Where did Thiệu relocate to a few days before the fall of Saigon?
Taipei
Paris
Tokyo
Washington D.C.
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Thiệu relocated to Taipei a few days before the fall of Saigon. He fled the country on April 25, 1975, after the North Vietnamese Army took control of the capital. Thiệu had been president of South Vietnam since 1965, and his rule was marked by corruption and political repression. After his departure, South Vietnam surrendered to North Vietnam, and the country was unified under communist rule.
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