Register of the Robert F. Turner papers

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Title: Robert F. Turner papers
Date (inclusive): 1958-1975
Collection Number: 74040
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: English
Physical Description: 52 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box, 1 card file box, 17 envelopes, 1 album box, 1 phonotape cassette, 1 phonorecord (25.2 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, writings, reports, speeches, press releases, clippings, printed matter, sound recordings, photographs, and memorabilia, relating to political, social and cultural conditions in Vietnam and to the Vietnamese War
Creator: Turner, Robert F.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

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Use

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Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1974.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Robert F. Turner Papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Abbreviations

  1. ARVNArmy of the Republic of Vietnam
  2. COSVNCentral Office for South Vietnam. Communist Command of the Forces in South Vietnam
  3. JUSPAOJoint U.S. Public Affairs Office, Saigon
  4. MACVMilitary Advisory Command Vietnam
  5. MIAMissing in Action
  6. MLMission in Charge of Liaison
  7. MRCMilitary Revolutionary Council
  8. NFL SVNfounded in 1960 (to struggle in order to oppose the RVN administration and the U.S., and to progress toward neutrality and reunification with the North)
  9. NLFNational Front for Liberation
  10. NVANorth Vietnamese Army
  11. PAVNPeoples Army of the Republic of Vietnam
  12. PNFPatriotic Neutralist Forces (Laos)
  13. PRPPeople's Revolutionary Party
  14. PRYLPeople's Revolutionary Party Youth League
  15. PSYOPSPsychological Operations
Quoc Dan Dang Nationalist Party
Armed Forces of Vietnam
  1. RFRegional Forces in South Vietnam
  2. PFPopular Forces in South Vietnam
  3. SEATOSoutheast Asia Treaty Organization
  4. TetContraction of Nguyen Dan Tiet, meaning Festival of the first day of the year. Chinese in origin, the holiday symbolizes the beginning of the Oriental New Year (Lunar New Year)
  5. USAIDU.S. Agency for International Development
  6. USIAU.S. Information Agency
  7. USOMUnites States Operations Mission
  8. VCAdministration Machinery in South Vietnam:
  9. (COSVN)1. The Central Office of South Vietnam
  10. (PRP)2. The Vietnam People's Revolutionary Party
  11. (NFLSV)3. The National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam
  12. VCIViet Cong Infrastructure
  13. VIVAVictory in Vietnam Association; a nationwide student organization, since 1967 in Los Angeles, and supporting our government and our military
  14. VNQDDVietnam Quoc Dan Dang (Vietnam Nationalist Party)
  15. VWPVietnam Workers' Party
  16. YICAYearbook on International Communist Affairs

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Audiotapes
Sound recordings
Vietnam War, 1961-1975
United States -- Foreign relations -- Vietnam
Vietnam -- Foreign relations -- United States
Vietnam -- Politics and government
United States -- Armed Forces
United States. Embassy (Vietnam)

 

Writings

Scope and Contents note

Manuscript of a projected book on Vietnamese communism, by R. F. Turner as well as published and unpublished articles, speeches, and reports.
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Manuscript to a projected book on Vietnamese communism, by R. F. Turner.

 

Subject File 1963-1972

Scope and Contents note

Reports, memoranda, articles transcripts of interviews, notes, pamphlets, clippings, and printed matter relating to Vietnam; collected by R. F. Turner, and arranged alphabetically.
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Agriculture in the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV) (North Vietnam)

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Agriculture in South Vietnam (SVN)

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Albania

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Alliance of National Democratic and Peace Forces

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American Friends of Vietnam

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Anti-Americanism in Vietnam

 

Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN)

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Regional and Popular Forces in South Vietnam (RF & PF)

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Desertions

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Viet Cong (VC), infiltration of

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Art and architecture

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Asian opinion on United States involvement in Cambodia

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Assassination

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Attitudes, Vietnam

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Background information on South Vietnam

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Black market in North Vietnam

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Bloodbath argument

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Bombing

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Buddhism in Vietnam

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Bulgaria

 

Cambodia

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General

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1970

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1971

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Miscellaneous

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Captured documents (VC/NVA) (U.S. Mission Press Releases)

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Casualties, Vietnam

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Cease fires

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Cease fires in Vietnam War

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Center for Vietnamese Studies (Southern Illinois University)

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Chemical warfare in Vietnam

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Children, use of by VC

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Chieu Hoi

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Chieu Hoi Program

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China

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China

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China and North Vietnam

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Chinese advisors (VC)

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Chronology, Vietnam

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Chronology, Vietnam

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Citizens Committee for Peace With Freedom in Vietnam

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Civic Action

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Coalition government

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Coalition government, VC position

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Communication

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Communication

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Constitution, Republic of Vietnam (RVN)

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Corruption in South Vietnam

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Cost of Vietnam War to U.S.

