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363-07340 to 363-07348
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Title
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Communism: The New Reality
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Description
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Second of a seven article series called "Why Vietnam" analyzing the importance of the Vietnam War in world politics. This article focuses on communism and ideology, for the New York Herald Tribune
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Draft transcripts were automatically generated via Google Document AI and are currently under review. Please report significant errors to Archives & Special Collections at archives@unl.edu.
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Doope
cosios-actiolo 2 of 7 articlo cortoo
page 1
May 19, 1965
COZOR: SIE DOW REALITY.
SAIGG-One of the biggoot pussies in the
Vict Dan war to what palios the Communiot-directed Viot
Cong guerrillao Sight with ouch forvor.
"It's fantastic the way tho Viot Gong loy it
one Vietnanoco-opoaling Amorioan provincial
pepcooentative oxplained. "Ao coon through the cyoa of
young Lido uho fought with the 7800-ec, they say the
Viot Cong create a new order and a now roality."
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doopo
corico-article 2 of 7-anticlo porloo
Dago 2
According to rollable cousooo who bovo talbod
with Viet Cong priconose and defectoso, the Viet Cong obrongth
10 divided into two broad categordons the oldon-gonosntion
troops who fought against tho Bronch 15-20 yooo ago and
the youngon-gonoration troopo who wono poczuitod locally
in Couth Viot Hon.
of the £isot category, noro than 70,000 Viot minh
co thog vore called during the Drench Indo-China Vas
loft thois honoo in Couth Viotaan hon tho country uno
partititioned in 1954, vore cont to Mosth Viot on uboro
thoy continued choir training, and indoctrination.
Proc 1956 onwards they gradually infiltrated and returned
to their nativo villogoo; the most oignificant aspect of
their return vao a tranofusion of political londorchip
within the south to organico and recruit youngos Southernors
simultaneously, the Party apparatua bogon discoting a
acaivo torpor compaign of aconcination against govornnont
village officialo, virtually lovelling ito loadorohip
capabilities.
Shio category fought the French for one simple seasons
for indopondonco, with ito anti-Tronoh, anti-colonial,
anti-hito-caco overtones. They fought and won-allitarily
with guns, but their most effective weapon una bato.
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Googo
corico-article 2 of 7 article corios
2000 3
In one once, a nombor of a Viot minh cuicido
squad wrapped hinoolf in cotton son into a French ammunition
depot in Coigon and burned hinoolf alivo to doctroy the
installation. The story of the Cotton Boy" ouopt through
the countryside.
"y father ovon vanbod no to voluntoor to bo a
Cotton Boy," a Golgon bupinocoon zocently socalled. In
short, the father hated the Dronch more than he loved
blo 000.
Young Vietnamese students in their history books
voro taught that the Fronch vore che ancootose of the
Vietnaneco raco. This argument undermined the Viet Minh
"anti-ronch" campaign.
The Viet Mish cadro incoliatoly said-throughout
the countrysido, "Pleaco sonombor. Your ancestors vozo
not the Pronch. You tanow your ancestore bore the కారింది.
and the fairy." a logond commonly accopted by the population,
while French troops drank inported vino, proneled solf-
Bufficicnoys.
In one case, a Vietnamese doctor, now the forth
Vietnamese miniotor of health, dovolopod "stand-up boop">
ando fzon distillod malo urino plus yeast. It reportedly
tacton 14to non-carbonated boos and the Viet Minh ocdzo joy-
fully Grant: it in thois stronghold aroan of Delono north
of Saigon.
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doope
corico-article 2 of 7 articlo copi
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According to prisonoro of this category, once
thoy soturned to South Viot man in the lato fiftico, they
voro cumpriood at what they had ooon. Choy had boon told
the South must be 11boratod Szom ito own poverty; One cold
bo uno notoniabod to noo the govammont troopozo woozing
booto. (Communiot troopo often voor rubbor-tire sandalo).
Anothos caid bo bad boon told that two-thirds of South
Viot Dan hod boon laboratod; but hon ho attaclod govornnont
villages the poncanto shot up his unit. They had boon told
they must 11borate the South from the Anorican inporialists,
but coon discovered they wore fighting tho Viotnano00
thonoolvoo.
But fou of thoco dofoot to the govornost oido.
Ono old-tino propaganda agent captured in the South omplainod
that bo liston to VOA and 000 to dicoovoz tho truth; but
lintoned to Badio Hanoi to find out the correct pary line.
Do soasoned that if the Party 1iod, thopo must be a good
reason for it, and it imow boot.
Sho youngor-gonoration Viot Cong troops join
the laboration Anny for diffopout roaoono. Done of thoo
aro virtually idnapped; othora havo poroonal grievancoo-
or aimply bordeon in the villagoo-and the Viet Cong peosi.co
thon Sun, adventuro, ozcitomont and a change to 000 life
and bo educated.
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40000
posios-article 2 of 7 article corico
Page 5.
Shoro is no sharp over-riding national cauco
nhat which the Viet Cong are pushing throughout the country,
ouch ao tho anti-rench campaign. But there are grievances.
Cone unmarried saloo join to got away from their landounova;
0000 aso £isod from thods job and join with the Viet Cong.
Dony profos corving with the Viet Cong rather than government
£02000 because they believe they can stay cloces to their
fonilios. Bono young mariod follows join to get away from
the in-laws, the Communioto in the village promise to tako
care of bio vifo and childron. (Ono Viet Cong trooper returned
to his villago, found his wife and children dostituto, piekod
up a siglo and shot up the Viot Cong village committo)..
