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Administration, PAD, Deputy Chief Advisor, Correspondence, Ralph Turner, October to November 1960
Document Item Number: 6-20-1426-116-UA2-9-5-5_004037
Chief of the Police Administration Division of MSUG Ralph Turner corresponds with Director Arthur Brandstatter of the MSU School of Police Administration and Public Safety from October to November, 1960. They discuss Turner's recent visit to Taipei, transferal of duties to and relations with USOM, problems and progress in the training program, security issues with increased Viet Cong attacks, training participants' impressions of their work, and Brandstatter's recent surgery. Two of the largest topics are USOM's role in Vietnam and consolidation of the police force.
Author(s): Turner, Ralph F.
Item Creation Date: 24 October 10 1960
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 17 Aug 2014 [Updated: 18 Mar 2024]
Report and Recommendations on the Reorganization of the Presidency of Vietnam
Document Item Number: 6-20-14E-116-UA17-95_000332
A report issued by the Michigan State University Advisory Group that suggests possible changes to the office of the presidency in the Republic of Vietnam. These changes include improving efficiency, coordination, scheduling, delegation of tasks, and the role of the President's cabinet.
Author(s): Dorsey, John T.
Item Creation Date: 15 November 11 1955
Collection: Wesley R. Fishel Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 07 May 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Administration, PAD, Monthly Security Report to Chief Advisor, August through December 1957
Document Item Number: 6-20-14EF-116-UA2-9-5-5_004236
Chief Howard Hoyt and Acting Chief Jack Ryan of the MSUG Police Administration Division turn in twelve internal security reports to Leland Barrows, Director of USOM, between August and December, 1957. Report seven is missing. The reports cover week long periods and discuss general internal security, such as issues of military recruitment in provinces, Viet-Cong geopolitical divisions and financing, recent Viet-Cong arrests and general criminal activity, actions of the Self-Defense Corps and the Civil Guard, equipping for various sections, recent surveys and field trips, desertions, refugee movements, propaganda measures by the Vietnamese Government, and lists of criminal activity by province.
Author(s): Hoyt, Howard W.
Item Creation Date: 26 August 8 1957
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 03 Sep 2014 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
MSU Vietnam Advisory Group, A Survey of Vietnamese Occupational Prestige and Aspiration by Nguyen Van Thuan -- May 1962
Document Item Number: 6-20-15AE-116-UA17-149_000010
Nguyen Van Thuan writes a survey that aspires to provide, "...a description of a significant phase of contemporary Vietnamese social and economic activities." The survey covers a general summary, whole sample data, and occupational group data.
Author(s): Nguyen Van Thuan
Item Creation Date: May 1962
Collection: Ralph F. Turner Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 14 Oct 2014 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Article: United States Intervention in Vietnam is Not Legal
Document Item Number: 6-20-15EB-116-UA17-149_000071
William Standard of the New York Bar writes a piece by the title, "United States Intervention in Vietnam is Not Legal," with the sub-description, "Mr. Standard asserts that the United States intervention in Vietnam violates the Charter of the United Nations, the Geneva Accords of 1954, the SEATO treaty, and our own Constitution. He urges a cease-fire of at least six months' duration'..."
Author(s): Standard, William L.
Item Creation Date: 01 July 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]
MSU Vietnam Advisory Group, Police Communications Project -- July 1958
Document Item Number: 6-20-1601-116-UA17-149_000093
Communications Advisor for the Michigan State University Vietnam Advisory Group's Police Administration Division Lyman Rundlett writes a report on the division's Police Communications Project. The report discusses the scope of the project, influencing conditions, organization, the physical equipment of the Municipal police and the Vietnamese Bureau of Investigation, and personnel selection and training.
Author(s): Rundlett, Lyman M.
Item Creation Date: 01 July 1958
Collection: Ralph F. Turner Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 04 Nov 2014 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
MSUG Police Program, Planning Group Meeting Minutes, January - June, 1959
Document Item Number: 6-20-1646-116-UA17-149_000157
Meeting minutes are recorded for the Michigan State University Vietnam Advisory Group's Planning Group for the period from January to June, 1959. The minutes discuss updates from individual members in their divisions. The majority of the minutes relate to personnel visits and contracts, as well as relations with USOM and the Vietnamese government. Some other subjects are equipment acquisitions, progress of the Participant Training Program, propaganda measures, construction projects, and general administration of MSUG.
Author(s): Fishel, Wesley
Item Creation Date: 09 January 1 1959
Collection: Ralph F. Turner Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 20 Nov 2014 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
MSUG Police Program, 2nd Report of the MSU Vietnam Advisory Team in Public Administration in the Government of Vietnam, December 31, 1955
Document Item Number: 6-20-1679-116-UA17-149_000207
Personnel submit the second report of the Michigan State University Advisory Group in Public Administration to the Government of Vietnam on December 31, 1955. The report covers the activities of the police, field administration, and presidency projects, as well as the Participant Training Program, and programs at the National Institute of Administration.
Author(s): Weidner, Edward W.
Item Creation Date: 31 December 12 1955
Collection: Ralph F. Turner Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 03 Dec 2014 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
MSUG Police Program, Thirteenth Report of the MSUG in Public Administration to the Government of Vietnam, June 30, 1961
Document Item Number: 6-20-168F-116-UA17-149_000229
Ralph Smuckler and personnel with the Michigan State University Vietnam Advisory Group submit their thirteenth report to the Vietnamese government. The report discusses general academic, consulting, in-service training, and research activities in both the public administration division and the police administration division.
Author(s): Fishel, Wesley
Item Creation Date: 30 June 6 1961
Collection: Ralph F. Turner Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 08 Dec 2014 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
MSUG Police Program, Vietnam Police Report, c. 1955
Document Item Number: 6-20-1692-116-UA17-149_000232
Personnel with the Michigan State University Vietnam Advisory Group Police Administration Division write a report on the function, background, organization, personnel, equipment, and training for the divisions of the Civil Guard, the Municipal Police, the Security Police, the Gendarmerie, and rural police groups.
Author(s): unknown
Item Creation Date: 0 1955
Collection: Ralph F. Turner Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 08 Dec 2014 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Monthly Reports of USAID Provincial Representatives for the month ending March 31, 1966 (Region IV)
Document Item Number: 6-20-19D5-116-UA17-95_001522
An unclassified report from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), summarizing activities occurring in the Go Cong, Kien Tuong, Kien Phong, Dinh Tuong, Kien Hoa, Vinh Binh, Vinh Long, An Giang, Kien Giang, Chuong Thien, Phong Dinh, Ba Xuyen, An Xuyen, Bac Lieu, and Chau Doc provinces in the month of March 1966.
