[continued from previous message]

In the last paragraph of the foreword of his book, the author, a loyal servant of the communist from North Viet Nam has this to say, and I quote: “The West knows, I think, extraordinarily little about the Viet Cong, its plan, its difficulties,
especially its inner conflicts. The circumstances of war and the great care taken to conceal its workings combined to mask the revolution in secrecy. But the Viet Cong was no monolith, the motives of its members often clashed, violently. And many of us
who composed its political core have felt that its goals were, in the end, subverted. The human motives, the internal struggle, the bitter resolution, these are the things I have attempted to record here. End of quote.

The second man is Col. Bui Tin, a man who joined the communist party since 1945 and his father was a close friend of Ho Chi Minh. He was the high-ranking communist cadre who was in the Independence Palace in Saigon, South Viet Nam on April 30th, 1975
when Gen. Minh surrendered to North Viet Nam.

After the so-called Liberation of the South, Bui Tin had the opportunity to see and witness the real living condition of the people in South Viet Nam and he became disillusioned. Col. Bui Tin defected in 1989 and lived in France. Since his defection he
critically denounced the communist manifesto he once naively, blindly and conscientiously served. He wrote an essay in Paris on April 28, 2008 and this article was posted on the Free Republic Website in Fresno, Calif. This is one short sentence in his
long essay and I quote: “After April 30th 1975, the Communist Party monopolized authority, not allowing freedom of assembly, the press, or elections. Is this what is called national liberation? Is this freedom? And today the party is rich, filthy rich.
And the people are poor, dirt poor. What kind of unification is this?” End of quote.

Then on the 33rd anniversary of the fall of South Viet Nam on April 1975 known as Black April, Col. Bui Tin openly said, and I quote: “Today I am ready to raise my voice and let all of the people hear clearly: Our nation Viet Nam was not liberated
after April-30-75, nor was it unified. On April 30th the Communist Party won, but all of the people lost, to be ruled from that point on by a one-party dictatorship. The Communist Party then implemented a policy of dominant occupation in the South,
arresting millions of people and seizing property, discarding the South Viet Nam National Liberation Front, and brought about the tragic scene of millions of boat people fleeing the country. Is this liberation? Is this unification? End of quote.

In 2002, Col. Bui Tin published a book titled “From Enemy to Friend” in the U.S. This is what he said about South Viet Nam after the so-called liberation by the North, and I quote: “I was a witness to what happened in the South after April 1975. I
lived in Saigon for four consecutive years, going to Hanoi only occasionally. My mission was to organize the Southern Edition of People’s Army newspaper and to gather information for this newspaper while based in the South. The Southern population had
just had time to reassure itself that there would be no bloodbath or people’s courts set up at every street corner when a series of chilling measures was suddenly launched. The officers and government workers of the old regime, members of old political
parties, and many others were ordered to report for “rehabilitation or reeducation”, which turned out to be imprisonment for an indefinite period!” End of quote.

Ladies and gentlemen, the honest truth of the Viet Nam War, from my honest personal experience will always be as follows:

1- Ho Chi Minh was a vicious, wicked communist and a despicable traitor who betrayed his country, Viet Nam, and his compatriots.

2- It was Ho Chi Minh who dragged Viet Nam into the long 30-year war from the North to the South. The United States of America never invaded South Viet Nam. U.S Armed Forces were in South Viet Nam to help the South Vietnamese in their legitimate self-
defense against the communist invaders from the North.

3- If the U.S truly wanted a military victory in Viet Nam, they could have achieved it with the massive bombing of North Viet Nam in December 1972 known as the Christmas bombing. But the shameless Vietnamese communist party continue to lie that they had
defeated the American Imperialist to liberate the South and unify the country.

5- Following the so-called liberation of South Viet Nam, the barbaric invaders from the North showed their true colors. Two high ranking communist members, one from North Viet Nam, Col Bui Tin, and one was the founder of the National Liberation Front in
the South, both firmly admitted they were wrong about communist manifesto and confirmed that the living condition in Viet Nam has been extremely miserable in the postwar years under the communist regime!!!

Ladies & gentlemen, thank you very much for your time and your attention.



Feedbacks from VN War Lecture Feb 12 2019:



13 February 2019

TO: Mr. Hoi B. Tran

FROM: Dr. Scott Catino

RE: Teleconference on the Vietnam War, 12 FEB 2019

Dear Hoi:

Please note the student emails and correspondence that I have captured below for your consideration. The results of your presentation were outstanding! The audience gained renewed respect for the service you, our South Vietnamese allies, and U.S. Armed
Forces as well as others undertook gladly. Also, the emails indicated those in attendance gained a deeper understanding of the destructive and corrupt nature of Communism. Given our current political climate, your message was timely.

