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(Vietnam)
The Phu Loi Massacre in South Vietnam
(Hanoi), Foreign Languages Publishing, [c.1959-62]. Propaganda pamphlet consisting of two letters to the Chairman of the International Commission for Supervision and Control in Viet Nam decrying the "massacre" by food poisoning of over 1000 political prisoners at a South Vietnamese detention camp in December, 1958. The letter writers were General Vo Nguyen Giap and Col. Han Van Lu, the liaison officer for the North Vietnamese Army High Command. Stamped "Library of Congress Surplus/Duplicate" on cover. Near fine in stapled wrappers. Interesting item from the period between the French Indochina war and the active involvement of the U.S. in the conflict. [#010182] SOLD

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