Author(s): Reports Officer MRCC (Provincial Operations) USAID
Item Creation Date: 31 March 3 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]
Vietnamese Civil Servants Look at Their Bureaucracy, Undated
Document Item Number: 6-20-19E-116-UA17-95_000443
This document contains a rough draft of a paper by an unknown author studying how South Vietnamese bureaucrats view their government. The study is intended to give further information in "determining the success of [sic] failure of the United States aid program and in deciding the outcome of the Communist bid for the peasants' allegiance." It is also hoped that the study "will contribute to the development of theories of bureaucratic behavior in emerging countries." The sources cited in the report include works by the Michigan State University Vietnam Advisory Group, Wesley Fishel, Frank C. Child, and John T. Dorsey.
Author(s): Unknown
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Wesley R. Fishel Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 20 May 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Welcome to Saigon, circa 1955
Document Item Number: 6-20-1A89-116-UA17-95_001696
A periodical published by the American Women's Association of Saigon (AWAS), this guide provided women who were intending to move to South Vietnam with useful information. The guide is broken up into four sections: Section I is an introduction to AWAS, lifestyle in Saigon, language, customs, and so on; Section II is a directory of embassies and government agencies, and provides addresses for dressmakers, tailors, embroidery, etc.; Section III has address information for entertainment venues; Section IV provides a brief financial report, and gives useful information on fund raising, household loans of essential domestic goods, glass rentals for cocktail parties, committees on welfare, sewing, refugees, and others.
Author(s): American Women's Association of Saigon
Item Creation Date: 0 1955
Collection: Wesley R. Fishel Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 12 May 2015 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Major Policy Speeches by President Ngo Dinh Diem, November 1956
Document Item Number: 6-20-1B8-116-UA17-95_000466
This document contains a a pamphlet that contains a collection of transcripts of major speeches that President Ngo Dinh Diem had made as of November 1956.
Author(s): Ngo Dinh Diem
Item Creation Date: November 11 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 Murder of Colonel Hoang Thuy Nam, May 1962
Document Item Number: 6-20-202-116-UA17-95_001031
This document contains a pamphlet in regards to the murder of Colonel Hoang Thuy Nam. He was the chief of the Vietnamese mission in charge of relations with the International Commission for Control.
Author(s): The Vietminh Communists
Item Creation Date: May 5 1962
Collection: Wesley R. Fishel Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 03 Jun 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Article: The Lessons of Vietnam
Document Item Number: 6-20-15EA-116-UA17-149_000070
Senator George S. McGovern writes a piece by the title of, "The Lessons of Vietnam" in which he discusses the drift of policy in Vietnam and how to avoid future similar mistakes.
Author(s): McGovern, George S.
Item Creation Date: [circa 1966]
Collection: Ralph F. Turner Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 02 Nov 2014 [Updated: 27 May 2025]
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Documents on the Buddhist Issue in Vietnam, Embassy of Vietnam, July 1963
Document Item Number: 6-20-2B8-116-UA17-95_001193
A booklet compiled by the Embassy of Vietnam in Washington D.C.of several documents that discuss the Buddhism in Vietnam. The documents include correspondences from the Interministerial Committee, the Venerable Thich Tinh Khiet, Movement of Republican Youth, and the President of the Republic.
Author(s): Embassy of Vietnam, Washington D.C.
Item Creation Date: July 7 1963
Collection: Wesley R. Fishel Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 26 Jun 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
National Institute of Administration (NIA), Instruction, Curriculum, Basic, 1954
Document Item Number: 6-20-728-116-UA2-9-5-5_000818
This is a paper discussing issues pertinent to the NIA. It discusses the personnel, the student body, and the ties to the military preparations.
Author(s): unknown
Item Creation Date: 0 1954
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 02 Oct 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
National Institute of Administration (NIA), Publications, Economic Growth, Capital Formation and Public Policy, Frank C. Child, 1961
Document Item Number: 6-20-843-116-UA2-9-5-5_001100
The National Institute of Administration publishes a booklet by Frank C. Child on, "Economic Growth, Capital Formation and Public Policy." The beginning is in Vietnamese and the ending is in English.
Author(s): Child, Frank C.
Item Creation Date: 24 February 2 1961
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 17 Oct 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
National Institute of Administration (NIA), Reports, Activities, ââ¬ÅPersonnel, Organization, and Activities,ââ¬Â November 1960 [December 1960]
Document Item Number: 6-20-874-116-UA2-9-5-5_001149
A preliminary report is published on the "Personnel, Organization, and Activities" of the National Institute of Administration for the year 1960. The report discusses classifications of faculty members, income, outside employment, research, semester schedules, grading systems, in-service training, internships, committees, and articles published by faculty.
Author(s): unknown
Item Creation Date: 30 November 11 1960
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 23 Oct 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
National Institute of Administration (NIA), Reports, ââ¬ÅOrganization, Activities, and Proceduresââ¬Â (Sequel to the Previous Report), January 1961-February 1961
Document Item Number: 6-20-876-116-UA2-9-5-5_001151
Members of the Michigan State University Vietnam Advisory Group release a report of recommendations following the publication of the report, "The Organization, Activities, and Procedures at the NIA." The report lists general recommendations for expansion, faculty administration, priorities in teaching programs, simplification of administration, outside employment, course and examination schedules, budgetary and aid planning, and lectures and linguistic issues, among others.
Author(s): unknown
Item Creation Date: 12 January 1 1961
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 23 Oct 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
National Institute of Administration (NIA), Reports, ââ¬ÅOrganization, Activities, and Proceduresââ¬Â (Sequel to the Previous Report), January 1961-February 1961
Document Item Number: 6-20-877-116-UA2-9-5-5_001152
Members of the Michigan State University Vietnam Advisory Group release a draft of a report of recommendations following the publication of the report, "The Organization, Activities, and Procedures at the NIA." The report lists general recommendations for expansion, faculty administration, priorities in teaching programs, simplification of administration, outside employment, course and examination schedules, budgetary and aid planning, and lectures and linguistic issues, among others. A summary of the recommendations is included at the end.
Author(s): unknown
Item Creation Date: January 1 1961
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 23 Oct 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Second report of the Michigan State University Vietnam Advisory Team in public administration to the Government of Vietnam
Document Item Number: 6-20-9F8-116-UA2-9-5-5_001534
The Michigan State University Vietnam Advisory Group in connection with the National Institute of Administration release their second report on public administration in Vietnam. They discuss the police, field administration, and presidency projects, as well as the participant and institute programs.
Author(s): Weidner, Edward W.
Item Creation Date: 31 December 12 1955
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 12 Nov 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Report on the Organization of the Department of Land Registration and Agrarian Reform - Michigan State University, Vietnam technical Assistance Project, Saigon
Document Item Number: 6-20-AB3-116-1490136001
Report on the organization of the Department of Land Registration and Agrarian Reform, prepared by Walter W. Mode, Albert A. Rosenfeld, Nguyen-thi-An and Than-Trong-Hue. Covers issues like land registration, redistribution, and conservation.A;
Author(s): Wesley R. Fishel ; Walter W. Mode ; Albert A. Rosenfeld ; Nguyen Thi An ; Than Trong Hue
Item Creation Date: 30 June 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 Organization of the Department of Land Registration and Agrarian Reform - Vietnam Technical Assistance Project (Saigon), Michigan State University
Document Item Number: 6-20-AB5-116-1490136002
Report on the organization of the Department of Land Registration and Agrarian Reform, prepared by Walter W. Mode, Albert A. Rosenfeld, Nguyen-thi-An and Than-Trong-Hue. Covers issues like land registration, redistribution, and conservation.
