The building is not the US Embassy, but CIA officer Connie LaGueux’s apartment complex, one of several pick-up spots around Saigon.
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LaGueux planned & implemented evacuations of Americans & as many senior South Vietnamese government & military officials as he could get out
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#OSS career, LaGueux joined CIA in 1949 where he assumed many senior leadership positions both at HQ & overseas. -
1975: LaGueux was serving as Deputy Chief of Station in Saigon - largest overseas station in the world at that time.pic.twitter.com/EXNQZlez7k
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April 27: North Vietnamese surrounded Saigon & shelled Tan Son Nhut Air Base, which made any further departures by airplane impossible.
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Operation FREQUENT WIND used Marine & Air America helicopters to ferry out US personnel & many South Vietnamese to US Navy ships.
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Just before 11:00 AM on April 29, a complete evacuation was ordered. The central departure point was the US Embassy.pic.twitter.com/MThMVQ0Pcg
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A radio message saying the temperature was “105 degrees & rising” & the playing of Bing Crosby’s “White Christmas” signaled evacuation.
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April 30: COS Polgar cabled CIA HQ: “…this will be the final message from
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4:00 AM: a helicopter landed at the Embassy. LaGueux & Polgar destroyed the secure commo equipment & left with the Ambassador.
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"It has been a long & hard fight & we have lost" MT
@CIA: Today is 40th anniv#FallofSaigon http://1.usa.gov/1JzfIdH pic.twitter.com/2nvFCM0dkp
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@CIA Apparently, You Haven't Learned a D@mn Thing About The#Consequences of Lying!#GulfOfTonkin─►Illegal Coup d'état in#Ukraine#MaidanThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@CIA I look forward to the Day Ya'll are kicked out of Ukraine :)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@CIA is het verhaal achter deze foto aan het vertellen.#FallOfSaigonpic.twitter.com/5oOVkcJ6Jx
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@ThijsWhoa Je wist toch wel, dat dit een foto is van Hubert van Es , een Nederlander. -
@peterlenderink Die daar weer was met Bernard Hammelburg als ik me niet vergis. -
@ThijsWhoa Meeste mensen weten dat niet, maar wel leuk om te weten natuurlijk!
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