December I, 1957 1930-1957 U£C l\ \9fJ1 Letter No. 420

The South Vietnam Americans Never Hear Of

by Hilaire du Berrier

We publish below an article on South Vietnam, which presents a view widely

different from that long accepted by the Washington Administration.

The author, Hilaire du Berrier, is a native of North Dakota. He has spent some

years in the Far East, going to China in 1937. At the time of Pearl Harbor, he was

running a Chungking "underground" radio network in Shanghai, reporting for

Newsweek "Periscope" section on the side.

Unable to reach American forces in Free China, he went into the French Resistance

group, working with allies. He was arrested and charged with espionage on

November 5, 1942. He was tortured for eighteen days and then imprisoned for nearly

three years.