INDEX 289astrology, belief in of, 249baptism by fire (baptème de feu) of,40, 43battle of the sects and, 93–94biographies of, 5, 6–7, 149, 171, 201as bird lover, 12, 13, 22, 54, 109,203, 255, 257birth of, 14–15as brigadier general, 3, 225, 277nBuddhist crisis (1963) and, 139, 195Cambodia, U.S. invasion of and, 6Cam Ne operation and, 152–155captured journalists and, 186–190character of, 3–4childhood of, 24–33Chinese ancestry of, 17CIA and, 65, 66, 73, 88, 107, 119,121, 151, 180, 219, 223, 224,232, 240civil service of, 51code name of, 2, 6as Communist, 4, 5, 15, 38, 40–42,60–61, 62–63, 120, 275–276nCommunist handlers, attitudetoward of, 63, 179, 180Conein, Lucien “Black Luigi” and,80as conversationalist, 5, 8, 229–230counterinsurgency and, 73cover story of, 5, 6, 112, 123–124,221–222death of, 5, 6, 8, 259–263déesses (protective goddesses) and,14, 109, 128–129, 142, 151desire to be cremated of, 250, 257disinformation, planting of and,182–183, 226as “divided man,” 3, 4, 7, 276–277nas dog lover, 2, 12, 88–89, 118, 169–170, 203, 257education of, 26–29, 31–35, 46, 224“exile” to Truoi, 28, 29family altar of, 15, 21–22, 260family background of, 14–18, 22–25First Indochina War and, 5–6, 40–43, 46, 52–54, 60–61France, love of and, 33, 262as gangster, 29, 114as general, 229, 236, 277nGod and, 26, 42, 153, 219health problems of, 8, 12, 46, 100,171, 251, 254–255, 259as Hero of the People’s ArmedForces, 3, 40, 206, 225, 236,270n, 277nHo Chi Minh campaign and, 218–221home of, 212, 214–215honesty of, 3, 13, 123–124, 125,169, 182–183as intelligence agent, 2–3, 5, 8–9,53–54, 54–57, 65–67, 109, 126,136–139, 170–176, 221–224intelligence training of, 53–54, 202as interpreter, 122, 124as journalist, 3, 7, 100, 110, 118–119,123, 126–128, 134–136, 139–144,145–164, 165, 166, 167–170An Lac village attack and, 134–135Lam Son 719, battle of and, 217–218, 221, 260as landowner, 40–42, 43–44, 63–64,170, 224mapping and, 23, 137marriage of, 128–129, 131meaning of name of, 8medals awarded to, 3, 4–5, 6, 137,178, 218, 260, 269–270n, 277–278nmilitary career of, 4–6, 276–277nin movies, 231–232, 233nam tien (march to the south) and,16–17nationalism and, 7nicknames of, 2, 107nom de guerre of, 172obituary for, 262, 278nParis Peace Accords and, 218, 226as patriot, 26, 120personality of, 5as political analyst, 1–2, 3, 26, 168,218postwar assignment to spy in U.S. of,3, 230, 234–236, 238postwar Vietnam and, 1, 3, 224–226, 230Poulo Condore prison (Con Dao)and, 120, 249reading and, 8, 33, 46, 48–49, 239,249–250
290 INDEXPham Xuan An (continued)reeducation camp and, 3, 224, 276nretirement of, 230, 231at Reuters, 1, 127–128, 134–135,139–144as revolutionary, 251–252as romantic, 251–252Saigon, liberation of and, 195, 218–221Saigon, love affair with of, 25Saigon haunts of, 134, 212–214Second Indochina War and, 5secret documents, handling of and,2, 170–176, 178–182sense of humor of, 2, 5, 7, 12, 15,118, 125, 229, 233as smoker, 12, 99–100as soldier, 24, 40, 42, 99, 276–277nsources of, 4, 127, 139, 148, 160,181state funeral of, 250, 257, 260–261as storyteller, 7–8, 15, 100–101,125, 233strategic intelligence and, 4, 7, 133–134, 157, 177–178, 257T4-TC2 affair and, 252tactical involvement of, 4, 6, 7, 136–139, 177–178, 218Tarzan and, 25–26on television, 231–232Têt Offensive (1968) and, 195–200,202–206, 214, 260as Time correspondent, 1, 65–66,119, 142–143, 165, 166, 167–170, 182–183, 184–186as Tran Kim Tuyen’s assistant, 121–122, 123, 124–127, 180Tran Van On demonstrations and,46–48as trusted adviser, 123–126, 180–182typed dispatches of, 2, 6, 176–179U.S., love of and, 3, 52, 107, 120,262U.S. travels in of, 103–120Vietnam, love of and, 120, 227–228,251, 262Vietnam culture and, 168as Vietnamese patriot, 4, 228, 262women, relationships with of, 63,107, 108, 110–111, 119–120,128–132, 230as writer, 2, 167, 251Pham Xuan An: A General of theSecret Service, 149, 204, 231,274nPham Xuan An: Ten Nguoi Nhu CuocDoi (Pham Xuan An: A Life LikeHis Name), 231, 277nPham Xuan Dinh (An’s brother), 111–112, 129Pham Xuan Duong (An’s grandfather),15, 21–22, 24Pham Xuan Giai (An’s cousin), 64, 95CIA and, 98Deuxième Bureau and, 66, 68, 98in exile, 97G5 and, 68Ho Chi Minh and, 64as intelligence agent, 65, 68–69Pham Xuan An and, 98, 105Pham Xuan Hoa (An’s brother), 129Pham Xuan Hoang An “Little An”(An’s son), 227, 250Pham Xuan Ong (An’s greatgrandfather),17Pham Xuan Thi Cuc (An’s sister), 52,53Pham Xuan Vien (An’s father), 15as agent technique, 16, 18, 23An’s childhood and, 27, 28birth of, 16, 22as cadre supérieur, 14, 16, 40Chinese ancestry of, 17death of, 106education of, 16, 22–23family background of, 19French occupation of Vietnam and,18, 21, 45French women and, 30health problems of, 45–46, 52, 104,106interrogations of, 45love of French of, 94–95marriages of, 15–16, 22nam tien (march to the south) and,16as patriot, 16
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