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MSUG Police Program, “The Tet,” February, 1956
Document Item Number: 6-20-168D-116-UA17-149_000227
Chief of Documentation Services in the Department of the Interior Do Van Minh writes a piece on the Tet in Vietnam, what Vietnamese citizens do to recognize the celebration, and what ceremonies are done.
Author(s): Do Van Minh
Item Creation Date: February 2 1956
Collection: Ralph F. Turner Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 08 Dec 2014 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Memorandum from Stanley K. Sheinbaum to Frank N. Trager, T. H. Hamilton, Glen L. Taggart, and Wesley R. Fishel, May 15, 1959
Document Item Number: 6-20-18F0-116-UA2-1-12_000091
Sheinbaum reports on the South East Asia and Regional Education meeting of members of the Michigan State University Group (MSUG) on May 15, 1959. Topics included discussions of support from memorandums from December 1958 and January 1959, authored by Frank Trager (a professor of international affairs at NYU), including the utilization of the Southeast Asia Universities Association (SAUA) to help with MSU's Saigon operations. Sheinbaum forwards the memorandum to MSU president Hannah.
Author(s): Sheinbaum, Stanley K.
Item Creation Date: 15 May 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]
Letter from Glen L. Taggart to Edward E. Kunze, October 19, 1959
Document Item Number: 6-20-18F5-116-UA2-1-12_000096
A letter from Glen L. Taggart, Dean of International Programs at MSU, to Edward E. Kunze, Director of the Office of Contract Relations at the International Cooperation Administration (ICA) in Washington, D.C. Taggart asks Kunze for assistance in expediting the release of Ralph Smuckler from his duties as Chief Advisor to the Michigan State University Group (MSUG) in Saigon, on December 6, 1959. Taggart requests that Smuckler be allowed to leave Vietnam early, to enjoy some time in Hawaii and time with his family in the U.S. before returning to his duties at MSU.
Author(s): Taggart, Glen L.
Item Creation Date: 19 October 1959
Collection: John A. Hannah Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 08 Feb 2015 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Letter from Glen L. Taggart to Nguyen Dinh Thuan, October 19, 1959
Document Item Number: 6-20-18F6-116-UA2-1-12_000097
A letter from Glen L. Taggart, Dean of International Programs at MSU, to Nguyen Dinh Thuan, Secretary of State at the Presidency in Saigon, Vietnam. Taggart asks Thuan for assistance in expediting the release of Ralph Smuckler from his duties as Chief Advisor to the Michigan State University Group (MSUG) in Saigon, on December 6, 1959. Taggart requests that Smuckler be allowed to leave Vietnam early, to enjoy some time in Hawaii and time with his family in the U.S. before returning to his duties at MSU.
Author(s): Taggart, Glen L.
Item Creation Date: 19 October 1959
Collection: John A. Hannah Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 08 Feb 2015 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Gardiner Return to Saigon: Memorandum from Lloyd D. Musolf to Ruben V. Austin, July 20, 1960
Document Item Number: 6-20-1914-116-UA2-1-12_000127
Lloyd Musolf reports to Ruben Austin on Arthur Gardiner's recent visit to the United States. During his time in East Lansing, Gardiner remarked, "I didn't see as much of the MSU people as I would have liked, because they weren't available...until near the end of my stay..." Musolf also comments on how Gardiner makes an implication on the "phasing out" of the services in Vietnam provided by MSU. Austin shares the memo with MSU president Hannah on July 27.
Author(s): Musolf, Lloyd D.
Item Creation Date: 20 July 1960
Collection: John A. Hannah Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 12 Feb 2015 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
MSUG Special Staff Meeting Minutes, January 31, 1962
Document Item Number: 6-20-1945-116-UA2-1-12_000176
Guy Fox officially welcomed the arrival to the Michigan State University Group (MSUG) of Alfred Seelye (Dean of the College of Business and Public Service) and his wife. Seelye discussed the communications relationship between the National Institute of Administration (NIA) campus and the Agency for International Development (AID), on the subject of the MSUG and its contract renewal. Seelye and Fox drafted a memorandum to the Presidency of South Vietnam, highlighting the fact that the AID, the United States Operations Mission (USOM)/Saigon, and MSU are all in favor of MSU's continued technical support in Vietnam.
Author(s): author unknown
Item Creation Date: 31 January 1962
Collection: John A. Hannah Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 23 Feb 2015 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
MSUG Staff Meeting Minutes, March 16, 1962
Document Item Number: 6-20-194A-116-UA2-1-12_000181
Elmer Adkins reported that all but four Vietnam provinces were issuing ID cards, and that the delay for these provinces was not due to security problems. The Michigan State University Group (MSUG) has modified their phase-out plan, including the termination date for local employees. Guy Fox stated that research should conclude at the end of May, to help facilitate a smooth phase-out process.
Author(s): author unknown
Item Creation Date: 16 March 1962
Collection: John A. Hannah Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 23 Feb 2015 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Memorandum from Guy H. Fox to James B. Hendry, January 25, 1962
Document Item Number: 6-20-194E-116-UA2-1-12_000185
Guy Fox tells James Hendry how he regrets that they could not hear each other very well in their recent telephone conversation. Fox goes on to talk about the ending of MSU's contract, South Vietnam President Diem's views on "dishonest" and "disloyal" publications by former members of the Michigan State University Group (MSUG), and Fox's views of Vietnam's deteriorating security conditions.
Author(s): Fox, Guy H.
