanley-Karnow/dp/014026547 * Butler, David. ''Fall of Saigon,'' (1986). on 1975

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He served as Saigon Station Chief between 1959-62, succeeded by John Richardson. During his ten His opinion of the difference between Saigon Station and Headquarters analysts in warning of the Tet Offensive is not cl

Transferred to Saigon, he met and worked with fellow Harvard alumnus David Halberstam, a ''New Yo

...] (Hurlbut Field, Florida]], and [[Military Assistance Command, Vietnam]] (Saigon, South Vietnam).

...fighting was in [[Hue]], although there was highly publicized combat in [[Saigon]]. #The attackers had planned to seize Radio Saigon and use it for major psychological warfare. While they did seize the main s

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A year after its formation, it was slightly increased in size, but moved to Saigon to be more responsive to Diem. While it did take on some border reconnaissa ...s tactical zone]] and [[II Corps tactical zone]]s; the 77th, based outside Saigon, had responsibiliy for [[III Corps Tactical Zone]] and [[IV Corps tactical

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...backbreaker" against a target like [[Khe Sanh]], [[Hue]], [[Kontum]], or [[Saigon]]. Reports from the Saigon station may have been strong warnings, but two assessments, from Bob Layton

...o the U.S. State Department 1965 and spent two years at the US Embassy in Saigon, evaluating pacification on the front lines. He worked under Edward Lansdal

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The initial CIA team in Saigon was the Saigon Military Mission, headed by United States Air Force Colonel Edward Lansdal | title = Document 95, Lansdale Team's Report on Covert Saigon Mission in 1954 and 1955,

...eemed to have received 605,000 votes from the 405,000 registered voters of Saigon. <ref name=Donaldson>{{citation He arrived in Saigon from France on 25 June 1954. With U.S. and French support, was named Premie

...ng Vietnamese, then known as Nguyen Tat Thanh, attended baking school in [[Saigon]],<ref name=HNet>{{citation

in the hands of Saigon, which does not want to resolve them and is unable to do so, since it is ...er, did not remove the threat of PAVN units in sanctuaries within range of Saigon, continuing to present a threat of conventional invasion. Both the South an

...some blackmail on him, about his relationship with gambling enterprises in Saigon and his love of the fleshpots.</blockquote>

| title = Document 95, Lansdale Team's Report on Covert Saigon Mission in 1954 and 1955, Ngo Dinh Diem arrived in Saigon from France on 25 June 1954. and, with U.S. and French support, was named P

...s participation in landings at [[Hue]] and [[Chu Lai]] (1965) and on the [[Saigon River]] Delta (1966). The latter marked the Navy’s first extension of [[a

On January 15, 1966 Premier Ky announced, at the 2nd Armed Forces Congress in Saigon: ...ac Suu]] as Chief of State, with [[Tran Van Huong]], who had been mayor of Saigon, as Premier. Khanh retained control of the military.

Saigon had still not been able to create widespread popular support or run an eff ..., their troops had a short exposure to being attacked while moving against Saigon and the Mekong Delta. They also had some major command centers not far int

...rt, routed the Communists. Peace was at hand, as Kissinger said, but first Saigon had to be reassured of guaranteed future American support. This assurance c

It should be remembered that Leclerc was in Hanoi while d'Argenlieu was in Saigon, and the local dynamics of [[Tonkin]] and [[Cochin China]] were quite diffe

...s in a Shortly afterward, the State department cabled the U.S. Embassy in Saigon and the [[United States Pacific Command]], requesting a "tentative high lev

...of our plans. Small teams, like the one which attacked the U.S. Embassy in Saigon, would be sufficient."

...y of Defense’s conference room and were briefed by a two-officer team from Saigon on the conduct of the proposed [[ARC LIGHT]] strike against the reported lo

...ecoux, who commanded French naval forces in the Far East, and was based in Saigon. Ducoux and Catroux were in general agreement about policy, and considered

...g refugees from [[North Vietnam]] and the [[Tachen Islands]], she departed Saigon on January 11 1956. ''Seminole'' returned to Japan, standing into Kobe on

...ersial [[Operation Babylift]], which saw the evacuation of children from [[Saigon]] immediately prior to the American withdrawal from the [[Vietnam War]], su

...el of military attaches, started with a MAAG. There was a unit called the Saigon Military Mission that arrived in 1954, but that was a cover name for a Cent

...Vichy French government]]. The Vichy government ceded control of Hanoi and Saigon in 1940 to Japan, and in 1941, Japan extended its control over the whole of ...olonies Marius Moutet, in September, sent a message to French officials in Saigon, "You will maintain public order...the improvement of the political and eco

...." The ship transported 4,089 refugees from [[Haiphong]] in the north to [[Saigon]] and Cape St. Jacques in the south. The refugees were fleeing from the com

...not work given the "aggressive nature of U.S. imperialism and its ally in Saigon"; armed ''dau tranh'' might be needed. Some of this idea was part of the st ...backbreaker" against a target like [[Khe Sanh]], [[Hue]], [[Kontum]], or [[Saigon]].

...rt in March 1962, "[[Operation Sunrise,]]" in Binh Duong Province north of Saigon.