Author(s): Wesley R. Fishel ; Walter W. Mode ; Albert A. Resenfeld ; Nguyen Thi An ; Than Trong Hue
Item Creation Date: 30 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 Police of Viet Nam by Members of the Police Team and Ralph H. Smuckler
Document Item Number: 6-20-ABC-116-1490140001
1955 report on the organization of the Police of Vietnam, prepared by Ralph Smuckler. Covers the Civil Guard, the municipal police of Saigon-Cholon, the Surete and security police, the gendarmerie, and rural police.
Item Creation Date: 01 December 12 1955
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 31 Oct 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
An Analysis of Government Payments in Viet Nam During 1955
Document Item Number: 6-20-A8D-116-1490107001
Analysis of Government Payments in Viet Nam During 1955. Report by Wayne W. Snyder and Nguyen Van Hoang, October 8, 1956. Created under the auspices of the Michigan State University Vietnam Advisory Group, National Institute of Administration, Saigon, Viet NamA;A;List of subject tags generated by Texas Tech University: A;A;National Government Expenditures, Regional Government Expenditures, Provincial Government Expenditures, Municipal and Prefectorial Government Expenditures, Comparisons with Easter Countries, Budgetary Nomenclature, Budget, Non-Military Releases of American Aid Funds, American Aid Funds, National Budgetary year, Regional Budgetary year, Provincial Budgetary year, Municipal and Prefectorial Budgetary year, expenditures, South Viet Nam, Central Viet Nam, Michigan State University Advisory GroupA;
Author(s): Van Hoang, Nguyen Snyder, Wayne W.
Item Creation Date: 08 October 10 1956
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 31 Oct 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Preliminary Report on the Establishment of a Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory
Document Item Number: 6-20-AA9-116-1490126001
Report on the establishment of a Scientific Crime Detection Laboratory. Covers Physical Facilities, Coordination with other Law EnforcementA;Civil Guard, V.B.I., Metropolitan Police, Personnel Selection, Personnel Training, Police Science, Firearms Identification, Document Examination,A;Photography, Equipment Purchase, Capital Improvement, and the like.
Item Creation Date: 31 August 8 1956
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 31 Oct 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Second Report of the Michigan State Univeristy Vietnam Advisory Team in Public Administration to the Government of Vietnam
Document Item Number: 6-20-ACD-116-1490210001
Second Report of the Michigan State University Advisory Group in Public Administration to the Government of Vietnam, December 31, 1955. Covers the activities of the Public Administration Divsion, the Police Administration Division, and the Administrative Services Division.A;A;List of subject tags generated by Texas Tech University:A;A;municipal police Saigon Cholon, Civil Guard, Evening Certificate Program, Mrs. Nguyen thi Hiou, Dr. John Hunter, Melville Sanderson, scoutmaster, American boy scout troop, American Women's Association of Saigon, Edward W. Weidner, National Institute of Administration NIA, Operation Brotherhood, 1955, Police Project, Field Administration Project, Presidency Project, Participant Program, Institute Programs, Other Activities, Executive Office, Summary and Conclusions, MSU Vietnam Advisory Team, MSUG Police Team, MSUG Field Administration, MSUG Executive Office, Reports of Michigan State University Vietnam Advisory Team, Personnel of MSU Vietnam Advisory Team,
Item Creation Date: 31 December 12 1955
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 31 Oct 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Participant Training Program, Participants, Vietnamese Non-Ph.D. (arranged alphabetically by time period: 1957-1958, Pham Van Ngu
Document Item Number: 6-20-AF3-116-UA2-9-5-5_001698
Packet of materials from Pham Van Ngu's visit to the Annual Conference of the Society for Personnel Administration from June 3-4, 1958. Included is a report of the itinerary for the conference, a booklet for the conference, an opinion survey, a booklet from the Society for Personnel Administration, and a copy of the quarterly Personnel Management Abstracts.
Author(s): Pham Van Ngu
Item Creation Date: 03 June 6 1958
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 20 Nov 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Participant Training Program, Participants, Vietnamese Non-Ph.D. (arranged alphabetically by time period): 1957-1958, Nguyen Van Son
Document Item Number: 6-20-B01-116-UA2-9-5-5_001712
Reports from Nguyen Van Son to the Vietnam Project during his stay in the U.S. He reports on his experiences in Grand Rapids, Detroit, Chicago, Washington, D.C., and Sacramento.
Author(s): Nguyen Van Son
Item Creation Date: 15 September 9 1958
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 21 Nov 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Participant Training Program, Participants, Vietnamese non-Ph.D. (Arranged alphabetically by time period): 1959-1960, Le Ba Do
Document Item Number: 6-20-DC0-116-UA2-9-5-5_002414
Participant Training Program student Le Ba Do saves a pamphlet on Audio-Visual Communications in the Undergraduate and Graduate Program from his studies at Indiana University.
Author(s): unknown
Item Creation Date: January 1 1959
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 22 Jan 2014 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Economic and Social Development
Document Item Number: 6-20-13B-116-UA17-95_000362
Part V of an unspecified report from the early 1960s on Economic and Social Development in the Republic of Vietnam. It focuses heavily on the determinative role of foreign aid in this process.
Author(s): Unknown
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Wesley R. Fishel Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 06 May 2013 [Updated: 18 Mar 2024]
Administration, PAD, Deputy Chief Advisor, Correspondence, Howard Hoyt, 117 1955-1956
Document Item Number: 6-20-13ED-116-UA2-9-5-5_003980
Deputy Chief Advisor for the Michigan State University Vietnam Advisory Group's Police Administration Division Howard Hoyt corresponds with Arthur Brandstatter, head of the division, from May to August, 1955. For the vast majority of the conversation they discuss the hiring of personnel for the division and Hoyt's experiences settling in to Vietnam.
Author(s): Hoyt, Howard W.
Item Creation Date: 04 May 5 1955
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, April to October 1957
Document Item Number: 6-20-13F2-116-UA2-9-5-5_003985
Deputy Chief Advisor for the Michigan State University Vietnam Advisory Group's Police Administration Division Howard Hoyt corresponds intermittently with Arthur Brandstatter, head of the division, from April to October, 1957. They discuss hiring new personnel for the division, confusion with personnel Engle and his criticism of the program, the murder of a Canadian official in Saigon, progress of the training division, positions left to be filled, Hoyt's upcoming visit to East Lansing, and salary estimates. There is also correspondence about secret negotiations made between the Vietnamese government and the French Gendarmerie.
Author(s): Hoyt, Howard W.