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Counter-insurgency operations

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Coup d'Etat

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Cuba

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Culture, Vietnam

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Czechoslovakia

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Dalat, Vietnam, general information

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Dien Bien Phu (1954)

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Defectors and returnees

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East Germany

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Economic conditions, Vietnam

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Economy of South Vietnam

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Education

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Education in South Vietnam

 

Elections in South Vietnam

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General information

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Pre-1967

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1967

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1970

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1971

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VC position on and response to

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Elections in North Vietnam

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Ethnic minorities

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External aid (DRV)

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Floods in North Vietnam

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Foreign relations

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Free World Aid

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Geneva Agreements of 1954

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Geography

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Government of South Vietnam

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Government (GVN) speeches

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Government structure

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Government administration

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Government administration

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Government policy statements

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Haiphong, general

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Handicraft

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Hanoi, general data

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Hanoi on peace terms

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Health and medicine

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Health in DRV

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Heavy industry (DRV)

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Highways in South Vietnam

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History of Vietnam since 1954

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History of Vietnam, general

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History, heroes of Vietnam

 

Ho Chi Minh

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General file

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Former President (DRV)

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Myth of

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Speeches

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Ho Van Bun, letter from

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Honey, P. J., miscellaneous articles on DRV

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Hue City, general information

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Hue massacre ( Tet 1968)

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Hungary

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Index on North Vietnam (Intelligence Subject Code Extract)

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India and Vietnam

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Indochinese People's Summit Conference (April 24-25 1970)

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Industrialization in South Vietnam

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Industry, labor

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Infrastructure, Viet Cong

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Intelligence, Viet Cong (Military Intelligence)

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International Association of Democratic Lawyers

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International Commission for Supervision and Control in Vietnam (I.C.C.) Report June 2, 1962

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International Opinion and Vietnam

 

Interviews

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Col. Dac

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Dang Tan (MD)

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Dieu

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Hoang Minh Tan and Nguyen Duy Hung

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Hoang Van Thanh

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Huynh Bon

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Lai Van Cu

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Le Vinh Can

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Le Xuan Chuyen

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Ngo Dinh Nhu (Mme.)

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Nguyen Huu Tho

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Nguyen Duy Hung, see Hoang Minh Tan

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Nguyen Luong Nhon (aka Viet Hung; aka Tu Tung)

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Nguyen Ngoc Mai

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Nguyen Thanh Binh

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Nguyen Trong Xuan

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Nguyen Van An

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Nguyen Van Ba

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Nguyen Thi Ngoc Bong (Mrs.)

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Nguyen Van Chan

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Nguyen Van Phe

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Pham Thanh Tai

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Phan Van Xuong

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Phan Viet Dung

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Tran Thi Ho Le

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Tran Van Dac (1-3)

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Tran Van Dung

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Trieu Van Nghia

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Tuong

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Vu Van Bay

 

Interviews and conversations in Tan An, miscellaneous Joint U.S. Public Affairs Office, Saigon (JUSPAO)

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Wireless Bulletin

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Planning Office and Staff Studies

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Labor movement in South Vietnam

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Land reform, DRV, Bloodbath Controversy (Porter, Chi, etc.)

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Land reform in South Vietnam

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Language

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Laos

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Laos operation 1971

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Law in South Vietnam, legal system, constitution, etc.

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Leadership in South Vietnam

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Leadership of South Vietnam

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Legality of U.S. involvement in Cambodia

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Letters (selected) written by defected Vietnamese soldiers 1968

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Literature, drama, music

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Living conditions in DRV

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Lodge, Henry Cabot

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Logistics, NVN File (and Ho Chi Minh Trail)

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Luce, Donald

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Magazine and academic articles

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Martial Law

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Military aid to South Vietnam

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Military, electronic warfare in Vietnam

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Military Pre-1961

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Military 1962-1972

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Military, Offensive April 1972

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Ministry of Information, Vietnam

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Mission in Charge of Liaison (ML)

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Montagnards

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Moral case for U.S. involvement in Cambodia

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My Lai massacre

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National Assembly (SVN)

