Word: bao
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...round the wrists of President Nguyen Van Thieu, Premier Tran Van Huong and other South Vietnamese dignitaries. Stoically, the visitors sipped from the brimming urns of mnam kpie, a sour-tasting homemade rice wine. Then they moved on to lunch in the comfortable former summer residence of exiled Emperor Bao Dai, in the highland provincial capital of Ban Me Thuot. The Saigon dignitaries, together with a host of American officials, were joining in ceremonies marking what they hoped would be the end of a tribal rebellion. It was a gala occasion, albeit marked by a certain sense...
...late. Cantwell, who was driving, tried to put the jeep in reverse. Before he could, two Viet Cong opened fire. Palmos jumped out of the jeep, ran, staggered and pretended to fall dead. He watched the V.C. commander approach the jeep, where Birch was wounded but still alive. "Bao Chi," he pleaded, using the Vietnamese word for newsman. "Bao Chi," replied the V.C. derisively. And he pumped three rounds from his .45 into the correspondent...
...killed. Cantwell and four other journalists had taken a jeep and driven to Saigon's Chinese section of Cholon to investigate the extent of the attack when they were ambushed by Viet Cong soldiers. Though the journalists, who were dressed in civilian clothes, repeatedly cried out "Bao Chi! Bao Chi!" (reporter), the Viet Cong opened up on them with a burst of fire from their automatic weapons. They cut down all but one, an Australian freelance photographer who escaped by playing dead. Cantwell, a native of Sidney, Australia, had worked for Australian and Hong Kong newspapers and the Associated...
...replaces General Nguyen Van Manh, a portly, indecisive officer who has presided over the steady disintegration of the government's Delta position. In II Corps, which comprises the Central Highlands, General Lu Lan, a respected combat officer, took over from General Vinh Loc, a relative of deposed Emperor Bao Dai, who had earned himself the sobriquet "Lord of the High Plateau." And, in an effort to remove some of the temptations of leadership, Thieu last week decided that henceforth province chiefs would report directly to Saigon rather than to their corps commanders...
...sure, Bao Dai is not typical. A large percentage of the Vietnamese came to France in 1940 to work on farms or in factories. Some 5,000 are students (64 from North Viet Nam). In general, the expatriates are taller, heavier and have better teeth than their countrymen back home. Part of what a Catholic priest has described as "an unprecedented brain drain from an underdeveloped country" is an estimated 1,200 lawyers, 600 doctors (more than in all Viet Nam) and 300 engineers. High-ranking exiles include Three-Star General Nguyen Van Hinh, the army chief of staff...