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Embassy of the United States, Saigon

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building, 208 feet (63 m) by 49 feet (15 m), and was enclosed in a walled compound that is 437 feet (133 m) by 318 feet (97 m) (3.18 acres). It was located 60 feet (18 m) inside the compound, protected from both streets by an 8 feet (2.4 m) wall with a 6 inches (150 mm)-thick mixture of cement and marble chips. The lattice facade extends from the first story to the roof, covering the entire building in a protective white terrazzo sunscreen. It was separated from the concrete walls and the shatterproof plexiglass windows of the chancery by five feet of space.
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withdraw his men into the chancery building and withdraw to the rooftop LZ for evacuation. Major Kean returned to the ground floor of the chancery and ordered his men to withdraw into a large semicircle at the main entrance to the chancery. Most of the marines were inside the chancery when the crowds outside the embassy broke through the gates into the compound. The marines closed and bolted the chancery door, the elevators were locked by
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dates back to the nineteenth century as well as a flagpole near the Le Duan entrance that was a gift from the Standard Oil Company in 1929 and has been used at all U.S. diplomatic missions in Saigon since then. The base of that flagpole is made of black granite salvaged from the old embassy building. The current site of the embassy building is now used for large receptions and soccer practice by the Consulate staff.
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Shortly after taking Saigon on April 30, North Vietnamese soldiers and intelligence officers went to the deserted embassy where they found numerous classified documents left behind. Most documents were shredded. Of those shredded, some were not burnt in time and the pieces were reconstituted and used
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on the 6th floor and the marines withdrew up the stairwells locking grill gates behind them. On the ground floor a water tanker was driven through the chancery door, and the crowd began to surge up through the building toward the rooftop. The marines on the rooftop had sealed the doors to the rooftop
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were lifted from the DAO Compound to reinforce perimeter security at the embassy, bringing the total number of marines at the embassy to 175. The evacuation from the DAO Compound was completed by about 19:00, after which all helicopters would be routed to the embassy; however, Major Kean was informed
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On 4 November 1968, Ambassador Bunker presented a scroll of appreciation to LTC Tyler H. Fletcher, commanding officer of the 716th Military Police Battalion for their role in defending the embassy. Ambassador Bunker also dedicated a plaque in the chancery lobby commemorating the four MPs and one
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Some visible remnants of the old embassy remain, most notably the large, round concrete planters which sat in front of the embassy and were used as firing positions by the Viet Cong during the Tet Offensive attack. Other remnants of the old embassy include a large banyan tree in the parking lot that
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ordered the 716th MP Battalion to clear the embassy as their first priority. Lacking armored vehicles and helicopters, the MPs moved in more troops to cordon off the embassy. The tactical situation was confused by darkness and the poor communications within the chancery and between the chancery
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Street. The new chancery was a distinctive six-story white concrete building, with a concrete lattice facade that served to both cool the building and deflect rockets and other projectiles. Due to both aesthetics and security, the chancery was set back from the street. The chancery was a rectangular
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In early 1998, the Vietnamese government erected a red-stone memorial to the Viet Cong who fought in the embassy during the Tet offensive on the sidewalk outside the main gate of the former embassy compound which still remains there today. Before the demolition the U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam at the
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Marine pilots accumulated 1,054 flight hours and flew 682 sorties throughout Operation Frequent Wind, evacuating 5,000 from Tan Son Nhut and 978 U.S. and 1,120 Vietnamese and third-country nationals from the embassy. Some 400 evacuees were left behind at the embassy, including over 100 South Korean
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had ordered that operations cease at 23:00. Major Kean saw Ambassador Martin to request that he contact the Oval Office to ensure that the airlift continued. Ambassador Martin soon sent word back to Major Kean that sorties would continue to be flown. At the same time, General Carey met with Admiral
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By the morning of 29 April it was estimated that approximately 10,000 people had gathered around the embassy, while some 2,500 evacuees were in the embassy and consular compounds. From 10:00 to 12:00 Major Kean and his marines cut down trees and moved vehicles to create an LZ in the embassy parking
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and another American, as well as 19 Vietnamese and one Filipino serving in the U.S. Navy along with injuring 183 others. The U.S. Congress appropriated $ 1 million to reconstruct the embassy in a new location following the attack and although retaliatory raids on North Vietnam were suggested, U.S.
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On March 30, 1965, the Viet Cong detonated a car-bomb outside the embassy. The attack occurred when a Vietnamese policeman began arguing with the driver of a car parked in front of the embassy but the driver refused to leave and then another Viet Cong member drove up alongside the car and fired on
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at 03:15 based on fragmentary information, a later report stated that three VC had entered the embassy grounds. The news reports from the embassy reflected the confused tactical situation. At 07:25, the Associated Press carried a story stating that the VC had seized part of the first floor of the
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At 04:30 with the 19 lift limit already exceeded, Major Kean went to the rooftop LZ and spoke over a helicopter radio with General Carey who advised that President Ford had ordered that the airlift be limited to U.S. personnel and General Carey, Commanding General, 9th MAB, ordered Major Kean to
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in 1995 and the site of the former U.S. Embassy in Saigon was handed back to the U.S. government. It was decided that the former embassy building was unusable after more than 20 years of neglect in Vietnam's tropical climate, but also that because the history of the building itself carried such
