In 1970, Hanoi John made a trip to Paris for his "honeymoon". While he was there, he met with the delegations to the Paris Peace Talks for both the North Vietnamese and the Viet Cong. Then in 1971 he testified before a Senate Subcommittee and recommended that the United States accept the proposals of the Viet Cong delegation. John was at the time an Officer in the United States Navy Reserve.

John Kerry went on in his testimony to claim that war crimes were commonplace and that the United States soldiers were a monster trained to deal in violence.

Hanoi John's actions were so favorable that he and all those like him who protested the war are Hero's to the Communists in Vietnam.

Photograph of John Kerry meeting with Comrade Do Muoi, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, in Vietnam, July 15-18, 1993. Photo taken in the War Remnants Museum (formerly the "War Crimes Museum") in Saigon in May 2004.
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Jeff Epstein explains the importance of the photograph:
"This photograph's unquestionable significance lies in its placement in the American protestors' section of the War Crimes Museum in Saigon. The Vietnamese communists clearly recognize John Kerry's contributions to their victory. This find can be compared to the discovery of a painting of Neville Chamberlain hanging in a place of honor in Hitler's Eagle's Nest in 1945."
Recently, many former prisoners of war who were being held in the Hanoi Hilton have come forward to state that the words of now Senator Kerry were used against them. These former POWs state that the North Vietnamese guards and interrogators would read Kerry's words acknowledging war crimes and demand that they confess to such crimes. Many times refusal to confess led to torture.
It has been said earlier in this book that the war protests did not shorten the war. Instead, They lengthened it by giving the enemy hope and encouragement. No one gave the North more hope and encouragement than LTJG John F Kerry, AKA Hanoi John.

Hanoi John testifying before the Senate

All one need do is read the book written by General Giap, Commander of NVA Forces. Giap clearly indicated that the NVA troops in the south were desperately short of supplies. He also explained that the NVA had been defeated on the battlefield time after time. As a result moral amongst the NVA troops was at its lowest point ever in 1968. The plans for "Tet" '68 was their last desperate attempt to achieve a success, in an effort to boost the NVA morale.

When it was over, General Giap and the NVA viewed the Tet '68 offensive as a failure, they were on their knees and had prepared to negotiate a surrender. At that time, there were fewer than 10,000 U.S. casualties, the Vietnam War was about to end, as the NVA was prepared to accept their defeat. Then, they heard Walter Cronkite (former CBS News anchor and correspondent) on TV proclaiming the success of the Tet '68 offensive by the communist NVA.
They were completely and totally amazed at hearing that the US Embassy had been overrun. In reality, The NVA had not gained access to the Embassy -- there were some VC who had been killed on the grassy lawn, but they hadn't gained access. Further reports indicated the riots and protesting on the streets of America.
According to Giap, these distorted reports were inspirational to the NVA.

They changed their plans from a negotiated surrender and decided instead, they only needed to persevere for one more hour, day, week, month, eventually the protesters in American would help them to achieve a victory they knew they could not win
Remember, this decision was made at a time when the U.S. casualties were fewer than 10,000, at the end of 1967, beginning of 1968. Today, there are 58,000 names on the Vietnam Wall Memorial that was built with the donations made by the American public. Although Giap did not mention each and every protester's name in his book, many of us will never forget the 58,000 names on the Wall. We will also never forget the names Jane, John and Walter

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