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Ransom sought for U S POWs? Viet Cong and Hanoi press on prisoners
The article surveys the status of about 42,000 South Vietnamese civilians jailed on charges ranging from rape to terrorism, and the debate over whether their release should accompany any Vietnam peace settlement. It notes imprisonment in Chi Hoa and Con Son centers, tiger cages, and possible postwar political leverage.
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