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About a third of the film reflects no political bias: shoppers in a busy department store, workers in a modern textile factory. About a third of it is warmly pro-Ho: President Ho Chi Minh himself appears only in stills, but the movie offers an interview showing Premier Pham Van Dong as a merry little grig who seems about to warble Whistle While You Work. There is also a sequence in which grinning peasants hoist the engine of a fallen U.S. bomber on their shoulder poles and haul it home in triumph like a captured tiger. About a third...
...hour sessions held at gunpoint, they told their captives that they were "killing thousands of Americans and winning many battles," and that "the American intruders are losing the war." Every hour the indoctrinator paused and asked if anyone wanted to contribute to the session. The peasants were stubborn, recalled Ho Thi Xien, a widow who was kidnaped along with her war-orphaned grandchildren, and "no one ever said anything." In choosing Long Vinh, the Viet Cong had picked badly. Though the area is 95% under Communist control, almost every young man in the village has joined the South Vietnamese army...
...made up for what it lacked dramatically by its singing. It blended well, producing a remarkably rich sound for a group of only fourteen voices. The women sustained the more lyrical phrases far better than the men, and consequently the best choruses were the more bouncy ones, like the "Ho, ho!" responses to the first witches' scene. The chorus' intonation was nearly flawless, and every word was intelligible...
...Your Essay "Why Ho Keeps Saying No" [Nov. 11] fails to explain Ho's determination to dig in. As you noted, a Communist military victory has become virtually impossible, yet Ho continues this war that each day devours more of his country's vital resources. He has another goal in mind. As his nation grows weaker, world opinion against American participation in the war becomes stronger. Now we stand almost entirely alone in Viet Nam. Ho realizes our predicament and knows that each death we cause brings us lower in global prestige. His negotiating with us would help...
...jobs as well as men, Ky last week defused the issue still further by appointing six new Cabinet ministers-southerners all-to replace the four dissidents who had departed. Saigon Dentist Nguyen Van Tho became Minister of Education, Nguyen Xuan Phong took the portfolio for Social Welfare, and Colonel Ho Van Di Hinh became Youth Minister. Deputy Premier Nguyen Luu Vien added the new Culture Ministry to his duty roster. Onetime Economics Minister Truong Thai Ton moved over to the Ministry of Industry, and Nguyen Kien Thien An became Minister of Commerce...