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Administration, PAD, Staff Members, Correspondence, Etc., E.H. Adkins, 120 1960-1965
Document Item Number: 6-20-1451-116-UA2-9-5-5_004080
E. H. Adkins and Arthur Brandstatter of the Michigan State University Vietnam Advisory Group's Police Administration Division correspond concerning Adkins' recent paper on, "Malaya Controls its Criminal Societies," which is included.
Author(s): Adkins, E. H.
Item Creation Date: 05 January 1 1962
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 19 Aug 2014 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Administration, PAD, Staff Members, Activity Report, Etc., Gilbert Shelby, July 1956
Document Item Number: 6-20-1480-116-UA2-9-5-5_004125
A monthly activity report is submitted by the MSUG Police Administration Division for July, 1956. The report gives a summary of the major progresses in the division, and then has individual reports for the sections of training, the Civil Guard, the Municipal Police, the Identification and Crime unit, the fingerprint section, the National Police Academy, and the Vietnamese Bureau of Investigation.
Author(s): unknown
Item Creation Date: August 8 1956
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 24 Aug 2014 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Administration, PAD, Staff Members, Correspondence, Etc., Misc., January to early February 1959
Document Item Number: 6-20-14AE-116-UA2-9-5-5_004171
The Coordinator, Stanley Sheinbaum, and the Chief Advisor, Ralph Smuckler, for the Michigan State University Vietnam Advisory Group correspond from January to early February, 1959. They discuss visiting personnel and officials, personnel recruitment, the transferal of Civil Guard administration from MSU to USOM, MSU's future role in the police program, and general administration.
Author(s): Sheinbaum, Stanley K.
Item Creation Date: 05 January 1 1959
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 26 Aug 2014 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Administration, PAD, Monthly Report to Chief Advisor, March to April 1957
Document Item Number: 6-20-14C8-116-UA2-9-5-5_004197
Deputy Advisor for the Michigan State University Vietnam Advisory Group's Police Administration Division Howard Hoyt submits monthly reports to the Chief Advisor for March and April, 1957. The reports discuss Civil Guard administration and training, general training courses and progress of units, equipment and construction needs, administration at the Vietnamese Bureau of Investigation and the Municipal police, traffic reforms, field trips and inspections, ongoing studies and reviews, visiting personnel and officials, personnel placements, progress in the Identification Bureau and the fingerprint division, and general administration.
Author(s): Hoyt, Howard W.
Item Creation Date: 01 April 4 1957
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 28 Aug 2014 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Administration, Report on the Proposed Organization of Law Enforcing Agencies in Vietnam, English and French Versions, 146 April 1956
Document Item Number: 6-20-1517-116-UA2-9-5-5_004275
Personnel with the Michigan State University Vietnam Advisory Group's Police Administration Division write a report at the request of President Ngo Dinh Diem on the organization of the law enforcing agencies of Vietnam. The report discusses existing problems, the council of national security affairs, the Assistant Secretary of Interior for Police and Security, and organization of the VBI, the Civil Guard, and the Municipal Police.
Author(s): unknown
Item Creation Date: April 4 1956
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 10 Sep 2014 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Administration, Administrative Services Division, 150 1956-1959
Document Item Number: 6-20-1522-116-UA2-9-5-5_004286
A lengthy memorandum is written up on the resources and programs of the Public Administration Division of the Michigan State University Vietnam Advisory Group.
Author(s): unknown
Item Creation Date: November 11 1958
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 15 Sep 2014 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Administration, PAD Publications and Selected Reports, Administration of Justice: An Educational Program, Draft 153 August 1961
Document Item Number: 6-20-1524-116-UA2-9-5-5_004288
E. H. Adkins for the MSUG Police Administration Division writes a report about administration of justice in Vietnam, particularly the need for an educational program to instruct regional Province Chiefs on administrative measures in regards to law enforcement. Adkins discusses the role of U.S. aid and compares the situation in Vietnam to other countries in Southeast Asia.
Author(s): Adkins, E. H.
Item Creation Date: 25 August 8 1961
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 15 Sep 2014 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Administration, General, Misc. Material, 157 1956-1959 and n.d
Document Item Number: 6-20-1539-116-UA2-9-5-5_004309
A report is written with the intent of supplying an updated progress report on the civil police program of the Michigan State University Vietnam Advisory Group's Police Administration Division. The scope is described as covering, "...in general the law enforcement problems currently facing Free Viet-Nam as they apply to the city police forces, in terms of personnel, training organization, and equipment requirements."
Author(s): Handville, Melvin
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 29 Sep 2014 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Administration, General, Field Trip Reports, Hue, 157.1 April 15, 1960
Document Item Number: 6-20-1584-116-UA2-9-5-5_004384
A report is written following a field trip with USOM and MSUG to Ban Me Thuot. The report is prefaced by an unknown author's comments on the field trip and the trip's generally unsatisfactory nature due to travel arrangements and poor interpersonal skills when conducting interviews with local officials. The report contains the findings of these interviews of local security forces.
Author(s): Huynh Van Long
Item Creation Date: 21 January 1 1960
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 08 Oct 2014 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Embassy of Vietnam: Press and Information Service, Volume 1 No. 3, 25 March 1955
Document Item Number: 6-20-15C-116-UA17-95_000387
This document contains the Embassy of Vietnam's Information Service Publication, Volume 1 No. 3. It addresses agrarian reform and other domestic programs, Buddhism, the refugee question, military affairs, foreign affairs, and anti-Viet Minh propaganda.
Author(s): Embassy of Vietnam
Item Creation Date: 25 March 3 1955
Collection: Wesley R. Fishel Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 12 May 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
List of Factual Errors in the Ramparts Article
Document Item Number: 6-20-15E7-116-UA17-149_000067
A list is made of factual errors in Ramparts magazine's recent article, "The University on the Make: How MSU helped arm Madame Nhu." The article was a 12-page illustrated release which, "...attacks the University's 7-year involvement in a technical assistance program in Viet Nam, from 1955-62."
Author(s): Smuckler, Ralph
Item Creation Date: 22 April 1966
Collection: Ralph F. Turner Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 02 Nov 2014 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Miscellaneous Publications and Newsclippings, 1967
Document Item Number: 6-20-15F3-116-UA17-149_000079
Two articles are saved, one from the Christian Science Monitor by the title, "Stalemate in Vietnam?," and one from the American Friends of Vietnam called, "Under Fire."
