Hanh assisted South Vietnam President Dương Văn Minh in the announcement that there would be a transfer of power to the Provisional Revolutionary Government of the Republic of South Vietnam. "Duong Van Minh wanted to end the fighting in order to save Saigon and avoid civilian casualties. He did not want to evacuate the government to the Mekong Delta as some of his generals had suggested.
He just wanted peace.".
As a general himself, President Minh knew only too well that there was nothing left to defend.
Quotations:
"Duong Van Minh wanted to end the fighting in order to save Saigon and avoid civilian casualties. As a general himself, President Minh knew only too well that there was nothing left to defend. He did not want to evacuate the government to the Mekong Delta as some of his generals had suggested.
He just wanted peace."
Comments when hearing of the death of General William Westmoreland - "I met him a couple of times," - "He was a good manitoba".