Item Creation Date: 03 April 4 1957
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 10 Aug 2014 [Updated: 18 Mar 2024]
National Economy, Department of: Vietnamese Foreign Exchange Position as of December 31, 1955
Document Item Number: 6-20-449-116-UA2-9-5-5_000329
The foreign exchange program is focused on determining the best possible outlets for U.S. aid based on expenditures and exchanged resources, in an effort to stimulate free open exchange with Vietnam.
Author(s): unknown
Item Creation Date: 21 December 12 1955
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 18 Aug 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
National Institute of Administration (NIA), Constructions, Specifications 1959
Document Item Number: 6-20-557-116-UA2-9-5-5_000587
A Vietnamese document from the National Institute of Administration pertaining to construction specifications for the new NIA building, which appears to list prices for construction.
Author(s): unknown
Item Creation Date: 0 1959
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 11 Sep 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Budget and Foreign Aid, Directorate General of (Executive Agency of the Office to the Presidency), Publications, Budgetary Accounting Procedures Manual, September 11, 1957
Document Item Number: 6-20-10BC-116-UA2-9-5-5_003171
Example budgetary exhibits created to accompany a manual made for the Republic of Vietnam's Budgetary Accounting Procedures. Inserts explain the purpose of each form.
Author(s): unknown
Item Creation Date: 16 September 9 1957
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 25 Mar 2014 [Updated: 18 Mar 2024]
Report on the Organization of the Department of Land Registration and Agrarian Reform
Document Item Number: 6-20-113-116-UA17-95_000301
A report by Wesley Fishel, with the help of Walter Mode, Albert Rosenfeld, Nguyen Thi An, and Than Trong Hue, that provides recommendations for the Department of Agriculture in Vietnam regarding land registration and agrarian reform. These recommendations are based on interviews with Vietnamese officials as well as members of the Vietnamese population. The reports also includes several summarized proposals to reform portions of Vietnam's agricultural output and structure.
Author(s): Fishel, Wesley Walter Mode Albert Rosenfeld Nguyen Thi An Than Trong Hue
Item Creation Date: 30 June 6 1956
Collection: Wesley R. Fishel Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 24 Mar 2013 [Updated: 18 Mar 2024]
Public Works and Communication, Department of, Report, ââ¬ÅPlan Bienniale de Reconstructionââ¬Â 1954-1956
Document Item Number: 6-20-11DF-116-UA2-9-5-5_003461
A reconstruction plan is made by the Ministry of Public Works and Communications, detailing priorities and specific measures by department.
Author(s): unknown
Item Creation Date: 0 1954
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 30 Apr 2014 [Updated: 18 Mar 2024]
Refugees, Commissariat General of (COMIGAL), Refugee Centers, Tay Ninh, Budget n.d
Document Item Number: 6-20-1221-116-UA2-9-5-5_003527
A packet of budget information made for the refugee camp at Tay Ninh with extensive information on the way of life, geographic location, population, and refugee aid.
Author(s): unknown
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 06 May 2014 [Updated: 18 Mar 2024]
Rural Affairs (Agriculture, Department of), Seminar Materials, Cole Seminar, Materials Relating to May-June 1960
Document Item Number: 6-20-1292-116-UA2-9-5-5_003639
David Cole compiles a packet of material including a list of reading materials for his seminar on Economic Planning and a full paper by Jan Tinbergen entitled, "The Design of Development."
Author(s): Cole, David C.
Item Creation Date: June 6 1960
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 28 May 2014 [Updated: 18 Mar 2024]
Administration, MSU, ICA, Government contracts, Report of Expert Mission, 108 1954
Document Item Number: 6-20-1340-116-UA2-9-5-5_003812
Arthur Brandstatter, James Denison Charles Killingsworth, and Edward Weidner write a paper by the title, "Report of the Special FOA Mission from Michigan State College for Public Administration, Public Information, Police Administration, and Public Finance and Economics." The report covers the subjets of division of technical services, training by the Institute of Public Service, equipment needs, and manpower requirements.
Author(s): Brandstatter, Arthur F.
Item Creation Date: 16 October 10 1954
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 17 Jun 2014 [Updated: 18 Mar 2024]
Correspondence regarding the Finalized Contract, MSU, ICA, GVN contracts, Contract, ICA, Final, 108 1959
Document Item Number: 6-20-138F-116-UA2-9-5-5_003891
Coordinator Stanley Sheinbaum forwards to Dean Alfred Seelye a finalized version of the new contract between Michigan State University and the International Cooperation Administration. The contract covers matters of personnel, institution support, reports, records, inspections, assignments, subcontracts, regulations and taxes, compensation, salaries, and more.
Author(s): Sheinbaum, Stanley K.
Item Creation Date: 30 June 6 1959
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 29 Jun 2014 [Updated: 18 Mar 2024]
Vietnam 1969: Politics by Neil Staebler
Document Item Number: 6-20-225-116-UA17-95_001065
Neil Staebler's piece titled "Vietnam 1969: Politics" discusses major political points of interest about Vietnam.
Author(s): Staebler, Neil
Item Creation Date: 0 1969
Collection: Wesley R. Fishel Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 05 Jun 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
A Paper for Submission to the President of the Republic of Vietnam, 1968
Document Item Number: 6-20-241-116-UA17-95_001083
Lieutenant Colonel, Nguyen Be wrote to President Nguyen Van Thieu in regards to the Village Development Program. This document contains two letters and are followed by Nguyen Be's paper on the Village Development Program.
Author(s): Nguyen Be
Item Creation Date: 0 1968
Collection: Wesley R. Fishel Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 11 Jun 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Administration, Report on the Police of Vietnam, 1st Edition, December 1, 1955
Document Item Number: 6-20-1515-116-UA2-9-5-5_004273
Personnel with the Michigan State University Vietnam Advisory Group's Police Administration Division write a report on the police of Vietnam. The report covers the organization, personnel, equipment, and training in the divisions of the Civil Guard, the Municipal Police, the Security Police, the Gendarmerie, and in rural police groups. Black and white photographs are included throughout, documenting police training and practices.
Author(s): Smuckler, Ralph H.
Item Creation Date: 01 December 12 1955
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 09 Sep 2014 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Administration, Report on the Police of Vietnam, 2nd Edition, February 25, 1959
Document Item Number: 6-20-1516-116-UA2-9-5-5_004274
Personnel with the Michigan State University Vietnam Advisory Group's Police Administration Division write a report on the police of Vietnam. The report covers the organization, personnel, equipment, and training in the divisions of the Civil Guard, the Municipal Police, the Security Police, the Gendarmerie, and in rural police groups. Black and white photographs are included throughout, documenting police training and practices.
Author(s): Smuckler, Ralph H.
Item Creation Date: 15 February 2 1959
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 09 Sep 2014 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Correspondence between Ralph Turner and Arthur Brandstatter, November 1959
Document Item Number: 6-20-15AC-116-UA17-149_000008
Ralph Turner of MSUG and Arthur Brandstatter, Director of the MSU School of Police Administration and Public Safety, correspond throughout November, 1959. They discuss personnel contracts, resignations, and visits, general administration of the division, negative press reports about the project, updates on the Lyman Rundlett case, administration of the Participant Training Program, and family matters.
