Vietnam interview : Co Thach Nguyen /
Foreign Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Nguyen Co Thach recalls life during the French colonial period. He describes his province of Nan Dinh as overcrowded and poor. Nguyen Co Thach recalls his days in the nationalist movement, which he joined shortly after he was released from priso...
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| Format: | Electronic Video |
| Language: | English |
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Boston, MA :
WGBH Boston Video,
2011.
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| Series: | American history in video
Vietnam: A Television History |
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| Online Access: | CONNECT: Owned by Walker Library |
| Summary: | Foreign Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Nguyen Co Thach recalls life during the French colonial period. He describes his province of Nan Dinh as overcrowded and poor. Nguyen Co Thach recalls his days in the nationalist movement, which he joined shortly after he was released from prison in 1940. He talks about the hardest years he spent in the resistance, from 1947 until 1949, when the French began to close in on the resistance movement. Nguyen Co Thach also recalls his negotiations with Averell Harriman, his secret talks with Henry Kissinger, and the 1969 ceasefire proposal, which was rejected. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (57 min.). Previously released as DVD. |
| Playing Time: | 00:57:12 |
