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PREFACE

BY VINH HUYEN

President, Board of Directors Vietnamese-American Association

The author of "Vietnamese Legends" Mr. George F. Schultz, was Executive Director of the Vietnamese-American Association during the years 1956-58. Mr. Schultz was responsible for the construction of the present Vietnamese-American Center in Saigon and for the development of the cultural and educational program of the Association.

Shortly after his arrival in Vietnam, Mr. Schultz began to study the language, literature, and history of Vietnam and was soon recognized as an authority, not only by his fellow Americans, for it was his duty to brief them in these subjects, but by many Vietnamese as well. He has published papers entitled "The Vietnamese Language" and "Vietnamese Names" as well as an English translation of the Cung-Oan ngam-khuc, "The Plaints of an Odalisque."

It was my privilege to be president of the Board of Directors of the Vietnamese-American Association during the time that Mr. Schultz was the Executive Director, and it is a great pleasure for me to have a small part in presenting "Vietnamese Legends" to the public.

Saigon