Word: cong
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Republic warned in an editorial that the growing "fear of big government, intervening government" could undermine all traditional liberal goals. Even on the soft ground of college campuses, a rousing denunciation of the Government as a vague, overbearing menace brings many kids to their feet the way a Viet Cong flag used...
...population. But judging from their actions, the North Koreans are not interested in dialogue. Kim Il Sung has publicly asserted that he will not continue the dialogue unless the present government resigns and the U.S. withdraws its forces. They are employing the same tactics that the Viet Cong used in Viet Nam when they said they would negotiate only if Thieu stepped down. When Thieu stepped down, they said Huong was not eligible; and then when "Big" Minh came, there was nothing left to negotiate...
...reviving black market for scarce gasoline and on the rising wave of crime in Saigon. Indeed, one British correspondent, James Fenton, freely reported that "we Western reporters have been learning in the past few weeks that it is easy to strike up a conversation with North Vietnamese or Viet Cong soldiers, but it is another matter getting any meaningful information from them." Actually, reporters have had an easier time questioning P.R.G. leaders than they had quizzing officials of the Thieu regime. General Tran Van Tra, head of the military administration for Saigon, has held several press conferences; recently Chairman Nguyen...
...expected to go next. The cloud of exhaust smoke that customarily hovered over Saigon was gone, a result of the city's gasoline shortage. There were far more bicycles on the street than before, even though their price had quadrupled. Black pajamas, the customary clothing of the Viet Cong guerrillas, doubled in price...
Always a city of soldiers, Saigon was as usual crowded with men in uniform, though they were now the rumpled greens, devoid of all insignia, worn by North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops. The soldiers, scrupulously polite and well-behaved, were mostly simple country boys obviously astounded by the sights of sophisticated Saigon. They posed for photos in front of prominent buildings and statues and, until the authorities banned bargaining, haggled with shopkeepers over the prices of Japanese transistor radios and watches...