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Ex-Vietnamese Leader Calls for Peace
Ex-Vietnamese Leader Calls for Peace
(EXCERPT) TINI TRAN Associated Press HANOI, Vietnam - Former South Vietnamese premier Nguyen Cao Ky, back in Vietnam after a 28-year exile in America, has dropped his vitriolic anti-communist rhetoric and is calling for peace and reconciliation. "I think it's the right time for all Vietnamese to talk about reconciliation, about healing," the 73-year-old Ky said Friday in an exclusive interview with The Associated Press. Ky, one of the most high-profile figures from the Vietnam War, was making his first homecoming trip since the war ended in 1975. He arrived in Ho Chi Minh City (the former Saigon and South Vietnamese capital) last week with his wife and daughter, saying it was "the right moment to come." He traveled north to Hanoi on Friday. At an outdoor cafe overlooking Hoan Kiem Lake in the heart of the city, Ky was nostalgic as two childhood friends joined him for coffee and reminiscing. Wearing a brown wool sport coat and sporting his trade... U.S. and friendly nation laws prohibit fully reproducing copyrighted material. In abidance with our laws this report cannot be provided in its entirety. However, you can read it in full today, 23 Jan 2004, at the following URL. (COMBINE the following lines into your web browser.) The subject/content of this report is not necessarily the viewpoint of the distributing Library. This report is provided for your information and discussion. http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/7781483.htm --------------------------- Otis Willie Associate Librarian The American War Library http://www.americanwarlibrary.com |
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