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...DIED. Pham Xuan An, 79, Viet Cong colonel who worked during the Vietnam War as a highly respected journalist for TIME while spying for the communists-a double life kept secret until the mid-'80s; in Ho Chi Minh City. The first Vietnamese to become a staff correspondent for a U.S. news outlet, An said he was an "honest reporter" who did not spread misinformation. From his unique perch at TIME's Saigon bureau, the popular, plugged-in An was able to achieve feats for both sides, alerting the Viet Cong to the impending buildup of U.S. troops...
DIED. Pham Xuan An, 79, Viet Cong colonel who worked during the Vietnam War as a highly respected journalist for TIME while acting as a spy for the communists--a double life kept secret until the mid-'80s; in Ho Chi Minh City. The first Vietnamese to become a staff correspondent for a major U.S. news outlet, he said he served as an "honest reporter" who did not spread misinformation. From his unique perch at TIME's Saigon bureau, the popular, plugged-in An was able to achieve feats for both sides, including alerting the Viet Cong to the impending...
...said Rosenthal, 'was made almost the moment it came into our hands.' Rosenthal dispatched Assistant Foreign Editor Gerald Gold to Washington, where he set up headquarters with Sheehan ... They were joined by a team of eight or nine Times men and women selected not only for their knowledge of Viet Nam but also their ability to keep a secret." Read more at timearchive.com...
...swirl of red flags, black anarchist flags, Cuban flags and Viet Cong flags, nonstop political talk-ins began in the Sorbonne's quadrangle. More or less revolutionary graffiti soon appeared on the sandstone walls: DON'T LOOK BACK NOW, GOD, BUT THE WORLD IS COLLAPSING BEHIND YOU! THE MORE I MAKE REVOLUTION THE MORE I WANT TO MAKE LOVE! Shaken and scared, the university called in the police, and in the bloody fighting that followed, the students gained their rallying cause?and the overnight sympathy of much of France. Alarmed, Premier Georges Pompidou, acting as [President Charles] De Gaulle...
...prevent corruption amid a scandal in which ministry officials stand accused of embezzling up to $7 million in government funds to bet on soccer matches; in Hanoi. Binh, who has not been accused of any wrongdoing himself, resigned last Tuesday, hours before the arrest of his deputy, Nguyen Viet Tien, charged with violating government rules on fiscal responsibility. The scandal erupted in January when Bui Tien Dung, the head of a ministry road-building unit, was arrested on suspicion of corruption...