 

National Front for Liberation (NLF)

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Congresses (1968)

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Policy

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Policy statements

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Budget and fiscal

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Population controls and security

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Relationship with Hanoi

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Standing and Central Committee meetings

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Structure

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National Student Committee for Victory in Vietnam

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Negotiations

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Neutralism, Vietnam

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Newspaper correspondents' reports

 

Ngo Dinh Diem

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General information

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Opposition to

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Speeches

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Ngo Dinh Nhu, Madam

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Nguyen Cao Ky

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North Korea

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North Vietnam

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North Vietnamese Army, role in South Vietnam

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Opium growing in North Vietnam

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Outer Mongolia

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Pacification

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Pacification in South Vietnam

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Peace proposals, DRV

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Peasants

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People's Revolutionary Party (PRP), general description

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PRP Youth League/Youth Vanguard

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Personalism

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Phoenix Program against Viet Cong Infrastructure (VCI)

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Pike, Douglas, miscellaneous articles

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Photographs, captured VC

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Poland

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Political

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Political parties, SVN (Dai Viet)

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Postal system in North Vietnam

 

Prisoners of war

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General

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Hanoi 1972

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Hanoi claims War Criminals

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NVA (DRV File)

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Viet Cong

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VN war file

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POW-MIA (Missing in Action) organization in U.S.

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Prisons, South Vietnam

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Proselyting (Binh Ven)

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Public health in South Vietnam

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Refugees in South Vietnam

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Refugees

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Regional Conference

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Religion in South Vietnam

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Revolutionary development

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Revolutionary development in South Vietnam

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Rice production in South Vietnam

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Rumania

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Saigon, general information

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SEATO (Southeast Asia Treaty Organization)

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Sappers

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Security in South Vietnam

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Security, Viet Cong

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Sihanouk

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Sino-Soviet confrontation

 

Sino-Soviet Relations

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Border clashes and talks

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Current military situation

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War preparations

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Possible military strategy in case of war

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Solgans (May Day)

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South Vietnam, Miscellaneous

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Strategic hamlets

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Struggle Movement (Dich Van)

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Students, martyrs

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Tactics of VC

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Tax collection, VC

 

Terrorism

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General

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VC incidents (Saigon Press Releases)

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Viet Cong (Incident Reports)

box 29

Viet Cong/North Vietnamese Army (NVA)

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Tet Offensive 1968

box 29

Thailand, insurgency

box 29

Thompson, Sir Robert, TV interview with

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Thompson, Sir Robert (Miscellaneous)

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Tourism in Vietnam

box 30

Transportation, SVN

box 30

United Nations and related agencies

box 30

U.S. Government, 1969 assessment of Vietnam

box 30

U.S. Information Agency (U.S.I.A.), Vietnam Roundup

box 30

U.S. Mission in Vietnam, press playbacks and releases

box 30

U.S. Forces. Psychological Operations (U.S. PSYOPS), Interrogation Report. Source Nguyen-Viet.

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U.S.S.R. (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)

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Veterans in Vietnam

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Viet Cong, miscellaneous data

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Viet Cong tunnels

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Vietnam Alliance of National, Democratic, and Peace Forces

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Vietnam Veterans for a Just Peace

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Vietnamese communist leadership

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Vietnamese scouting program

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Vietnamization

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Village (South Vietnamese)

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VIVA (Victory in Vietnam Association)

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Wars of National Liberation

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Women in South Vietnam

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Women cadres

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Women organizations

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Workers/Liberation Laborers' Association

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Young Americans for Freedom

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Youth, Vietnamese students in U.S.

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Youth in South Vietnam

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Youth organizations, South Vietnam

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Miscellaneous

 

Miscellany

Scope and Contents note

Clippings.
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Clippings

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Increment, December 1977

 

Speeches and Writings 1968-1972

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Myths of The Vietnam War, The Pentagon Papers Reconsidered,photocopy of typewritten draft of article for Southeast Asian Perspectives. 1972,

box 33

Vietnam, A Corrective Essay,copy of published article. 1970

box 33

Vietnam, A Documented Analysis of The Backgrounds, Issues, and Alternatives,typewritten draft of unpublished book. 1968

 

Subject File 1966-1972

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Agicultural Cooperatives 1969

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Central Office For South Vietnam 1969

