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...President Nguyen Van Thieu spoke with confidence about the war effort. Asked by one guest whether South Vietnamese troops would soon bear enough of the burden of fighting to allow American troops to go home, Thieu answered with emphatic brevity: "Yes." Later, when the group presented him with a cutglass head of an American eagle, Thieu quipped: "You come here while we are talking of peace and give me a hawk...
...have long since gone forth to marry and raise families of their own. He and his wife live alone, looked after by two maids. He relishes good food and drink, smokes continually the best and largest Havana cigars, is partial between meals to well-aged whiskey served in beautiful cutglass tumblers. Visitors to "Ainola" are impressed by his measured hospitality and particularly by the genuine good nature which belies his fearsome face...
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