Thank you again for your presentation.

Sincerely,

Martin Scott Catino, Ph.D.

Instructor

Air University

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Sir:

The teleconference with Hoi B Tran was outstanding. I feel privileged to have had the opportunity to hear his account directly.

Under Tran’s first point, ‘Did Ho Chi Min fight to expel the French government to restore independence?’ he mentioned tactics used by Ho Chi Min to exploit the chaos after Japan left as the Vietnamese liberator. There is a pattern to communist
takeover in a country, specifically using a time of chaos to bring, to the ‘lost people/masses’ a perceived order. The masses always seem to be willing to hand their lives over to this benevolent new leader who promises greatness; in the case of
Vietnam, independence, unification, and land reform. Tran mentioned that the land owners were killed when their land was confiscated. The masses never see that those first killings are just the first and that they will be swept up in the death toll.
This is the lie of communism. Tran ended it perfectly when he quoted one of the N. Vietnamese defectors to the effect, “there were the rich in power, and the poor people. What kind of unification is this?” That is the farce of utopia under
communism.

That our people (not masses yet) seem to be mesmerized by the socialist/communist lie more and more is disconcerting.

Respectfully,

Kristen M. Lewis

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Dr. Catino:

Good evening;

Mr. Hoi B. Tran's discussions with our class last night was enlightening, educational and brutally factual. It was surprising to find out the behind the scenes what really happened in the 2 Vietnam Wars, especially the one the US was involved withfrom
1965-1975.

It was good to hear from Mr. Tran that the US military strategy was correct in supporting and working with their Allie South Vietnam ,but due to the politics and later false propaganda set back the Untied States efforts to keep South Vietnam from falling
to the communist north under the evil regime Ho Chi Minh set up.

I learned a lot especially on the "eye opening" facts on Mr. Tran's explanation of the political agenda and strategy and back door dealing by the Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon administrations. In sacrificing South Vietnam to the North after all the
blood and sweat of the US-South Vietnam alliance, it was criminal in my mind that it was all in vain. The democratization of South Vietnam despite all the corruptness of the South was very doable if the political, ideological and liberal media was kept
out of the scene. The information Mr. Tran discussed on the US holding back state of the art, current weapon systems to include AK-47's and modern Jet fighters from being used by South Vietnam is inconceivable.

In retrospect it was a informational and interesting learning session, and i was personally glad to know that our military in conjunction with South Vietnam performed magnificently and had victory snatched away only due to politics and such. In failing
to follow-up on the Christmas B-52 bombings of Hanoi, North Vietnam that were wasted by the politicians and liberal media. to include Walter Cronkite, Jane Fonda and others. I did not know that the North had almost no rockets or artillery left at that
point to where if the US was allowed to keep going a few more days we would have had victory, according to Mr. Tran. This is how Ho Chi Minh knew the communists would prevail.

In summary Mr. Tran was very knowledgeable and articulate in his synopsis of the Vietnamese Wars from a first hand account, and his extraordinary life and service to his country and the US.

Excellent forum.

V/R

Dan

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Hello Dr. Catino,

I enjoyed being a part of the teleconference last night with Hoi B. Tran. I have always been very interested in the Vietnam War, so it was a great experience to be able to hear from someone who was much closer to it. I will certainly look into his book.
I appreciated that he started by letting us know that he had no political agenda or ambition, but that he truly wanted to voice the truth and address what he found were the distorted issues of the war. I probably found the most interesting issues that he
addressed- "Did the U.S and South Vietnam fight in the way that they should?" and "U.S. Armed forces defeated by Communists." It was very eye-opening to hear him say that he truly believed the United States could have had the victory there with the
Christmas bombing. Thank you for giving us that opportunity to hear from him.

Kaitlyn Leach



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The teleconference with South Vietnamese Airman Hoi Tran was very enlightening. Mr. Tran is incredibly knowledgeable and well-spoken on the relationship between the United States and South Vietnam and the way that relationship affected the fighting and
outcome of the Vietnam War. Most surprising to me, as someone who had only gathered the general overtones from the politically charged discussion about Vietnam in our American culture, was the true nature of the war. The war was “won” and “lost”
in a political sense without having a true military victor. American politics, propagandized as it was by the Communist point of view, removed the will to fight from the political leaders who then manipulated the South Vietnamese and withdrew support at
a critical stage in the conflict. As has happened in past conflicts, the governments who are free to deceive and withhold information from their citizens are the ones who are at the greater advantage in conducting war for complete victory.

