Possible Clues:

• One in depression about Asian city once
• Ho Chi Minh City once
• South Vietnamese city
• See 8
• 1954-76 national capital
• 'Miss --'
• For starters, she's all I've got to broadcast from old capital in the East
• Sounds as if the breath has been heaved and gone for the East
• Musical set in Vietnam war - ''Miss . . . . . .''
• "Miss ___" (musical set in Vietnam)