List of individuals interviewed for WGBH's Vietnam: a Television History

Jack Hill, marine corps, re: combat, attitude toward Vietnamese, village of Thuy Bo.

Edward J. [E.J.] Banks, marine? colonel, 1966-67, re: combat, attitude toward Vietnamese, village of Thuy Bo.

Robert [Bob] Komer, in charge of pacification program in 1966, Westmoreland's assistant in charge of Civil Operations and Revolutionary Development Support (CORDS) in 1967, re: hamlet evacuation, pacification program, 1966-68.

Paul C. Warnke, Defense Department, re: justification for war, bombing, 1967-68.

William R. Corson, Cat marine, re: combat, U.S. Aid Mission, 1966.

Charles Sabatier, drafted 1966, re: combat, attitude toward war, treatment of disabled veterans.

C. Douglas Hostetter, community organizer/conscientious objector, re: Mennonites, etc., 1968-69.

John T. McAllister, Jr., Navy advisor in MeKong Delta, 1959-61.

Orrin DeForrest, in Bien Hoa 1968-75, interrogator, re: Viet Cong motivation, structure.

David Ross, medical backup, dentist?, re: Ben Suc.

Don Luce, teacher at College of Agriculture, re: students, NLF, 1966-67?

William D. Ehrhart, Marine sargeant, 1966-68.

Tran Ngoc Chau, director of pacification, provincial governor of Dinh Wahn.

Melvin Laird, U.S. Congressman from Wisconsin from 1953 to 1969, Secretary of Defense from 1969 to 1972, Domestic Advisor to the President from 1973 to 1974, re: Vietnamization, bombing Cambodia.

Douglas MacArthur II, ambassador?, re: French, Viet Minh, Eisenhower Administration, 1953-54.

Richard Holbrooke, State Department in Carter Administration, re: 1975-78.

Ray Price, re: 1968 Nixon campaign, Nixon Administration.

Robert [Bobby] O. Muller, re: veterans, MIA.

William Sloane Coffin, Army during WWII, CIA in Soviet Union 1950-53, Ordained Presbyterian minister in 1956, 1958-75 Chaplain at Yale University, Civil Rights Movement, Clergy and Laity Concerned about War in Vietnam.

Kenneth Moorefield, Battalion advisor in southern delta to Vietnamese Army, 1967-68, appointed special assistant to U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam in 1973, was political military reports officer in Consultate General in Nah Trang in 1974, re: evacuation of Saigon, etc.

Dean Rusk, Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs under Truman, 1961-69 was Secretary of State under JFK and LBJ, re: Cold War, Gulf of Tonkin, etc.

Richard Moose, Enhance and Enhance Plus Committee, injured in 1969.

Archimedes L.A. Patti, in OSS during WWII. Re: organizing Deer Team to work with Viet Minh in mountains of North Vietnam.

Phillip Geoffrey Malins, re: Annamites, Gracey, etc.

William Colby, 1959-62 First Secretary at American Embassy in Saigon, 1962-67 Chief of Far East Division of CIA, 1968-71 Director of CORDS, 1973-76 Director of CIA, re: Phoenix Program, Pacification Program, 1968-75.

Leslie H. Gelb, State Department, 1966, re: Westmoreland, LBJ.

Walt Whitman Rostow, 1961 Deputy Special Assist. to the President for National Security Affairs, 1961-66 Counselor and Chair of Policy Planning Council of State Dept., 1966-69 special assistant to LBJ, press secretary, 1965-67, re: 1965-73.

Myron Harrington, company commander of Delta Co., 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment at Hue during Tet Offensive.

Paul N. McCloskey, Senator from California, 1967-1980s, ran for Republican nomination for president in 1972 as opponent of Nixon's foreign policy, re: trip to Vietnam in 1975, attitudes.

James C. [Jim] Thomson, Jr., grew up in China, in JFK's State Department, White House NSC staff 1964-65.

Ton That Thien, worked for Diem, re: 1968 Tet in Hue, Diem in 1963.

Jack Valenti, in LBJ administration, re: LBJ in Nov. 1963, Gulf of Tonkin Resolution.

