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Asian Studies: Vietnam War
Intelligence Reports from the National
Security Council’s Vietnam Information
Group, 1967-1975
Source
Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
Period
1967-1975
Content
12,308 images
Product Number
254332
Product Code
GDSC-27
Thematerials on the South concern relations with the US, the political climate, and problems
plaguing the government. There is information on key political figures, themilitary, opposition
groups, communist organizations, religious sects, ethnic groups, and labor unions, as well
as censorship, corruption, and the peace negotiations. Materials on the North concern their
efforts aimed at gaining peace and unification. There is information about operations in the
south, Hanoi’s attempts to infiltrate the south politically, its relations with China and the
Soviet Union, the economy, foreign aid, the Paris peace talks, and subsequent violations of
the Paris agreements.
The Observer: News for the American
Soldier in Vietnam, 1962-1973
Source
Library of Congress
Period
1962-1973
Content
5,218 images
Product Number
16153437
Product Code
GDSC-161
The Observer was a weekly newspaper published by the Command Information Division of
the U.S. Military Assistance Command’s Office of Information. It was the official organ of the
Military Assistance Command, and it carried official news about and for American troops in
Vietnam. As such, it goes without saying that it was carefully edited to make certain it did not
print news articles favorable to the communist enemy. The Military Assistance Command
spread more than 80,000 weekly Observers among all points in Vietnam in which American
troops were domiciled.