Author(s): Drummond, Roscoe
Item Creation Date: 1967
Collection: Ralph F. Turner Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 03 Nov 2014 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
MSUG Police Administration Division Monthly Reports, May - July, 1960
Document Item Number: 6-20-1618-116-UA17-149_000111
Monthly reports are submitted for May, June, and July, 1960 for the MSUG Police Administration Division. The reports contain updates on training, the Vietnamese Bureau of Investigation, the Municipal Police, the communications department, the training program, and civil police training and commodities.
Author(s): unknown
Item Creation Date: May 5 1960
Collection: Ralph F. Turner Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 12 Nov 2014 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
MSUG Police Program, Agreement Between the Vietnam of the Republic of Vietnam and MSU -- May 27, 1959
Document Item Number: 6-20-1619-116-UA17-149_000112
An agreement is drawn up between the government of the Republic of Vietnam and Michigan State University relating to their objectives and the obligations of both parties while MSU is in Vietnam.
Author(s): unknown
Item Creation Date: 27 May 5 1959
Collection: Ralph F. Turner Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 12 Nov 2014 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
MSUG Police Program, Lecture on General Police Problems, June, 1957
Document Item Number: 6-20-162E-116-UA17-149_000133
Charles Sloane of the MSUG Police Administration Division gives a lecture at the Civil Guard High Officers School on general police problems.
Author(s): Sloane, Charles F.
Item Creation Date: June 6 1957
Collection: Ralph F. Turner Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 17 Nov 2014 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
MSUG Police Program, International Cooperation Administration: Participant Report, Doang Manh Cuong, 1959
Document Item Number: 6-20-1658-116-UA17-149_000175
Student Doan Manh Cuong of the National Institute of Administration’s Participant Training Program sends a series of reports to the International Cooperation Administration covering their itinerary and visits while studying in the U.S.
Author(s): Doang Manh Cuong
Item Creation Date: 02 March 3 1959
Collection: Ralph F. Turner Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 30 Nov 2014 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
MSUG Police Program, Report on the Proposed Organization of the Law Enforcing Agencies of the Republic of Vietnam -- April 1956
Document Item Number: 6-20-1674-116-UA17-149_000202
Staff with the MSUG Police Administration Division write a report on the organization of the law enforcing agencies of Vietnam. The report covers a summary or recommendations, problems existing in the present system, the Council of National Security affairs, the Assistant Secretary of Interior for Police and Security, and the divisions of the Vietnamese Bureau of Investigation, the Civil Guard, and the Municipal Police.
Author(s): unknown
Item Creation Date: April 4 1956
Collection: Ralph F. Turner Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 02 Dec 2014 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Cochin-China: Cambodian Territory, A Permanent Mission of Cambodia to The United Nations, circa 1956
Document Item Number: 6-20-17D-116-UA17-95_000412
This document by the Permanent Mission of Cambodia to The United Nations advances Cambodia's historical and legal claims to certain territories within the boundaries of the Republic of Vietnam.
Author(s): Permanent Mission of Cambodia to The United Nations
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Wesley R. Fishel Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 13 May 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Report from Edward W. Weidner to the United States Operations Mission, Michigan State University, November 8, 1955
Document Item Number: 6-20-1890-116-UA2-1-12_000023
A report from Edward W. Weidner, Chief Advisor to the Vietnam Project, to MSU President John A. Hannah and the United States Operations Mission at Michigan State University. Weidner reports on major developments that have occurred in Saigon with the Vietnam Project since October 1st of 1955.
Author(s): Weidner, Edward W.
Item Creation Date: 08 November 1955
Collection: John A. Hannah Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 21 Jan 2015 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Documents for the extension of the MSUG Police Program, 1956 - 1962
Document Item Number: 6-20-18C3-116-UA17-234_000024
A series of documents are collected that give a brief history of the extension of the Michigan State University Vietnam Advisory Group's Police Administration Division. The documents begin in 1956 and go to 1962, and they discuss expansion of personnel and the extension of the MSUG contract with the government of Vietnam.
Author(s): Fox, Guy H.
Item Creation Date: January 1 1956
Collection: Ralph H. Smuckler Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 29 Jan 2015 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Scripps-Howard Newspaper Articles Regarding American Aid to Vietnam, July 1959
Document Item Number: 6-20-18F1-116-UA2-1-12_000092
A series of newspaper articles written by Albert M. Colegrove, journalist for Scripps-Howard Newspapers. Between July 20-25, 1959, Colegrove wrote scathing articles about the mismanagement of American monetary aid to Vietnam. Michigan State University Group (MSUG) Coordinator Stanley Sheinbaum attached copies of the articles to a letter to MSU president Hannah, indicating that they had been creating "considerable stir in the last few days".
Author(s): Colegrove, Albert M.
Item Creation Date: July 1959
Collection: John A. Hannah Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 05 Feb 2015 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Report on the MSU-Vietnam Project from Ralph H. Smuckler, April, 1966
Document Item Number: 6-20-195D-116-UA2-1-12_000200
Ralph Smuckler, former Michigan State University Group (MSUG) Chief Advisor, writes about the Vietnam Project, and the effect it had on university cooperative efforts abroad. Smuckler gives a history of the project, from its inception in the mid-1950's through to present day, reflecting on areas where the project proved useful, and areas where the project might have been improved.
Author(s): Smuckler, Ralph H.
Item Creation Date: April 1966
Collection: John A. Hannah Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 01 Mar 2015 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
The Aid Program in Vietnam, December 1965
Document Item Number: 6-20-19C7-116-UA17-95_001508
A report on aid provided to Vietnam in fiscal years 1963, 1964, and 1965 by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). Objectives for the aid program include providing rural areas with governmental services and short-term development; assisting in the maintenance of economic stability, political development, and social reform; and helping build college and credit systems. The report includes a hierarchy of USAID staff, and figures on various aspects of aid provided.
Author(s): Office of Vietnam Affairs, Agency for International Development
Item Creation Date: December 12 1965
Collection: Wesley R. Fishel Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 25 Mar 2015 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Viet-Nam Information Notes, Number 4: "Free World Assistance for South Viet-Nam", April 1967 (U.S. Department of State) - Newsletter
Document Item Number: 6-20-19C9-116-UA17-95_001510
Department of State Publication 8213.
East Asia and Pacific Series 159.