Author(s): Turner, Ralph F.
Item Creation Date: 02 November 1959
Collection: Ralph F. Turner Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 13 Oct 2014 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Correspondence between Ralph Turner and Arthur Brandstatter, July 1960
Document Item Number: 6-20-15B4-116-UA17-149_000016
Ralph Turner of MSUG and Arthur Brandstatter, Director of the MSU School of Police Administration and Public Safety, correspond throughout July, 1960. The majority of their correspondence concerns personnel contracts, resignations, and visits, but they also discuss public opinion of the project, the transferal of duties to USOM and the continuation of the program, the progress of the Participant Training Program, worsening security conditions, and general administration.
Author(s): Turner, Ralph F.
Item Creation Date: 01 July 1960
Collection: Ralph F. Turner Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 14 Oct 2014 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Correspondence between Ralph Turner and Arthur Brandstatter, November 1960
Document Item Number: 6-20-15C5-116-UA17-149_000033
Ralph Turner of MSUG and Arthur Brandstatter, Director of the MSU School of Police Administration and Public Safety, correspond throughout November, 1960. The majority of their correspondence concerns personnel contracts, resignations, and visits, but they also discuss relations with USOM, report submissions, personal family updates, faculty equipment purchases and distribution, the morale of MSUG staff, and brief updates from the Civil Guard, the National Institute of Administration, Viet Cong activity, the National Identity Card Program, the Participant Training Program, the Municipal Police, and the Surete.
Author(s): Turner, Ralph F.
Item Creation Date: 03 November 1960
Collection: Ralph F. Turner Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 26 Oct 2014 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Article: The whole thing was a lie
Document Item Number: 6-20-15FB-116-UA17-149_000087
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[Number of Pages: 16]Master Sergeant Donald Duncan writes a candid piece for Ramparts magazine concerning his time spent on active duty in Vietnam and how his tour negatively influenced his perception of the American presence in Vietnam.
Author(s): Duncan, Donald
Item Creation Date: 22 July 1965
Collection: Ralph F. Turner Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 03 Nov 2014 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
MSU Vietnam Advisory Group, Report of Law Enforcement and Security Agencies in the Province of Quang Nam, Central Law Lands, Vietnam -- April 1961
Document Item Number: 6-20-1604-116-UA17-149_000096
Chief Advisor Lloyd Musolf, Chief Police Advisor Ralph turner, and Police Advisor Paul Shields author a, "Report on Law Enforcement and Security Agencies in the Province of Quang Nam, Central Lowlands, Vietnam."
Author(s): Musolf, Lloyd D.
Item Creation Date: April 1961
Collection: Ralph F. Turner Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 05 Nov 2014 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
8th Report of the MSU Advisory Group in Public Administration to the Government of Vietnam, December 31, 1958
Document Item Number: 6-20-161F-116-UA17-149_000118
Ralph Smuckler and personnel with the Michigan State University Vietnam Advisory Group submit their 8th report to the Vietnamese government. The report discusses general academic, consulting, in-service training, and research activities in both the public administration division and the police administration division.
Author(s): Smuckler, Ralph H.
Item Creation Date: 31 December 12 1958
Collection: Ralph F. Turner Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 13 Nov 2014 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
MSUG Police Program, Report on the Police of Vietnam, December 1, 1955
Document Item Number: 6-20-1673-116-UA17-149_000201
Research Coordinator Ralph Smuckler and other members of the MSUG police team write a report on the functions, backgrounds, organization, personnel, equipment, and training for the divisions of the Civil Guard, the Municipal Police, the Security Police, the Gendarmerie, and rural police groups.
Author(s): Smuckler, Ralph H.
Item Creation Date: 01 December 12 1955
Collection: Ralph F. Turner Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 02 Dec 2014 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
MSUG Police Program, The National Institute of Administration: Personnel, Organization, and Activities, November 30, 1960
Document Item Number: 6-20-1689-116-UA17-149_000223
A preliminary report is made for the committee between the National Institute of Administration and Michigan State University to study the programs, organization, and activities of the NIA. The report discusses the various divisions within the NIA and their activities, as well as personnel organization, curriculum, teaching methods, research programs, textbooks in usage, and more.
Author(s): unknown
Item Creation Date: 30 November 11 1960
Collection: Ralph F. Turner Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 07 Dec 2014 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
An Analysis of Revenues and Expenditures of Vietnamese Governmental Agencies Having Budget Autonomy Fiscal Year 1956
Document Item Number: 6-20-181-116-UA17-95_000501
A study conducted by the National Institute of Administration of the revenues and expenditures of Vietnamese governmental agencies having budget autonomy for the fiscal year 1956.
Author(s): Murphy, Marvin Snyder, Wayne
Item Creation Date: August 8 1957
Collection: Wesley R. Fishel Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 13 May 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
U.S. Foreign Aid in the Far East
Document Item Number: 6-20-19DD-116-UA17-95_001530
A report from the Agency for International Development (AID). Various forms of U.S. aid, including military assistance, economic aid, Supporting Assistance grants, technical assistance, and development lending (among others) are detailed. The report indicates the results of U.S. aid to Far East countries in fiscal years 1964 and 1965, and provides projected results for fiscal year 1966.
Author(s): Agency for International Development
Item Creation Date: 0 1965
Collection: Wesley R. Fishel Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 01 Apr 2015 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Vietnam Bulletin, Volume 1 Number 1 & 2 - Embassy of Viet-Nam (Washington, DC) - January-February 1967 (Embassy of Viet-Nam)
Document Item Number: 6-20-19E7-116-UA17-95_001540
A monthly publication, published by the Embassy of Vietnam in Washington, D.C. Articles include military, diplomatic, economic and political activities in Vietnam, as well as information about the Vietnamese New Year. The cover of this issue is a reproduction of a wall poster featuring Tet (New Year) celebrations in Vietnam.
Author(s): Embassy of Vietnam, Washington, D.C.
Item Creation Date: January-February 1967
Collection: Wesley R. Fishel Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 05 Apr 2015 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Nation Building in Vietnam: A Critique of USAID's Involvement in the Provinces of Vietnam, Part II, December 1968
Document Item Number: 6-20-19EE-116-UA17-95_001547
The second in a two-part series on the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and their work providing assistance to Vietnam. This second paper focuses on the interpersonal relationships between Vietnamese and Americans in Vietnam, civilian and military. The paper is written from a critical point-of-view, with suggestions for improvement at the end of each section.
Author(s): Benson, Louis Kirchhoffer, James
Item Creation Date: December 12 1968
Collection: Wesley R. Fishel Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 08 Apr 2015 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Commercial Exports Under A.I.D. Programs, circa 1965
Document Item Number: 6-20-1A24-116-UA17-95_001601
A booklet published by the Agency for International Development (AID), Office of Material Resources, possibly in 1965. This publication was a guide for U.S. businessmen to share in opportunities to assist AID in their economic aid program, primarily in the areas of trade expansion and market development. A letter of introduction by Herbert Waters, Assistant Administrator for Material Resources is added as a foreword. Appendices with commodity lists, field office locations, and addresses to missions are also included.