Harry McPherson, 1963-64 Deputy Under Secretary for International Affairs in Dept. of the Army, 1964-65 Assist. Secretary of State, Educational and Cultural Affairs, 1965-66 Special Assist. and Counsel to LBJ, 1966-69 Special Counsel to LBJ, re: LBJ and 1968 Tet, Clark Clifford, 1967-68.

William Westmoreland, 1960-64 Superintendent of West Point, 1964-68 Commander of U.S. Military Assistance Command in Vietnam (MACV), 1968-72 Chief of Staff of U.S. Army.

George E. Christian, speechwriter? for LBJ, re: LBJ and 1968 election.

William P. Bundy, re: 1964-65, 1968, 1972

Clark Clifford, 1946-50 Special Counsel to the President, 1960-61 Head of JFK's transition team, 1968-69 Secretary of Defense.

George W. Ball, 1942-44 Counsel in Lend Lease Administration and Foreign Economic Administration, 1961 Undersecretary of State for Economic Affairs, 1961-66 Undersecretary of State, re: JFK and LBJ, foreign policy.

Ray S. Cline, Deputy Director for Intelligence in 1964, re: CIA.

John F. Kerry, re: combat, attitude towards war, veterans and anti-war movement.

John Chancellor, journalist, ran The Voice of America in 1965, re: media coverage of 1964 presidential campaign, LBJ, media and Vietnam.

David Dellinger, re: philosophy, Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Eugene J. McCarthy, 1958-70 U.S. representative and senator from Minnesota, 1968 candidate for Democratic Presidential nomination, re: Chicago Democratic National Convention, presidential race, Gulf of Tonkin resolution, 1967

Samuel [Sam] W. Brown, National Volunteer Coordinator for McCarthy's presidential campaign in 1968, Coordinator of Vietnam Moratorium in 1969, 1974-77 Treasurer of Colorado, re: Chicago DNC, Civil Rights Movement, anti-war movement.

Dean Brown, re: evacuations of Americans from Vietnam under Nixon?

J. Lawton Collins, sent to Vietnam by Dulles and Eisenhower to help Vietnamese army, re: Diem, political scene.

Paul M. Kattenburg, spent five months of 1952 in U.S. Embassy in Saigon, 1954-63 worked in Research and Analysis Division of the State Department, re: McCarthyism, Diem, etc.

Roger Hilsman, 1961-63 was Director of State Dept. Far Eastern Bureau of Intelligence and Research, 1963-64 was Assist. Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs, lived in Vietnam in 1962, re: Khruschev, JFK's attitude, strategic hamlets, 1963.

John [Jack] E. Keegan, went to school with Diem at Mary Knoll.

Madame Nhu, President Diem's sister-in-law.

Ngo Dinh Luyen, brother of President Diem.

Frederick Dutton, in JFK's administration, re: Harriman, etc.

Indor Jag Mohan.

Alexis Johnson, re: peace conferences in 1954 including Korean Conference, Chinese, French.

Doidge Estcourt [D.E., (Ted)] Taunton, British military, re: Saigon in 1945, Annamites.

Phan Phung Tien, in South Vietnamese airforce, re: Vietnamization, Nixon, Geneva Agreement, fall of Banmethuot, Danang.

Tran Van Nhut, South Vietnamese regiment commander in Phuoc Trinh, re: Nixon, Ford, American combat tactics, Danang.

Tho Hang, South Vietnamese airforce officer? re: fleeing to Danang airport.

Greg Kane, re: veterans, Amerasian children,

Dith Pran, Cambodian who stayed in Phnom Penh when Khmer Rouge came, family fled.

Arthur Egendorf, veteran, re: effects of the war.

Edward C. Meyer, re: the Army after Vietnam, Central America.

Zbigniew Brzezinski, re: policy inherited in 1976 by Carter Administration.

John [Jack] Wheeler, III, re: effects of war on America and himself, Agent Orange.

Steven Solarz, re: Central America, results of Vietnam on policy

G.V. Sonny Montgomery, Chair of U.S. Congress Select Committee on Missing Persons, re: MIA, current foreign policy.

