The people in the villages know nothing about the peace negotiations in Paris. "Ninety percent of the people would cut our throats if they had the chance." a top American in Quang Nam told me. Ambassador Colby says. "Its been a war between two aggressors. and the people wish they would both go away." Warren E. Parker. senior U.S. adviser in the province. describes the situation today: "Its like a Cadillac pushing a Model T through a muddy road with four fiat tires with a driver who doesnt know where hes going and doesnt really care." On an island in the river below the provincial capital of Hol An sits the Xyuen Long Refugee Camp. It vividly tells part of the story of Vietnams hopelessness. Here live 3.125. refugees. Only 240 are men. Until this summer. these people all lived on another nearby island that was regarded as a VC stronghold.
Identified stereotypes
Generalization that 90% of the people would cut the throats of Americans if they had the chance.