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As dawn broke on the morning of 31 January, MPs and marines entered the embassy grounds and within a few minutes, they easily killed all of the few surviving VC for most of them by then were already dead or dying in the embassy garden from the prolonged firefight. At the same time, a helicopter
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submachine guns and a shotgun and waited for the VC to come inside. Outside in the embassy grounds, the VC were unsure of their next move as both their leaders had both been killed after they entered the embassy grounds. The VC could easily have blasted their way into the chancery had they been
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The chancery was designed for a staff of 200, with 49,670 square feet of office space comprising 140 offices. There were also executive offices on the third floor for the Ambassador's office and other high-ranking members of the Mission. It was also air conditioned, had its own water filtration
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Ambassador Martin remained optimistic that a negotiated settlement could be reached whereby the United States would not have to pull out of South Vietnam and, in an effort to avert defeatism and panic he specifically instructed Major James Kean, commanding officer of the Marine Security Guard
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By 02:15 on 30 April, one CH-46 and one CH-53 were landing at the embassy every 10 minutes, with the embassy indicating that another 19 lifts would complete the evacuation. At the time, Major Kean estimated that there were still some 850 non-American evacuees and 225 Americans (including the
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While the embassy attack (like much of the Tet Offensive) was tactically insignificant, it had a profound political and psychological impact. The United States had been fighting in Vietnam for over two-and-a-half years, 20,000 Americans had been killed and despite the presence of nearly
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The embassy comprised two separate compounds, a consular compound sealed off by a separate wall and steel gate and the embassy compound with the chancery, behind it was a parking lot, a two-story villa used as a residence by the mission coordinator (a civilian assistant to the
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negative connotations, it did not fit with the new U.S.–Vietnam relationship. The former embassy building was demolished between the period of May and July 1998 during which two Vietnamese demolition workers died after falling several stories down an elevator shaft. The new
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Street entrance. The MPs radioed for help before being killed by VC fire. An MP Jeep patrol responded to the calls for help from the embassy but as they approached the embassy they were met by automatic weapons fire from the VC that were outside the wall, killing both MPs.
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formally established relations and the embassy grounds and building were handed back to the United States. The former embassy was subsequently demolished in 1998 and is currently a park inside of the U.S. Consulate General's compound in what is now called Ho Chi Minh City.
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to advise them of his airlift requirements; until that time the fleet believed that all evacuees had been bussed from the embassy to the DAO Compound and that only two helicopters would be required to evacuate the Ambassador and the marines from the embassy.
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On November 14, 2002, a dedication ceremony was held for the replacement plaque commemorating the U.S. Marine security guard and the four military policemen who were killed defending the embassy. The original plaque was left at the embassy during the
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was built on the old consular compound adjacent to the old embassy site. During the demolition of the embassy the ladder leading from the embassy rooftop to the helipad was removed and sent back to the United States, where it is now on display at the
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system, and at the rear of the compound, had a power plant consisting of four 350 kilowatt generators. The chancery also had small helipad (75x49-feet) on the roof. A concrete awning extended from the chancery out over the pedestrian entrance on
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on current plans. Ambassador Martin told them that he would not tolerate any outward signs that the United States intended to abandon South Vietnam. All planning would have to be conducted with the utmost discretion. Brigadier General
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marines), Ambassador Martin told Major Kean to do the best he could. At 03:00, Ambassador Martin ordered Major Kean to move all the remaining evacuees into the parking lot LZ which was the marines' final perimeter. At 03:27 President
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Due to security concerns following the 1965 bombing, it was decided that a new embassy with greater protection would be constructed. The site selected was a 3.18-acre (12,900 m) site known as the Norodom Compound at No 4
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The two major evacuation points chosen for Operation Frequent Wind were the DAO Compound adjacent to Tan Son Nhut Airport for American civilian and Vietnamese evacuees and the embassy for embassy staff.
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that operations would cease at dark. Major Kean advised that the LZ would be well lit and had vehicles moved around the parking lot LZ with their engines running and headlights on to illuminate the LZ.
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the policeman. Quickly following the brief exchange of fire, the car, which contained 300 pounds of plastic explosives, detonated in front of the embassy killing two Americans, one female CIA employee,
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Battalion and ground support force commander United States Embassy Compound, that he could not begin to remove trees and shrubbery which prevented the use of the embassy parking lot as a helicopter
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In addition to three marines, there were two Vietnamese and six American civilians inside the chancery building at the time of the attack. The Americans armed themselves with .38 revolvers,
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Boulevard and gained access to the embassy compound. The first two VC that crawled through the hole and into the grounds were shot and killed by the two MPs in their guard post at the
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By 09:00, the embassy was declared secure. Of the 19 VC that attacked the building, 18 had been killed and one wounded VC was captured. US losses were 4 MPs and 1 marine killed.
