saigon a reasonable chance to survive. and kissinger thought these different military escalations were actually doing that. he said invading cambodia in april 1970 bought saigon 18 months because it destroyed the north vietnamese sanctuaries and north vietnamese troop encampments along the border inside cambodia, that the bombing of cambodia in '69 and '70 had bought saigon time. i think the reality is he sped up the clock, he didn't slow the clock down. because congress immediately, immediately -- when things had quieted down, nixon's november 3rd silent majority speech did just what he wanted ited to do. november 3, 1969, nixon went on television and spoke to the great silent majority, i'm going to bring troops home, i'm going to increase pressure here and there, but we're going to extract ourselves with honor from vietnam. the american public, voting public, was with him. and cambodia undid that. and that was on kissinger's watch. and so i think the time, the clock actually sped up. from april 1970 on congress tries to

saigon's man in washington. and then there's richard nixon.perennial republican presidential wanna wannabe had lost. this was his shot. >> he was willing to do whatever was necessary. >> this was twice a big a crowd of 1960 and the result is twice as good. >> so back on fifth avenue, july 12th. we have three men in a hotel room. a veteran politician, plotting his comeback. the man running his political operation and south vietnam's man in washington. plus one lone woman, anna chenault. >> because i had the opportunity to not only talk to the leaders but the people. >> nixon knew that anna chenault could establish a relationship between him and the south vietnamese and that just in case it became public, nixon could pretend she was not his real envoy. >> after just ten years in washington, dc, anna had fast tracked her way to wealth and influence. and a penthouse on top of the brand-new watergate complex which she made into her private clubhouse for the global elite. >> she loved to do parties. she's notoriously known as the republican social h

telling saigon to not go along with the peace talks. he wires his superiors back home in saigon.republican friends have contacted me and encouraged us to stand firm. u.s. intelligence intercepts that cable. once president johnson gets wind of the republican interference. he orders the fbi to wiretap the vietnamese embassy. >> october 30th, the fbi sends president johnson a classified memo. ambassador received a call from an unidentified woman, believed to be anna chenault. >> johnson is flabbergasted. he didn't see this coming. >> she's young and attractive. she's a pretty good looking girl, and she's around town. and she is warning them to not get pulled in on this johnson move. >> the issue is whether or not that representative is charged with taking steps to undermine the government's policy. >> while lbj and his national security team strategize about how to close the deal on the peace talks, the fbi begins around the clock surveillance on anna chenault. >> she's followed by the fbi, there's fbi reports of her activities. john mitchell is very concerned about talking to her a

but you still have this problem that the government in saigon was deeply unpoplar? deeply corrupt and one was making absolutely zero headway towards winning support for the regime and the other problem, i do think it is -- i was lunching today with one of my heroes of that vietnam era, who translated acres and acres of vietnamese dodges and i don't think it was in the end the great military achievements of the other side, the naval -- the fact that vietnamese, and i still think it's incredibly different i difficult problem to overcome. how do we the west e westerner, when we goo into other countries where it's iraq or afghanistan, how do we convince the local people we're on their side. some people in the mekong delta, you're absolutely right that you're right, the fantastic book about the whole history of the mekong delta he said 1969 in the delta were going better but still have a huge problem you haven't got a vietnamese regime that they feel that belongs to them. >> you wanted to try to shout or come up, whichever you like. >> can you hear me? >> probably best t

daspo reunion d a in saigon. we found the villa after a day.ng for half they changed all the street to vietnamese names, after the war in 1975. quite a time finding it. and my wife was with me, and 2000.as in the year i took her to the villa and -- heard her whole life about this villa. villa.i showed her the villa?d, that's a no toparies or waterfalls. why daspa was so successful, it and organized d to work outside the control of the army command in the host operated in. we were designed to work only for the department of defense pentagon. we didn't take grim photography. -- ad passports that were allowed us in and out of countries, and we also had i.d. that we could just about take any flight we wanted to, vietnam.iority in even with all the support, it to 't help when we needed speak to a general officer. first sergeant or a command sergeant major was a hell of a fire wall for them. meeting y succeeded in the general, that we came to speak with. oneretired colonel asked me day, he said, how did an e-4-e-5 this

