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William J. Duiker: "Saya pertama kali tertarik pada Ho Chi Minh pada 1...

"Saya pertama kali tertarik pada Ho Chi Minh pada 1964-1965 sementara saya ditempatkan di Kedutaan Besar AS di Vietnam Selatan sebagai petugas layanan asing di Departemen Luar Negeri. Pemerintah di Saigon berada pada titik kehancuran dan pemerintahan [Lyndon] Johnson sedang bersiap untuk mengirim pasukan tempur AS untuk mencegah kemenangan komunis di sana. Saya menjadi yakin bahwa upaya AS tidak akan berhasil karena kurangnya keyakinan di pemerintah Saigon dibandingkan dengan disiplin dan rasa pengorbanan diri di antara Viet Cong."

--- William J. Duiker

Versi Bahasa Inggris

I first became interested in Ho Chi Minh in 1964-1965 while I was stationed at the U.S. Embassy in South Vietnam as a foreign service officer with the Department of State. The government in Saigon was at the point of collapse and the [Lyndon] Johnson administration was preparing to send U.S. combat troops to prevent a communist victory there. I became convinced that the U.S. effort would not succeed because of the lack of conviction in the Saigon government compared to the discipline and sense of self-sacrifice among the Viet Cong.