Word: thieu
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...person could symbolize Asian Americans, it might be Tiana Thi Tranh Nga. She was born in Vietnam in the '50s. Her uncle was a defense minister in the Thieu government; her father served as press minister and left for California in 1966. Teenage Tiana became an American: "In school, when kids said they hated the gooks, I did too. They were killing our guys." She became an actress and fitness teacher (Karatecize with Tiana). Then she decided to visit Vietnam. From Hollywood to Hanoi, a record of her trip, offers an engrossing take on the images and memories that Americans...
...same was true on the issue of whether the U.S. would be willing to enforce the Paris agreement by retaliating militarily against violations on the MIA issue and others. Kissinger drafted letters, which Nixon signed, making such pledges to South Vietnam's President Nguyen Van Thieu. "We will respond with full force should the settlement be violated by North Vietnam," read one sent in January 1973, and that helped persuade Thieu to sign the peace accord. But Kissinger and Nixon kept these letters secret from Congress -- and even from the Joint Chiefs of Staff. As it turned out, Congress...
Antipathy toward the regime in Hanoi is highest in the ranks of South Vietnamese rangers and paratroopers, many of whom have settled in California. In a speech in San Jose early this month, former President Nguyen Van Thieu, now living in London, suggested that if political changes are not forthcoming in Hanoi, the refugees should be prepared to head home, shoulder weapons and seize control again...