"We make sacrifices for the nation's independence and the people's liberty, not to pursue the policy of any foreign country."
"I left my country in honor that day, not like Thieu who fled later. My cabinet, my troops, the whole diplomatic corps were there at the airport to bid me farewell."
"I took with me in my hand on the departing plane a bag of sand, a bag of earth from the soil of a free South Vietnam. My Western hero had always been Gen. Douglas MacArthur who made the famous promise ?I shall return? after he lost a battle in the Philippines."-- ?I have a promise to keep ? to return to a free and democratic Vietnam.?
"China believes it is the center of the univers? Look at its flag: one big star surrounded by satellite stars. Arrogant!"
"Vietnam is the next dragon in Asia"

On November 1, 1963, he joined General Duong Van Minh and the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) generals in a coup d'etat against President Ngo Dinh Diem from power and was rewarded with a major command in northern South Vietnam....

May 25, that when President Ngo Dinh Diem was shot he had in his hand a briefcase containing 1 million U.S. currency 'in the highest denominations.' He said that General Duong Van Minh took possession of the briefcase and has never yet surrendered it. He added that General Minh at the same time had taken possession of 40 kilograms of gold bars ... I advised General Khanh not to make this public lest it shake public confidence here in all generals. He hopes that General Minh will make his exit quietly."


....On February 19, 1965, several dissident South Vietnamese Generals moved their batalions into Saigon with the intention of ousting General Nguyen Khanh. General Khanh escaped to Da Lat with the aid of Air Vice Marshal Nguyen Cao Ky, commander of the South Vietnamese Air Force, which enabled him to crush any coups that were launched against the new regime. He threatened to bomb Saigon and the Tan Son Nhut Airport unless the rebel troops were withdrawn, but was dissuaded from this by General William Westmoreland, Commander of Military Assistance Command, Vietnam.

...In February 1965, General Nguyen Van Thieu joined forces with Air Vice Marshall Nguyen Cao Ky in a coup d'etat against General Nguyen Khanh government that lasted for (260 days) from January 1964-October 1964, with the support of a neutralist coalition.

...On Janurary 2, 2005, Nguyen Khanh was selected as Chief of State of the Government of Free Vietnam, an anti-communist organization located in Little Saigon, Westminster, California...

"China believes it is the center of the univers? Look at its flag: one big star surrounded by satellite stars. Arrogant!"

My reply"You don't have a clue about the PRC flag, Ignorant!"

Wow Colonel Sanders  is back.  He should stop his war, and give us a 2 for 1 deal at KFC. 

Hmmmm interesting that Colonel sanders sold KFC in 1964.  One year before American troops officially entered Vietnam.  I guess he was too busy fighting the war to maintain his KFC business.

A HA, I finally got it.  The Americans started the Vietnam War, by disgusing Colonel Sanders as Ho Chi Minh, so that they can introduce KFC to South Vietnam.

As long as there was war, then South Vietnam would have money from the war, and they could buy more KFC. 

Hmmmm interesting that Colonel sanders sold KFC in 1964.  One year before American troops officially entered Vietnam.  I guess he was too busy fighting the war to maintain his KFC business.

A HA, I finally got it.  The Americans started the Vietnam War, by disgusing Colonel Sanders as Ho Chi Minh, so that they can introduce KFC to South Vietnam.

As long as there was war, then South Vietnam would have money from the war, and they could buy more KFC. 

Overthrowing Ngo Dinh Diem...then threatening to bomb Saigon...this man seems out to amass personal power more than to ensure the victory of the Republic. He's part of the bad leadership with their constant power struggle.  Khanh and Nguyen Cao Ky have a lot in common; they're are both corrupt and relics of th epast.  Pick another South Vietnamese hero Saigon.

In a letter that United States Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. , wrote to Secretary of State Dean Rusk:

"This is for you, the President, Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara and whoever else you think needs to know. It is definitely not a subject which should get into the cable traffic ... General Nguyen Khanh told me on May 25, that when President Ngo Dinh Diem was shot he had in his hand a briefcase containing 1 million U.S. currency 'in the highest denominations.' He said that General Duong Van Minh took possession of the briefcase and has never yet surrendered it. He added that General Minh at the same time had taken possession of 40 kilograms of gold bars ... I advised General Khanh not to make this public lest it shake public confidence here in all generals. He hopes that General Minh will make his exit quietly."

A large portion of the Vietnamese that live in the exile Community and well as in Vietnam support democractic change in Vietnam and the Government of Free Vietnam----- truly represents the people of Vietnam !

I see Vietnamese people waving the democractic flag of a UNITED VIETNAM.

"We make sacrifices for the nation's independence and the people's liberty, not to pursue the policy of any foreign country."

A large portion of the Vietnamese that live in the exile Community and well as in Vietnam support democractic change in Vietnam and the Government of Free Vietnam----- truly represents the people of Vietnam !

