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Trần Bạch Đằng
Born 1926
Rạch Giá, Kiên Giang Province, Vietnam
Died April 16, 2007
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Occupation Fireman, journalist and politician

Trần Bạch Đằng (born Truong Gia Trieu) (1926 April 16, 2007) was a key figure in planning the 1968 Tet Offensive during the Vietnam War, and was the leader of Communist forces in Saigon, the South Vietnamese capital, during that offensive. He was the leading Communist political officer in Saigon and a member of the National Liberation Front Central Committee.


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