:07:01
I'm so sorry, Phuong.
:07:07
I go to my mother's.
:07:14
I must think.
:07:28
I met Pyle where you meet everybody -
:07:30
at the Hotel Continental.
:07:32
I'm there every morning at 11.00.
:07:35
I'm English. I have habits. I drink tea.
:07:40
I'm a reporter, so I listen.
:07:43
I have a lover. I like to watch
her arrive at the milk bar.
:07:50
And there was Alden Pyle.
:07:53
A face with no history and no problems.
:07:55
The face we all had once.
:07:57
- I'm Alden Pyle.
- I'm Thomas Fowler.
:07:59
- The London Times.
- You've done your homework.
:08:03
I've read your articles.
:08:05
- May I join you?
- Please.
:08:07
And what brings you to Saigon, Mr Pyle?
:08:10
I'm with the Economic Aid Mission,
on the medical side.
:08:14
Eye disease. Do know trachoma?
It's very common here. Very easy to treat.
:08:18
- Are you staying at the hotel?
- No. I just dropped by for tea.
:08:22
On the way to the office.
:08:24
This is really a stroke of luck for me.
:08:27
You're one of the few correspondents
:08:29
who goes out into the field
to see what's happening.
:08:32
Not any more. Besides, I have never
thought of myself as a correspondent.
:08:37
I'm just a reporter.
I offer no point of view.
:08:40
I take no action. I don't get involved.
:08:43
I just report what I see.
:08:44
- But you must have an opinion.
- Even an opinion is a form of action.
:08:49
Still, I'd appreciate...
:08:50
Pyle was hungry for everything
I could tell him about Vietnam
:08:53
and her fight for independence.
:08:55
Why were the French losing the war?
:08:58
And why were the communists winning?