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Bùi Tín Oral History Phần 2

Bui Tín, a writer and former colonel of North Vietnam, speaks about Ho Chi Minh and the Vietnam War. -- Bùi Tín is a Vietnamese freelance journalist with over 30 years of experience. Born in Hanoi, he moved with his family to Hue in 1933 and studied there for 12 years until the August Revolution of 1945. Shortly after the revolution, he joined the army and later worked for the People's Newspaper of the Communist Party until 1982. His early life was marked by vivid memories of Hanoi—especially the area around Hoan Kiem Lake—and the harrowing experiences during the 1945 famine, when food scarcity and Japanese exploitation led to widespread starvation. In January 1946, while stationed in Quang Tri, he joined the Communist Party under the guise of a study association of the socialist movement. Over the years, he witnessed and participated in significant historical events such as the intense bombings during Christmas 1972 and the implementation of the Paris Agreement in January 1973, which led him to fly from Hanoi to Saigon as part of its committee. Later in life, after extensive military service and firsthand experience of Vietnam’s turbulent transformations, Bùi Tín emigrated to France in 1990. His decades of experience, combined with his rigorous research in major American archives, have shaped his critical analysis of Communist policies and his ongoing reflections on Vietnam’s struggle for independence and democracy. Keywords: Bùi Tín; freelance journalist; Hanoi; Hue; August Revolution; People's Newspaper; Communist Party; army service; Vietnamese famine 1945; Hoan Kiem Lake; bombing 1972; Paris Agreement; Saigon; archival research; Library of Congress; political critique; communist ideology; exile; emigrant to France; historical analysis. -- This interview is part of the Vietnamese in the Diaspora Digital Archive. http://vietdiasporastories.omeka.net Interviews were conducted by the Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation as part of the national 500 Oral Histories Project. The interviewee has granted The Vietnamese American Heritage Foundation copyright of the audio, video and photo materials and it is being made available for non-profit educational use.