Author(s): Office of Media Services, Bureau of Public Affairs, Department of State
Item Creation Date: April 4 1967
Collection: Wesley R. Fishel Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 26 Mar 2015 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Economic Assistance to Vietnam Fact Sheet, May 1966
Document Item Number: 6-20-19D7-116-UA17-95_001524
An informational publication distributed by the Agency for International Development (AID). This fact sheet provides financial figures on aid provided to Vietnam by the U.S. since Fiscal Year 1954, and discusses counterinsurgency programs such as education, agriculture, health and public safety, refugee relief, and transportation. A map of South Vietnam with a list of provinces is included.
Author(s): Agency for International Development Information Staff
Item Creation Date: May 5 1966
Collection: Wesley R. Fishel Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 29 Mar 2015 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
The Foreign Aid Program in Vietnam, October 1966
Document Item Number: 6-20-19DE-116-UA17-95_001531
A fact sheet created by the Agency for International Development (AID) in October 1966, providing justifications for providing assistance to Vietnam. The report discusses the objective of the U.S. to help the Vietnamese in their struggle to combat Communism, by providing aid in economic, political, social, and technical areas. An attachment providing figures for aid in fiscal years 1965 and 1966 is included.
Author(s): Agency for International Development
Item Creation Date: October 10 1966
Collection: Wesley R. Fishel Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 01 Apr 2015 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Agricultural Production Memo No. 3: New Land Reform Programs, March 28, 1969
Document Item Number: 6-20-1A03-116-UA17-95_001568
The third in a series of agricultural production memos addressing land reform. This paper is presented in question and answer format, describing South Vietnam's land reform programs from Agricultural Production Memo No. 2 in greater detail.
Author(s): Fallon, Leland E. Huffman, Gerald H.
Item Creation Date: 28 March 3 1969
Collection: Wesley R. Fishel Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 15 Apr 2015 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
President Ngo Dinh Diem's Political Philosophy, 1956
Document Item Number: 6-20-1B7-116-UA17-95_000465
This document contains a pamphlet that outlines the political philosophies of President Ngo Dinh Diem.
Author(s): The Review Horizons
Item Creation Date: 0 1956
Collection: Wesley R. Fishel Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 23 May 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
The Cai Rang Rice Mill Cooperative, The NIA Case Development Seminar, Circa 1958
Document Item Number: 6-20-1C2-116-UA17-95_000475
The National Institute of Administration Case Development Seminar created a case study in regards to the Cai Rice Mill Cooperative. It is located in the HẬu Giang Province, now known as the Cần Thá province.
Author(s): National Institute of Administration (NIA) Case Development Seminar
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Wesley R. Fishel Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 27 May 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Problems of Reform of Administrative Procedures, Arthur J. Naftalin, 13 January 1958
Document Item Number: 6-20-1E5-116-UA17-95_001011
A consultant to the Michigan State University Vietnam Advisory Group, Arthur J. Naftalin wrote what appears to be an address titled, "Problems of Reform of Administrative Procedures." This address is in regards to the need for sound procedures within an administrative realm.
Author(s): Naftalin, Arthur J.
Item Creation Date: 13 January 1 1958
Collection: Wesley R. Fishel Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 30 May 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Vietnamese National Day Message of Madame Ngo Dinh Nhu, 26 October 1964
Document Item Number: 6-20-20C-116-UA17-95_001475
October 26, 1964 marked the eighth anniversary of the National Day of Vietnam. On this occasion Madame Ngo Dinh Nhu addressed the people of Vietnam. This document provides the transcript of this address.
Author(s): Madame Ngo Dinh Nhu
Item Creation Date: 26 October 10 1964
Collection: Wesley R. Fishel Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 03 Jun 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Press Conference with Madame Ngo Dinh Nhu on the Law of the Family, 27 June 1958
Document Item Number: 6-20-213-116-UA17-95_001047
On the night of June 27, 1958 Madame Ngo Dinh Nhu held a press conference to answer questions from the press, journalists, and reporters on the subject of the Law of the Family.
Author(s): Madame Ngo Dinh Nhu
Item Creation Date: 27 June 6 1958
Collection: Wesley R. Fishel Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 03 Jun 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Report of Survey at Binh Tuy Province of South Vietnam, June 17-24, 1967
Document Item Number: 6-20-298-116-UA17-95_001161
A report of survey at the Dac Dao hamlet, Vo Dac village of the Hoai Due district of the Binh Tuy province of South Vietnam. The report includes statistics relevant to the region.
Author(s): Rural Technical Team
Item Creation Date: June 6 1967
Collection: Wesley R. Fishel Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 24 Jun 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Some Aspects of Income Taxation in Vietnam, Milton C. Taylor, circa 1959
Document Item Number: 6-20-36C-116-UA2-9-5-5_000156
An article by Milton C. Taylor titled "Some Aspects of Income Taxation in Vietnam" that discusses the Vietnam priority treatment of the productive tax system.
Author(s): Taylor, Milton C.
Item Creation Date: 0 1959
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 16 Jul 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
A Message from President Ngo Dinh Diem to the National Assembly, 15 October, 1956
Document Item Number: 6-20-3A1-116-UA2-9-5-5_000209
A message from President Ngo Dinh Diem to the National Assembly of Vietnam in regards to the constitution.
Author(s): Ngo Dinh Diem
Item Creation Date: 15 October 10 1956
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 22 Jul 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Memorandum from Walter W. Mode to Guy Fox, 31 October 1956
Document Item Number: 6-20-3AC-116-UA2-9-5-5_000220
Walter W. Mode wrote to Guy Fox in regards to the reorganization of the Vietnamese Government.
Author(s): Mode, Walter W.
Item Creation Date: 31 October 10 1956
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 24 Jul 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
The Executive and the Personnel System, David L. Wood, 25 June 1956
Document Item Number: 6-20-3F8-116-UA2-9-5-5_000296
A lecture on the executive and the personnel system from David L. Wood that was given as part of a lecture series for government executives of Vietnam.
Author(s): Wood, David L.
Item Creation Date: 25 June 6 1956
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 01 Aug 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Responsibility and Accountability in the Public Service, Ralph Smuckler, 29 June 1956
Document Item Number: 6-20-3F9-116-UA2-9-5-5_000297
A lecture on the responsibility and accountability in the public service from Ralph Smuckler that was given as part of a lecture series for government executives of Vietnam.
Author(s): Smuckler, Ralph
Item Creation Date: 29 June 6 1956
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 01 Aug 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Prepared for Briefing on Work of Michigan State University Group Field Administration Division.
Document Item Number: 6-20-40B-116-UA17-95_000552
Notes from a tape recording outlining the work that the Field Administration Division had done, and was intended to be heard by new employees as to give an idea of what to expect during their time spent abroad.
