Hanoi Journal, 1967

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v contents List of Illustrations vii Acknowledgments ix Notes on the Transcription xi Introduction by Suzanne Kelley McCormack xiii Carol Cohen McEldowney’s Hanoi Journal European Preparations and the Journey to Hanoi, 3 September 9–29, 1967 Flies to Hanoi from Prague through Beirut, Dubai, Bombay, Rangoon, and Phnom Penh Hanoi, September 29–October 17, 1967 21 Day 1: 9/29 Friday • Arrives in Hanoi 21 Day 2: 9/30 Saturday • Driving tour of the city; plan 22 program for visit; Museum of the Vietnamese People’s Army; evening banquet and documentary films Day 3: 10/1 Sunday • Museum of the Revolution; 30 evening, Song and Dance Ensemble Day 4: 10/2 Monday • Hanoi War Crimes Tribunal 36 Committee; visits to bombed sites; evening, walk around city, Hanoi Information Center Day 5: 10/3 Tuesday • Visit to evacuated factory outside 43 Hanoi; Trade Union Federation Day 6: 10/4 Wednesday • Meeting with cabinet officials and 49 Colonel Ha Van Lau about bombing; Hanoi Surgical Hospital; weapons exhibition Days 7 and 8: Thursday and Friday, October 5–6. Preparations 57 and trip to Nam Ha Province; bombing damage; underground factory Day 9: 10/7 Saturday • Air alerts; mayor of Hanoi; 64 evening, Women’s Union and East German film Day 10: 10/8 Sunday • Museum of Arts and Handicrafts; 70 Nguyen Minh Vy of Thong Nhat; evening, meeting to prepare for visit with captured pilots Day 11: 10/9 Monday • Trip to Dan Phuong Cooperative 74 Day 12: 10/10 Tuesday • Committee on Cultural Relations 78 with Foreign Countries Day 13: 10/11 Wednesday • Viewing of Dien Bien Phu at the 82 Museum of the Revolution; Mr. Ky and the Journalists’ Association; evening, meeting with intellectuals Day 14: 10/12 Thursday • Premier Pham Van Dong; 89 evening, captured pilots Day 15: 10/13 Friday • Departure day postponed; 101 Xunhasaba (Export-Import House); noon, banquet Day 16: 10/14 Saturday • Peace Committee; 102 evening, National Library Day 17: 10/15 Sunday • Discussions with Jean-Pierre Vigier 103 about weapons; Nguyen Minh of the Trade Union Federation Day 18: 10/16 Monday • Voice of Vietnam; Hanoi Hannah; 109 evening, night schools Day 19: 10/17 Tuesday • Departure day; Xuan Oanh discusses 111 guerrilla warfare; drive around Hanoi; Film Cartoon Studio of Vietnam Reflections and the Journey Home, October 18–November 3 117 Flies home via Pacific route with layovers in Hong Kong and Tokyo. Returns to the United States through Canada vi Contents ...