Final Evacuation of Saigon
With North Vietnamese troops advancing on Saigon, President Ford and his advisers made plans to evacuate remaining American personnel in the city. He ordered the final evacuation to take place on April 29, 1975.
Secretary of State Henry Kissinger advised U.S. Ambassador Graham Martin in Saigon to continue evacuating Americans and South Vietnamese allies at Tan Son Nhut airport if possible. Due to damage from shelling military transport plans could not land on the runways so the focus shifted to helicopter evacuation. Over the course of 16 hours helicopters removed U.S. and South Vietnamese personnel from the roof of the American embassy.
Telegram from Henry Kissinger to Ambassador Graham Martin, 4/29/1975, from the Backchannel Cable Files.
Joint Statement of Department of State and Department of Defense, 4/19/1975, from the White House Press Releases.
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