SOUTH VIETNAM: SEVERAL HUNDRED OFFICERS OF THE FORMER SAIGON GOVERNMENT'S ARMY ALLOWED TO RETURN HOME AFTER COMPLETING "RE-EDUCATION" COURSES IN SPECIAL CENTRES.

Record ID: 230299

  • Title: SOUTH VIETNAM: SEVERAL HUNDRED OFFICERS OF THE FORMER SAIGON GOVERNMENT'S ARMY ALLOWED TO RETURN HOME AFTER COMPLETING "RE-EDUCATION" COURSES IN SPECIAL CENTRES.
  • Date: 22nd October 1975
  • Summary: 1. GV re-education centre at Thuc Duc with officers families. 0.05 2. SV officers and families awaiting release (3 shots). 0.13 3. SV Government official briefs officers and families. 0.16 4. CU & SV officers and families listening (3 shots) 0.22 5. SV release certificates handed to ex-ARVN officers (2 shots). 1.01 6. GV exterior release centre with cars outside. 1.05 7. SV released officers coming from centre with families and belongings. 1.22 8. SV PAN coaches waiting for ex-officers and families. 1.34 Initials MV/1610 Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 6th November 1975 12:00
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  • Location: THUC DUC DISTRICT, SOUTH VIETNAM
  • Country: Vietnam
  • Reuters ID: LVA4S89UZZDFI7XJ8LBHAV4244X4
  • Story Text: Several hundred officers of the former Saigon Government's army have been allowed to return to their families by the present authorities after completing re-education courses.

    A ceremony watched by thousands of relatives was held in the Thuc Duc district, nine miles North-west of Saigon, to mark the successful completion of the courses by the officers who ranked from 2nd Lieutenants to Majors.

    About 30 local and foreign journalists and photographers were invited to cover the ceremony.

    Major Dat Cuong, a political Commissioner who presided over the ceremony, said those who had completed the re-education courses would have to attend further courses if they were subsequently involved in criminal activities or if they acted against the revolution.

    Since the fall of Saigon last April, all soldiers and officers of the former government's army have been required to register and enrol in re-education courses.

    Some of them, including former Defence Minister General Nguyen ??? Hy, have been allowed to return home. But this was the first ??? that so many officers were allowed to re-join their families at an official ceremony with extensive news coverage.
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