Kim Lan Bloom, re: differences between two waves of immigrants from Vietnam, before and after 1975.

Muoi Van Nguyen [Muoi Nguyen], re: refugee camp in Thailand, treatment in U.S.

Nguyen Minh, re: Saigon in 1975, leaving Vietnam in 1979, journey to Thailand.

Long Duong, soldier for government of South Vietnam, left for Malaysia in 1981, re: fall of Saigon, education camp.

Tinh Nguyen, re: New England Vietnamese Association, National Vietnamese Association.

David Hawk, re: human rights organizations' reports since 1975 about Khmer Rouge, etc.

Maureen C. Hatch, re: Agent Orange and epidemiology.

W. Averell Harriman, worked for FDR during WWII, special assistant to Truman, governor of New York in the late 1950s, president's chief negotiator at Paris peace talks in 1968.

Maxwell Taylor, military attache in China in 1930s, 1955-59 U.S. Army Chief of Staff, 1961-62 Personal military representative to JFK, 1962-64 Chair of Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1964-65 Ambassador to South Vietnam, re: 1950s-60s.

Henry Cabot Lodge, went to IndoChina as a reporter in the 1920s, mostly re: Diem.

William Le Gro, military intelligence collection, 1964, re: 1964-75.

Luciene Conein, CIA operative assigned to Vietnam in early 1962 as advisor to ministery of interior in Saigon, re: change in U.S. policy in late 1963, Ngo Dinh Nhu, Tran Van Don, coup against Diem.

Pham Duy, joined resistence in 1945, left Viet Minh in 1951, songwriter.

Sidney [Sid] N. Towle, went to Vietnam in 1971, in Phoenix program (a.k.a. Phung Hoang?), leader of district intelligence, re: Viet Cong, protesting work he had to do.

Na Champassak Sisouk [Sisoukna Champassak], in charge of national defense around 1970, re: Laos in the 1960s, 70s, operation Lam Son, American presence.

Bill Moyers, became special assistant to the president [LBJ] responsible for legislative and political affairs on Nov. 22, 1963, from July 1965 until Feb. 1967 was also press secretary

Jane L. G. Barton, 1971-73 was co-director of American Friends Service Committee Vietnam Program, in Quang Ngai, re: physical rehabilitation center for prisoners, torture, Phoenix Program.

Frank M. White, Jr., former foreign correspondent, liaison officer between U.S. and British, Major, re: General Gracey, Annamites, Japanese, Chinese, dinner with Ho Chi Minh.

Morton Halperin, Defense Department under McNamara, December 1968 began working for Kissinger in National Security Council forming policy options for the Nixon Administration.

John D. Negroponte, 1964-68 Second Secretary in Saigon, 1968-69 member of U.S. Delegation to Paris Peace Talks, 1970-73 member of NSC staff, re: Le Duc Tho, 1972.

Thomas H. Moorer, 1964-65 Commander in Chief of the Pacific Fleet, 1967-70 Chief of Naval Operations, 1970-74 Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, re: Gulf of Tonkin, Cambodian incursion.

Robert [Bob] J. Franco, lieutenant in command of a platoon, re: combat, checking minefields.

Michael [Mike] J. Connors, re: flying, bombing missions, 1971? Herbert Bluechel, American, re: Saigon upon Gracey's arrival, Peter Dewey's death in 1945.

Nhan Huu Nguyen, worked for Americans as interpreter, hairdresser, 1968-69, re: effect of U.S. money, etc.

Ralph C. Thomas III, administrative clerk, re: racism, Civil Rights Movement, drugs.

Edward Lansdale

Captain Cuong, joined Armed Forces of Republic of Vietnam in 1967, re: green berets, counter-intelligence in Quang-tri, story of Van Tien Dung.

Major Dang Van Son, in ARVN 1963-75, special forces, re: special unit fighting in Cambodia, police intelligence, combat, Phoenix program.

Lt. Ngo Minh Khoi, was 2nd Lt. of paratroop forces, entered army in 1964, re: 1968 Tet at Tan Son Nhut, combat, Thieu, Cambodia, 1975 Paris agreements.

