Hanoi Quotes

One should refer to things by their accurate designation. What is happening right now in Vietnam is a form of torture. That is why the bombings are an infamy. Of such there are many in modern history. They are often linked by name: Guernica, Oradour, Babij Jar, Katyn, Lidice, Sharpeville and Treblinka. Now there is another name to add to the row: Hanoi, the Christmas of 1972.

Let's note, that in what I consider the most disgraceful performance abroad by an American official in my lifetime - something not exampled since Jane Fonda sat on the anti-aircraft gun in Hanoi to be photographed - Mr. McDermott said in effect, not in effect, he said it, we should take Saddam Hussein at his word and not take the President at his word. He said the United States is simply trying to provoke. I mean, why Saddam Hussein doesn't pay commercial time for that advertisement for his policy, I do not know.

With the passage of each day and each week, we can expect increasing pressure to stop the bombing [of North Vietnam]. This will come from various elements of the American public, of the press, the United Nations, of world opinion. Therefore time will run against us on this operation, and I think the North Vietnam are counting on this.

We asked Jane Fonda if she would like to meet American pilots in Hanoi, but she refused, she didn't want to.

Why should American atrocities be merely unsettling, but a trip to Hanoi unconscionable?

It became very clear that Hanoi was in effect strategically running the Viet Cong operation.

Enough is enough. This is how we get started in Vietnam.

Curtis Le May wants to bomb Hanoi and Haiphong. You know how he likes to go around bombing.

This is the voice of Vietnam Broadcasting from Hanoi, capitol of the Democratic republic of Vietnam.

Though Washington had closed down for the holidays, the next day, December 26, a key message from Hanoi brought Kissinger racing back to his office. It was the signal the White House had anxiously been awaiting; it was also the day of one of the biggest raids by the giant B-52s.