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...delegation to the Joint Military Commission was properly outraged. In the most bitter denunciation of the Communist side since the ceasefire, the chief U.S. delegate, Colonel William Tombaught, flung Rees' bloodstained jacket onto the conference table at the next JMC meeting. "The treachery of your act lays bare your utter disregard for human life," he told the Communist delegates and then stormed out of the meeting. A day later, the Viet Cong coolly disclaimed responsibility for Rees' death, insisting that they had never agreed to his search mission...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOUTH VIET NAM: Assessing a Murderous Cease-Fire | 12/31/1973 | See Source »

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