ABSTRACT
After the Paris Peace came the peace-keepers. One could never tell what the Poles, Hungarians, and Indonesians really thought about it all, and the few remaining American officers, many of them members of the Four-Party Joint Military Commission, set up under the intricate terms of the Paris agreement, were forbidden to talk to reporters. In any case, they were embittered by the way the press had covered the war and were hardly prone to speak frankly even when coaxed into background or off-the-record briefings. The presence of the Canadians was refreshing because they spoke so frankly—and didn't hesitate to talk to anyone who asked. For them it was great just getting a Vietnam tour on their records even if it all turned sour as the peace degenerated and they realized they were accomplishing little or nothing.