they became refugees after the fall of saigon. one thing you will see in the communist strategy on the vietnam war is every presidential year, they were able to mobilize some sort of an offensive that would get the attention over here, and that's one thing that happened in tet '68. by the way, this is kind of interesting because we just showed a clip of a south vietnamese explanation, and in so many of these other documentaries we're seeing, you get straight propaganda footage out of hanoi about what their soldiers were doing, and we get direct interviews with the american marines and soldiers who are reminiscing in a personal way and they sat next to each other, and people can be led to one conclusion or another. winning, military, the 27th anniversary of saigon's fall, hanoi announced they lost 1.4 million soldiers dead. 1.4 million soldiers dead. we lost 58,000. vietnamese lost 240,000. but clearly on the battlefield, our people did their job. in terms of articulating our message, it was very difficult, one, because it was an e

we also have newspapers from south vietnam, saigon daily news, and a number of other publications and again, to chronicle the experiences of our south vietnamese allies. they lost so much as a result of that war. they lost their homes, their families, they lost their businesses, you know, when saigon fell in 1975, we have used that as a tragic loss, because we were fighting to try to preserve south vietnam, against communism, but the self- image people lost is just incredible by comparison, and so, again, it's very important to work with them as much as we can to preserve their history and their documents, and in addition to that we do have materials from the communist side of the war, north vietnamese and the national liberation front or vietcong, we have some of their equipment, kind of interesting, where you compare and contrast the different types of equipment that they use versus what we had, their helmet was wicker versus the steel of the american helmet, and lighter weight, great for camouflage but not going to protect very much. we also have the sandals, which of course anyone

we have newspapers from south vietnam, saigon daily news and language publications. to chronicle the experiences of our south vietnamese allies from the republic of vietnam. they lost so much as a result of this war. they lost their homes, their families. they lost their businesses. when saigon fell in 1975 we tried to preserve south vietnam. it was incredible by comparison. it's very important to work with them as much as we can to preserve their history and their documents. in addition to that, we do have materials from the communist side of the war. the north vietnamese. we have some of their equipment. it's interesting when you compare and contrast the different types of equipment that they used versus what we had. their helmet was wicker versus the steel of the american helmet. lighter weight, great for camouflage and not going to protect them much. we also have the sandals which everyone heard of studied the vietnam war. made from tires and very cheap and very effective. canteens and other equipment. but also some of their publications as well. one of the reall

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the country's second little saigon is right here in san jose, home to 120,000 vietnamese refugees. >> people risked their life leaving the country for freedom and democracy and we thought we have a home. >> reporter: he is a refugee and came to the u.s. in 1975, long before president george bush signed an agreement protecting immigrants who arrived before 1995 from deportation. now the trump administration is taking another look at the agreement, with plans to allow the removal of refugees who arrived before 1995, and have criminal convictions. >> to pick everything up all over again, that's quite unjust. >> reporter: danny says about a dozen families have reached out to his group. they are co-sponsoring this petition to the department of homeland security. dhs reports more than 7,000 vietnamese immigrants with past criminal convictions have final orders of removal. >> they have lived here for over 20 years. a lot of them come here as young adults, young children. >> reporter: the councilman says a close relative was convicted oh of a crime decades ago. he argues his relative is no lo

more than forty years after the fall of saigon the enemy's american communities are thriving in much of the country more than two million people form the diaspora to the u.s. and they owe much to the trailblazers those refugees who were the first to flee the after the war those refugees are among the seven thousand vietnamese with criminal convictions that the u.s. wants to deport and the trumpet ministration has upped the pressure on vietnam to take them back what we know is that the vietnamese community our refugee communities our immigrant communities are being targeted for no other reason than this political regime and the priorities of this administration to really attack our communities and attack america is not new when says he'll likely face government persecution if he's forced to go back. but what he dreads most he says is abandoning his family how do you castro al-jazeera washington. that's. because it's the poets of the post soviet states in central asia more than a million in russia because they can't get jobs at home but the government is now hoping that a major hydroel

clean water and medicine supplies are running out to get the latest from the region also coming up to saigon was attacked libya's foreign ministry officials say its feet.

