North [unclear: Vietnames]

A lew hundred miles [unclear: s] of Nanking our train [unclear: group] to a halt alongside [unclear: another] train going in the [unclear: ot] direction. The carriages [unclear: w] packed with what we [unclear: c] covered were North [unclear: Vie] ese students. They had [unclear: b] studying in Peking and [unclear: w] on their way home to [unclear: Ha] For our entertainment [unclear: t] sang a number of [unclear: anti-Un] States songs in the [unclear: ra] beautiful Vietnamese [unclear: st] What sort of new year [unclear: we] they be going home [unclear: to] wondered. It seemed [unclear: ra] odd and somehow tragic [unclear: t] I should be exchanging [unclear: sa] signatures and shaking [unclear: ha] with these friendly and [unclear: g] ning students somewhere the middle of China.