Thank you for providing us with this opportunity.

Tammy O’Callaghan



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response to phone conference.

I was able to call in at 7:55PM cause of getting of work late, however the information I heard amazed me. Hoi B Tran helped to give a perspective of the Vietnam War I had never heard before. In our society now and with the Ken Burns documentary on
Vietnam, I thought the Vietnam War was totally different. He put into perspective the true role that America played in the Vietnam War and its assistance of trying to defeat the spread of Communism. One point that truly stands out for me is that when he
said that if America would have been into the war 100%, south Vietnam would have won. Instead America was split and many citizens, not even in the war, were protesting back in the states that America should get out of Vietnam.

I think Mr. Tran's talk helps to put a lot of present day foreign policy into perspective. Is America trying to spread "American Imperialism" as north Vietnam wanted the world to believe or is America trying to help out citizens, whether in Africa,
Middle East, or South America, to defend against ideologies that will ruin their societies and countries.

Joseph Bucher

cell- 540-383-8545

gmail- bucher.joseph@gmail.com


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Dr. Catino

I was very pleased with the teleconference and the perspective that was given by Hoi Tran. He possesses a unique perspective that is hard to find in the methods which normally give narrative of the Vietnam War. He was poignant with his views on the
communist government and Ho Chi Minh and the devastation that was brought to Vietnam, North and South. The restrictions on the South Vietnamese military to fight its war is not the narrative that I remember from my classes in school and it was always
presented that there was not a full willingness to fight their own war. Listening to him today and his references to the liberal narrative and propaganda used to sell the version of the war which suited the communist north forced me to rethink much of
what I think about the South Vietnamese military.

Charles Spory



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Good evening Dr. Catino,

Below are my thoughts on the teleconference with Mr. Tran.

I thought the presentation by Mr. Tran was really fascinating. His perspective regarding the traitorous behavior of Ho Chi Minh as well as the political and military shortcomings of the United States was enlightening. More specifically, to hear the
negative effect that the Paris Peace Accord played in the downfall of South Vietnam and the crippling consequences that American politics played in sealing its fate revealed how far the balance of power favored the North Vietnamese. I cannot imagine the
frustration felt by the South Vietnamese knowing that their national security was in the hands of an ally willing to distance itself from conflict at all cost. The points made by Mr. Tran were well made. I thought he took great care to point out and
explain the controversial points of the Vietnam war and with great logic. His explanation revealed the fallacies that the liberal media of the time based their representation and the massive misunderstanding it created.


Thank You


Colton James



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Sir, The presentation given by Hoi Tran was very powerful. It was great to hear a perspective on the war from a source that witnessed two wars in Vietnam. Hoi Tran addressed the six most misreported or misunderstood events concerning the Vietnam War and
he presented his views from an unbiased position. Personally, I thought the presentation was very valuable to me because the Vietnam War is surrounded by controversy and it is something that I did not fully understand. After listening to Hoi Tran?s
presentation, I have a greater understanding of the misreporting and misunderstandings of the Vietnam War. Hoi Tran?s third point about whether the United States and the South Vietnamese Army fought the Vietnam War the right way was the most interesting
point. Tran describes this point as a failure of the United States and South Vietnam. The United States failed to properly equip South Vietnamese soldiers ensuring that they continued to fight a modern military with World War II era weapons and equipment.
Overall, I thought the presentation was great and I am glad that I was able to hear Hoi Tran speak about his experiences in the Vietnam War.

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Sir,

Thank you for organizing the conference with Mr. Tran! His presentation was fantastic. I will be looking for his response to the Ken Burns documentary. It has been a while since I watched it, but I remember enough to realize Mr. Tran’s
memories of Ho Chi Minh were different than the depictions in Mr. Burn’s film. It makes me wonder if the research was simply flawed, or was the (mis)representation of “Uncle Ho” intentional? I recall in the series it was claimed that Ho Chi Minh
liked America and was fond of quoting Thomas Jefferson. The documentary left me with the sense that the filmmakers felt Ho was someone that could’ve been reasoned with and was open to peaceful overtures. Mr. Tran’s presentation did not give me that
sense at all! Mr. Tran seems to have some strong feelings about the true character of Ho Chi Minh. I look forward to reading his book.

V/r

Jeremy

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FROM THE TELECONFERENCE WEBSITE:

Marcos

I enjoyed Mr. Tran's presentation very much. The hour flew by. ~Marcos

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Lisa C

Mr. Tran, Scott has spoken of you many times, and so it was truly a pleasure to hear you speak this evening. Thank you kindly for taking the time to share your insights and service.

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