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For years, journalists covering the Vietnam War, especially those in the employ of Time magazine, crafted memorable dispatches based upon information provided by Pham Xuan An, a Vietcong spy—a colonel, in fact, in the Communist army of the North. This revelation, which is more in the way of a half-hearted confirmation of long-held suspicions, appears in Flashbacks: On Returning to Vietnam by CBS news presenter Morley Safer.

In familiar 60 Minutes style, Safer confronted An in January in Saigon—er, Ho Chi Minh City.

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Brad Miner

Brad Miner, a former Literary Editor of National Review, is senior editor of The Catholic Thing website. This article is taken in part from his book The Compleat Gentleman: The Modern Man’s Guide to Chivalry, now available in a Third Edition from Regnery Gateway.

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For years, journalists covering the Vietnam War, especially those in the employ of Time magazine, crafted memorable dispatches based upon information provided by Pham Xuan An, a Vietcong spy—a colonel, in fact, in the Communist army of the North. This revelation, which is more in the way of a half-hearted confirmation of long-held suspicions, appears in Flashbacks: On Returning to Vietnam by CBS news presenter Morley Safer.

In familiar 60 Minutes style, Safer confronted An in January in Saigon—er, Ho Chi Minh City.

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About the Author

Brad Miner

Brad Miner, a former Literary Editor of National Review, is senior editor of The Catholic Thing website. This article is taken in part from his book The Compleat Gentleman: The Modern Man’s Guide to Chivalry, now available in a Third Edition from Regnery Gateway.