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The remaining marines of the Marine Security Guard detachment were organised into quick reaction teams and headed to the embassy where they laid fire on the embassy gardens.
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ordered to do so; instead they took positions in or near the circular planters around the chancery and returned fire at the growing numbers of Americans shooting at them.
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arrived to evacuate Major Kean and the ten remaining men of the Marine Security Guards; this last helicopter took off at 07:53 on 30 April and landed on
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Whitmire to convince him to resume flights to the embassy despite pilot weariness and poor visibility caused by darkness, fires and bad weather.
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This article is about the U.S. embassy to South Vietnam in Saigon. For the current U.S. Ambassador to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, see
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and were using mace to discourage the crowd from trying to break through. Sporadic gunfire from around the embassy passed over the rooftop.
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The embassy building as well as the UK embassy located across the street were used as the offices of the Vietnamese national oil company,
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succeeding an American commercial agent that had been established in Saigon in 1889. The United States granted recognition to the
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At 17:00 the first CH-46 landed at the embassy. Between 19:00 and 21:00 on 29 April approximately 130 additional marines from
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The U.S. diplomatic presence in Saigon was established on December 9, 1907, as a consulate. It acted as a representative to
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embassy building and that U.S. forces were being held back by fire from the embassy building. This report was picked up by
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The Attack on the American Embassy During Tet, 1968: Factors That Turned a Tactical Victory Into A Political Defeat
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on the far left, the chancery building (left), parking lot (center) and consulate compound and French embassy (top)
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At 15:00 the first CH-53s were sighted heading towards the DAO Compound at Tan Son Nhut. Major Kean contacted the
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from the elite C-10 Sapper Battalion attacked the embassy. The VC were engaged by two military policemen from the
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Air America UH-1s began ferrying evacuees from other smaller assembly points throughout the city (including the
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posthumously decorated Barbara Robbins and the Filipino navy serviceman with the Medal of Honor First Class.
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government in 1950, and on February 17, the Consulate-General in Saigon was elevated to Legation status with
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was first established in June 1952, and moved into a new building in 1967 and eventually closed in 1975. The
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CH-46s evacuated the Battalion Landing Team by 07:00, and after an anxious wait a lone CH-46 "Swift 2-2" of
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U.S. Marines in Vietnam: The Bitter End, 1973-1975 (Marine Corps Vietnam Operational Historical Series)
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lot behind the chancery building. Two LZs were now available in the embassy compound, the rooftop for
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Former chancery building, from across Le Duan Boulevard, shortly before its demolition in April 1998
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assigned to defend the embassy, an additional 6 marines were assigned to protect Ambassador Martin.
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which helped turn American public opinion against the war, and the helicopter evacuation during the
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Hole blown in embassy perimeter wall through which the Viet Cong entered the embassy grounds
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Plaque commemorating U.S. soldiers who died defending the embassy during the Tet Offensive
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President Lyndon Johnson refused. Following the attack, South Vietnamese Foreign Minister
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500,000 U.S. troops in Vietnam, the VC had managed to penetrate the U.S. Embassy.
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landed on the roof and proceeded to sweep the chancery building, finding no VC inside.
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Following the establishment of diplomatic relations between the United States and the
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ordered that no more than 19 additional lifts be allowed to complete the evacuation.
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On the early morning of 31 January 1968, as part of the Tet Offensive, 19 Viet Cong
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At 21:30 a CH-53 pilot informed Major Kean that the Admiral Whitmire, Commander of
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to track down South Vietnamese employees of the U.S. government including of the
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Street who raised the alarm. Inside the chancery building U.S. Marines of the
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At 04:58 Ambassador Martin boarded a USMC CH-46, call-sign "Lady Ace 09" of
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U.S. embassy in Saigon, South Vietnam during the Vietnam War; now demolished
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Minutes later at 02:47, the VC blew a small hole in the perimeter wall on
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A fire-bomb attack on the embassy took place on 18 February 1971.
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United States Embassy, Saigon
United States Ambassador to Vietnam
Consulate-General of the United States in Ho Chi Minh City
Vietnamese


Saigon
South Vietnam
10°47′00″N 106°42′01″E / 10.7833°N 106.7004°E / 10.7833; 106.7004 (Former US Embassy Saigon (Chancery Building, 1967–close))
10°46′14″N 106°42′18″E / 10.770475°N 106.7049°E / 10.770475; 106.7049 (Old US Embassy Saigon, pre-1965)
United States Department of State
embassy
Vietnam War
Viet Cong
Tet Offensive
Fall of Saigon
Socialist Republic of Vietnam

French Indochina
State of Vietnam
Bảo Đại
Edmund A. Gullion
Geneva Accords of 1954
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Hàm Nghi Boulevard

Barbara Robbins
Tran Van Do

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