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Word: complaintsâ (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1967-1967
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...every type of propaganda and coercion at their command. Loudspeaker teams travel through V.C. villages, whispering rumormongers scuttle through government zones, U.S.O.-type song-and-dance troupes and armed propaganda teams enter a village to "protect" it after advance men have sounded out the villagers' grievances. Whatever the complaints???whether they deal with a corrupt headman or a lack of land reform?the Viet Cong move in and offer redress where they can. Their methods are direct: shoot the corrupt chief, redistribute the land...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The War: The Organization Man | 8/25/1967 | See Source »

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