Word: trong
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...face of worldwide criticism, Viet Nam seemed neither upset nor contrite. Its Ambassador to China, Nguyen Trong Vinh, blandly observed that his country still had a number of "capitalists, landowners" and other undesirables who hated the new system. Said he: "These people want to go elsewhere...
This, and the failure of balkanization, will force the United States to recognize political realities in Indochina, Trong said...
...David Trong, of the Vietnamese-American Reconciliation Center in Washington, said the United States has contined its deliberate policy of hostility toward Vietnam since the fall of the Thieu regime last spring...
Balkanization, Trong said, tries to disrupt the unity of Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam by aggravating border disputes and infiltrating those countries with Thai agents...
Within a few hours, Communist tanks had penetrated the outskirts of Ban Me Thuot, forcing some 4,000 ARVN troops to abandon the downtown area. The South Vietnamese provincial commander, Colonel Nguyen Trong Luat, called on the air force for help. Bombing inaccurately at high altitudes to avoid North Vietnamese ground-to-air missiles, the South Vietnamese F-5s and A-37s managed to blow up Luat's command headquarters. Meanwhile, the 23rd Division's forward command post had been destroyed by sapper charges. For a time, the only ARVN communication with the outside world was provided...