Yeah, that's true. The Viet Cong were invented by the Americans, sir.
6 seconds sound clip from the Apocalypse Now movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 02:06:25 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- In Dien Bien Phu, we lose. In Nigeria, we lose. In Indochina, we lose. But here, we don't lose.
- This piece of earth, we keep it! We will never lose that, never!
- So, you Americans invent the Viet Minh.
- Yeah, that's true. The Viet Cong were invented by the Americans, sir.
- Now you take the French place, and the Viet Minh fight you...
- And what can you do? Nothing. Absolutely nothing.
- The Vietnamese are very intelligent. You never know what they think.
- The Russians want to help them.
[...]