Ono woo tallod into Joining when a ovoot-voiced girl pronicod
to carry hin; he became disillusioned shon ho found she had
the proclood to marzy ois others also. Gone are simply
Iidnapped at gunpoint; one vao load away with a rope around
hio neck; ono wao kidnapped whon ho happened to bo in hio
village-tile his buddies had purposely cone fishing-
because ho vao mazziod in the afternoon. De was kidnapped
only hours after the wodding
Ono rollable courco coticated that about 10-150 of
Southern-born Viet Cong strength vore orphano; about 300 aro
Sava labororo; about 003 como from the rural areas.
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doopo
corico-article 2 of 7 article pozico
DACOG 6
Dut the Viet Cong aloo have a strong appeal for the
youth. "Cho Viet Cong psomice thon fun--that 118o vill bo
Coy," one reliable source indicatod. any of them that
Join believe they got thio."
Out ovon if the youth are forced to join tho
Viet Cong, a very effective indoctrination concion
incodiately bogino to mold him into onthusiastic woll-
disciplined sighton.
Poshape, this can be goon in their congo.
Boil Janiocon, a 29-year-old, Vietnamoso-aponizing
privincial representative translated a numbor of Viet Cong
conco and talled with incoming Viet Cong defectors. Cho
on-carine is a rooidont of Cloucootor City, Bou Joray.
Cao of the conco zoads
We are possento in soldier's chothing
Vaging the strugglo for a class oppsonood for
thousands of years
Our aufforing is the cufforing of the peoplo.
any of their songo are contosod on victory,"
Jamieson oxplained.
boy associate the coldlord with tho possanto-
sighting oppoonion, not only againot the foreignoro, but
aloo the upper-clascos within the cociety.
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Googe
cosicc-article 2 of 7 article sorios
Cho troopo accopt-in fact, glorify--the hardship because
it identifion the coldioso with the people. It's almoot
11ko old Christianity. It's like little bido Sunday school
hynno-the idea of piolding up the Croco for Josue but inotond
of a 2000 it's a packs.
Bo cold most of the Viot Cong songo voso Pupboat,
omphacing the pooitive in a normal Vincoat Poalo
govocanont ooogo azo often god and coloncholy.
anno."
"She young troops 11vod a very opartan 1420," he
continued. They voro obozt of medicine, and oach had one case
of malaria ovory sovoral montho. Fany ouffored real hardships.
It was cold in the jungle, you they didn't dare light a big fiso.
"I talked with many of the Viot Cong about their conge.
Aftos theis ovoning meal, they would brook into toano of
three and bevo choir nol-citicion 00001000. Each one would
go through hio ozportoncos of the day, his life, in cociety
If one of thom wao
and aloo in hip throo-con combat coon.
vounded in combat, the two buddios would talo caso of him.
"After cupper they would go through this ritual.
Choy aso taught to do this innodiately after joining the
Viot Gong by the older ondro, who told thon that sino can
bo forgiven but to conceal anything to a blow against the group.
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doopo
comico-articlo 2 of 7 articlo comãos
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If, for omple the young trooper had lost his ammunition
pr weapon, he'd criticise hinoolf. This paychologianl
aspoot is a great Viet Cong otsongth.
"Aftos the golf-criticion oeccion, thoro would bo
announcements by the cadro and then they would sit around
and sing to pass their timo in the ovoning. Choy would cit
around a anall campfire, if coourity posnittod-just 14ko
the Boy Scouts wood to. #booo youth vore uneducated, but
the Communists tought then about Oputuils and Caotro and Cuba.
They didn't understand it voll, but they imou Cuba uno a tiny
country near Amorica and Amorioa vao a paper tigos whon Cuba
stood up to us and vo vore powerloos to do anything to them.
"We think getting of in the Coccunist youth
organisation is a privilege, but thoro voro no privilegos,
in fact, they are, expected to work harder and cot examples
for others. The troops voso chost of rice, you each day
they put a sou grains of oach moal in a bamboo tubo; whon
those was onough they'd take it to a tribal village and
have a party for the children. This had a big impact on
the guy who gave the ico-lite droppin money into lonton
box on family dinner table.
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doope
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Dago 9
"Ono youthful trooper was with the Viet Cong for
three years, and was a nombor of a thoir Youth organisation,
which is the half-uny point to becoming a party nombor.
Ile was recruited at gunpoint; but he didn't hate tho
Viet Cong,. Do told no "If I told you what I thought
about out there in the jungle you'd think I was crazy.
The Viet Cong create a new reality; you feel you are in
the world and not out of it."
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Date
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1965, May 19
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Subject
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Strategy; Communism; Anti-communist movements; Cold War
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Location
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Saigon, South Vietnam
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Coordinates
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10.8231; 106.6311
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Size
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20 x 26 cm
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Container
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B5, F8
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Format
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dispatches
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Collection Number
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MS 363
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Collection Title
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Beverly Deepe Keever, Journalism Papers
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Creator
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Keever, Beverly Deepe
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Collector
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Keever, Beverly Deepe
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Copyright Information
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These images are for educational use only. To inquire about usage or publication, please contact Archives & Special Collections.
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Publisher
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Archives & Special Collections, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries
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Language
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English
