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Howard Zinn — Part 1
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tion would ‘have us believe
. that North Vietnam. and the:
_ USS. can negotiaté the end
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doésh’t make clear’ is ‘that pATE bal Vea 3 care HNL? Za Un, .
North Vietnam: can only ne-
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gotiate. what deals with |
them. Our government. has
created a certain degree: of
iiystification by doing. this,”
Zitin said:, .
‘The. government professor j
said that there “was a lot of
feeling of victory in. Hanoi”
during the Viet Cong Tet of-
fensive against the cities in
South. Vietnam; an
, the impression I got was.
that. the caliber of leadership.
in North. Vietnam: is immen- ;
Sely superioz to the caliber |
of leadérship: in Saigon, It's
‘like two, different worlds,”
he said, -
In New York, Fr. Berrigan:
Said that all three of thé
released “pilots térrATny.
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