Author(s): Fishel, Wesley
Item Creation Date: July 7 1955
Collection: Wesley R. Fishel Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 04 Aug 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Selected Economic Statistics, United States Operations Mission, Vol 1. No. 10, February 1956
Document Item Number: 6-20-42D-116-UA2-9-5-5_000323
A report of selected economic statistics from several years prior to 1956 authored by the United States Operations Mission.
Item Creation Date: February 2 1956
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 05 Aug 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
National Education, Department of: Fundamental Education Center (Ta Nan), 1956
Document Item Number: 6-20-463-116-UA2-9-5-5_000353
The working paper of the Fundamental Education Centre outlines the necessity of education is assessing rural needs. The paper asserts that Fundamental Education aids in solving problems of health, agriculture, and living conditions. The aim is to help communities from within.
Author(s): unknown
Item Creation Date: 0 1956
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 19 Aug 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
National Institute of Administration (NIA), Decrees and Aretes Pertaining to 1955-1957
Document Item Number: 6-20-69D-116-UA2-9-5-5_000680
Ngo Dinh Diem releases a report "Enabling Arrete of the NIA," which details the objectives of the NIA and its organization by division. It also outlines admission requirements, executive committees, curricula, and research goals.
Author(s): Ngo Dinh Diem
Item Creation Date: 09 August 8 1955
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 26 Sep 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
National Institute of Administration (NIA), Decrees and Aretes Pertaining to 1955-1957
Document Item Number: 6-20-6A4-116-UA2-9-5-5_000687
A decree from President Ngo Dinh Diem states that the National Institute of Administration is to replace the National School of Administration. The report states the administrative and organizational objectives of the new Institute.
Author(s): Ngo Dinh Diem
Item Creation Date: 30 August 8 1957
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 26 Sep 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
National Institute of Administration (NIA), Instruction, Curriculum, Basic (Proposed), n.d.
Document Item Number: 6-20-73E-116-UA2-9-5-5_000840
The National Institute of Administration gives a detailed account of the proposed curriculum. Classes are listed by subject with hours and later described in further detail.
Author(s): unknown
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 06 Oct 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
National Institute of Administration (NIA), Instruction, Faculty, Biographical Data (Vietnamese Instructors), n.d
Document Item Number: 6-20-780-116-UA2-9-5-5_000905
An unidentified author publishes a series of handwritten biographies of faculty members at the National Institute of Administration, including information on previous and current positions.
Author(s): unknown
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 08 Oct 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
National Institute of Administration (NIA), Planning, Work Plans, Inservice Training, March 11, 1957
Document Item Number: 6-20-833-116-UA2-9-5-5_001084
Frederic Wickert publishes a report on the work plan and statement of philosophy for in-service training at the National Institute of Administration, with topics such as the background and definition of in-service training, in-service training at the NIA to date, attempts to solve problems with training, MSU's past and future role in training, and their time schedule.
Author(s): Wickert, Frederic
Item Creation Date: 11 March 3 1957
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 16 Oct 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
National Institute of Administration (NIA), Regulations, Vietnamese Government, Pertaining to the NIA, 1955-1960
Document Item Number: 6-20-854-116-UA2-9-5-5_001117
The Prime Minister of the Republic of Vietnam announces the establishment of the National Institute of Administration in Saigon to replace the National School of Administration of Dalat. The rest of the document establishes objectives of the institute, faculty organization, curriculum, and student affairs.
Author(s): Ngo Dinh Diem
Item Creation Date: 09 August 8 1955
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 21 Oct 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Participant Training Program, Correspondence, February 1955-June 1962
Document Item Number: 6-20-94E-116-UA2-9-5-5_001364
David Cole writes to Elsie Cunningham and A. Brownstein with a memo of plans and procedures for the participant program.
Author(s): Cole, David
Item Creation Date: 21 October 10 1957
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 03 Nov 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Review of Recommendations Concerning Proposed Field Organization of the Commissariat for Refugees of September 20, 1955
Document Item Number: 6-20-AB2-116-1490135001
June 1956 recommendations concerning the Proposed Field Organization of the Commissariat for Refugees (COMIGAL), concerned primarily with issues of administration.
Item Creation Date: 29 June 6 1956
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 31 Oct 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Report on the Proposed Organization of the Law Enforcement Agencies of the Republic of Vietnam
Document Item Number: 6-20-ABD-116-1490141001
April 1956 report concerning the organization of the various law enforcement agencies of the Republic of Vietnam. Covers issues of administration, organization, personnel, supplies and the like for the Civil Guard, Vietnamese Bureau of Investigation, Municipal Police, and other agencies.A;A;
Item Creation Date: April 4 1956
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 31 Oct 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Statement by Duong Van Minh on November 1, 1970 on the Commemoration of November 1, 1963 Revolution
Document Item Number: 6-20-B4-116-UA17-95_000193
On November 1, 1963 General Duong Van Minh led a coup against President Ngo Dinh Diem of South Vietnam. This document is a statement by Duong Van Minh on the seventh anniversary of the coup. An English translation is followed by the original Vietnamese version.
Author(s): Duong Van Minh
Item Creation Date: 01 November 11 1970
Collection: Wesley R. Fishel Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 21 Feb 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Participant Training Program, Participants, Vietnamese non-Ph.D. (Arranged alphabetically by time period): 1958-1959, Hoang Quoc Cung
Document Item Number: 6-20-B5E-116-UA2-9-5-5_001805
Report by Hoang Quoc Cung about his visit to the National Office Management Association in Willow Grove, Pennsylvania from August 10-13, 1959. He reports on the main purposes of the Association and chapter affairs, and then goes on to report on his visits to the Atlantic Refining Company, the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, and the Electric Storage Battery Company. A handwritten draft of the report is included.
Author(s): Hoang Quoc Cung
Item Creation Date: 17 November 11 1959
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 02 Dec 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Correspondence between Lloyd Musolf, Guy Fox, Ralph Smuckler, Ruben Austin, Vu Quoc Thong, and Truong Buu Khanh, August-December, 1960
Document Item Number: 6-20-BA1-116-UA2-9-5-5_001872
Correspondence between Lloyd Musolf, Guy Fox, Ralph Smuckler, Ruben Austin, Vu Quoc Thong, and Truong Buu Khanh over the developing problem of Vietnam Project training participant Luong Nhi Ky's employment at the National Institute of Administration. Rector of the NIA Vu Quoc Thong requests to know if Ky will uphold previous discussions and work at the NIA after the completion of his PhD in the U.S.
