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THOSE SOUTHERN NIGHTS. Vietnamese officials may not admit it, but Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon) has become the country's unofficial winter capital. Virtually the entire 14-man Politburo, including 75-year-old General Secretary Nguyen Van Linh, prefers the balmy climate of the former imperialist bastion to the damp cold of Hanoi, the capital, which is 700 miles to the north. But the old warriors are careful to maintain appearances: when they have to receive foreign ministers and issue government announcements, Politburo members return -- briefly -- to Hanoi...
...Ngoc Hien, drove past the Kampuchean throngs in Soviet-made jeeps, followed by buses carrying other officers and enlisted men. At the airport, a team of Cambodian classical dancers showered fragrant white flowers on the departing officers and soldiers, who boarded planes and helicopters bound for Ho Chi Minh City. After almost ten years in Kampuchea, the Vietnamese army was officially going home...
...down that textbook and pick up a piece of paper and a pencil. Try to think of Shoeless Joe, not Shakespeare. Of the Say Hey Kid, not Ho Chi Minh. Of curveballs, not bell curves...
...what suits them is, as far as the authorities are concerned, off limits. There are traffic reports of water buffalo jackknifed on the Ho Chi Minh Trail. There are appearances by a jungle fashion consultant, a little light in his combat boots, who advises the troops to eschew camouflage on the ground that if you are in a clash with the enemy, it is chic to clash with your surroundings too. Then there is the profoundly unintelligent intelligence officer who discerns no marijuana problem in Viet Nam because everyone has plenty of the stuff...
Last week the Communists put 18 of the captives on trial in Ho Chi Minh City. Seventeen were given three years to life in prison. Another was sentenced to five years of house arrest and "re-education." Hanoi has accused the U.S. of supporting the subversives, a charge Washington denies. Despite its spectacular failure, the front continues to raise funds from overseas Vietnamese. Said a spokesman in Thailand: "It took Ho Chi Minh 60 years to win. We've got plenty of time...