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Hiroshima had a profound effect upon me.


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France turned a deaf ear to the demands, but Ho had succeeded in attracting great publicity in progressive French circles to the situation in Indochina.

France turned a deaf ear to the demands, but Ho had succeeded in attracting great publicity in progressive French circles to the situation in Indochina.



Vietnamese must be made to feel that they are racial inferiors with no right to national identity.

Vietnamese must be made to feel that they are racial inferiors with no right to national identity.



Hiroshima does not look like a bombed city. It looks as if a monster steamroller had passed over it and squashed it out of existence.

Hiroshima does not look like a bombed city. It looks as if a monster steamroller had passed over it and squashed it out of existence.



When you arrive in Hiroshima you can look around and for 25 and perhaps 30 square miles you can see hardly a building. It gives you an empty feeling in the stomach to see such man-made devastation.

When you arrive in Hiroshima you can look around and for 25 and perhaps 30 square miles you can see hardly a building. It gives you an empty feeling in the stomach to see such man-made devastation.



The police chief of Hiroshima welcomed me eagerly as the first Allied correspondent to reach the city.

The police chief of Hiroshima welcomed me eagerly as the first Allied correspondent to reach the city.



As in all his subsequent dealings with France, Ho Chi Minh's demands were a model of modesty.

As in all his subsequent dealings with France, Ho Chi Minh's demands were a model of modesty.



Ho joined the French socialist party, the first Vietnamese to be a member of a French political party.

Ho joined the French socialist party, the first Vietnamese to be a member of a French political party.



My emotional and intellectual response to Hiroshima was that the question of the social responsibility of a journalist was posed with greater urgency than ever.

My emotional and intellectual response to Hiroshima was that the question of the social responsibility of a journalist was posed with greater urgency than ever.



My anger with the US was not at first, that they had used that weapon - although that anger came later.

My anger with the US was not at first, that they had used that weapon - although that anger came later.



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.

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.





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