Author(s): Agency for International Development, Office of Material Resources
Item Creation Date: 0 1965
Collection: Wesley R. Fishel Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 23 Apr 2015 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Statement of Mr. Leland Barrows, Director, USOM to Vietnam Before the Committee on Foreign Aid, June 14, 1956
Document Item Number: 6-20-1A29-116-UA17-95_001606
Leland Barrows, Director of the United States Operations Mission (USOM) to Vietnam speaks to the National Committee for Foreign Aid to review U.S. economic and technical assistance to Vietnam. Barrows highlights aid provided during fiscal years 1954 and 1955, and makes suggestions for large-scale aid in 1956. Additional topics of focus include refugee aid, military support, commercial imports, agriculture, transportation, and public administration.
Author(s): Barrows, Leland
Item Creation Date: 14 June 6 1956
Collection: Wesley R. Fishel Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 26 Apr 2015 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
The New Statute on Agricultural Cooperatives in the Context of the Agricultural Policy Debate in North Viet Nam: A Background Paper, October 1969
Document Item Number: 6-20-1A85-116-UA17-95_001692
A background paper on the Statute on Agricultural Production Cooperatives, and the propaganda campaign it's based upon, in three parts. The first part is the abbreviated text of the Statute. The second part is the text of an appeal by President Ho Chi Minh. The final part is an analysis of the Statute, from the August 1969 issue of Tuyen-Huan (Propaganda-Training).
Author(s): United States Mission in Vietnam
Item Creation Date: October 10 1969
Collection: Wesley R. Fishel Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 11 May 2015 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Eight Report of the Michigan State University Advisory Group in Public Administration to the Government of Vietnam
Document Item Number: 6-20-1E7-116-UA17-95_000512
The Eighth report sent by the Michigan State Advisory Group discussing work being done in the Public Administration sector of the Vietnamese Government.
Author(s): Fishel, Wesley
Item Creation Date: 31 December 12 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]
Recommendations Concerning the Department of Interior, the Regions and Provinces, Walter W. Mode, 14 January 1956
Document Item Number: 6-20-3E8-116-UA2-9-5-5_000280
A report on the Department of Interior that was compiled from research done by a number of personnel from a field administration project of the Michigan State University Vietnam Advisory Group.
Author(s): Mode, Walter W.
Item Creation Date: 14 January 1 1956
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 31 Jul 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Rites of Passage
Document Item Number: 6-20-440-116-UA17-95_000589
A report on the ceremonies, events, and "rites of passage" that play a large role in Vietnamese culture.
Author(s): Nguyen Van Thuan
Item Creation Date: April 4 1962
Collection: Wesley R. Fishel Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 08 Aug 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
National Institute of Administration (NIA), Publications, Inservice Training News Letter, December 1958
Document Item Number: 6-20-844-116-UA2-9-5-5_001101
Newsletter regarding in-service training for public employees. Contains articles on human relations, motivation, office management, and the like.
Author(s): unknown
Item Creation Date: December 12 1958
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 21 Oct 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
National Institute of Administration (NIA), Reports, ââ¬ÅBusiness Administration Program,ââ¬Â Preliminary Report on Establishment of, March 9, 1960
Document Item Number: 6-20-864-116-UA2-9-5-5_001133
Ruben Austin and members of USOM draft a compilation report concerning the establishment of a Business Administration program in Vietnam. The documents include interviews with various international business figures, meeting minutes for the establishment of the program, communications with NIA rector Vu Quoc Thong, and other communications.
Author(s): Austin, Ruben V.
Item Creation Date: 09 March 3 1960
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 22 Oct 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
National Institute of Administration (NIA), Reports, ââ¬ÅCouncil of Administration of the NIA,ââ¬Â July 10, 1954
Document Item Number: 6-20-867-116-UA2-9-5-5_001136
The National Institute of Administration publishes a report from the Council of Administration, including information on employees and courses.
Author(s): Tran Cuu Chan
Item Creation Date: 10 July 7 1954
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 22 Oct 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
National Institute of Administration (NIA), Reports, ââ¬ÅOrganization, Activities, and Proceduresââ¬Â (Sequel to the Previous Report), January 1961-February 1961
Document Item Number: 6-20-878-116-UA2-9-5-5_001153
Members of the Michigan State University Vietnam Advisory Group release a draft of a report of recommendations following the publication of the report, "The Organization, Activities, and Procedures at the NIA." The report lists general recommendations for expansion, faculty administration, priorities in teaching programs, simplification of administration, outside employment, course and examination schedules, budgetary and aid planning, and lectures and linguistic issues, among others. Comments from Guy Fox, Leonard Maynard, and Lloyd Musolf are included at the end of the document.
Author(s): unknown
Item Creation Date: January 1 1961
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 23 Oct 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Participant Training Program, Conference on Vietnam Financial Administration, Staff Reports, Cole and Shiff, July 1958
Document Item Number: 6-20-930-116-UA2-9-5-5_001334
Frank Schiff writes a report entitled, "Monetary Reorganization and the Emergence of Central Banking in South Vietnam," in which Schiff discusses the background of Vietnamese banking, a system to transition to a national monetary management, and the first years of the new system.
Author(s): Schiff, Frank W.
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 31 Oct 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Rites of Passage
Document Item Number: 6-20-9F5-116-UA2-9-5-5_001531
Published report by Nguyen Van Thuan entitled, "Rites of Passage" which discusses such rites on New Year's, weddings, pregnancy, and funeral ceremonies.