Author(s): Musolf, Lloyd D.
Item Creation Date: 20 August 8 1960
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 04 Dec 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Participant Training Program, Participants, Vietnamese non-Ph.D. (Arranged alphabetically by time period): 1958-1959, Pham Quang Pham
Document Item Number: 6-20-C0F-116-UA2-9-5-5_001982
Report by Vietnam Project training participant Pham Quang Pham following a training session with the Credit Department of the Fist National City Bank of New York from July 6th to August 7th, 1959.
Author(s): Pham Quang Pham
Item Creation Date: 27 August 8 1959
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 12 Dec 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Participant Training Program, Participants, Vietnamese non-Ph.D. (Arranged alphabetically by time period): 1958-1959, Pham Quang Pham
Document Item Number: 6-20-C1A-116-UA2-9-5-5_001993
Draft of report by Vietnam Project training participant Pham Quang Pham following a training session with the Credit Department of the Fist National City Bank of New York from July 6th to August 7th, 1959.
Author(s): Pham Quang Pham
Item Creation Date: 06 July 7 1959
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 12 Dec 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Correspondence between Elsie Cunningham and Nguyen Van Thoi, August 1959 to March 1960
Document Item Number: 6-20-D2D-116-UA2-9-5-5_002267
Administrative Assistant Elsie Cunningham of the Participant Training Program corresponds with participant Nguyen Van Thoi from August of 1959 to March 18, 1960. They discuss Thoi's arrival and accommodations in New York City, per diem check payments, forwarded mail, travel reimbursements, Thoi's impressions of his training experiences, Cunningham's updates on East Lansing and other participants, and Thoi's on-goings since his return to Saigon.
Author(s): Nguyen Van Thoi
Item Creation Date: 08 August 8 1959
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 12 Jan 2014 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Correspondence between Elsie Cunningham and Tan Thi Ti, June-July, 1957
Document Item Number: 6-20-D3B-116-UA2-9-5-5_002281
Assistant Administrator for the Participant Training Program Elsie Cunningham corresponds with Tan Thi Ti from June 2 to July 16, 1957 while Ti is in Vietnam, and then from October 28, 1958 to May 29, 1959 while Ti studies at the University of the Philippines. They discuss bill reimbursements, Ti's return home, forwarded photos and newsletters, Ti's preparation for the Philippines, per diem check payments, Ti's initial impressions of the Philippines, Ti's wish for an increase in per diem rates, Cunningham's updates on East Lansing, Ti's course schedules and progress, training extensions, and opening a bank account.
Author(s): Tan Thi Ti
Item Creation Date: 02 June 6 1957
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 12 Jan 2014 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Correspondence between Elsie Cunningham and Tan Thi Ti, June 1959 to July 1960
Document Item Number: 6-20-D3C-116-UA2-9-5-5_002282
Assistant Administrator for the Participant Training Program Elsie Cunningham corresponds with student Tan Thi Ti from June 5, 1959 to July 22, 1960 while Ti is first studying at the University of the Philippines, and then once Ti returns to the National Institute of Administration in Saigon. They correspond intermittently throughout the course of the year and discuss a number of topics. They discuss other Vietnamese training participants, bill reimbursements, acquisition of training materials, per diem check payments, lodging accommodations, news articles and publications, Cunningham's promotion to Participant Director, Ti's travel itinerary following her training in the Philippines, and news from East Lansing.
Author(s): Cunningham, Elsie
Item Creation Date: 05 June 6 1959
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 13 Jan 2014 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Correspondence between Huynh Thanh Hung and Elsie Cunningham, February-July, 1958
Document Item Number: 6-20-AA5-116-UA2-9-5-5_001682
Correspondence between Huynh Thanh Hung and Elsie Cunningham from February 2 to July 24, 1958 in which Hung keeps Cunningham informed of his visits to various bureaus and offices, as well of his agendas. Contains a follow-up letter from two years later.
Author(s): Huynh Thanh Hung
Item Creation Date: 02 February 2 1959
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 19 Nov 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Review of Recommendation Concerning Proposed Field Organization of the Commissariat for Refugees of September 20, 1955
Document Item Number: 6-20-AC8-116-1490206001
Review of recommendations for organization of Commissariat for Refugees (COMIGAL), September 1955. Makes organizational and procedural suggestions.A;
Author(s): Mode, Walter Haney, Roland
Item Creation Date: 29 June 6 1956
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 31 Oct 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Correspondence between Pham Van Ngu and Elsie Cunningham, April-December, 1959
Document Item Number: 6-20-AFA-116-UA2-9-5-5_001705
Correspondence between Pham Van Ngu and Elsie Cunningham from April 6 to December 5, 1959 concerning baggage weight for traveling, room arrangements, book orders, funding, health and insurance arrangements, plane tickets, return dates, and visa extensions.
Author(s): Pham Van Ngu
Item Creation Date: 06 April 4 1959
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 21 Nov 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Correspondence between Participant Training Program faculty and Pham Chung, June-November, 1961
Document Item Number: 6-20-E64-116-UA2-9-5-5_002578
Faculty of the Participant Training Program, including Ruben Austin, Shirley Finton, James Hendry, Judith Rathbun, and Jo Ellyn Rogers, correspond with Ph.D. participant Pham Chung from June to November, 1961. They discuss Chung's preliminary examinations, tuition costs, passport renewal, acquisition of publications for Chung's thesis, travel costs and plans, per diem check payments, recommendation letters, grade reports, bill reimbursements, Chung's dissertation progress, and NIA faculty nominations.
Author(s): Pham Chung
Item Creation Date: 07 June 6 1961
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 29 Jan 2014 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Correspondence between Participant Training Program faculty and Pham Chung, December 1961 to June 1962
Document Item Number: 6-20-E66-116-UA2-9-5-5_002580
Faculty of the Participant Training Program, including Judith Rathbun, James Hendry, and Yuriko Nakamura, correspond with Ph.D. participant Pham Chung from December, 1961 to June, 1962. They discuss book allowances, Chung's dissertation progress, travel plans for research, Christmas presents, travel reimbursements, the end of the Vietnamese-Michigan State University contract, the continuation of Chung's scholarship, passport renewal, an outline of Chung's thesis, return of library books, and per diem check payments.
Author(s): Pham Chung
Item Creation Date: 05 December 12 1961
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 29 Jan 2014 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Correspondence between Elsie Cunningham and various faculty, December 1959 to October 1960
Document Item Number: 6-20-E8C-116-UA2-9-5-5_002617
After receiving a request from one Nguyen Huy Long in Scranton, PA for a scholarship from the Participant Training Program, Director of the program Elsie Cunningham begins a series of correspondence with other faculty to determine his eligibility. A number of telegrams are including, attesting to Long's character.
