1 00:08:31,300 --> 00:08:34,720 We have found that our, uh, friend, 2 00:08:34,720 --> 00:08:38,600 the, uh, Republican nominee, our California friend, 3 00:08:39,760 --> 00:08:44,980 has been playing on this outskirts with our enemies and our friends, both, 4 00:08:44,980 --> 00:08:46,730 our allies and the others. 5 00:08:47,770 --> 00:08:50,730 One of his associates said to a businessman 6 00:08:50,730 --> 00:08:54,030 that we're going to say to Hanoi, "I can make a better deal than he has 7 00:08:54,030 --> 00:08:56,450 because, uh, I'm fresh and new, 8 00:08:56,450 --> 00:08:59,490 and I don't have to demand as much as he does 9 00:08:59,490 --> 00:09:01,410 in the light of past positions." 10 00:10:29,750 --> 00:10:33,170 Mrs. Chennault is contacting, uh, 11 00:10:33,170 --> 00:10:36,090 their ambassador from time to time. 12 00:10:36,090 --> 00:10:38,170 Seems to be kind of the go-between. 13 00:10:52,770 --> 00:10:56,570 The net of it was that, uh, if they just, uh, hold out 14 00:10:56,570 --> 00:10:59,780 a little bit longer, that, uh, he is a lot more sympathetic, 15 00:10:59,780 --> 00:11:02,910 and he can kinda-- they can do better business with him 16 00:11:02,910 --> 00:11:05,280 than they can with their present president. 17 00:11:07,540 --> 00:11:10,250 I rather doubt Nixon has done any of this. 18 00:11:11,250 --> 00:11:15,750 But there's no question but what folks for him are doing it. 19 00:11:21,220 --> 00:11:23,550 Mrs. Chennault never saw President Thiệu. 20 00:11:23,550 --> 00:11:25,850 Nor did we take it seriously. 21 00:11:25,850 --> 00:11:29,270 Because, hey, we go through the US Embassy, okay? 22 00:11:31,480 --> 00:11:33,020 That's the official conduit. 23 00:11:53,170 --> 00:11:56,420 And frankly, the reason the South Vietnamese did not send 24 00:11:56,420 --> 00:12:00,170 a delegation to the Paris talks at that time was this. 25 00:12:01,220 --> 00:12:06,510 We said to the US, "What's the strategy between allies?" 26 00:12:06,510 --> 00:12:10,100 "We cannot go there and you guys just take over, 27 00:12:10,100 --> 00:12:13,350 thinking that, 'This is what is the best for South Vietnamese.'" 28 00:12:14,690 --> 00:12:16,150 "We need to be aligned." 29 00:12:18,020 --> 00:12:19,650 We never got a good answer. 30 00:15:53,860 --> 00:15:57,740 We know, eventually, that the US will pull out troops. 31 00:15:57,740 --> 00:15:59,990 We realize that it is our duty 32 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:04,540 to shoulder the responsibility to fight the war. 33 00:16:04,540 --> 00:16:05,710 But we need help. 34 00:18:05,870 --> 00:18:08,540 The Americans proclaim it as "the Vietnamization." 35 00:18:08,540 --> 00:18:11,380 It's a catchy phrase to explain everything, 36 00:18:11,380 --> 00:18:14,880 but in my view, it's pretty offensive to the South Vietnamese. 37 00:18:17,840 --> 00:18:19,840 The US media's description 38 00:18:19,840 --> 00:18:22,010 of the "Vietnamization" of the war was not accurate. 39 00:18:22,010 --> 00:18:24,310 The war started with us, 40 00:18:24,310 --> 00:18:26,770 and we gradually scaled up 41 00:18:26,770 --> 00:18:31,770 and matured through and in battles 42 00:18:31,770 --> 00:18:36,070 that built up a force, relying more on ourselves. 