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...American connection "-a relative who was a U.S. citizen or an American friend who was willing to guarantee a job in the U.S. or financial support. Rather than fight those odds, many Vietnamese were resigned to staying. Some were looking for a safe place for their families in case Saigon was shelled. Others were preparing to raise white flags when the Communists came. Still others, however, were desperately trying to beat the odds and find a way out-even some with no apparent reason for being panicky. Some glimpses of the people who were being left behind...
...elegant house in Saigon, workmen filled wooden crates with the wealthy businessman's handsome collection of ancient stone carvings, antique porcelain and paintings. The art treasures were going to Singapore, but the owner and his wife, unlike many of their moneyed peers, had not found a way to follow them. Neither his government nor his American friends nor his contacts in the Cholon underworld had been able to help...
...classified advertisement in the Saigon Post read: "Fairly pretty high school girl, 18, of well-to-do family, seeks adoption by or marriage with foreigner of American, French, British, German or other nationality who would take her abroad legally to enable her to continue her college studies outside Viet Nam at her own expense. Please telephone...
...Saigon lawyer and politician resisted all pleas from family members and friends to flee. He was sure that he and others like him would survive. He explained: "I have been vanquished and will no doubt be subjected to the victor. I have no illusions. But I frankly believe that any Communist rule will be a different one if many of us stay. They will have to consider our case or kill us all, which would produce a different reaction among the people than they might like...
...second-year student at Saigon University's medical school speaks impeccable English, which she learned while studying for a year in the U.S. Her married sister, who has just become an American citizen, could legally bring her to the U.S.-if the papers are processed in time. An alternative is a marriage of convenience to an American. If neither way works, she says calmly, she will kill herself with an injection...