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Too Blind Stupid to See
Mirsky, Jonathan | October 23, 1967 issue

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In this article, the author recounts his experience on seeing problems of Saigon government in setting refugee camps in the village of Ben Suc, north of Saigon, Vietnam. He describes that 3,800 Vietnamese villagers were disposed of in various ways. Forty were shot when they tried to flee the encircling American forces, 100 "Vietcong suspects" were taken away to prison, the rest were bundled off in trucks and landing barges down the Saigon River to a refugee camp. The author met some of his friends, who had played a significant role at Ben Suc, and enquired about the situation. A great problem for those planning the operation described was that no refugee camp could be set up before-hand.

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REFUGEE camps; REFUGEES; IMMIGRANTS; SOCIAL security; PUBLIC administration; HO Chi Minh City (Vietnam); VIETNAM
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