Ky takes soft line, foresees change Former leader says communist country is firmly on road of progress

From: Oakland Tribune | Date: January 24, 2004| Author: Tini Tran, Associated Press | Copyright information

HANOI, Vietnam -- Former South Vietnamese premier Nguyen Cao Ky, back in Vietnam after a 28-year exile in America, has dropped his vitriolic anti-communist rhetoric and is calling for peace and reconciliation.

"I think it's the right time for all Vietnamese to talk about reconciliation, about healing," the 73-year-old Ky said Friday in an exclusive interview with The Associated Press.

Ky, one of the most high-profile figures from the Vietnam War, was making his first homecoming...

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