Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Notes on the Transcription
Introduction by Suzanne Kelley McCormack
Carol Cohen McEldowney?s Hanoi Journal
European Preparations and the Journey to Hanoi, September 9?29, 1967
Flies to Hanoi from Prague through Beirut, Dubai, Bombay, Rangoon, and Phnom Penh
Hanoi, September 29?October 17, 1967
Day 1: 9/29 Friday Arrives in Hanoi
Day 2: 9/30 Saturday Driving tour of the city; plan program for visit; Museum of the Vietnamese People?s Army; evening banquet and documentary films
Day 3: 10/1 Sunday Museum of the Revolution; evening, Song and Dance Ensemble
Day 4: 10/2 Monday Hanoi War Crimes Tribunal Committee; visits to bombed sites; evening, walk around city, Hanoi Information Center
Day 5: 10/3 Tuesday Visit to evacuated factory outside Hanoi; Trade Union Federation
Day 6: 10/4 Wednesday Meeting with cabinet officials and Colonel Ha Van Lau about bombing; Hanoi Surgical Hospital; weapons exhibition
Day 7: 10/5 Thursday Preparations and trip to Nam Ha Province
Day 8: 10/6 Friday Nam Ha Province; bombing damage; underground factory
Day 9: 10/7 Saturday Air alerts; mayor of Hanoi; evening, Women?s Union and East German film
Day 10: 10/8 Sunday Museum of Arts and Handicrafts; Nguyen Minh Vy of Thong Nhat; evening, meeting to prepare for visit with captured pilots
Day 11: 10/9 Monday Trip to Dan Phuong Cooperative
Day 12: 10/10 Tuesday Committee on Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries
Day 13: 10/11 Wednesday Viewing of Dien Bien Phu at the Museum of the Revolution; Mr. Ky and the Journalists? Association; evening, meeting with intellectuals
Day 14: 10/12 Thursday Premier Pham Van Dong; evening, captured pilots
Day 15: 10/13 Friday Departure day postponed; Xunhasaba (Export-Import House); noon, banquet
Day 16: 10/14 Saturday Peace Committee; evening, National Library
Day 17: 10/15 Sunday Discussions with Jean-Pierre Vigier about weapons; Nguyen Minh of the Trade Union Federation
Day 18: 10/16 Monday Voice of Vietnam; Hanoi Hannah; evening, night schools
Day 19: 10/17 Tuesday Departure day; Xuan Oanh discusses guerrilla warfare; drive around Hanoi; Film Cartoon Studio of Vietnam
Reflections and the Journey Home, October 18?November 3
Flies home via Pacific route with layovers in Hong Kong and Tokyo. Returns to the United States through Canada