Pham Xuan An, a Vietnamese spy who worked for Western news media in Saigon during the U.S. war in Vietnam, died on Wednesday after a long illness, a government official said. He was 78."He died this morning," said the official by telephone in Ho Chi Minh City, formerly Saigon, where An had been admitted to a military hospital with emphysema.
An was considered the dean of Vietnamese journalists working for Western news media while also doubling as an undercover agent for communist North Vietnam. He worked for Reuters in the 1960s, with the New York Herald and the Christian Science Monitor.
He was Time magazine's last reporter in Vietnam when the communists took Saigon on April 29, 1975 from the U.S.-backed South Vietnam government. [emphasis added]
plus c'est la meme chose.
Comments (2)
Are you a Rush fan?
Posted by greg | September 22, 2006 6:45 PM
Posted on September 22, 2006 18:45
I liked some of their stuff, but I wouldn't qualify as a major fan.
Posted by gnotalex | September 23, 2006 2:36 PM
Posted on September 23, 2006 14:36