Vietnam Humanitarian Assistance and Evacuation Act of 1975

Vietnam Humanitarian Assistance and Evacuation Act of 1975
Great Seal of the United States
Other short titles South Vietnam Assistance Act of 1975
Long title An Act to authorize funds for humanitarian assistance and evacuation programs in Vietnam and to clarify restrictions on the availability of funds for the use of U.S. Armed Forces in Indochina.
Nicknames Vietnam Contingency Act of 1975
Enacted by the 94th United States Congress
Legislative history
Saigon Evacuation Facilities Map

Vietnam Humanitarian Assistance and Evacuation Act of 1975 was U.S. congressional legislation proposed to designate financial resources for the evacuation and humanitarian aid of South Vietnam preceding the Fall of Saigon. The Act of Congress was to grant the 38th President of the United States a U.S. monetary fund as immediate foreign assistance for the South Indochina liberation movement during the military offensive by the People's Army of Vietnam, People's Liberation Armed Forces of South Vietnam, Viet Cong, and Viet Minh into Cochinchina.

On April 11, 1975, U.S. President Gerald Ford initiated discussions with the U.S. 94th Congressional session concerning legislation to assist the Republic of Vietnam.[1] The 38th President's legislative plea regarding the U.S. House of Representatives bill 6096 concluded on May 1, 1975.[2] The U.S. 94th House of Representatives rejected the Act in a vote of one hundred and sixty-two to two hundred and forty-six for U.S. monetary assistance facilitating freedom flights from the south French Indochina region.[3]

Depictions of Vietnam Conflict

There have been numerous motion pictures created through the decades capturing the degenerative nature of the Vietnamese civil war. The Vietnam War cinematography began changing in the 1970s confronting the atrocious realities of the United States involvement in French Indochina.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Peters, Gerhard; Woolley, John T. "Gerald R. Ford: "Letter to the Speaker of the House and the President of the Senate Transmitting Proposed Legislation To Assist the Republic of Vietnam," April 11, 1975". The American Presidency Project. University of California - Santa Barbara.
  2. ↑ Peters, Gerhard; Woolley, John T. "Gerald R. Ford: "Letter to the Speaker of the House Urging Enactment of Vietnam Humanitarian Assistance and Evacuation Legislation.," May 1, 1975". The American Presidency Project. University of California - Santa Barbara.
  3. ↑ Peters, Gerhard; Woolley, John T. "Gerald R. Ford: "Statement on House Action Rejecting Vietnam Humanitarian Assistance and Evacuation Legislation.," May 1, 1975". The American Presidency Project. University of California - Santa Barbara.

Documentary Film Bibliography

  • Battleground Vietnam: War in the Jungle (DVD). St. Laurent, Quebec: Madacy Entertainment Group. 2005. ISBN 9780778624332. OCLC 67107650.
  • That Was Nam: The Collection (DVD). Minneapolis, Minnesota: Mill Creek Entertainment. 2010. OCLC 744470026.
  • Vietnam: The Air War 1964-1972 (DVD). Portland, Oregon: Columbia River Entertainment Group. 2011. ISBN 9781587106323. OCLC 828146976.
  • "Fall of Saigon Meetings, March-April 1975". White House Photographs ~ Foreign Policy - Crises. Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.
  • Peters, Gerhard; Woolley, John T. "Gerald R. Ford: "Statement Announcing Humanitarian Assistance for Refugees in the Republic of Vietnam," March 29, 1975". The American Presidency Project. University of California - Santa Barbara.
  • Peters, Gerhard; Woolley, John T. "Gerald R. Ford: "Statement Following Evacuation of United States Personnel From the Republic of Vietnam.," April 29, 1975". The American Presidency Project. University of California - Santa Barbara.
  • Binder, David (May 2, 1975). "House, 246 to 162, Turns Down $327-Million for Refugee Aid". New York Times.
  • Binder, David (May 7, 1975). "Ford Asks Nation To Open Its Doors To The Refugees". New York Times.
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