only two weeks off to beirut erupted the south vietnamese capital saigon fell to the communists ending over nineteen years of conflict in vietnam television's first war. now came levanon. armies of reporters and war photographers moved from southeast asia to the middle east and began to occupy beirut hotel rooms filled up with news crews and a new chapter of the cold war began. most of the correspondents t.v. crews and photographers checked into this hotel the commodore a safe haven in the west of the city. every day they would set off from here for downtown beirut for the main hotel district where the holiday inn was of the front line. the holiday inn was a war were tell in the sense that it was part of an urban battle a battle between two factions of the strategic heights but it wasn't a press or a tale so none of the journalists covering the war to be interested in the holiday and the holiday inn became one of the first significant physical manifestations of the. of the conflict. my name is kenneth morris and professor of european history and one of my key research interests is in t

challenges in creating this cultural district when we compare ourselves to chinatown, japantown or little saigonere's little communities there that act as place makers. when you enter into little philippines, you're like where are the businesses, and that's one of the challenges we're trying to solve. >> undercover love wouldn't be possible without the help of the mayor and all of our community partnerships out there. it costs approximately $60,000 for every event. undiscovered is a great tool for the cultural district to bring awareness by bringing the best parts of our culture which is food, music, the arts and being ativism all under one roof, and by seeing it all in this way, what it allows san franciscans to see is the dynamics of the filipino-american culture. i think in san francisco, we've kind of lost track of one of our values that makes san francisco unique with just empathy, love, of being acceptable of different people, the out liers, the crazy ones. we've become so focused onic maing money that we forgot about those that make our city and community unique. when people come to disco

starting in the early 1960s and lasting until the fall of saigon, in 1975, america poured lives -- money into pouring -- thousands of vietnamese loyal to the u.s. became refugees at war' end and sought asylum here. since 1995, the two countries agreed those arriving prior to that year wouldn't be deported. >> there was a promise made to that government to accept people who were fleeing the country because of their affiliation with the united states. >> reporter: but the trump administration now believes vietnamese immigrants who arrived in the country before the establishment of diplomatic ties are subject to the same standard immigration laws, meaning, they are now eligible for deportation. officials cite security concerns, saying some of those impacted are part of the criminal element. he says as many as 5000 refugees now face deportation back to vietnam. >> and a lot of my cases, my understanding is, for these individuals, be they made a mistake in their lives as a younger person. it's been years and years and years later. most of these individuals have families, have children who are

the people living in saigon but there. must have been affected and then what some may yes have been people that build up in the. place that some of the place is all set to protect the. saudi stars operating on the legal permits awarded by the government but to enable this development the government is a victim the local people from the land. on your walks are indigenous people who've been living in the area for hundreds of years. we need to find out what happened to them i know. i'm not into. the i'm not a miner. in them that. they would let. the most difficult part of my piece. on one of sides. most people are off for it of the government must be freed up lots of problems and said fear is justified. but what you cause that is any talk of mind and spice. you just pick up against the land investments. rhonda. on to development and running down very quickly in jail. finally our goal manages to find people willing to talk to us just. give it. one complete. which we did you took a model for opal ornamental in the ticket why no

more than forty years after the fall of saigon the economy is american communities are thriving in much of the country more than two million people form the diaspora to the u.s. and they owe much to the trailblazers those refugees who were the first to flee the after the war those refugees are among the seven thousand vietnamese with criminal convictions that the u.s. wants to deport and the trump administration has up the pressure on vietnam to take them back what we know is that the vietnamese community our refugee communities our immigrant communities are being targeted for no other reason than this political regime and the priorities of this administration to really attack our communities and attack america is not new when says he'll likely face government persecution if he's forced to go back. but what he dreads most he says is abandoning his family as i did you castro al-jazeera washington. the leader of ukraine's new all the church has called for the faithful to unite and preach the peace thank you thank you church has held its first services since as a storage split from russia

kids they may end up making wrong decisions just like me more than forty years after the fall of saigon the economy is american communities are thriving in much of the country more than two million people who are in the diaspora to the u.s. and they owe much to the trailblazers those refugees who were the first to flee the after the war those refugees are among the seven thousand vietnamese with criminal convictions that the u.s. wants to deport and the trumpet ministration has upped the pressure on vietnam to take them back what we know is that the vietnamese community our refugee communities our immigrant communities are being targeted for no other reason than this political regime and the priorities of this administration to really attack our communities and attack america is not new when says he'll likely face government persecution if he's forced to go back. but what he dreads most he says is abandoning his family how did you castro al-jazeera washington. come as ambassador to china has met a second canadian citizen who's been detained in china on suspicion of threatening national

