96. Such were the opinions of Hoang Ngoc Hien, Nguyen Khai, Ta Van Thanh, La Nguyen during the round table discussion organized by the literary review of the Writers' Union, cf. Van Nghe, February 27, 1988.
97. Cf. Hoang Phu Ngoc Tuong, "Tra loi ban doc Tuoi Tre", Tuoi Tre, August 30, 1987. 98. Cf. Nguyen Khai, "May loi noi lai va noi them", Van Nghe, March 12, 1988.
99. Once again, Nguyen Khac Vien is the most demanding of the cultural elite, cf. note 11. The writer Nguyen Ngoc, new chief editor of Van Nghe, seems also very concerned about the rehabilitation of his unfortunate colleagues, cf. "Du bao va nhap cuoc", Tuoi Tre, October 24, 1987.
100. Le Thi, "Tu duy triet hoc va doi moi tu duy", Tap chi Cong San, August 1987, p. 25.
101. Cf. the academic contributions to the philosophical conference organized by the editorial board of the Party theoretical review in Tap chi Cong San, October and December 1987.
102. Nguyen Ngoc Long, "Nang luc tu duy ly luan trong qua trinh doi moi tu duy", Tap chi Cong San, October 1987, p. 51.
103. Ho Van Thong, "Mot so van de ve tu duy va doi moi tu duy o muoc ta", Tap chi Cong San, October 1987, p. 34.
104. Cf. the editorial in Tap chi Cong San, January 1988, commenting on the new Party artistic and cultural policy. 105. ibid. p. 22.
106. Cf. FEER Asia 1988 Yearbook, p. 252.
107. Cf. Doan Ket, Paris, October 1987, "Interviewing Nguyen Khac Vien", p. 29. 108. Cf. Dat Viet Canada, April 1987, "Interviewing Vo Van Kiet", p. 25. 109. Peter L. Berger and Thomas Luckmann, op. cit., p. 40-41. 110. Cf. Saigon Giai Phong, January 8, 1988," Interviewing Phan Khac Tu".
111. Cf. Le Duc Tiet, "Xay dung va hoan chinh phap luar, Tap chi Cong San, September.1987, pp. 40-43 and Le Quang Thanh, "Xay dung con nguoi moi voi van de phong ngua su pham toi", Tap chi Cong San, May 1987, pp. 76-78.
112. Radio Hanoi on March 23, 1988 announced the dismissal of Ha Trong Hoa, the Party secretary of Thanh Hoa and member of the Central Committee. This event indicated a stronger resolution from the reformera to purity the system.
113. Cf. note 107.
114. Cf. the details of the concealment in the editorial of Doan Ket, June 1988, pp. 6-8. In an interview with the writer of this paper, the prize-awarded novelist Le Luu recognized the unresolved conflict among the members of the Writers' Union. According to him, the postponement of the Writers' Congress was due to conservative and orthodox forces hostile to the reassessment of past ideological errors. Luu has also observed that up to August 1988, no agreement has been reached between the contending parties. For this reason, the Fourth Writers' Congress, scheduled for July 1988, is stil pending. (Interview with Le Luu, August 11, 1988 at the University of Massachusetts, Harbor Gallery).
115. S. Frederidc Starr, "Soviet Union: A Civil Society", Foreign Policy, No. 70, Spring 1988, p. 39. 116. Cf. Tran Bach Dang, "Yeu va Gher, Thanh Nien, December 10, 1988.
117. Cf. for example Ly Chanh Trung in Sai Gon Giai Phong, September 13,1988 and Lu Phong in Song Huong, March-April 1989.
118. As evidenced by the outspoken debate during the Third Congress of the Patriotic Front during the first week of November 1988 in Ha Noi, preceded by the critical Congress of the Ho Chi Minh City branch of the same Front in September 23-24,1988.
119. Cf. note 114. 120. Cf. note 86.
121. Hoai is attacked on behalf of her short story "Nam Ngay" in Van Nghe, July 30, 1988 presenting a sexually unorthodox attitude. Pham Tiet by Nguyen Huy Thiep is condemned because ils defiant author has committed the supreme crime of lese-majeste in depicting a great national herô s foibles, cf. Van Nghe, July 16, 1988.
122. Cf. Tuoi Tre, September 22, 1988 and Song Huong, September-October 1988.
123. The famous poet is Bui Minh Quoc, editor-in-chief of Liang Bian, the literary review of Lam Dong province. Quoc will subsequently be fired, cf. Song Huong, March-April 1989, p. 96. He will also Jase his Party membership.
124. Cf. especially Song Huong, March-April 1989 and Song Huong, August-September 1989 which publish dissenting articles by Lu Phuong, Lai Nguyen An, and Ha Si Phu.
125. Cf. Doan Ket (Paris), October 1989, p. 34 for the full enumeration of Vietnamese newspapers and magazines victims of the cradcdown.
126. Cf. Nhan Dan, August 29, 1989.
127. ibid. Nguyen Van Linh's speech at the Seventh Plenum explicitly warned against the danger of scepticism and nihilism which are undermining Party members' faith in ils doctrine.
128. Nguyen Khac Vien who is familiar with the inner intrigues of VCP has remarked on many occasions that the General Secretary has not succeeded in his efforts to re-organize the Party apparatus and to dismantle the
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