Author(s): Cunningham, Elsie
Item Creation Date: 16 December 12 1959
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 02 Feb 2014 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Participant Training Program, Participants, Vietnamese PhD (arranged alphabetically), Do Quang Nang, 1960-1962
Document Item Number: 6-20-E93-116-UA2-9-5-5_002624
Faculty of the Participant Training Program correspond between themselves and with outside affiliates to discuss the application of Do Quang Nang for a Ph.D. scholarship with the program. Nang is at first disqualified, but then urged to reapply, though no final decision is made.
Author(s): Do Quang Nang
Item Creation Date: 14 March 3 1960
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 03 Feb 2014 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Correspondence between Tran Ngoc Phat and Ruben Austin, October-December, 1960
Document Item Number: 6-20-EAF-116-UA2-9-5-5_002652
Ph.D. training participant Tran Ngoc Phat corresponds Assistant Dean Ruben Austin from early October to December, 1960. They discuss bill reimbursements, passport renewal, a visit to the Vietnam Project library, per diem check payments, study extensions, book orders, report submissions, Ph.D. progress, financial difficulties, and Harvard's Ph.D. requirements.
Author(s): Tran Ngoc Phat
Item Creation Date: 08 October 10 1960
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 05 Feb 2014 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Memorandum from Edward G. Lansdale to Wesley Fishel, 6 September 1955
Document Item Number: 6-20-EB-116-UA17-95_000265
In this memorandum to Wesley Fishel, Edward Lansdale described the background, objectives, organization, method of work, selection, training, and proposed budget for civic action, a program aimed at dislodging the influence of the Viet Minh from the South Vietnamese countryside in the earliest years of the nation's existence.
Author(s): Lansdale, Edward G
Item Creation Date: 06 September 9 1955
Collection: Wesley R. Fishel Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 06 Mar 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Correspondence between Tran Ngoc Phat and Judith Rathbun, June-December, 1961
Document Item Number: 6-20-EB5-116-UA2-9-5-5_002658
Ph.D. scholarship recipient Tran Ngoc Phat corresponds with Secretary Judith Rathbun from mid June to late December, 1961. They discuss Phat's recent visit to East Lansing, Phat's recent visits with other Vietnamese nationals, his upcoming study schedule, airplane tickets, bill reimbursements, per diem check payments, Phat's impressions of Cambridge, membership dues, dissertation progress, and travel plans.
Author(s): Tran Ngoc Phat
Item Creation Date: 12 June 6 1961
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 05 Feb 2014 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Correspondence between Tran Ngoc Phat and Ruben Austin, July-October, 1961
Document Item Number: 6-20-EB6-116-UA2-9-5-5_002659
Ph.D. scholarship recipient Tran Ngoc Phat corresponds with Dean Ruben Austin from mid July to late October, 1961. They discuss Phat's recent research trips to East Lansing and Washington, D.C., his upcoming school schedule, updates on Phat's family problems, book orders, budget issues, membership dues, and the outline of Phat's dissertation.
Author(s): Tran Ngoc Phat
Item Creation Date: 14 July 7 1961
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 05 Feb 2014 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Participant Training Program, Participants, Vietnamese PhD (arranged alphabetically), Cao Toan, 1958-1962
Document Item Number: 6-20-EF6-116-UA2-9-5-5_002723
Faculty of the Participant Training Program approve various transactions for Ph.D. participant Cao Toan, including book allowances, medical fees, registration, air fare, rail tickets, per diem payments, taxi rides, and tuition.
Author(s): Rathbun, Judith
Item Creation Date: 25 October 10 1960
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 11 Feb 2014 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Correspondence between Nguyen Duy Xuan and Elsie Cunningham, January-June, 1958
Document Item Number: 6-20-F1D-116-UA2-9-5-5_002762
Administrative Assistant for the Participant Training Program starts a series of correspondence by forwarding a request from Nguyen Duy Xuan for a scholarship from the program. The original letter from Xuan was addressed to Professor Lindholm of the MSU Department of Economics, but Cunningham continues to correspond with Xuan from January to June, 1958. They discuss what forms Xuan needs to complete and submit, Xuan coming to East Lansing for an interview, and what steps he needs to take to organize his Ph.D. program.
Author(s): Cunningham, Elsie
Item Creation Date: 10 January 1 1958
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 13 Feb 2014 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Correspondence between Howard Waltman and Elise Cunningham, September-December, 1958
Document Item Number: 6-20-F56-116-UA2-9-5-5_002819
Participant Training Program faculty Director Howard Waltman and Administrative Assistant Elsie Cunningham correspond from September to early December, 1958. They discuss applications for potential Ph.D. participants, scheduling of Ph.D. students, completion of necessary forms for scholarship recipients, potential graduate programs in the U.S., and student transcripts.
Author(s): Cunningham, Elsie
Item Creation Date: 22 September 9 1958
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 18 Feb 2014 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Correspondence between Participant Training Program faculty, December 1958 to June 1959
Document Item Number: 6-20-FA2-116-UA2-9-5-5_002895
Faculty associated with the Vietnam Project Participant Training Program correspond intermittently from December, 1958 to June, 1959 to discuss the police administration program. They discuss book orders, training assignments, English language competency, training on MSU's campus and in the field, recommendations for the program, and student examination scores.
Author(s): Cunningham, Elsie
Item Creation Date: 12 December 12 1958
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 23 Feb 2014 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Participant Training Program, Reports, Summary, Howard Waltman, November 1959
Document Item Number: 6-20-FE4-116-UA2-9-5-5_002961
Howard Waltman of the Participant Training Program writes a summary report of the first four years of the program.
Author(s): Waltman, Howard
Item Creation Date: November 11 1959
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 27 Feb 2014 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Administration, Briefing Book, ââ¬ÅIntroduction to Saigon,ââ¬Â 116A n.d
Document Item Number: 6-20-13E7-116-UA2-9-5-5_003974
A briefing book is published by the Michigan State University Vietnam Advisory Group to keep visiting U.S. officials updated with the conditions and norms in Vietnam. The book covers issues of administrative organization, city mapping, personal services, health suggestions, use of the Navy Exchange, and general information about Vietnam.