only two weeks off to beirut erupted the south vietnamese capital saigon fell to the communists ending over nineteen years of conflict in vietnam television's first war. now came levanon. armies of reporters and war photographers moved from southeast asia to the middle east and began to occupy beirut hotel rooms filled up with news crews and a new chapter of the cold war began. most of the correspondents t.v. crews and photographers checked into this hotel the commodore a safe haven in the west of the city. every day they would set off from here for downtown beirut for the main hotel district where the holiday inn was and the front line. was a war were tell in the sense that it was part of an urban battle a battle between two factions of the strategic heights but it wasn't a press or a tail so none of the journalists covering the war to be interested in the whole of the holiday inn became one of the first significant physical manifestations of the . of the conflict. my name is kenneth morrison professor of european history and one of my key research interests in the history of world. w

more than forty years after the fall of saigon the enemy's american communities are thriving in much of the country more than two million people form the diaspora to the u.s. and they owe much to the trailblazers those refugees who were the first to flee the non after the war those refugees are among the seven thousand vietnamese with criminal convictions that the u.s. wants to deport and the trumpet ministration has upped the pressure on vietnam to take them back what we know is that the vietnamese community our refugee communities our immigrant communities are being targeted for no other reason than this political regime and the priorities of this administration to really attack our communities and attack america is not new when says he'll likely face government persecution if he's forced to go back. but what he dreads most he says is abandoning his family how did joe castro al-jazeera washington. rebuilding work is underway at the famous mosque in northern iraq the new reground walls can merciless blow it up but i still feel it was last year just before the iraqi army recaptured t

it started in the '60s and lasting until the fall of saigon, they poured dollars and lives to stem communism, they became refugees at war's end and sought asylum here. since 1995, the two countries agreed those arriving prior to that year wouldn't be deported. >> there was a promise made by that government to accept people fleeing the criminal because of their affiliation with the united states. >> the trump administration believes that the vietnamese immigrants who arrived before the establishment of diplomatic ties are subject to the same standard immigration laws, meaning they're eligible for deportation, they site security concerns, some of those impacted are part of the criminal element. as many as 5,000 refugees now face deportation back to vietnam. >> a lot of kids, it's my, for these individuals, maybe they made a mistake in their life as a younger person, it's been years and years later, most of these individuals have families, have children who are u.s. citizens, so this policy is really antifamily, it's going to be tear families apart, now, to turn those backs on those folks, to m

in the early 60s and lasted to the fall of saigon in 1975. america four dollars and lives into stemming the flow of communism 10,000 miles from it sure is. thousands of vietnamese, loyal to the u.s., became refugees that were sent and sought asylum here. since 1995, the two countries have agreed, those arising prior to that year would not be the warded. -- would not be deported. that affiliation with the united states. >> reporter: the trump administration believes the vietnamese immigrants that arrived before that are subject to the same standard immigration law, meaning they are now eligible for deportation. official site security concerns. some of those impacted are part of the criminal element. as many as 5000 refugees now faced deportation back to vietnam. >> a lot of cases, maybe they made a mistake is a younger person. it has been years and years. most of these individuals have families and children and are u.s. citizens. this policy is anti-family. it will tear families apart. now to turn their backs on those folks. that seems short s

more than forty years after the fall of saigon the enemy's american communities are thriving in much of the country more than two million people form the diaspora to the u.s. and they owe much to the trailblazers those refugees who were the first to flee the non after the war those refugees are among the seven thousand vietnamese with criminal convictions that the u.s. wants to deport and the trumpet ministration has upped the pressure on vietnam to take them back what we know is that the vietnamese community our refugee communities our immigrant communities are being targeted for no other reason than this political regime and the priorities of this administration to really attack our communities and attack america is not new when says he'll likely face government persecution if he's forced to go back. to what he dreads most he says is abandoning his family how do you castro al-jazeera washington taking a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world we could have a single has been reappointed as sri lanka's foreign minister that's nearly two months now after his