I see Vietnamese people waving the democractic flag of a UNITED VIETNAM.

Úi giời, mấy giờ rồi mà các ông, các bác còn vẫy cái cờ 3 sọc đó vậy  ???  Ối, thôi tôi phải đi vào nhà vệ sinh đây ... cứ mỗi lần nhìn thấy cái cờ đó là tôi buồn nôn + buồn ỉa  -laugh2  *phẹt phẹt*, *oẹ oẹ*  -laugh2

Mà mấy ông lính sao lại đứng chào cờ Mỹ vây ??? Tuởng là độc lập chứ  ??? Sao lại dựa vào mấy thằng sài lang vậy  -laugh2  Úi giời ơi, sợ quá ... Cháu tè hết cả ra quần nè ... Quân đội Việt Nam Cộng Hoà sắp tới rồi ... Chúng nó ghê lắm. Hiếp, giết lung tung cả lên. Mà nghe nói bây giờ toàn thằng gay gia nhập quân đội United Vietnam . Chạy thôi bà con ơi .. Quân đội Việt Nam Cộng Hoà đến rồi  -laugh

I disagree with you, General Nguyen Khanh was never involved in any corruption.

Yes he was involed in coups because he did not agree with the leadership that led South Vietnam under General "Big Minh" and the corruption that he witnessed.




Before General Nguyen Khanh left South Vietnam, he had installed a civilian government with a Prime Minister and also assisted in writing the Constitution of South Vietnam.

He is clearly quoted and there are Video as well as Photographs of when General Nguyen Khanh departed Vietnam in February 1965.

"I left my country in honor that day, not like Thieu who fled later. My cabinet, my troops, the whole diplomatic corps were there at the airport to bid me farewell."

General Nguyen Khanh

Currently the Chief of State

of the

Government of Free Vietnam

the only freedom that really counts is the freedom to make My Lai massacre a common place, hundreds of such things which were well documented and archived (it no longer shocks anyone, anymore), dumped 3 times WWII bombs, 80 million toxic wastes (and still no compensation of any kind or anything mentioned,but completely ignoring it all), murdered and raped that made any war atrocities seemed like kindergarten - of course if My Lai was made the common pratice. (Destroy everything in the South and then completely and chaotically withdrew so VC could take over so easily when all their monkeying generals run first). This is the kind of freedom that you don't care to talk about, but wish to get it all back to wave the 50yr crap!!

After Diem assianation, there was all this constant power struggle that still taints the legacy of South Vietnam and keep us from fighting the real enemy: Ho and his commie goons.  I agrees with Khanh's message, but his past makes me pause.  Perhaps, The Govt of Free Vietnam should pick a younger face not tied to all the infighting.

Don't get discourage though Saigon with all these commie losers and their pointless insults.  They are quite in the minority abroad where Vietnamese can speak their mind...they just have a tendency to congregate on chat forums like this.  Most are tie to the govt in some way; many of your critics are also from Hanoi; it would be strange if they took any other stance since it would hurt their economic and fixed interest in this corrupt system that rules Vietnam.

Continue posting...I might disagree on occasion but I'm always enjoy learning about the pro-democracy movements.

Continue posting...I might disagree on occasion but I'm always enjoy learning about the pro-democracy movements.

Let me get this right, he was in the french army?

This is the face of Nguyen Huu Chanh
Here's the link to Government of Free Vietnam, aka Viet Nam Tu Do. Even though this guy says Nguyen Khanh is the President, the face of Nguyen Huu Chanh is on the main website of this so-called government. It looks like Nguyen Khanh is the puppet and Nguyen Huu Chanh is the puppet master. Poor Nguyen Khanh! He'll do anything to get attention.

By the way, it was alleged in an article from one of the mouthpiece of the Vietnamese Communist Party that Nguyen Khanh had approached the Vietnamese government three times asking to be allowed to return to Vietnam to spend his twilight years.

BEFORE 5,000 FELLOW COUNTRYMEN GENERAL NGUYEN KHANH TOOK OATH OF OFFICE AS GOVERNMENT OF VN CHIEF OF STATE

Don't they have anyone better than General Nguyen Khanh? What a joke. An ex militair coup leader suppose to bring democracy back to Vietnam?!! 

It seems you refuse to go into my point. Politic is about trust. How can I trust an ex militair coup leader to bring democracy back to Vietnam? Don't they a better candidate than Gen. Nguyen Khanh? No intelectuel like a writer, journalist? Prefer someone with no connection to the coup of 1965 plz.

Chief of State Nguyen Khanh is confident that within 10 or 15 years, his years of exile will be over.

Dont need to worry about him, He is a fail leader. he is still the leader of organization that fail once and will fail again. The south had 30 years to become independent of the United States but it was just a baby that never growth up to defend it self. What a failure.

I didn't see this, but isn't it the same crap, 50 yr crap. Can anyone tell me any differently.