war in south vietnam, peace in north vietnam.well, that their proposal peace for north vietnam and continuing war in south vietnam kissinger. so we have come to the reluctant conclusion that you have expressed it very well right now, mr. president, that this wasn't a peace document. this was a document for perpetual warfare in which they create nixon. perpetual warfare in, south vietnam. that's right. and peace in north vietnam. that's the way to put it. kissinger that's right. peace in north vietnam and perpetual warfare in south vietnam. and the united states and the united states cooperating with them in imposing a communist government on the people of south vietnam against will we, the party that wants peace in vietnam for sides. nixon and let the future of this poor suffering be determined by the people of south vietnam and not on the battlefield. that's what our proposal is. we call on the south and we call on north to agree to this kind of thing calling them both to agree agree. i am not sure disposal i think have a walkin

north vietnam. even this very limited bombing of the north could come to an early end if our restraint is matched by restraint. hanoi. but i cannot in good conscience stop all bombing. so as to do so would immediately and directly endanger the lives of our men and our allies. whether a complete bombing halt becomes possible in the future will be determined by events. our purpose in this action is to bring about a reduction in the level of violence that now exists. it is save the lives of brave men and to save the lives of innocent women and children. it is to permit the contending forces to move closer to a political settlement. and tonight i call upon the united kingdom and i call upon the union as cochairman of the geneva conferences and permanent members of the united security council to do all can to from the unilateral act of de-escalation that i have just toward genuine peace in southeast asia. now as in the past, the united states is ready send its representatives to any forum at any time to

war in south vietnam, peace in north vietnam.well, that their proposal peace for north vietnam and continuing war in south vietnam kissinger. so we have come to the reluctant conclusion that you have expressed it very well right now, mr. president, that this wasn't a peace document. this was a document for perpetual warfare in which they create nixon. perpetual warfare in, south vietnam. that's right. and peace in north vietnam. that's the way to put it. kissinger that's right. peace in north vietnam and perpetual warfare in south vietnam. and the united states and the united states cooperating with them in imposing a communist government on the people of south vietnam against will we, the party that wants peace in vietnam for sides. nixon and let the future of this poor suffering be determined by the people of south vietnam and not on the battlefield. that's what our proposal is. we call on the south and we call on north to agree to this kind of thing calling them both to agree agree. i am not sure disposal i think have a walkin

do you have any memories of vietnam? i have only flashes of memory because i came when i was four years of age. and even the memories that i think i had, i rely on them. for example, i remember we were on a boat leading saigon, and on the last day in april 1975, and i remember on a barge and a smaller of refugees trying to come up to us, and i remember sailors shooting at this boat. and so i told my brother, who was seven years older, and he said that never happened. but how does he know he was only ten or 11 years old himself? so the unreliability of memory is one of the things that this memoir explores. what should we know about your parents in vietnam? what do we know about my parents? what should we know about what should we know about my parents in vietnam? that they were very, very young they were born in the 1930s or are very young when they when they had to deal with colonialism, with poverty, with being of a rural background, with having the country divided 1954, they had just gotten married. my father was 21. m

now, there are finite limits to the destruction vietnam can absorb.oward peace through negotiations. [mortars firing] - daddy tried to the end to get peace with vietnam. - i followed chuck out to get on the plane to vietnam, and so there's a picture of chuck and me carrying this tin of cookies. and before he left on the airplane-- i am now pregnant, but it's a secret. and he says to me, "i have signed my will, "and if i'm killed, the marine corps will take care of everything." - now, as in the past, the united states is ready to send its representatives to any forum, at any time, to discuss the means of bringing this ugly war to an end. - by the end of march, president johnson is in despair. bobby kennedy, his great nightmare, is in the race. - i'm interested in the future of this country and what this country must stand for. and i don't think it's been satisfactory up to the present time. - so this on top of all the other bad news that he had in march pushes lbj over the edge. - finally, let me say this. - he told very few people about the last part

so, vietnam _ on trade from china? yes. so, vietnam has — on trade from china? yes. manage - on trade from china? yes. so, vietnam has to manage this i on trade from china? yes. so, i vietnam has to manage this very carefully, there is domestic discontent and demonstrations against china which the vietnamese government has clamped down upon and at the same time, they obviously want to maintain the trade balance and the vietnamese economy relies quite a lot on heavy import of china's goods for its own manufacturing industries. it is a balancing act that vietnam has to perform. balancing act that vietnam has to erform. . , ., balancing act that vietnam has to erform., , ., ., ., ~ balancing act that vietnam has to erform. , ., ., .,~ perform. just want to take you live to india now. _ perform. just want to take you live to india now, in _ perform. just want to take you live to india now, in kolkata _ perform. just want to take you live to india now, in kolkata where - perform. just want to take you live i to india now, in kolkata where there are strikes going on right

