Whether it is an official's boozy binge or a black-market expose, every scandal in South Viet Nam is aired for all the world to see. North of the 17th parallel, however, Hanoi seldom publishes a bad word about how things are going in the land of Ho. When a shortcoming is publicized it is generally done in the way sins are cited in a revival meeting: to urge the faithful on to ever-greater exertions. Judging from some recent Red sermonizing, Saigon has no monopoly on errant human nature.
Take the recent blast from Politburo Member Le Due Tho, writing in...
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