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Chau and his wife, Bich Nhan, after they were married in 1951. She is an amazing woman who had to cope with many problems over the years, including supporting and keeping the family together during Chau’s seven years of imprisonment, arranging for their escape as “boat people,” and working on an electronic assembly line during the family’s early years in America. Chau and Nguyen Phuoc Dai, one of his lawyers during the trial. She was a senator and vice president of the Senate who had been a well-known lawyer in France before returning to practice law in Saigon. [54.198.146.224] Project MUSE (2024-03-29 06:10 GMT) Chau in court, remonstrating with Judge Lieutenant Colonel Thieu Khac Huynh during trial. Chau (right) with Daniel Ellsberg (center) and Edward Lansdale at the airport in Saigon in the mid-1960s. Chau and wife with ex-president Thieu and wife in 1993 when Thieu visited Chau in his Woodland Hills, California, home. “The past is past, let us forget it,” Chau said to the former friend who had turned against him for political expediency. [54.198.146.224] Project MUSE (2024-03-29 06:10 GMT) Lieutenant Colonel Tran Ngoc Chau, as governor of Kien Hoa province, with Rural Affairs Director Rufus Phillips (center) and USAID Representative John O’Donnell during their visit to check progress in province during 1964. Chau and his wife surrounded by their family in 2004 on Chau’s eightieth birthday. [54.198.146.224] Project MUSE (2024-03-29 06:10 GMT) Chau and his wife in 1967 after his election to the National Assembly where he was secretary general of the House of Deputies. John O’Donnell, Chau’s U.S. counterpart in Kien Hoa, with his family in 1986. 1967 photo of Chau selected by the BBC, which flew Chau to Britain in 1991 for a documentary on the war in Vietnam. The BBC selected this photo because in it Chau appeared “so young and so thoughtful.” Chau’s role in Vietnam was a major part of the documentary. ...