I had just returned to the Prime Minister's Palace at 12:15 when Ambassador Martin of the United States called to tell me, "The night of April 26, 1975, North Vietnamese Communists firing rockets at the center of Saigon was only a warning. Now the North Vietnamese Communists have already deployed 20 divisions around Saigon and the South Vietnamese are required to hand over the Presidency to Mr. Dương Văn Minh, anyone else cannot be accepted, and must hand over before 12 in the late hours of April 27, 1975, otherwise the North Vietnamese would bombard Saigon on the ground. So please, Prime Minister, please help Senate President Trần Văn Lắm to convene an emergency bicameral session of the National Assembly."...
I had just returned to the Prime Minister's Palace at 12:15 when Ambassador Martin of the United States called to inform me, "The night of April 26, 1975, North Vietnamese Communists firing rockets in the heart of Saigon was merely a warning. Now the North Vietnamese Communists have already deployed twenty divisions around Saigon and South Vietnamese leaders are required to hand over the Presidency to Mr. Dương Văn Minh; any other candidate cannot be accepted, and must hand over by 12:30 PM on April 27, 1975, otherwise the North Vietnamese would bomb Saigon from the ground. Please, Prime Minister, please assist Senate President Trần Văn Lắm in convening an emergency bicameral session of the National Assembly."