27-09-2017, 10:56 AM
Jim DiEugenio Wrote:Paul, I have not been able to find any information that Sheehan was in Congo prior to going to Vietnam.
Its not in Prochanau. Do you have another source?
Sheehan wasn't in Congo, Jim, but instead morphed from a UPI "stringer" in Japan into the bureau chief in Saigon with instant connections to the key CIA mouthpieces in the country, one of the more remarkable journalistic transformations of the period.
By the way, the Galbraith piece on WhoWhatWhy is very welcome, but might usefully have mentioned 1) JFK's back channel emissaries in Vietnam in the spring of 1963; and 2) the interviews given by Ho Chi Minh to western journalists in 1962 in which he repeatedly stressed Hanoi's willingness to settle for a neutral South Vietnam.
Good luck with part 2, but remember to give yourself the occasional well-earned rest.
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