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Alright so I was browsing wikipedia and saw something that was interesting enough to get me to stop lurking and actually make a post.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cao_Văn_Viên#Role_during_government.27s_final_days
At an assembly of top generals on March 11, 1975, President Thiệu declared he would abandon the Central Highlands—trading land in order to achieve a more defensible concentration of population and troops around Saigon and the Mekong Delta.[27][148][149][150] Although he had believed consolidation was necessary for some time, Viên had never voiced his concern. He finally did so at this meeting.[115][86] Yet, Viên also privately believed that the war was unwinnable if Central Highlands were abandoned.[115] Accounts of this meeting differ, however. Some versions have Viên remaining silent regarding Thieu's consolidation decision.[43][151] Whichever version is correct, the government did not prepare the army, its allies, or the public for the decision, nor did it anticipate how the decision might affect the war effort. Although Gen. Viên met with Maj. Gen. Homer D. Smith shortly after the March 11 meeting, he did not inform him about President Thiệu's decision—leaving the Americans unprepared for what followed.[2][43] Thiệu's decision led to widespread panic among the public, and the collapse of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam.[2][126][148][149][152] As panic set in and ARVN troops refused to fight or deserted in large numbers,

Could a front line on the Mekong Delta have been maintained had the withdrawal to the south been better planned and executed? If so, how viable of a rump state would the new South Vietnam be? (I'm really not familiar with the geography, demography, or infrastructure of the region) Could the ARVN hold out long enough to get a Korea style armistice?
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