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In 1972, Bao Dai issued a public statement from exile, appealing to the Vietnamese people for national reconciliation, stating "The time has come to put an end to the fratricidal war ...
Abdication of Bao Dai
AUGUST, l945) The happiness of the people of Vietnam! The Independence of Vietnam! To achieve these ends, we have declared ourself ready for any sacrifice and we desire that our ...
Bao Dai
Bao Dai, the Khai-Dinh, the Emperor of Vietnam, was born in Hue on 22nd October, 1913. Educated in France, Bao Dai succeed his father as emperor on 6th November, 1925.

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Bao Dai (1913-1997), last emperor of the Nguyen dynasty of Vietnam. He succeeded to the throne in 1926 after being educated in France and ruled under French and—during the last days of World War II—Japanese protection until forced out by the Vietminh in 1945. He returned in 1949 to head the new state of Vietnam, set up by France to rival the Communist government of Ho Chi Minh. After Vietnam’s partition in 1954, Bao Dai remained head of state in South Vietnam until deposed by Premier Ngo Dinh Diem the following year in the wake of a referendum favouring a republic. Thereafter he lived in exile. He lived in considerable comfort in France, with a period spent in Hong Kong, until his death in August 1997.