Le Tran Nhan [Than Nhan], drafted into ARVN in 1965, interpreter, re: Khe Sanh, 1971 Thieu election, communists.

Scott Camil, re: Operation Stone, interrogation, attitude toward Vietnamese, combat, 1966-67.

Jonathan Frederic [Fred] Ladd, Colonel in Special Forces in Cambodia, 1970-72 Political-Military Counselor in U.S. Embassy in Phnom Penh, re: Haig, etc.

Wayne Smith, combat medic in Mekong Delta and later on search and destroy missions in Cambodia, re: 1969-70

Lloyd M. [Mike] Rives, 1969-70 Charge d'affaires at U.S. Embassy in Phnom Penh (ranking U.S. official in Cambodia).

Chang Song [Chhangsong], Cambodian journalist, in Lon Nol cabinet, re: Khmer Rouge, 1970-75.

Tong Teng, joined Khmer Rouge in 1970, re: Yuon, Khmer Ramdas, etc.

Chhit Do, re: Pol Pot, Khmer Rouge, Sihanouk, Lon Nol, 1977.

Unidentified, re: Khmer Rouge, Lon Nol.

Chief Sarenn?, warrior at Neak Luong, re: combat, Khmer Rouge, Lon Nol, Sosthene.

Dr. Ton That Tung, resident of Hue, surgeon in North Vietnam, Viet Minh, re: Bao Dai, bombings of Hanoi.

Dr. Le Van Tri, re: South during war, 1969.

Dr. Nguyen Luan, re: Dec. 1972 bombings, Bach Mai Hospital.

Bui Tin, re: 1975 liberation of Saigon.

Dr. Tran Duy Hung, medical student under French, Chair of People's Committee of Hanoi in 1945, re: 1965 and 1972 bombings of Hanoi, 1945 famine, 1946 independence day, etc.

Nguyen Chi Thanh, shoemaker in Lang Son, ran intelligence v. French in 1946, re: 1940s, 1968, 1979.

Hoang Anh Tuan, student under French in Hue, member of military delegation of Provisional Revolutionary Government of Republic of South Vietnam to the Joint Military Commission, re: 1954 Geneva Agreements, 1968.

Nguyen Van Nghi, soldier, went South in 1967 for 9 years.

Duong Van Khang, peasant under French and Japanese, Viet Minh. Husband of Do Thi Bay.

Do Thi Bay, gathered intelligence against French. Wife of Duong Van Khang.

Hoang Loc, re: Land Reform of 1955. Feb. 10, 1981: cooperative chairman.

Nham Cam, peasant against the French.

Hoang Thi Dan, husband went South in 1969, re: 1967 bombing. Sister of Hoang Thi Thu.

Hoang Thi Thu. Sister of Hoang Thi Dan.

Capt. Tran Van Ngo, Viet Minh, re: Dien Bien Phu.

Tran Thi Truyen, woman who traveled Ho Chi Minh Trail at the end of 1971, built field hospital.

Do Thi Bay, woman who was a courier for Viet Minh in 1946, also re: life as a child peasant.

Le Dinh Hy, miner, re: 1972 bombing.

Cao Xuan Nghia, miner, Viet Minh, Dien Bien Phu.

Nguyen Manh Ai, re: 1945 Chiang Kai Shek, Hai Phong, 1972.

Museum guide in army museum.

Phung Thi Tiem, re: Christmas bombings, 1972?

Nguyen Thi Tuyet, woman, re: Christmas bombing, 1972.

Nguyen Thi Duc, woman, re: December 1972 bombings.

Pham Van Thu, re: December 1972 bombings.

Nguyen Tat Dat, re: December 1972 bombings.

Woman in Street, re: December 1972 bombings.

Nguyen Thi Dinh, woman, NLF Deputy Supreme Commander, re: landlords, prisons, war vs. French, Ho Chi Minh.

Tuu Ky, Ho Chi Minh's secretary until Minh's death in 1969.

Madame Nguyen Thi Binh, Viet Minh, NLF Foreign Minister and Representative at the Paris talks.

