The Saigon regime’s corruption created a situation of universal complicity.

Evidence

The Saigon regime had, in fact, evolved a system in which no one was permitted to keep his hands clean. … For all to be safe, all had to be implicated. — Neil Sheehan, A Bright Shining Lie, 1491

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Neil Sheehan, A Bright Shining Lie, 1491
• XREF: connects to: Corruption in Saigon was a crippling malignancy for governance. — Neil Sheehan, A Bright Shining Lie, 1485; Corruption is both a cause and symptom of democratic failure. — David E Pozen; Michael Schudson, Troubling Transparency- The History and…, 1523; Corruption scandals form a network of complicities, not isolated incidents — Mark Fisher (edited by Darren Ambrose), K-Punk: The Collected and Unpublished…, 1568