Alex Gray is the American Ambassador to Vietnam. When Gray hears that Senator Brown is coming to inspect them, he calls his staff together and tells them to make Brown think they are doing a better job than they truly are. Gray and his staff are ultimately successful, since Brown leaves convinced that the Americans in Vietnam are working hard to combat Communism.
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Chapter 20
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“Can you imagine, Dr. Barre, the injury that might be done to American foreign policy if the Senator were to take seriously some of the nonsense uttered to him by a native?”
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Arthur Alexander Gray Quotes in The Ugly American
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Chapter 20
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“Can you imagine, Dr. Barre, the injury that might be done to American foreign policy if the Senator were to take seriously some of the nonsense uttered to him by a native?”
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