Tran Do, re: Phoenix Program, Tet, COSVN.

Le Lam, painter, soldier from North Vietnam who went South to fight, re: Tet offensive, use of propaganda.

Hoang Quoc Viet, popular front in France, early member of Indochinese Communist Party Central Committee, Viet Minh, re: Ho Chi Minh, British troops after WWII.

Thu Van, went north in 1954, female film-maker, re: Thieu regime, etc.

Tran Ding Thong, People's Army of North Vietnam, went south in 1968.

Bui Tin, re: 1945 Chinese enter Hanoi, changes for Viet Minh after Chinese Revolution (1949), Dien Bien Phu, changing mission in South 1963-70, etc.

Van Tien Dung, escaped prison in 1941, worker in Hanoi, Major General in Vietminh Army, Army Chief of Staff at time of Dienbienphu, member of North Vietnamese delegation to 1st International Control Commission, 1972 appointed to North Vietnamese Politboro, planned 1975 Spring Offensive, re: military tactics, etc.

Phung The Tai, re: Gulf of Tonkin.

Pham Van Dong, led Vietminh delegation to Geneva Conference in 1954, Premier of North Vietnam in 1955, 1954-61 Minister for Foreign Affairs, re: August Revolution, Gulf of Tonkin, 1972-73 agreements.

Vu Quoc Uy, Chairman (Mayor) of Hai Phong in 1946.

Nguyen Huu Tho, French-educated Saigon lawyer impresioned by Diem in 1954, headed NLF in 1961, re: NLF and Diem.

Nguyen Co Thach, Vice Foreign Minister of Democratic Republic of Vietnam, re: life under French, prison in the late 1940s, 1961-62 Geneva Conference with Harriman, 1969 negotiations, 1972 and Kissinger.

Nguyen Si Que, re: 1930-31 revolutionary movement.

Nguyen Khac Ham, re: 1939-40 working-class movement.

Young boy, re: Americans spraying chemicals.

Another young boy, re: Americans spraying chemicals.

Ho Thanh Dam, re: July 1967 chemical bombing of Vinh Quang.

Ho Minh Sac, re: tunnel, 1965-68.

Ngo Thi Tan, gave birth in tunnel.

Dr. Pham Thi Xuan Que, NLF, woman, re: life in village of Ha Thanh, Hue during 1968 Tet

Nguyen Thi Hoa, NLF, woman, re: strategic hamlets, Hue, U.S. use of chemicals, 1967-68.

Nguyen Van ?, political commissioner in charge of Hue during Tet 1968.

Hoang Phu Ngoc Tuong, re: Hue uprising and massacre, U.S. propaganda, Diem.

Nguyen Thi Nguyet Anh, woman resident of Da-nang, NLF, re: 1963 and 1966 imprisonment and torture, 1975 attack on Quang-tri.

Vo Van Nhung, fisherman, re: arrival of Americans.

Nguyen Thi Thiep, woman rice farmer in village of Cam Ne, re: Aug. 1965 U.S. attack on village and relocation.

Ngo Thi Hien, woman, re: Aug. 1965 U.S. attack on village of Cam Ne.

Tran Nhat Bang, joined NLF in 1962, re: Geneva agreements, Diem, 1964 liberation of Hoa-tien village, 1965 fights against U.S. and Army of South Vietnam soldiers.

Nguyen Thi Te, woman, re: August 1965 U.S. attack on village, rape of her.

Nguyen Thi Cao, woman, re: August 1965 U.S. attack on village.

Le Cong Chinh, re: 1967 U.S. massacres in Thuy-bo hamlet and Dien Tho district as a whole.

Nguyen Bay, 10 years old at time of January 1967 U.S. massacre.

Thuong Thi Mai, woman, re: January 1967 U.S. massacre.

Le Thi Ton, woman, re: January 1967 U.S. massacre.

Nguyen Ky, re: January 1967 U.S. massacre.

Thruong Yem, re: January 1967 U.S. massacre.

Nguyen Huu, re: January 1967 U.S. massacre.

Y Bloc, 1961 NLF in charge of sixth zone, re: Diem's strategic hamlet program, ethnic minorities, FULRO movement.

