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A CAUTIONARY NOTE ON AGENT Z.21

2 four hundred and ninety-eight reports: The number of reports

authored by Pham Xuan An was revealed in a multipart

series of articles written by Truong Giang, Viet Ha, and The

Vinh, which began appearing on VietNamNet on August

17, 2007.

5 ‘official’ biography: See Larry Berman, Perfect Spy: The

Incredible Double Life of Pham Xuan An, Time Magazine

Reporter and Vietnamese Communist Agent (New York:

Smithsonian Books, 2007).

6 crushing military defeat for Republican forces: As noted by

Kyle Hörst in remarks delivered at the Vietnam Center,

there is an inverse relationship between the significance of

An’s deeds and the amount of time he spent talking about

them. “What An failed to mention in the hundreds of hours

of detailed discussions with the various Western biographers

are the two First Class Battle Exploit medals that he

earned, the highest-level Battle Exploit medal awarded, given

only for unusual accomplishments of national significance.

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