Volume 10, Number 8 · April 25, 1968
Our Chemical War
By Seymour M. Hersh
Late in 1961, a Defense Department official was making his first trip to South Vietnam. The defoliation program, aimed at destroying jungle used by the Viet Cong for cover, had begun in October and the official planned to take a firsthand look. He later gave a briefing to Premier Ngo Dinh Diem. Diem 'pulled out a tremendous map and began to give me a briefing on how much land the Viet Cong controlled in the South,' the official recalled. 'I found out later it probably was a standard briefing he gave to all visiting officials.'
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