It was necessary to bluff the Japanese camp commanders, with whatever authority I could muster, that I had come officially to ensure that the surrender terms were being complied with and that living conditions for the POWs were being immediately improved.
From Wilfred Burchett
And just as there was something of every Vietnamese in Ho Chi Minh so there is something of Ho Chi Minh in almost every present-day Vietnamese, so strong is his imprint on the Vietnamese nation.
As in all his subsequent dealings with France, Ho Chi Minh's demands were a model of modesty.
My anger with the US was not at first, that they had used that weapon - although that anger came later.
The police chief of Hiroshima welcomed me eagerly as the first Allied correspondent to reach the city.
Ho joined the French socialist party, the first Vietnamese to be a member of a French political party.
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