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    CIA‏Verified account @CIA 30 Apr 2015

    Today marks the 40th anniversary of the #FallofSaigon. The truth behind the photo: http://1.usa.gov/1JzfIdH pic.twitter.com/Np8LAf8x7W

    2:33 PM - 30 Apr 2015
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    • DCiawy (GmbH) VITO LOIOTILE Skyfall(At Skyfall) señor isco Matt Rittle k u r i t a 𓃬 𓃮 𓃭 Christian Baumeier Historicimage sahi abass
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      2. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 30 Apr 2015
        Replying to @CIA

        The building is not the US Embassy, but CIA officer Connie LaGueux’s apartment complex, one of several pick-up spots around Saigon.

        5 replies 98 retweets 56 likes
      3. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 30 Apr 2015
        Replying to @CIA

        LaGueux planned & implemented evacuations of Americans & as many senior South Vietnamese government & military officials as he could get out

        4 replies 36 retweets 35 likes
      4. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 30 Apr 2015
        Replying to @CIA

        After a distinguished #OSS career, LaGueux joined CIA in 1949 where he assumed many senior leadership positions both at HQ & overseas.

        5 replies 31 retweets 32 likes
      5. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 30 Apr 2015
        Replying to @CIA

        1975: LaGueux was serving as Deputy Chief of Station in Saigon - largest overseas station in the world at that time.pic.twitter.com/EXNQZlez7k

        6 replies 34 retweets 36 likes
      6. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 30 Apr 2015
        Replying to @CIA

        April 27: North Vietnamese surrounded Saigon & shelled Tan Son Nhut Air Base, which made any further departures by airplane impossible.

        2 replies 29 retweets 24 likes
      7. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 30 Apr 2015
        Replying to @CIA

        Operation FREQUENT WIND used Marine & Air America helicopters to ferry out US personnel & many South Vietnamese to US Navy ships.

        2 replies 38 retweets 35 likes
      8. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 30 Apr 2015
        Replying to @CIA

        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

        9 replies 89 retweets 65 likes
      9. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 30 Apr 2015
        Replying to @CIA

        A radio message saying the temperature was “105 degrees & rising” & the playing of Bing Crosby’s “White Christmas” signaled evacuation.

        9 replies 86 retweets 74 likes
      10. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 30 Apr 2015
        Replying to @CIA

        April 30: COS Polgar cabled CIA HQ: “…this will be the final message from #Saigon … It has been a long and hard fight and we have lost.”

        10 replies 112 retweets 70 likes
      11. CIA‏Verified account @CIA 30 Apr 2015
        Replying to @CIA

        4:00 AM: a helicopter landed at the Embassy. LaGueux & Polgar destroyed the secure commo equipment & left with the Ambassador.

        2 replies 52 retweets 45 likes
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      2. Jim Sciutto‏Verified account @jimsciutto 30 Apr 2015
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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

        2 replies 11 retweets 5 likes
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      1. [•] Editando.cl‏ @Editando 30 Apr 2015
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        . @CIA also recreated in the simpsons http://www.editando.cl/2015/03/10-famosas-fotografias-recreadas-en-los-simpsons.html/ …pic.twitter.com/pHbEBcS7zB

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      1. Mr. NoahItALL!‏ @MrNoahItALL 30 Apr 2015
        Replying to @CIA

        @CIA Apparently, You Haven't Learned a D@mn Thing About The #Consequences of Lying! #GulfOfTonkin─►Illegal Coup d'état in #Ukraine #Maidan

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      1. Bill Benson #GTTO‏ @Redrebel_uk 30 Apr 2015
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        @CIA I look forward to the Day Ya'll are kicked out of Ukraine :)

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      2. Thijs Wolters‏ @ThijsWhoa 30 Apr 2015
        Replying to @CIA

        Interessant om terug te lezen: de @CIA is het verhaal achter deze foto aan het vertellen. #FallOfSaigonpic.twitter.com/5oOVkcJ6Jx

        3 replies 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Peter Guillam‏ @peterlenderink 30 Apr 2015
        Replying to @ThijsWhoa

        @ThijsWhoa Je wist toch wel, dat dit een foto is van Hubert van Es , een Nederlander.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. Thijs Wolters‏ @ThijsWhoa 30 Apr 2015
        Replying to @peterlenderink

        @peterlenderink Die daar weer was met Bernard Hammelburg als ik me niet vergis.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      5. Peter Guillam‏ @peterlenderink 30 Apr 2015
        Replying to @ThijsWhoa

        @ThijsWhoa Meeste mensen weten dat niet, maar wel leuk om te weten natuurlijk!

        0 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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