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Do, Tran, General 1966-67

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Joint United States Public Affairs Office, Saigon, Viet-Nam, Documents and Research Notes; Nos. 1-76 October 1967-April 1970

box 35

Joint United States Public Affairs Office, Saigon, Viet-Nam, Documents and Research Notes; Nos. 77-95 June, 1970-March, 1971

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Joint United States Public Affairs Office, Saigon, Viet-Nam, Documents and Research Notes; Nos. 96-98, 101, 103, 106 July, 1971-June, 1972

box 36

Long An Province Survey 1966

box 36

Pike, Douglas, Viet Cong Strategy of Terror, undated

box 36

Political Alignment of Vietnamese Nationalists, 1949

box 37

Viet-Cong Infrastructure, The 1970

 

Vietnamese Conflict 1961-1975

box 37

Bibliography

box 37

Diplomatic History

box 37

Military Operations

box 37

Who's Who In Vietnam, Vietnam Press 1967

box 38

Miscellaneous note cards prepared for research and publication.

 

Miscellany

box 39

Clippings

 

Photographs

General Physical Description note: (235 photos / 74 negatives (on 10 filmstrips) (17 envelopes, 1 album)
envelope A

10 photos pertaining to the Vietnamese Scouting Program. undated

envelope B

13 photos relating to higher education in Vietnam. undated

envelope C

10 photos pertaining to agriculture (Five Year Plan) in South Vietnam. undated

envelope D

14 photos of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Vietnam, depicting training activities, boats, etc. undated

envelope E

21 photos pertaining to public health in Vietnam, depicting training of nurses and health services at hospitals, at the recuperation center of the "Save the Children Fund," dispensaries, etc. undated

envelope F

34 very small prints (on 5 filmstrips) of a South Vietnamese village. (17 different photos). undated

envelope G

11 photos pertaining to South Vietnam Supreme Court elections. undated

envelope H

74 photos (27 in album), 40 negatives (on 5 filmstrips) depicting scenes in "Hue" after the Viet Cong "Tet" - offensive in 1968; also 1 tape cassette with interviews taken near the graveyard in "Hue" on a field trip in 1971.

envelope I

74 photos (27 in album), 40 negatives (on 5 filmstrips) depicting scenes in "Hue" after the Viet Cong "Tet" - offensive in 1968; also 1 tape cassette with interviews taken near the graveyard in "Hue" on a field trip in 1971.

envelope J

74 photos (27 in album), 40 negatives (on 5 filmstrips) depicting scenes in "Hue" after the Viet Cong "Tet" - offensive in 1968; also 1 tape cassette with interviews taken near the graveyard in "Hue" on a field trip in 1971.

envelope K

74 photos (27 in album), 40 negatives (on 5 filmstrips) depicting scenes in "Hue" after the Viet Cong "Tet" - offensive in 1968; also 1 tape cassette with interviews taken near the graveyard in "Hue" on a field trip in 1971.

envelope L

74 photos (27 in album), 40 negatives (on 5 filmstrips) depicting scenes in "Hue" after the Viet Cong "Tet" - offensive in 1968; also 1 tape cassette with interviews taken near the graveyard in "Hue" on a field trip in 1971.

envelope M

2 photos of Nguyen-Ngoc-Tho. undated

envelope N

1 photo depicting a Catholic procession in the liberated area of Ben Tre province (Nam Bo). undated

envelope O

1 photo of two youngsters of the communist Dong Nai Regiment (K-3) who defected to the government side. undated

envelope P

11 photos of refugees in South Vietnam. undated

envelope Q

1 photo of R.F. Turner with Vietnamese Children. undated

envelope R

6 photos of a farewell party at the joint U.S. Public Affairs Office, Saigon (JUSPAO), depicting Major Joseph J. Heinlein, Deputy Chief for operations, and others. undated

envelope S

4 miscellaneous unidentified photos. undated

envelope T

6 photos of civilian prisoners in North Vietnam and 1 flier published by the National Student Coordinating Committee for Freedom in Vietnam and Southeast Asia. undated

envelope U

47 photographs showing various scenes of the National Liberation Front training with automatic weapons, undergoing indoctrination, preparing booby-traps, and posing with personalities. Plus three unidentified photographs of life in South Vietnam. undated

 

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Sound recordings

cassette Cabinet

Interviews taken near the graveyard in 'Hue' on a field trip in 1971 12-14 April 1971

Physical Description: 1.0 sound_cassette

Access

Use copy reference number: 74040_a_0010360

Scope and Contents

Part 1: 12 April 1971 Part 2: 14 April 1971