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Rapport Ignored

A major fault the Vietnam expert found with
U.S. policy in the war-torn country is that
"we've never had an ambassador sent there who
could even say 'hello' in Vietnamese."

Mr. Luce cited problems being caused as U.S.
soldiers are pulled out of Vietnam, such as
much unemployment in urban areas. "The
refugees who fled to the cities will have to
begin returning to the country and to what is
left of their old villages."

"When I left Vietnam last spring, I asked my
Vietnamese friends what they wanted me to say
to the United States about them. They said to
tell them that we are people", remarked Mr.
Luce.