let's go to let's go to vietnam, back. beginning august 1969, i got on an airplane that gets to georgia after a night of celebration and went to atlanta, changed airplanes to go to california with a stop in dallas. well, i went to sleep on the airplane between after we left atlanta and they landed in dallas. and the stewardess woke me up and says, we're in texas. and i went, i'm going to california. and i went back to sleep. well, we got california and i went down to pick up my duffel bag and i waited for the baggage come through. and i was not many duffel bags and i thought there was more than then. i never did find a duffel bag. so i went to the baggage claim. i said, hey, you know, where's my bag? and he says, and let me see your ticket. and he looked at ticket. he says, your bags probably in san francisco. you're in los angelus. that's supposed to change your plane to dallas. and i didn't make that. so i ended up going to oakland. when we got to oakland, one of the guys in my flight class with jim willingham and his fa

vietnam has this bamboo diplomacy.g in good relations with its neighbour china and also the united states is extremely important to them. and it also relies heavily on russia for its military modernisation so there is a plethora of relationships to be reconciled. in that they are not necessarily in conflict, relations between the united states and vietnam don't really with china but china is very close and developing its core interests in the south china sea which conflict with those of other states so vietnam has to be very careful. what does china want out of this visit? it's important for them to enhance relations with china and vietnam to prevent the kind of emerging conflict between the two countries and vietnam at the same time seeks to consolidate its own internal position of the communist party and therefore we have seen since the last year especially a greater move towards smoothing over relations with china and xi jinping visited vietnam last year so relations are a bit closer now than they have been for a wh

you had the vietnam war. you had division in the country, but you did not have visceral hatred of each other. yes, there was hatred, there was division because you had the cold war, antiwar, people dying. there were 300 or 400 dead every week. how could that not affect you? it was just amazing. it was not the same vibe as now. now, there is a visceral hatred running through this country. hopefully, the democratic ticket will challenge that and get us out of this mood, this division. guest: yeah. i would add, it is interesting, probably more than any other subject i have researched in my career, when you talk to someone like that caller, i do not encourage anyone to fight the police, but you can still many years later hear the passion in his voice and the hesitancy as he replays those events. more tha any other subject i resear in my career, you talk to someone who was here or lived through that time and you can tell that emotion is still raw this many years later. host: joan is in atlanta also on the line for

you had the vietnam war.ou had division in the country, but you did not have visceral hatred of each other. yes, there was hatred, there was division because you had the cold war, antiwar, people dying. there were 300 or 400 dead every week. how could that not affect you? it was just amazing. it was not the same vibe as now. now, there is a visceral hatred running through this country. hopefully, the democratic ticket will challenge that and get us out of this mood, this division. guest: yeah. i would add, it is interesting, probably more than any other subject i have researched in my career, when you talk to someone like that caller, i do not encourage anyone to fight the police, but you can still many years later hear the pasonn his voice and the hesitancy as he replays those events. more than any other subject i researched iaree you talk to someone who was here or lived through that time and you can tell that emotion is still raw this many years later. host: joan is in atlanta also on the line for democrat

so vietnam has to be very careful. yeah.at's important to them? it's important for them to enhance relations with china and with vietnam, to prevent kind of the emerging conflicts between the two countries and vietnam at the same time, is seeking to consolidate its own internal position of the communist party. and therefore, we have seen since the last year, especially a greater move towards smoothing over relations with china. and xijinping himself visited vietnam last year. so relations are quite a bit closer now than they have been for a while. thailand's new prime minister has said she will take steps to stimulate the country's flagging economy, combat drug problems and improve universal healthcare. paetongtarn shinawatra was speaking shortly after receiving the king's endorsement in a televised ceremony in the capital, bangkok. it paves the way for the 37—year—old to form a cabinet. her investiture comes on the same day her father — the former prime minister thaksin shinawatra — ends his parole following convictions rel

it was concern about vietnam and vietnam where the nation was tearing itself apart. the democratic party was tearing itself apart. millions of americans watched on television in their living rooms at. the convention in chicago that year. and so understanding that was the weaker part of his legacy. i think johnson became desperate to leave office, much like nixon wanted to be known as a peacemaker. i think johnson was either desperate to find peace in vietnam by the end of his term, or at a minimum, if he couldn't do to leave his successor, whoever that might be in a better situation than. they might have been otherwise. and i think had i learned from records that, this is my take in the book that johnson actually had very low expectations that peace was possible in 68. but i think he was by those around him some of whom you mentioned, that this is your last chance to be known as a peacemaker. and even if it fails, like every other, the back of johnson's memoirs and the very back kind of inside the boards of the books and the appendices list all the peace initiatives

host: rick, vietnam vet, michigan. caller: good morning. i was a vietnam veteran, served in the forced entry division. one representatives are elected, they have the honor of nominating young men and women to the military academies and they oftentimes take that to their political advantage and what i would like to see is that people who are elected to office would honor the same honor codes that these young men and women have when they go to the military academies, specifically like west point, their honor code is not to lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do, and i think we would be better off if these congressmen and senators would be able to take that honor code and hold to themselves if they are expecting 18-year-olds coming out of high school, that code. thank you. guest: i strongly agree, i think every member of the caucus, which you can see with honor.org agrees violently with you, and many of the veterans, i'm with all of them that i worked with in congress, have said that their work and duty to appoint young americans to the s

