Oral history transcript, Frank G. Wisner, interview 1 (I), 3/21/1985, by Ted Gittinger

Title:

Oral history transcript, Frank G. Wisner, interview 1 (I), 3/21/1985, by Ted Gittinger

Number of Pages:

13

Description:

Wisner's career in the Foreign Service in the early 1960s; Wisner's duties in Vietnam upon his arrival in 1965; Agency for International Development [AID] work in Dinh Tuong province; organization of pacification efforts; Wisner's responsibilities as an AID development officer; Wisner's work as staff assistant to Deputy Ambassador William Porter; pacification coordination between U.S. and Vietnamese counterparts as well as development of the pacification program; General Edward Lansdale's efforts in Vietnam in 1965; problems assessing the pacification programs.

Contributor:

Wisner, Frank

Collection:

LBJ Library Oral Histories

Collection Description:

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Series:

Transcripts of LBJ Library Oral Histories

See Also:

See all online interviews with Frank G. Wisner

Relation:

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Rights:

Possibly copyright restricted: see deed at end of transcript for details