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- Steve.
- Hey, John.
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- Thanks for meeting me.
- My pleasure.
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Did you see this?
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"An lmportant Victory."
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$$"At Ap Bac - 101 VC Dead"
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So what's the truth?
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The most miserable damn performance
I've ever seen.
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Would you be willing
to talk about this?
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Somebody has to.
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I know you have a military career,
and if we do this thing...
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a lot of people
are going to read it.
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I understand.
Start writing.
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South Vietnamese Command has no interest
in fighting the communists.
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The ordinary soldiers are willing,
but their officer's priority...
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is to protect Diem's regime rather than
to stop communist insurgency.
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What about all those things
that we get?
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The casualty figures,
battle reports, the briefings?
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The numbers are all phony.
They make 'em up.
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These battles are a joke.
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They attack areas that the V.C.
have already vacated...
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or they attack from one side and
they leave the enemy an escape route.
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Surely American assistance
has made some difference?
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Yeah, that's helped.
That's helped the communists.
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We supply guns to the peasants, and they
turn around and give 'em to the V.C.
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At Ap Bac, we were being shot down
by our own weapons.
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The U.S. Army Advisory Program...
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is a complete sham...
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totally ineffective.
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What's going on?
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Two days ago, Diem's forces
opened fire on Buddhists' protest.
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Killed nine of 'em.
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Can't get this guy
to fight the communists...
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if he's willing to kill
his own people.
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I should cover this.