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Article about American generals, governors, senators and mayors visiting Vietnam
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Article about American generals, governors, senators and mayors visiting Vietnam
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Draft transcripts were automatically generated via Google Document AI and are currently under review. Please report significant errors to Archives & Special Collections at archives@unl.edu.
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Atin Ennex UPI Special for Gandy by Beverly Deepe Saigon, Vietnam
Within the next month, oleven American generals,
October 29230 (UPIS)
eleven American governors,
twenty one Congressmen and the Mayor
of Los Angeles and his wife are scheduled to visit Viet Nam.
"We're going to have Congressmen coming out of our ears,"
feeble-voiced American lamented.
one
The unclassified listing was contained in an American Embassy
bulletin entitled "Distinguished Visitors Scheduled to Visit Viet Nam."
According to the bulletin, the American generals have been
INVESTGATE
dispatched to Vietnam to investiage such detailed subjects as
"study of the concept and procedures and air support" or
"observation of U. S. Army Medical service activities."
Ten of the eleven governors were invited by President Lyndon
Johnson to make the visit. The Major of Los Angeles and Mrs. Yorty
(first name unavailable here) are scheduled to make a five-day
"private visit,"
according to the bulletin. moredeepe.
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x x x to the bulletin x x x
Also scheduled to make "private trips" to Vietnam, according
to the official bulletin is Congressman Jim Martin (Ala.), member
of the House Public Works Committee (six days with a party of two)
and a three-man delegation of Republican Congressman for three days:
John Duncan of Tennessee, Tim Carter of Kentucky and William
Stanton of Ohio.
Three other Congressmen,
with a party of eight, have
scheduled a week-long visit to investigate "U. S. Small Business
Joint Ventures in Vietnam."
Congressman CCC Hosmer (R. Calif.)
is scheduled to visit "American forces."
Congressman George
Grider (D. Tenn.) ± of the House Judiciary Committee is scheduled
to visit for eleven days on "official committee business", according
to the bulletin.
One key visit is considered to be that of Senator John
Tower (R. Tex.) of the Senate Armed Services Committee,
who is sched uled to stay eight days.
Another key delegation
of twentytwo persons is headed by Congressman Clement Zablocki
(D. x Wisc.), a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee and
Chairman of the Subcommittee on the Far East and the Pacific. moredeepe
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x x x and the Pacific. x x x
During a previous visit, a Congressional delegation headed
by Zablocki arrived in Vietnam in August, 1963, during the
turbulent Buddhist crisis preceding the fall of President Ngo Dinh
Diem. One member of the delgation, an ex-Marine, fell into a
spike trap while visiting a strategic hamlet. The delegation
was briefed by the economic aid mission, but was not told the
one of the highest classified secrets: that the U. s. government
economic aid of the
had out netky for
furore the multimillion dollar commercial import
PROGRAM
paring in reli retaliation for Diem's
raiding the Buddhist pagodas. Before departing Vietnam,
Congressional delegation learned the secret however;
English-language newspaper closed closely associated with the
the
the
Diem regime splashed the story with banner headlines across the
font front-page.
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x x x across the frontpage. x x x
House
Earlier this month, a three-man delegation of the
Committee on Armed Services, headed by Congressman x L. M
LLL. MMM. Rivers (D. South Carolina) "worked round the clock," d
during their two-day stay, according to reliable sources. Upon
departing, the delegation left behind a staff officer, JJJ. TTT.
Kendall, toon to continue two more weeks of research. Upon
visiting the U. S. Army First Air Cavalry Divison in the northern
HEARD
provinces, Kendall reportedly discovered there was a shortage
of 2.75 mm. ammunition repeat 2.75 mm. ammunition for the American
troops.
"A shortage of ammunition imam for American troops
in a war zone is a catastrophe," according to one reliable source,
and Kendall reportedly asked for a re rundown on the supply of
ammunition and the logistical mechanisms for supplying war material
for the frontlines. The results a one-inch thick report from
all services--Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines--on the quantity of
The finding:
2.75 mm. ammunition and the programming of future needs.
there is enough 2.75 mm.
ammunition in Vietnam for American
forces, but there was a temporary shortage in the First Cavalry
area, according to reliable sources.
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x x x to reliable sources XIX
The recent visit of Senator Edward Kennedy (D. Mass.), brother
of the late President, created weird repercussions within Vietnamese
political circles. The Senator to be called on two
key Vietnamese generals i holding positions within the government,
which eh enhanced their prestige, according to Vietnamese intellectuals.
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key generals in the opposing factions,
whom the Senator
did not officially, meet, spread the rumor around town that they
had met Secretary of Defense gear Robert McNamara, who secretly
flew incognito to an airbase outside of Saigon.
Prestige
The rumor,
designed
to bolster the political prestige of Vietnamese generals who had
notrptnot mets Senator Kennedy, was published in the Vietnamese
language newspapers-without a blue-pencil mark from the government
censor. Enditdeepe.
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Date
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1965, Oct. 29
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Subject
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Soviet Union; United States--Relations--Russia; Radio broadcasting and war
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Location
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South Vietnam
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Coordinates
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10.8231; 106.6311
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Size
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20 x 26 cm
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Container
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B187, F6
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Format
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dispatches
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Collection Number
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MS 363
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Collection Title
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Beverly Deepe Keever, Journalism Papers
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Creator
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Keever, Beverly Deepe
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Collector
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Keever, Beverly Deepe
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Copyright Information
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These images are for educational use only. To inquire about usage or publication, please contact Archives & Special Collections.
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Publisher
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Archives & Special Collections, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries
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Language
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English
