Cambodian Prime Minister Long Boret met with representatives of the Khmer Rouge in Thailand.
Wives of Air Force men stationed in Japan volunteered to assist in Operation Babylift.
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Friday, April 4, 2025
Friday, April 4, 1975. A last grasp for reform.
South Vietnam premier Tran Thien Khiem resigned, and was replaced by Nguyễn Bá Cẩn.
As odd as it may sound, given the situation, Nguyễn Bá Cẩn came in as a reform politician, part of an effort to radically restructure the South Vietnamese government, partially under US pressure, as a national unity government.
He's ultimately go into exile in France, and then California.
The first Operation Babylift flight crashed, killing 144 of the 305 people in the C5A, including 78 of 243 children.
For the first time since the 1973 War Powers Resolution had taken effect, an American President delivered the required report to Congress about military action with President Ford informing Congress of his sending of U.S. Marines, ships, and helicopters to evacuate refugees from South Vietnam.
Bill Gates and Paul Allen incorporated Microsoft.
French Army Commandant Pierre Galopin, 43, serving as a negotiator in Chad, was hanged following a trial conducted by rebels.
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Thursday, April 3, 1975. Operation Babylift.
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Thursday, April 3, 2025
Thursday, April 3, 1975. Operation Babylift.
President Ford ordered the evacuation of Americans from Phnom Penh.
Operation Babylift began as a U.S. effort to bring South Vietnamese orphans to the United States. Widely lauded today (it would be unlikely to take place, frankly, under the current administration), there was some criticism at the time on the assertion that not all the children were actually orphans, and that it was a cultural based decision given that young people were being taken out of their native land to avoid communism.
Gen. Weyand met with President Thiệu in Saigon and promised more American aid to South Vietnam, but declined Thiệu's request for a renewal of American bombing of North Vietnamese forces. As they both well knew, without U.S. air support there was no hope for the ARVN.
South Vietnamese Prime Minister Trần Thiện Khiêm resigned. He would take up exile in France and then the United States, converting to Catholicism there. He died in 2021.
Israel and South Africa signed SECMENT, a secret mutual defense agreement.
Bobby Fischer refused to play a chess match against Anatoly Karpov, and thereby ceded the title of chess champion.
Actress Mary Ure, most famous for her role in Where Eagles Dare, and the wife of Robert Shaw, died of an overdose of alcohol and barbiturates at age 42.
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Wednesday, April 2, 1975. Driving on Saigon.
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