Item Creation Date: 0 1962
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 12 Nov 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Report on the Organization of the Department of Information and Youth Sports
Document Item Number: 6-20-AB1-116-1490134001
Report on the organization of the Department of Information and the Department of Youth and Sports, prepared by Walter W. Mode, M. A. Sanderson Jr., Gerald Hickey, Alexandra Rolland, Dale Ross, Nguyen Thi Hong, Vu Van Hoc, Vu Quang Van, Nguyen Khiem Hanh and Truong Van Khang. Discusses various means for spreading positive information about the government to the population, including radio, the press, and various other institutions and mediums.A;
Author(s): Mode, Walter Sanderson, M.A. Hickey, Gerald Rolland, Alexandra Rose, Dale Nguyen Thi Hong Vu Van Hoc Vu Quang Van Nguyen Khiem Hanh Truong Van Khang
Item Creation Date: 15 January 1 1957
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 31 Oct 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Administrative Organization in the Province of My-Tho
Document Item Number: 6-20-A8C-116-1490106001
Administrative Organization in the province of My-Tho, a report by the Michigan State University, Vietnam Advisory Board, 1957. Principal authors are Wesley R. Fishel, Walter W. Mode, Albert A. RosenfeldA;A;List of subject tags generated by Texas Tech University:A;A;Physical Background, Economic Background, Social Background, organization, Budget and Fiscal Operations, Village Government Manual, History, My-Tho, organization units, Administrative Organization, Department of Agriculture, National Budget, Provincial Budget, Taxes, Tax Bureau, Treasury Bureau, Public Health Department, medicine, hospitals, Department of Land Registration, Agrarian Reform, Main Functions of Communal Administration, Republic of Vietnam, Government Delegate of South Vietnam, Birth, death, Marriage, Administrative Police, Commissioner Police, taxes, Finance, Expenses, Propaganda, organization of hamlet, organization of family-groups, social works, functions of chief of familyA;
Item Creation Date: 28 February 2 1957
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 31 Oct 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Recommendations Concerning the Department of Interior, the Regions and Provinces - Part I, Budgetary and Financial Administration in Vietnam - Part II, Background Information
Document Item Number: 6-20-A91-116-1490108001
Report providing background information for recommendations concerning the Department of Interior, the Regions and Provinces. It includes an historical survey from the standpoint of administrative law, administrative procedures, legal background, general purchase procedures, and analysis of expenditures by the government of Vietnam, and surveys of national, regional, provincial, municipal and village budgets. A;
Author(s): Wayne Snyder
Item Creation Date: 14 January 1 1956
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 31 Oct 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Eleventh Report of the Michigan State University Advisory Group in Public Adminstration to the Government of Vietnam
Document Item Number: 6-20-A95-116-1490112001
Eleventh Report of the Michigan State University Advisory Group in Public Administration to the Government of Vietnam, June 30, 1960. Covers the activities of the Public Administration Divsion, the Police Administration Division, and the Administrative Services Division.
Item Creation Date: 30 June 6 1960
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 31 Oct 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Preliminary Research Report on the PMS, Field Administration Division in the Central Highland Minority regions; also contains 'Recueil Des Coutumes Rhadees Du Darlac' and 'Coutumier de la Tribu Bahnar Des Sedang et Des Jarai." Treats agricultural and political issues in Darlac, Pleiku and Kontum provinces.A;A;
Item Creation Date: 01 June 6 1957
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 31 Oct 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Preliminary Research Report on the PMS - Field Administration Division - re: Payse Montagnard du Sud (PMS)
Document Item Number: 6-20-AAB-116-1490128001
Brief version of the June 1957 Preliminary Research Report on the PMS, Field Administration Division in Central Highland minority regions, covering agricultural and political issues in these areas.
Item Creation Date: June 6 1957
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 31 Oct 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Rites of Passage - re: existing Vietnamese cultural patterns and trends
Document Item Number: 6-20-ACC-116-1490209001
Rites of Passage, report by Nguyen Van Thuan. Covers a range of cultural characteristics, events and processes, including Tet, marriage, pregnancy and childbirth, death and funerals, death anniversaries, gifting, etc.
Author(s): Nguyen Van Thuan
Item Creation Date: April 4 1962
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 31 Oct 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Participant Training Program, Visitors, Misc. Information, 1955-1960
Document Item Number: 6-20-FFE-116-UA2-9-5-5_002986
The International Cooperation Administration's Public Administration Adviser for Europe and the Far East MacDonald Salter sends a packet of biographical data forms of potential students to Coordinator for the Participant Training Program Charles Killingsworth.
Author(s): Salter, MacDonald
Item Creation Date: 09 December 12 1955
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 05 Mar 2014 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
National Institute of Administration (NIA), Constructions, Specifications 1959
Document Item Number: 6-20-556-116-UA2-9-5-5_000586
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]
Presidency, Office of the, Budget and Foreign Aid, Directorate General of (Executive Agency of the Office to the Presidency), Provinces, Reports, Misc. on Budgets of Various Provinces (in Vietnamese) 1956
Document Item Number: 6-20-10B8-116-UA2-9-5-5_003167
The Vietnamese Presidential Administration releases a budget balancing scheme for various departments in the government.
Author(s): unknown
Item Creation Date: 0 1956
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 24 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¬ÅAdministration Budgetaire au Vietnam,ââ¬Â MSU n.d
Document Item Number: 6-20-10C2-116-UA2-9-5-5_003177
The Michigan State University Vietnam Advisory Group submits a report to the President and cabinets of the Vietnamese government on the subject of fiscal administration.
Author(s): Fishel, Wesley
Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 26 Mar 2014 [Updated: 18 Mar 2024]
Presidency, Office of the, Civil Service, Directorate General of (Executive Agency of the Office of the Presidency), Publications, Personnel Recruitment in Vietnam 1958
Document Item Number: 6-20-10FE-116-UA2-9-5-5_003237
A report concerning Personnel Recruitment is made for the Republic of Vietnamââ¬â¢s Directorate General of Civil Service for the year 1958.
Author(s): unknown
Item Creation Date: 0 1958
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 03 Apr 2014 [Updated: 18 Mar 2024]
Province Administration Study (Mytho Survey): Field Interviews November 1956
Document Item Number: 6-20-111D-116-UA2-9-5-5_003268
A series of interviews are conducted with district chiefs in the provinces of My Tho and Dinh Tuong to discuss matters of province history, administration, and problems. The interviews were conducted by Walter Mode, Albert Rosenfeld, and Nguyen Quan.
Author(s): Mode, Walter
Item Creation Date: 05 November 11 1956
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 07 Apr 2014 [Updated: 18 Mar 2024]
Province Administration Study (Mytho Survey): Field Interviews November 1956
Document Item Number: 6-20-111E-116-UA2-9-5-5_003269
A series of interviews are conducted with district chiefs in the provinces of My Tho and Dinh Tuong to discuss matters of province history, administration, and problems. The interviews were conducted by Walter Mode, Albert Rosenfeld, and Nguyen Quan.
Author(s): Mode, Walter
Item Creation Date: 21 November 11 1956
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 08 Apr 2014 [Updated: 18 Mar 2024]
Public Health, Department of, Reports, ââ¬ÅMedical Education in Vietnamââ¬Â July-August 1956
Document Item Number: 6-20-11D6-116-UA2-9-5-5_003452
A lengthy report entitled "Medical Education in Vietnam, A Study with Recommendations." The report introduces a comparison between Vietnamese and world standards of education before going into the needs and types of medical education in Vietnam.
Author(s): unknown
Item Creation Date: July 7 1956
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 29 Apr 2014 [Updated: 18 Mar 2024]
Public Health, Department of, Reports, ââ¬ÅMedical Education in Vietnamââ¬Â July-August 1956
Document Item Number: 6-20-11D7-116-UA2-9-5-5_003453
A lengthy report is written with the title, "Medical Education in Vietnam, A Study with Recommendations." The report introduces a comparison between Vietnamese and world standards of education before going into the needs and types of medical education in Vietnam.
