Original sentence: Douglas Pike, a self-admitted American propagandist,  wrote that, according to Viet Cong documents captured during and after the siege, members of the provincial administration were to be taken out of the city, held and punished for their “crimes against the Vietnamese people”
Edited sentence: Douglas Pike wrote that, according to Viet Cong documents captured during and after the siege, members of the provincial administration were to be taken out of the city, held and punished for their “crimes against the Vietnamese people”