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has been killed in the vietnam war. came here to talk to you about hubert horatio humphrey. - on the night of the, uh, nomination... all: [chanting] peace now! peace now! - we on the outside gathered in the park, across from the conrad hilton. and the bridges were all closed off by jeeps, mounted with barbed wire, machine guns placed on the streets, pointed at these demonstrators. and the breakdown of law and order was being perpetuated by the forces of law and order. - downtown chicago, at balbo and michigan avenues, there has been in progress, for some time, a peace demonstration. the police have come to put it down. the national guard has been called to help. [people shouting] - police... and demonstrators tussling all over this busy intersection... on this, the night of the presidential nominations at this democratic convention. - it was a police riot. and i had never seen that before in my life. i had never seen groups of policemen with lead-knuckled gloves and clubs, going after civilians. there were pools of bloo

humphrey should get at vietnam and some other questions. - i think mr.hter and applause] - the conceit behind the new nixon was that that old, whiny, sad, combative loser is gone. - and now, despite numerous requests, nbc presents "rowan and martin's laugh-in." - i don't think we could get mr. nixon to stand still for a "sock it to me." [laughter] sock it to me? [laughter] - the difference in the campaign was that whenever possible, the candidate is never in an environment that he can't control. - that's it! [applause] - the counsel to richard nixon was "don't leave script." - nixon makes the same speech everywhere he goes. all candidates do that, but nixon is speaking on the issues of the day in only the most general way. he's saying there are lots of things wrong with the country, and he's promising to do something about it, but he's not saying what. - time will not permit an extended discussion of those great problems in which you're all interested, but my friends, i say to you... let's enlist the people of america, enlist their hearts and their minds

of course during the vietnam. but we a will delegation that was able to go to both south vietnam and north vietnam, which rather unusual. and we found ourselves in the position of taking messages from women from south vietnam to women of north vietnam, and between families and so forth. it was incredible and we were also in laos at that time. one of the outcomes of that was that we worked out, signed, drew up peace treaties with the women between our our countries, women, u.s. women and south vietnamese women and us women in north women. and that was a very useful. later. we went to cuba when was not encouraged to go, one could not return by way of mexico city. if one went in by mexico. so three of us made a point of having to fly to madrid and then back to the states and, held a press conference to say, wasn't this ridiculous? we should be traveling and trading and talking with cubans. and later it began happen. we went to chile shortly the coup and while two of us would be talking, the government leaders of thre

guest: i think because of vietnam, vietnam, vietnam.ef of staff said if you examine the nixon presidency, your first thought has to be that every single moment of every day, every decision was somehow related to vietnam. vietnam tour the country apart, ripped it apart, and i think we are still enduring living through repercussions from vietnam today. host: we are going to be talking about richard nixon's resignation that happened 50 years ago until the end of the program. you can give us a call if you would like to make a comment, if you are old enough to remember it. call us and share the memories with us. the lines original. if you are in the eastern or central time zones, call us on (202)-748-8000. mountain or pacific, (202)-748-8001. i would like to read to you a quote from your book, and it says, "the final house had more than the sre of shakespearean scenes. nixon was choking back sobs and rushing fromhe rm ter telling a group of his old friends from congress, 'i hope you will not feel like let you down,'but no scene an astonishin

in 1972, when north vietnam violated, the peace accords, he sent the b-52 bombers into north vietnam, which i guess i can say the scare the hell out of north vietnam and frighten them. just tremendous. and they thought he was a bit of a mad man. they sure quite sure what he would do. so i'm not sure they would have dared that invasion of south vietnam. he was president. so i think there was i can't predict the future but i think there has been a very good chance that south vietnam would survived. ken, off to your right from a member of our descent gilbert, sir. so we get a lot of comments and questions here at the library about richard nixon and with your very good knowledge of him and so forth. if you were asked by a common man, what describes the life of richard nixon? what word or phrase you use to say what you think his life or his presidency did for us as a country. well, that's that's a it's a big question. he. if you look at the state, the world, when he was president, you have look back at the condition of the soviet union and china in the sixties and 70 years. china was an ou

