Word: pow
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...massacre similar to the infamous execution of 4,500 Polish officers by the Soviet secret police in the Katyn Forest in 1940. Said Delores Apodaca Alfond, president of the National Alliance of Families, an organization that has long accused both Washington and Hanoi of duplicity on the POW-MIA issue: "Finally, we've found the smoking gun. It all seems to be falling into place...
...research associate at the Harvard Center for International Affairs. "These files were not for anyone else to read except the Communist Party of the Soviet Union." Experts in the Pentagon and Congress remain skeptical. "We think it's an authentic document," says a Pentagon official involved in POW affairs, "but we have a lot of questions about the data in it." Defense Intelligence Agency analysts note a certain informality in the text, suggesting it might actually be a transcription of an oral briefing by General Quang...
...from buying or selling goods and services, American companies are glad they can start to establish a presence in Vietnam. For its part, Hanoi wants Washington to stop blocking World Bank loans crucial to Vietnam's development. U.S. officials hope more trade will help open up the country. But POW activists adamantly oppose lifting the embargo outright -- a decision Bill Clinton will have to make...
DETERMINED TO PUT TO REST CHRONIC SUSPICIONS that they are hiding live American POWs, Vietnamese officials pulled out all stops to cooperate with a visiting delegation from the U.S. Senate. Not only were Massachusetts Senator John Kerry and his colleagues permitted to wander freely about the Vietnamese military headquarters known as the Citadel, they were buried in previously withheld documents and paraphernalia from dead and captured Americans. Included among the wartime artifacts handed over to Kerry were a handful of Social Security cards, a charred diary, flight suits worn by downed pilots, and a helmet said to have been left...
...Running mates count. Retired vice admiral and former Vietnam POW James Stockdale is a bona fide hero and scholar. What he is not is someone who should be a heartbeat away from the presidency. After his hapless performance in the vice-presidential debate, Stockdale was barely heard from again. That was a blessing. A vice-presidential candidate ought to have at least a nodding acquaintance with the issues voters care about. By choosing Stockdale, Perot did what George Bush couldn't do: make voters forget their qualms about Dan Quayle...