43 00:19:01,590 --> 00:19:04,890 Because American go in there, just like in the cowboy movie, 44 00:19:04,890 --> 00:19:08,730 "Here is the cavalry. They are-- We're going to do the job for you." 45 00:19:09,390 --> 00:19:12,150 "Hey, we will just bomb the living daylight out of it, 46 00:19:12,150 --> 00:19:13,110 and we're done." 47 00:19:14,110 --> 00:19:17,020 But they don't understand the country, the attitude, 48 00:19:17,030 --> 00:19:19,240 even the disposition of enemy forces. 49 00:19:20,650 --> 00:19:22,860 The Vietnamese generals understood that, 50 00:19:22,870 --> 00:19:26,410 but they find that American really didn't want to listen. 51 00:22:14,750 --> 00:22:18,540 But we realized the pressure in the US politics. 52 00:28:42,260 --> 00:28:44,510 If he cancels his trip because of this... 53 00:43:37,320 --> 00:43:38,530 We were not told. 54 00:43:39,400 --> 00:43:43,620 Suddenly, you went on-- on your own, and, you know, "negotiated" 55 00:43:43,620 --> 00:43:47,040 what you Americans think is best for South Vietnam. 56 00:43:49,660 --> 00:43:51,790 It's a betrayal between allies. 57 00:44:34,330 --> 00:44:36,250 My father only said, 58 00:44:37,090 --> 00:44:38,920 "You have only one mission." 59 00:44:40,510 --> 00:44:41,670 "Just one mission." 60 00:44:42,340 --> 00:44:43,630 "At the end of negotiations, 61 00:44:43,630 --> 00:44:46,220 the US must withdraw its troops, and Northern soldiers stay." 62 00:47:20,120 --> 00:47:22,580 We had a difficult time, 63 00:47:22,580 --> 00:47:26,800 especially after the series of Tết Offensive battles. 64 00:47:28,010 --> 00:47:30,220 There were groups we had to meet with 65 00:47:30,220 --> 00:47:33,180 in the Cambodian jungles during those years. 66 00:57:29,020 --> 00:57:30,400 Remember Kent State? 67 00:57:30,400 --> 00:57:33,240 Didn't that have a hell of an effect, the Kent State thing? 68 00:57:33,240 --> 00:57:37,280 Sure did. Gave them second thoughts. 69 01:00:47,640 --> 01:00:50,720 Even if we're from two different countries, 70 01:00:50,730 --> 01:00:53,390 we can empathize with each other. 71 01:00:57,360 --> 01:01:01,440 You brothers have regained the dignity of being a soldier, 72 01:01:01,440 --> 01:01:04,490 not only as soldiers protecting your country, 73 01:01:04,490 --> 01:01:09,200 but also as soldiers defending another country. 74 01:01:09,200 --> 01:01:14,370 Your spirit is very noble and respectable, no matter the circumstances. 75 01:11:26,610 --> 01:11:29,490 The thing, though, that, Henry, that to me is just unconscionable, 76 01:11:29,490 --> 01:11:32,490 this is treasonable action on the part of the bastards that put it out! 77 01:11:32,490 --> 01:11:33,410 Exactly. 78 01:11:33,410 --> 01:11:35,240 Doesn't it involve secure information, 79 01:11:35,240 --> 01:11:36,700 a lot of other things? 80 01:11:36,700 --> 01:11:39,250 What kind of people would do such things? 81 01:12:11,950 --> 01:12:15,240 The prime suspect, according to your friend Rostow you're quoting, 82 01:12:15,240 --> 01:12:17,200 is a gentleman by the name of Ellsberg, 83 01:12:17,200 --> 01:12:20,790 who is a left-winger that's now with the RAND Corporation, 84 01:12:20,790 --> 01:12:23,330 who also has a set of these documents. 85 01:12:24,080 --> 01:12:26,090 Subpoena them. Christ, get them. 86 01:13:43,160 --> 01:13:45,120 We're up against an enemy, a conspiracy. 87 01:13:45,120 --> 01:13:46,750 They're using any means. 88 01:13:46,750 --> 01:13:49,710 We are going to use any means. Is that clear?