Y True Nie, re: ethnic minorities, life in a strategic hamlet, 1962-65.

Ama Hoa, re: life 1954-63.

H. Bot Adrong, woman, re: NLF attack on Banmethuot, 1975.

Ngo Minh Kha, re: gathering intelligence for NLF, 1975 attack on Banmethout and liberation.

Duong Long Sang, southerner regrouped to north after Geneva accords, re: 1966, fighting in Cu Chi area? in South, infiltration of Saigon and other enemy bases.

Dang Xuan Teo, reconaissance company of Saigon Gia-dinh Military Command, re: 1966 U.S. Cedar Falls search-and-destroy operation on Cu Chi, 1967 Tet attack on radio station, etc.

Le Thi Ma, NLF, woman, re: life in Cu Chi as a girl under Diem regime, 1966 U.S. Cedar Falls search-and-destroy operations.

Le Van Ba, resident of Ben Suc, re: 1966 U.S. Cedar Falls operation, relocation.

Tran Thi Giai, woman, re: U.S. soldiers in village.

Nguyen Thi Trong, woman, re: U.S. troops' 1966 arrival by helicopter, relocation until 1975.

Tran Thi Tuyet, female resident of An-hiep who joined NLF, re: Diem's agrovilles (dismantled in 1960), policeman named Duong, uprising.

Nguyen Thi Chiem, woman, re: outrage against village headman Chac, Diem, and Americans, solidarity with women.

Nguyen Thi Sinh, woman, re: 1960 women's protest, Diem, agroville.

Le Minh Dao, fought under Sister Nguyen Thi Dinh, Brigadier General of ARVN, Commander of 18th Division, led troops at Xuan Loc, re: Ben-tre province, resistance against French, 1954 Geneva Agreement, Diem, 1960 uprisings

Pham Thanh Gion, native of Ben-tre province, ARVN soldier under Diem, then fought with liberation forces.

Nguyen Cong Danh, re: Jan. 1963 Ap-bac battle against U.S., U.S. military tactics.

Nguyen Thi Ngo, fought against U.S. in battle of Ap-bac, re: Diem's policies

Dao Vien Trung, re: battle of Ap-bac against U.S. paratroopers.

Phuong Nam, member of Provisional Revolutionary Government of South Vietnam delegation at Camp David in South Vietnam, Jan. 1973, re: negotiations with Theiu and U.S.

Tran Thi My, woman professor in Saigon who organized anti-Diem movement, fled to Cu Chi worked as an NLF peasant, re: 1954-66, Cedar Falls Operation.

Lam Son Nao, NLF docker, re: gathering intelligence, USS Card.

Nguyen Thanh Xuan, led December attack on Brinks Hotel.

Tran Van Lai, interior-decorator/NLF agent, re: Diem and Thieu regime.

Nguyen Cong Thanh, soldier from Pleiku, re: 1975 liberation of Banmethuot

Most Venerable Thich Tri Thu, re: Ngo Vinh Diem's order not to celebrate the anniversary of Buddha's birthday.

Nguyen Van Binh, re: Diem's private life.

Thich Minh Chau, re: Buddhism's introduction into Vietnam, effect of American presence in Vietnam.

Huynh Van Thieng, student leader in 1945-46, re: take-over from Japanese, Gracey, French.

Madame Ngo Ba Thanh, as president of the International Women Association was invited to British ambassador's house and, after a frank conversation with General Westmoreland, imprisoned in Bien Hoa.

Tran Ngoc Lieng re: Thieu and the Paris Agreement, peace movement.

Nguyen Huu Hanh, "ARVN Commander during the last days," re: Duong Van Minh, Nguyen Van Diep, etc. in 1975.

Thich Tu Hanh, buddhist, re: Venerable Quang Duc, Diem.

Duong Thi My Trung, Saigon sales clerk, re: experience as a prostitute.

Nguyen Thi Mai, Saigon housewife, re: women, prostitution.

General Giap, Commander-in-chief of Vietminh Army in 1946, later Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister, re: military strategies of the North, 1950s-1975.