Author(s): unknown
Item Creation Date: 21 July 7 1959
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 06 Aug 2014 [Updated: 18 Mar 2024]
Administration, PAD, Deputy Chief Advisor, Correspondence, Howard Hoyt, October to November 1958
Document Item Number: 6-20-13F4-116-UA2-9-5-5_003987
Deputy Chief Advisor for the Michigan State University Vietnam Advisory Group's Police Administration Division Howard Hoyt corresponds with Professor Ralph Turner of the MSU School of Police Administration and Public Safety from October to November, 1958. They discuss possible phasing down of the division's training programs, personnel replacements, the selection of new training participants, acquisition of new equipment for the division, and staff contracts.
Author(s): Hoyt, Howard W.
Item Creation Date: 20 October 10 1958
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 11 Aug 2014 [Updated: 18 Mar 2024]
Letters related to the NIA building's construction, April 1, 1958
Document Item Number: 6-20-523-116-UA2-9-5-5_000543
A series of drafts and letters concerning Mr. Brown's payment for his work as architect.
Author(s): Brown, Gordon
Item Creation Date: 01 April 4 1958
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 29 Aug 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
National Institute of Administration (NIA), Constructions, Specifications 1959
Document Item Number: 6-20-554-116-UA2-9-5-5_000584
The National Institute of Administration reports on the specifications by room and floor of the new school building for the fiscal year 1959.
Author(s): unknown
Item Creation Date: 0 1959
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 04 Sep 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Correspondence between Pham Duy Suu, NIA officials, and MSU Vietnam Advisory Group personnel, 1959-1962
Document Item Number: 6-20-55F-116-UA2-9-5-5_000595
Pham Duy Suu writes to a number of people within the National Institute of Administration as well as the MSU Vietnam Advisory Group over the years 1959 to 1962, concerning the construction of the new NIA building and its funding.
Author(s): Pham Duy Suu
Item Creation Date: 11 April 4 1962
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 11 Sep 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Participant Training Program, Visitors, Misc. Information, 1955-1960
Document Item Number: 6-20-1002-116-UA2-9-5-5_002990
An informational packet is made concerning the Participant Training Program and its origins, objectives, and students. The students' course work is also documented.
Author(s): unknown
Item Creation Date: 0 1957
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 05 Mar 2014 [Updated: 18 Mar 2024]
Correspondence between Ralph Smuckler and Nguyen Huu Chau, July-August, 1958
Document Item Number: 6-20-1020-116-UA2-9-5-5_003020
Chief Advisor for the Vietnam Project Ralph Smuckler corresponds with Secretary of State at the Presidency Nguyen Huu Chau from July to early August, 1958. Their main discussion centers on arrangements for new Vietnamese students to study with the Participant Training Program, including travel arrangements, student requirement, budgetary requirements, courses offered, contractual obligations and staff members. Many of the letters are accompanied by Vietnamese and French translations.
Author(s): Smuckler, Ralph H.
Item Creation Date: 07 July 7 1958
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 09 Mar 2014 [Updated: 18 Mar 2024]
Correspondence between Lloyd Musolf and Nguyen Dinh Thuan, June-September, 1960
Document Item Number: 6-20-102F-116-UA2-9-5-5_003035
Acting Chief Advisor for the Vietnam Project Lloyd Musolf corresponds with Secretary of State at the Presidency Nguyen Dinh Thuan from June to September, 1960. They discuss tax reports, American personnel in Vietnam, requested publications, the National Identity Card Program, travel arrangements for faculty, and updates to the Vietnamese Government and MSU contract. Many of the letters are accompanied by Vietnamese translations.
Author(s): Musolf, Lloyd D.
Item Creation Date: 04 June 6 1960
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 10 Mar 2014 [Updated: 18 Mar 2024]
Presidency, Office of the, Correspondence, 1958-1962
Document Item Number: 6-20-1030-116-UA2-9-5-5_003036
On behalf of the President of Vietnam, the Secretary of State Nguyen Dinh Thuan signs a series of ordinances from January to June, 1960 for the authorization of study grants to various students. The students are: Bui Quang Khanh, Luong Nhi Ky, Tran Ngoc Phat, Buu Dich, Pham Van Thuyet, Le Thi Bach Lan, Le Van Hoi, and Le Duy Duc. Vietnamese and English translations are both included.
Author(s): Nguyen Dinh Thuan
Item Creation Date: 09 January 1 1960
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 10 Mar 2014 [Updated: 18 Mar 2024]
Interview between Jack Walters and Ted Heathner, circa 1961
Document Item Number: 6-20-105-116-UA17-95_000287
This document is a record of a radio interview on a program called "Debriefing" between Jack Walters and Ted Heathner, former American consul in South Vietnam. Heathner relates his experiences with the South Vietnamese government and his impressions of the country and the communist insurgency.
Author(s): Walters, Jack Ted Heathner
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Wesley R. Fishel Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 18 Mar 2013 [Updated: 18 Mar 2024]
Presidency, Office of the, Budget and Foreign Aid, Directorate General of (Executive Agency of the Office of the Presidency), Examples from Department of Health FY 1959
Document Item Number: 6-20-107E-116-UA2-9-5-5_003109
Expenditures and costs are recorded over four chapters dedicated to the Office of the Secretary of State and the directly related agencies, Service of supply and pharmaceutic materials, National hospital, and the Provincial hospital and Provincial health service. The budget is an overall evaluation of these institutions under the Department of Health.
Author(s): unknown
Item Creation Date: 0 1959
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 17 Mar 2014 [Updated: 18 Mar 2024]
Is there an Economic Crisis in Vietnam?, Speech by Vu Van Thai, 29 May 1958
Document Item Number: 6-20-108-116-UA17-95_000294
This document contains the translation of a speech delivered by Vu Van Thai to the Association of Technicians and Engineers of Vietnam. The speech explores the reasons for South Vietnam's economic difficulties in the late 1950s.
Author(s): Vu Van Thai
Item Creation Date: 29 May 5 1958
Collection: Wesley R. Fishel Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 20 Mar 2013 [Updated: 18 Mar 2024]
Presidency, Office of the, Budget and Foreign Aid, Directorate General of (Executive Agency of the Office of the Presidency), Budget (By Fiscal Year), Preparation of FY 1960
Document Item Number: 6-20-1084-116-UA2-9-5-5_003115
President Ngo Dinh Diem sends out a memorandum and accompanying budget forms to the Vice President and the Secretaries of State concerning the submission of the 1960 National Budget draft.
