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+.st By three <strong>in</strong> the morn<strong>in</strong>g<br />

of 30 April, there were<br />

700 people, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g 200<br />

mar<strong>in</strong>es, still left to pull out of<br />

Saigon. The choppers were<br />

told that they could only pick<br />

up American civilians and the<br />

mar<strong>in</strong>es. That morn<strong>in</strong>g, some<br />

choppers had reported be<strong>in</strong>g<br />

fired at by SA-7 missiles. The<br />

area where the missiles came<br />

from were hit with an air<br />

strike. A half-hour later, a<br />

chopper, with the radio callword<br />

P<strong>in</strong>eapple, was told that<br />

when the ambassador was<br />

taken out that he was to<br />

broadcast the codeword<br />

"Tiger." Another chopper,<br />

Lady Ace 9, was <strong>in</strong>formed that<br />

the president personally was<br />

order<strong>in</strong>g the ambassador out<br />

12-<br />

of the city. ! (S/;,St) The last mes5

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