ire, or other means: (a)Dwelling-houses, whether inhabited or not, churches, pagodas, temples, warehouses, workshops, farms and all outbuildings belonging to private persons; (b)Public buildings, residences, offices, workshops, depots, and, in a more general way, all constructions of any kind belonging to the State, and any other property, movable or unmovable, belonging to, or controlled by the State, or which is under the system of concession, or of public management; (c)All . . . means of transport, all kinds of vehicles; (d)Mines, with machines and equipment; (e)Weapons, military material and equipment, posts, buildings, offices, depots, workshops, and constructions of any kind relating to defense or police work; (f)crops, draft animals and farm equipment . . .; (g)Installations for telecommunications, postal service, broadcasting, the production and distribution of electricity and water . . .; (h)Dikes, dams, roads, railways, airfields, seaports, bridges, channels, or works relating to them; (i)Waterways, large or small, and canals....” (Gettleman) Thousands and thousands of people who had fought the French under Vietminh were jailed, arrested, and sent to reeducation camps. The public grew increasingly fearful of the government.Khiem Khac Pham agrees that the arrests increased fear of the government. However, he believes that most of the arrests were, in fact, Viet Cong. He claims that at least 70% of the ones that the police released would later turn out to be communists. Khiem emphasizes the need to understand the Viet Cong, “They are everywhere. They are your neighbors, the people you buy food from, the doctors, the lawyers, the army, and even the police. Every move that the south army makes, the Viet Cong knows.You never know who might turn out to be a Viet Cong. During the Tet battle, their faces were revealed, a...
