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...ietnam]], he put up one of the last fights at [[Cu Chi]], 12 miles outside Saigon. <ref name=Time1988-01-01>{{citation | title = Saigon | author = Church, George J. ''et al.'' | date = April 24, 1995 | journal =

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*96 kilometres to the north-west of [[Ho Chi Minh City]]/[[Saigon]]

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...e south, including the Mekong Delta and what was variously named Gia Dinh, Saigon, and Ho Chi Minh City ...[[Danang]], then called Tourane, was captured in late 1858 and Gia Dinh (Saigon and later Ho Chi Minh City) in early 1859. In both cases Vietnamese Christi

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...d Vietnam without prior congressional approval. This was well known to the Saigon government. <ref>{{citation ...st President, who was arrested and imprisoned by the North Vietnamese when Saigon fell.

*293km from [[Ho Chi Minh City]]/[[Saigon]]

*561 km north of [[Ho Chi Minh City]]/[[Saigon]]

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*550km from [[Ho Chi Minh City]]/[[Saigon]]

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...port in the country (after [[Saigon]]) and the third largest city (after [[Saigon]] and [[Hanoi]]. The population is estimated to be 1.7 million (2003) ...ss, and links to the international airports in [[Hanoi]], [[Danang]], and [Saigon]]; it is being improved to take larger aircraft.

...,000 [[ARVN]] soldiers, it took place in [[Tay Ninh]] province, north of [[Saigon]]. The goals were to destroy bases in what was termed War Zone C, and, if p

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...n in 1857, and a major French fleet, in 1861, reinforced Gia Dinh (i.e., [[Saigon]]) and gained control of the surrounding provinces. The June 1862 Treaty of Saigon transferred the three provinces surrounding Sagon to France, opening of thr

...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

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...cture, of north-central Vietnam. 660 km from [[Hanoi]] and 1080 km from [[Saigon]], it is a geographical center, also providing access to the [[Central High ...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''', although it was still k

.... Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, ''Command History 1965'', Annex N. Saigon, 1966. .... Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, ''Command History 1966'', Annex M. Saigon, 1967.

...t of the country, in the Red River Delta. It is 1760 km/1094 mi north of [[Saigon]]/[[Ho Chi Minh City]].

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*677 km, north of Ho Chi Minh City/[[Saigon]]

...inh]], then through central Vietnam including [[Hue]] and [[Danang]], to [[Saigon]] (now Ho Chi Minh City), and south to Go Dau Ha in the Mekong Delta.

...tnam)|National Highway 1 (1A)]], the Trans-Viet railroad between Hanoi and Saigon, and is eastern starting point of [[National Highway 24 (Vietnam)|National

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After the [[Republic of Vietnam]] was formed, Cochin China, less [[Saigon]], was roughly equivalent to [[IV Corps tactical zone]]. [[Nguyen Ngoc Tho

**III Corps at [[Ho Chi Minh City|Saigon]] for the southern part of the country; this later split off IV Corps for t **Saigon capital special military district.

During the [[Indochinese revolution]], he first commanded the Saigon-Cholon area. Returning to the north in 1954, he became deputy chief of staf ...id "Our objectives were limited. We wanted to defeat the most well-trained Saigon regime battalions and defend the liberated zones. We had no expectation of

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*450 km northeast of [[Saigon]]/Ho Chi Minh City

...ommunist and colonialist activities, and his position at the University of Saigon Medical School was cancelled. <ref name=PntV1Ch05Sec04314-346>{{citation ...r an allegedly treasonous statement. He had told a U.S. audience, that the Saigon government should be more liberal in agreeing to talks with the Vietcong. "

...h [[Soc Trang]] an intermediate point on the way to [[Ho Chi Minh City]]/[[Saigon]]. There is abundant boat transportation, and a light cargo airport in Can

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...st major city in South Vietnam, and was opposed by many monks and laity in Saigon, the Mekong Delta, and outside Vietnam. | publisher = Viking Press | year= 1983}}, pp. 339-340</ref> In Saigon, the United Buddhist Association

.... IIFFV's counterpart was ARVN [[III Corps tactical zone]], which included Saigon and its immediate surrounding provinces, as well as operations in the [[IV ...on ROBIN: to receive the 3d Brigade, 4th Infantry Division at the ports of Saigon and [[Vung Tau]], and to safeguard the transport to, and initial occupation

...nce''' is a major area in the [[Mekong Delta]]] of Vietnam, southwest of [[Saigon]]/[[Ho Chi Minh City]]. Tan An is its capital. Also to its northeast is [[T

...ded a formal agreement with General [[Paul Ely]]. His additional duties to Saigon were within the scope of the U.S. defense system centered on NATO; he had t

...ceived an undergraduate degree in French literature from the University of Saigon; as a refugee in the United States, where he eventually became a citizen, h

...ovinces, including much of the classic area of [[Cochin China]] less the [[Saigon]] area. <ref name=Oberdorfer>{{citation

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*344 mi/550km from [[Ho Chi Minh City]] (formerly [[Saigon]]).

...bassador in Saigon, t Secretary of State Christian A. Herter on Threats to Saigon Regime, Sept. 16, 1960

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 [[

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...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

**''Enquête sur un crucifié'', ''L'adieu à Saigon'', ''Les naufragés du soleil''

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