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. When I was, when I was a very young student in Vietnam, I didn’t feel a big difference between the French students and myself. Maybe it was my generation. But even so, I observed, and I certainly saw, differences the French made regarding certain Vietnamese who were just as educated - that is to say, those who had gotten the same French diplomas - but who were not getting the same jobs in Vietnam. My god, I know that. Because the French government must manage a colony and, in order to do that, it has to create a difference between the French proper, the French of the colony, . Marker. 574. One moment please. Good. When I was a young Vietnamese, I knew the French colonial administration in my country, Vietnam. Personally, I didn’t see a lot
Summary
As a former general in the Army of the Republic of Vietnam, Tran Van Don was pivotal to the toppling of Ngo Dinh Diem during the 1963 coup d'etat. Here he recalls life under French colonialism, the rule of Bao Dai, and his relationship with Ngo Dinh Diem - leading to the coup d'etat and death of Diem.
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05/07/1981
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Vietnam: A Television History / America's Mandarin (1954 - 1967)