“In all honesty, we didn’t achieve our main objective. As for making an impact on the United States, it had not been our intention – but it turned out to be a fortunate result.”

Tran Do (1923 to 2002), speaking about the Tet Offensive

A retired general, decorated Vietnam War veteran and former head of the Communist Party’s ideology and culture department, he was expelled from the party in January 1999 for advocating that it give up its monopoly on power.