Author(s): Ngo Dinh Diem
Item Creation Date: 19 May 5 1959
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 18 Mar 2014 [Updated: 18 Mar 2024]
Presidency, Office of the, Budget and Foreign Aid, Directorate General of (Executive Agency of the Office of the Presidency), Budget, Comparison of, FY 1954-1956
Document Item Number: 6-20-108A-116-UA2-9-5-5_003121
A report is drawn up by Wayne Snyder comparing the revenue and expenditures of the Vietnamese Government for the years 1954, 1955, and 1956.
Author(s): Snyder, Wayne W.
Item Creation Date: June 6 1956
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 18 Mar 2014 [Updated: 18 Mar 2024]
Presidency, Office of the, Budget and Foreign Aid, Directorate General of (Executive Agency of the Office to the Presidency), Reports, ââ¬ÅA Budgetary and Fiscal System for the Proposed Field Administration Program,ââ¬Â MSU, Marvin Murphy, August 24, 1956
Document Item Number: 6-20-10C7-116-UA2-9-5-5_003182
On behalf of the Michigan State University Vietnam Advisory Group, Budget Specialist Marvin Murphy authors a report entitled, "A Budgetary and Fiscal System for the Proposed Field Administration Program."
Author(s): Murphy, Marvin
Item Creation Date: 24 August 8 1956
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 27 Mar 2014 [Updated: 18 Mar 2024]
Correspondence between Vietnam Advisory Group personnel, June-October, 1958
Document Item Number: 6-20-10E9-116-UA2-9-5-5_003216
Personnel with the Michigan State University Vietnam Advisory Group correspond from June to October, 1958 to discuss the civil service reform project.
Author(s): Dorsey, John T.
Item Creation Date: 27 June 6 1958
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 31 Mar 2014 [Updated: 18 Mar 2024]
Province Reports, Long An (Ex: Cholon-Tan-An) 1956-1958
Document Item Number: 6-20-1146-116-UA2-9-5-5_003309
This is a historical report on Long An province published by the Vietnam Press.
Author(s): unknown
Item Creation Date: January 1 1957
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 13 Apr 2014 [Updated: 18 Mar 2024]
Public Administration Division, Objectives, Statement of, September 1959
Document Item Number: 6-20-119E-116-UA2-9-5-5_003397
The Michigan State University Vietnam Advisory Group publishes a report on the general objectives of the Public Administration Division for the year 1959.
Author(s): Musolf, Lloyd D.
Item Creation Date: 30 September 9 1959
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 22 Apr 2014 [Updated: 18 Mar 2024]
Report on the Proposed Organization of the Law Enforcement Agencies of the Republic of Vietnam
Document Item Number: 6-20-11B-116-UA17-95_000306
This report details a proposed reorganization of the Vietnamese Bureau of Investigation, the Civil Guard, and municipal police departments. These proposals include a consolidation of administrative power within the police department, redirecting funds to new equipment and training, and administrative reorganization. The report was written by the Police Advisory branch of the Michigan State Advisory Group.
Author(s): Howard W. Hoyt
Item Creation Date: April 4 1956
Collection: Wesley R. Fishel Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 04 Apr 2013 [Updated: 18 Mar 2024]
Public Administration Division, Status Reports from September to November of 1958
Document Item Number: 6-20-11B9-116-UA2-9-5-5_003424
Regular status reports detailing the time spent on the project and the project's projected completion date. The projects are for the Public Administration Division covering the period of September to November, 1958. The reports cover the sections of Academic Instruction, Consulting, In-Service Training, and Research.
Author(s): unknown
Item Creation Date: 15 September 9 1958
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 27 Apr 2014 [Updated: 18 Mar 2024]
Public Health, Department of, Publications, Rehabilitation Center 1957
Document Item Number: 6-20-11D4-116-UA2-9-5-5_003450
A publication entitled, "Rehabilitation Center" describes the center's program for vocational, psychological, social and medical rehabilitation.
Author(s): unknown
Item Creation Date: 0 1957
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 29 Apr 2014 [Updated: 18 Mar 2024]
Refugees, Commissariat General of (COMIGAL), Correspondence and Official Communications August 1955-October 1956
Document Item Number: 6-20-11EE-116-UA2-9-5-5_003476
Director of the Commissariat for Refugees Bui Van Luong sends out English and Vietnamese telegraphs and memorandums intermittently from January to mid June, 1956. The communications involve general administration of the Commissariat. Luong discusses the acquisition of specialists for refugee affairs, possible and probable resettlement areas, financing refugee administration, foreign aid coordination, and personnel recruitment.
Author(s): Bui Van Luong
Item Creation Date: 12 January 1 1956
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 01 May 2014 [Updated: 18 Mar 2024]
Reorganization of the Vietnamese Government, Information on, Decrees Dealing with, October 31, 1956
Document Item Number: 6-20-124F-116-UA2-9-5-5_003573
Walter Mode, Chief of the Field Administration Division, creates a packet of decrees pertaining to the reorganization of the Vietnamese Government and specifically field administration.
Author(s): Mode, Walter W.
Item Creation Date: 31 October 10 1956
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 11 May 2014 [Updated: 18 Mar 2024]
Reports and Publications, Misc., Catalogue General, Tran Nguyen Cat Printing Co. 1940
Document Item Number: 6-20-1259-116-UA2-9-5-5_003583
A publication advertises for rubber stamps and badges as well as name plaques and other odds and ends. The pamphlet is in a mixture of French and Vietnamese.
Author(s): unknown
Item Creation Date: 0 1940
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 12 May 2014 [Updated: 18 Mar 2024]
Reports and Publications, Misc., ââ¬ÅIndustrialization and Economic Development,ââ¬Â Nguyen Nhu Cuong, Que Huong March 1960
Document Item Number: 6-20-1260-116-UA2-9-5-5_003590
Nguyen Nhu Cuong writes a handwritten report on Industrialization and Economic Development in relation to agrarian reform, standard of living, and the world market.
Author(s): Nguyen Nhu Cuong
Item Creation Date: March 3 1960
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 12 May 2014 [Updated: 18 Mar 2024]
Rural Affairs (Agriculture, Department of), Papers, ââ¬ÅEconomic Motivation in Vietnamââ¬Â n.d
Document Item Number: 6-20-129A-116-UA2-9-5-5_003647
David Cole writes a paper for the National Institute of Administration's seminar in Economics by the title, "Economic Motivation in Vietnam."
Author(s): Cole, David C.
Item Creation Date: 0 1960
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 28 May 2014 [Updated: 18 Mar 2024]
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