...oard for further treatment in Singapore while the MSTS ship sailed on to [[Saigon]]. In early March and again in mid April, the [[flagship]] coordinated the

...ntial election in opposition to Diem was, however, declared invalid by the Saigon authorities at the last moment for "technical reasons",<!--{{sfn|Honey, P.J

...hat linked the Hmong poppy fields of Laos with the opium dens operating in Saigon." This generated profits that funded French covert operations in French Ind ...hat linked the Hmong poppy fields of Laos with the opium dens operating in Saigon." This generated profits that funded French covert operations in French Ind

* Cameron, David R. and White, Graham. ''Cycling into Saigon: The Conservative Transition in Ontario.'' U. of British Columbia Press, 20

...round the world, seemed to announce the defeat of American military might. Saigon was renamed [[Ho Chi Minh City]], and the [[Socialist Republic of Vietnam]] ...encompassed the [[Mekong River Delta]] and its major city [[Gia Dinh]], [[Saigon]], and [[Ho Chi Minh City]]), [[Annam]] in the center (and its major city [

...as were usually military officers, but reported to political leadership in Saigon rather than the military operational chain of command. The 1960 "Counteri ...Defense. The navy and air staffs were also separately located in downtown Saigon. With such a physical layout, staff action and decision-making unduly delay

...psychological backbreaker" against a target like Khe Sanh, Hue, Kontum, or Saigon. ...eiku, and Darlac provinces) or to the Bien Hoa/Tan Son Nhut area nearer to Saigon. McNamara, however, did not think such action would make enough ARVN troops

...rders, using [[APS-94|AN/APS-94 SLAR]] on [[OV-1 Mohawk]] aircraft. In the Saigon area, four [[TPS-21|AN/TPS-21]] [[ground surveillance radar]]s were placed ...perform a tactical strike on a concentration of Viet Cong forces north of Saigon. There were significant operational problems, including a mid-air collision

[[Operation Sunrise]] of March 1962, in [[Binh Duong Province]] north of Saigon. It would be directed by Diem's brother, [[Ngo Dinh Nhu]], who would set th ...at Vann was considered. COL Sam Wilson, the military corps advisor for the Saigon area, was Vann's sponsor. Vann immediately established a rapport with Vietn

...ttack cargo ship embarked non-communist refugees and carried them south to Saigon in South Vietnam. This operation, "Passage to Freedom," came on the heels o

.... Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, ''Command History 1965, Annex N''. Saigon, 1966, p. 18.</ref> From there, reconnaissance teams were launched into Lao The American command in Saigon initially believed that combat operations around Khe Sanh during the summer

...competence among senior American government personnel during the [[fall of Saigon]].<ref name=Snepp>{{cite book | title = Decent Interval: An Insider's Account of Saigon's Indecent End

...75, his symbolic importance was such that the former southern capital of [[Saigon]] was renamed [[Ho Chi Minh City]]. In 1911, he attended baking school in Saigon.<ref name=HNet>{{citation

...y. ''Vietnam: A History'' (1983), popular history by journalist; strong on Saigon's plans.

...n Quang Xỷ |title= Tự điển chữ Nôm |trans_title= Nôm Dictionary |location= Saigon |year= 1971 |isbn= }}

...], came to [[Saigon]] under the cover of Assistant Air Attache leading the Saigon Military Mission, which was a CIA operation whose immediate activities incl ...so. North Vietnam launched a new conventional invasion in 1975 and seized Saigon on April 30.<ref>Military History Institute of Vietnam, ''Victory in Vietna

...Chandra, ''The War after the War: a History of Indochina Since the Fall of Saigon'' (HarcourtBrace Javanovich, 1986)</ref>

}}</ref> On the same day, the U.S. Consul in Saigon reported that the French minister for colonies, Marius Moutet, had told the ...[[Military Assistance Advisory Group]]-Indochina (MAAG-I) first landed in Saigon in May, with minimal supply shipments in June. At approximately the same ti

...ecoux, who commanded French naval forces in the Far East, and was based in Saigon. Ducoux and Catroux were in general agreement about policy, and considered

...O, including at the year-old ASA facility at [[Tan Son Nhut]] airbase near Saigon. ...number of stations had quadrupled, with the communications activity in the Saigon area growing sixfold or sevenfold. The increased communications activity,

It happened in Saigon in 1975, when South Vietnamese special forces who were expected to fight to

:''Origins:'' Saigon, 1925 (at a seance)

...nt by Harold Ford, one of the CIA historians, who, in his document, cites "Saigon telepouch SAIG 5624 (IN 69402), 19 December 1967. CIA files, Job No. 80B01

CAT also carried members of the CIA's Saigon Military Mission<ref name=PPv1D95>{{citation | title = Document 95, Lansdale Team's Report on Covert Saigon Mission in 1954 and 1955,

...rnia. Most worked hard and lived under difficult circumstances. [[Little Saigon]]s were established in [[Westminster, California|Westminster]] and [[Garden

...y defined, was thrown away because, as General Hamilton H. Howze said when Saigon finally fell to the Communists in 1975, "America itself lost much of its wi

...de also revived. The French hoped to divert Lao trade down the Mekong to [[Saigon]], but they were unable to compete with the quicker and cheaper trade route ...tnam, which by the end of April carried them to victory with the [[fall of Saigon]]. A few days earlier the [[Khmer Rouge]] army had entered Phnom Penh. The

...dochina, under the code name [[CIA activities in Asia-Pacific#Vietnam 1954|Saigon Military Mission]] arrived in 1954, under [[Edward Lansdale]]. US-based ana

...tribes collected the opium and French aircraft would fly the opium down to Saigon and the Sino-Vietnamese mafia that was the instrument of French intelligenc

* Cameron, David R. and White, Graham. ''Cycling into Saigon: The Conservative Transition in Ontario.'' (2000). 224 pp. Analysis of the