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Bring this Safe Conduct Pass and cooperate with the Vietnamese Government. You will be: - Welcome - Guaranteed your health and welfare - Fairly treated with open arms
Signed: Nguyen Van Thieu This Safe Conduct Pass is honored by all Vietnamese Government Agencies and Allied Forces. |
The flags on the front of the leaflet represent the allied countries of the
United States, Australia, Thailand, South Korea, New Zealand and the
Philippines with the South Vietnamese flag in the center.
The "DMZ" was the De-Militarized Zone, a kind of no-man's land that separated
North and South Vietnam. "Sweeps" were military operations used to seek out and
clear an area of Viet Cong (Gooks) and North Vietnamese Army (NVA). A newspaper
article about one of these sweeps can be seen by Clicking Here.