but what is more when china attacked vietnam in 1979, vietnam stood its ground and punched in the nose and they're ready to do that again if they get by china. and i would say today. it's fair to to conclude that they are, if not formally so, are aligned with the united states in their view of international situation. so i think that's positive. iraq of you know, we stumbled a lot of that a lot of a tremendous number of mistakes were made. i think one of the most important being the area of intelligence which led to a whole reform of our intelligence organization, intelligence reform and terrorism act. but and i would say there that probably the biggest challenge we had then and we still have now in the field of intelligence is that of analogy, sis. it's understanding what you actually are looking at as from not having adequate collection. very good on collection. we have seguinte humint, you know, geospatial intelligence and so forth. also every agency you can think of is around a particular collection method, but the real key is analysis and. do you really understand what situate you

over to vietnam. you have any guilt about not having gotten to vietnam, right? we have our own that's right but dating is your personal vietnam is just my you said that many janukah, a great and very brave soldier. you are braver than any vietnam vet because you're out there screwing a lot of women congressional medal of honor naturality how to republicans defend the attack on waltz when you have donald trump joking around, but saying that it's like vietnam out there when it comes to dating in the 90s. i mean, there's no defense of it other than to say you know, here was a guy who was in the business of saying outlandish thing because in the the media during his pre political career, but, you know, there's obviously no real defense of it has gotten out of that but scott, come on, please, i have to tell you. i find that comment disgusting why to compare that to people comment this people who gave their lives dating to that. i mean, i visit some veterans around this country who left body parts in the fi

were young people who could have ended up in vietnam that same month. time in which as many as 100 american soldiers were dying a day. so, you know, i don't want to take away from the moral passion, but, you know, this was kind of life and death. judy: in addition, perlstein says the federal government now runs security, which has become much tighter, especially after the terrorist attacks of 9/11. >> there was this brief, shining moment in which, you know, this crazy thing, american political convention that is not predictable, seemed possible. but, you know, the democrats are in array. they've lined up behind the candidate. i think 83% of democrats said that they agree with the decision of the party to put forward kamala harris over joe biden. the delegates will vote for her. we'll hear inspiring speeches. we'll see celebrities sing songs, and life goes on. judy: but very different from 1968. >> very different from 1968. you know, the america before august 28th, 1968, and after august 28th, 1968, was a different america. the idea that this convention

we haven't learned the lessons of vietnam. if anything, after vietnam, we said we're never going to do it, and we cut all of the capabilities to do these type of reconstruction events or activities uh in a war zone, and low and behold, we said we're never going to do it again, we did it in iraq, we did in afghanistan. the us failures in vietnam and afghanistan were not similar only in the exit from the embassies, but failure in reconstruction was another factor that vietnam and afghanistan had in common, after the reconstruction failure in afghanistan, the permanent cigar organization also came to an end, an afghan reconstruction case was closed. i've spent lot of time over the last number of weeks and my staff has trying to get our american cigar employees out, but the us state department did not allow the last reports on afghanistan to be. published and bar the public from accessing the reconstruction documents. cigar was forced to relegate all of this information into classified annexes. head of the investigating institute

the fall of cobble was like the incident that happened 46 years ago in the us. embassy in vietnam, the incident that was known as the fall of saigon. uh, what do you make of this comparison between what's happening in cable and saigon in 1975? i mean, you put them side by side, there, it does appear to be a just comparison. but there was a difference. as us president joe biden says, fortunately, during the incidents in kabul, unlike what happened in saigon, no one got. into a helicopter from the rooftop of the embassy, before the exit, all of the documents were burnt. untold stories are usually more important than those that have been revealed. it rarely happens that someone can get access to classified documents, and when the confidential documents are disposed, it's like they never existed. but is there a way for the public to find out about the truth? maybe the media are the only way. a media outlet reveals secrets depending on the degree of its independence. afghanistan is the poorest country in asia, in fact it is the poorest country uh in the world except for about five eight dep

it is like vietnam. sort of like. >> it is your personal vietnam. >> you said that many time. >> a very brave soldier. >> they said more people were killed by women in fact than killed in vietnam. >> yes, that is true. >> so you get criticized for that statement, but that statement. >> i went sas far to say you a braver than any vietnam vet because you are out there screwing a lot of women. >> men are as dangerous to women as women are to men. >> donald trump considers avoiding stds , sexually transmitted diseases, his own personal vietnam. while trump thinks of john mccain as iea loser for actuall serving in vietnam, trump thinks he should get the congressional medal of honor for his service in his personal vietnam. of avoiding stds . that is who jd vance thinks is always being faithful to those who put on the uniform. you don't actually even have to reach into the distant past to see just how much respect or disrespect donald trump has for the military. here is trump roughly 24 hours ago explaining why