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One year after the fall of South Vietnam, the unified country’s communist regime is busy “re-educating” former Generals and officers of the Saigon government. The men are housed in reeducation camps, many of them scattered near the Cambodian border. At first, the Generals underwent a one-month reeducation program. But now, many of them are being held for an indefinite period of time. The former officers claim that no “brain-washing” methods are used in the camps. They work in blacksmith and carpentry shops, while others take their turn in the kitchen. In their spare time, the men read revolutionary books, play music and hold discussions