Western Communists drift from Moscow as unity frays abroad
Soviet authority wanes among European Reds as Western Communist parties seek independence from Moscow. Italian and Romanian lines push for autonomy, with France, Britain and others testing reformism and dialogue. A Vienna meeting signals a move toward less centralized control and new cross border alliances.
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William L. Ryan
Kremlin
Moscow
West
Red Bloc
Party of Romania
Red China
Europe
L’humanite
Italy
Red Belt
England
The
Worker
Morning Star
Africa
U.S
France
NATO
French
Communist Central Committee
Red
Communist Bloc
Vienna
Families Divided by Viet Nam War Strife Across Years
An 11 year old boy dies from a Viet Cong mine as families in the Huynh and Ho lines reveal deep loyalties across Viet Cong and Saigon government ranks. Officers, teachers, and relatives split by war, marriages across sides, and personal losses define a quarter century of conflict. Both families intermarry, endure fear, and cling to hope amid daily danger and shifting allegiances.
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Viet Nam
Malcolm W. Browne
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Ho Thi Truc
Tam Phuoc
United States
Huynh Thach Thuong
Long Khan
Ho van Kiet
Thuong
Kiet
Ben Tre
Truc
Viet Cong
Mekong River
Viet Minh
Mekong Delta
Ho van Phuoc
Huynh van Tet
North
South
Huynh
Ho Thi Kim Lan
Lan
Tan Dinh
U.S
Long Khanh
My Tho
Mekong
High Command
Kien Hoa
Dien Bien Phu
Phuoc
True
Hanoi
France
England
China
Ho Sans
D Zone
Huyn
Air Force
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Communist International
Louis Saillant
World Federation of Trade Unions
WFTU
Saillant
Hungary
Workers’ International Organization
Victor Grishin
Soviet
Politburo
Netherlands
Dutch Communist Party
Austria
Communist Party In
West Germany
Communist Party
Max Reimann
East Germany
Spain
Yugoslavia
Romania
Johnson
Bloc
Western