Author(s): unknown
Item Creation Date: July 7 1956
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 29 Apr 2014 [Updated: 18 Mar 2024]
Reports and Publications, Misc., ââ¬ÅThe Communist Challenge to South Vietnam,ââ¬Â Far Eastern Survey, Roy Jumper November 1956
Document Item Number: 6-20-125B-116-UA2-9-5-5_003585
Assistant Professor for the Department of Social Sciences at Wake Forest College Roy Jumper writes an article with the American Institute of Pacific Relations called, "The Communist Challenge to South Vietnam."
Author(s): Jumper, Roy
Item Creation Date: November 11 1956
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¬ÅOfficial Missions to Belgium, France and the United States,ââ¬Â Ton That Trach, English and Vietnamese Editions 1958
Document Item Number: 6-20-1264-116-UA2-9-5-5_003594
An English translation of Ton That Trach's, "Report on official missions carried out in Belgium, France, and the U.S." in the summer of 1958.
Author(s): Ton That Trach
Item Creation Date: 0 1958
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 13 May 2014 [Updated: 18 Mar 2024]
Rural Affairs (Agriculture, Department of), Seminar Materials, Cole Seminar, Materials Relating to May-June 1960
Document Item Number: 6-20-1294-116-UA2-9-5-5_003641
For the seminar on Economic Development, David Cole includes a paper by the title, "Planning the General Rate of Development."
Author(s): Cole, David C.
Item Creation Date: June 6 1960
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 28 May 2014 [Updated: 18 Mar 2024]
Administration, MSU Monthly Reports, 109 March to December 1956
Document Item Number: 6-20-1390-116-UA2-9-5-5_003892
Monthly reports are sent in from Ralph Smuckler and Wesley Fishel from March to December, 1956. The reports come from the Michigan State University Vietnam Advisory Group's police division, and they report on the administration of the program. Some of the discussion points are the police project, the program at the National Institute of Administration, the Executive Office, and field administration.
Author(s): Smuckler, Ralph
Item Creation Date: 05 March 3 1956
Collection: Vietnam Project
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 29 Jun 2014 [Updated: 18 Mar 2024]
Agreement Between The Vietnam of Vietnam and Michigan State University -- 1955, 1957
Document Item Number: 6-20-15A6-116-UA17-149_000002
An agreement is drawn up between the government of Vietnam and Michigan State University, first in April, 1955 then again in August, 1957. The contents discuss the scope of services provided by MSU, personnel to be furnished, conditions governing operations, financial provisions, rights and obligations, duration of the agreement, training of personnel, conferences and research, and more.
Author(s): unknown
Item Creation Date: 14 April 1955
Collection: Ralph F. Turner Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 12 Oct 2014 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Correspondence between Ralph Turner and Arthur Brandstatter, August 1960
Document Item Number: 6-20-15B8-116-UA17-149_000020
Ralph Turner of MSUG and Arthur Brandstatter, Director of the MSU School of Police Administration and Public Safety, correspond throughout August, 1960. The majority of their correspondence concerns personnel contracts, resignations, and visits, but they also discuss administration of the Participant Training Program, the extent of NIA involvement in administration, administration of the National Identity Card Program, progress of the gendarmerie, the possible establishment of a mobile training program, a recent Viet Cong attack near Saigon, and general administration.
Author(s): Turner, Ralph F.
Item Creation Date: 02 August 1960
Collection: Ralph F. Turner Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 20 Oct 2014 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Correspondence between Ralph Turner and Arthur Brandstatter, March 1961
Document Item Number: 6-20-15CA-116-UA17-149_000038
Ralph Turner of MSUG and Arthur Brandstatter, Director of the MSU School of Police Administration and Public Safety, correspond throughout March, 1961. The majority of their correspondence concerns personnel contracts, resignations, and visits, but they also discuss relations with USOM, report submissions, personal family updates, faculty equipment purchases and distribution, the morale of MSUG staff, John Hannah's visit to Vietnam, preparation for the upcoming election, and brief updates from the fingerprint division, the Participant Training Program, the National Institute of Administration, the Civil Guard, Viet Cong activity, the National Identity Card Program, the Municipal Police, and the Surete.
Author(s): Turner, Ralph F.
Item Creation Date: 02 March 1961
Collection: Ralph F. Turner Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 26 Oct 2014 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Correspondence between Ralph Turner and Arthur Brandstatter, January 1961
Document Item Number: 6-20-15CB-116-UA17-149_000039
Ralph Turner of MSUG and Arthur Brandstatter, Director of the MSU School of Police Administration and Public Safety, correspond throughout January, 1961. The majority of their correspondence concerns personnel contracts, resignations, and visits, but they also discuss relations with USOM, report submissions, personal family updates, faculty equipment purchases and distribution, the morale of MSUG staff, and brief updates from the Civil Guard, the Camp des Mares Crime Laboratory, the National Institute of Administration, Viet Cong activity, the National Identity Card Program, the fingerprint division, the Participant Training Program, the Municipal Police, and the Surete.
Author(s): Turner, Ralph F.
Item Creation Date: 03 April 1961
Collection: Ralph F. Turner Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 26 Oct 2014 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Article: Letter from South Vietnam
Document Item Number: 6-20-15E9-116-UA17-149_000069
Robert Shaplen writes a piece entitled, "Letter from South Vietnam" in which he discusses attempts at rural and social reforms in South Vietnam in terms of international relations, financing, and resistance.
Author(s): Shaplen, Robert
Item Creation Date: 12 March 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]
11th Report of the MSU Advisory Group in Public Administration to the Government of Vietnam, December 31, 1958
Document Item Number: 6-20-1621-116-UA17-149_000120
Ralph Smuckler and personnel with the Michigan State University Vietnam Advisory Group submit their 11th report to the Vietnamese government. The report discusses general academic, consulting, in-service training, and research activities in both the public administration division and the police administration division.
Author(s): Smuckler, Ralph H.
Item Creation Date: 30 June 6 1960
Collection: Ralph F. Turner Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 16 Nov 2014 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
MSUG Police Program, Planning Group Meeting Minutes, July - December, 1959
Document Item Number: 6-20-1647-116-UA17-149_000158
Meeting minutes are recorded for the Michigan State University Vietnam Advisory Group's Planning Group for the period from July to December, 1959. The minutes discuss updates from individual members in their divisions. The majority of the minutes relate to personnel visits and contracts, as well as relations with USOM and the Vietnamese government. Some other subjects are equipment acquisitions, progress of the Participant Training Program, propaganda measures, construction projects, and general administration of MSUG.
Author(s): Fishel, Wesley
Item Creation Date: July 7 1959
Collection: Ralph F. Turner Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 20 Nov 2014 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
MSUG Police Program, The Organization, Activities, and Procedures at the NIA Recommendations, January, 1961
Document Item Number: 6-20-168B-116-UA17-149_000225
Personnel with the Michigan State University Vietnam Advisory Group draft a report of recommendations on, "The Organization, Activities, and Procedures at the NIA."
Author(s): unknown
Item Creation Date: January 1 1961
Collection: Ralph F. Turner Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 07 Dec 2014 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
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