Item Creation Date: 25 January 1962
Collection: John A. Hannah Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 23 Feb 2015 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Letter from John A. Hannah to John F. Kennedy, February 26, 1962
Document Item Number: 6-20-1959-116-UA2-1-12_000196
MSU President John Hannah writes to U.S. President John F. Kennedy regarding the ending of the Michigan State University Group's (MSUG) contract with Vietnam. Hannah refers to a letter he received from Wesley Fishel, forwarded to him from Burma, which detail Fishel's views on the dissolution of the MSUG's contract, and President Diem and the people who work with him. Hannah justifies sending the letter by acknowledging the time and effort Kennedy and his aides have spent on the subject of Vietnam.
Author(s): Hannah, John A.
Item Creation Date: 26 February 1962
Collection: John A. Hannah Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 25 Feb 2015 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
An Interesting Case by The National Police: Interesting Case #1, June 30, 1965
Document Item Number: 6-20-19BB-116-UA17-95_001496
Otto Ludwig, Jr., Public Safety Advisor to the United States Operations Mission (USOM) releases the first report of an "interesting case" in publication form. Ã In this report, Major Le Van Dua and his advisor (Ludwig) intercept a hidden shipment of steel and iron on a junk en route from Saigon to Hau Nghia Province. Ã Police reported that the steel could be used to make military weaponry to support the Viet Cong insurgency. Ã The two men on the boat were suspected VC, and were arrested after police the raw materials hidden under sand on the bottom of the boat.
Author(s): Ludwig Jr., Otto H.
Item Creation Date: 30 June 6 1965
Collection: Wesley R. Fishel Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 23 Mar 2015 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
An Interesting Case by The National Police: Interesting Case #2, September 30, 1965
Document Item Number: 6-20-19BC-116-UA17-95_001497
Ralph Hood, Public Safety Division Advisor to the United States Operations Mission (USOM) reports on an August 1964 incident in which the Internal Affairs Division of the National Police infiltrated a smuggling operation between Hong Kong and Saigon. Ã Merchandise recovered from the arrest of twenty-four individuals included money, gold, watches, jade and jewelry.
Author(s): Hood, Ralph T.
Item Creation Date: 30 September 9 1965
Collection: Wesley R. Fishel Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 23 Mar 2015 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
An Interesting Case by The National Police: Interesting Case #4, January 20, 1966
Document Item Number: 6-20-19BE-116-UA17-95_001499
A report in publication form, submitted by Public Safety Division Maritime Advisor to the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Robert Janus. Ã On December 4, 1965, a ship that had arrived at Nha Be, near Saigon, was searched by Vietnamese Customs Officers. Ã Acting on previously obtained information, the officers found radios, American playing cards, and lighter flints hidden in the water ballast tanks. Ã Vietnamese Customs officials believed that the goods were intended for the Viet Cong (VC), and indicated that the VC were known to use flints for detonation of explosive devices.
Author(s): Janus, Robert B.
Item Creation Date: 20 January 1 1966
Collection: Wesley R. Fishel Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 23 Mar 2015 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
An Interesting Case by The National Police: Interesting Case #7, April 15, 1966
Document Item Number: 6-20-19C1-116-UA17-95_001502
A report in publication form, submitted by Public Safety Advisor to the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Robert Jackson. Ã On November 30, 1965, a man threw a grenade into the Thu Duc market place in Gia Dinh Province killing three (including himself) and wounding seven. Ã An investigation into the incident led to the discovery of a Viet Cong terrorist ring. Ã Forty-one suspects were identified, all belonging to a group called "Cadres of Control of Vietnam". Ã Questioning of the suspects led to the divulgence of the identities of another twenty-four members of two more Viet Cong groups.
Author(s): Jackson, Robert H.
Item Creation Date: 15 April 4 1966
Collection: Wesley R. Fishel Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 23 Mar 2015 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Biography of Deputy Ambassador Eugene Murphy Locke, July 1967
Document Item Number: 6-20-1A71-116-UA17-95_001672
A biography of Eugene Murphy Locke, Deputy Ambassador to the Republic of Vietnam.
Author(s): author unknown
Item Creation Date: July 7 1967
Collection: Wesley R. Fishel Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 10 May 2015 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Biography of Ellsworth Bunker, July 1967
Document Item Number: 6-20-1A72-116-UA17-95_001673
A biography of Ellsworth Bunker, Ambassador to South Vietnam (appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson).
Author(s): author unknown
Item Creation Date: July 7 1967
Collection: Wesley R. Fishel Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 10 May 2015 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Announcement of new currency notes
Document Item Number: 6-20-1B3-116-UA17-95_000460
Announcement from the National Bank alerting citizens of the forthcoming issuance of new 200 and 500 dong banknotes. Includes images of new notes. In Vietnamese.
Item Creation Date: 24 October 10 1955
Collection: Wesley R. Fishel Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 23 May 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Letter from J.A. Hackett to Mr. Barrows, 27 April, 1957
Document Item Number: 6-20-1CD-116-UA17-95_000486
J.A. Hackett sent a field report to Mr. Barrows which concerns LieutenantA;Ng . Huynh Phuoc Chief of the VBI in Tayninh.
Author(s): Hackett, J.A.
Item Creation Date: 27 April 4 1957
Collection: Wesley R. Fishel Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 27 May 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Interview between Michigan State University Representatives and Ho Bac Thanh, 25 July, 1956
Document Item Number: 6-20-1E0-116-UA17-95_001008
This document contains a transcript of an interview between several Michigan State University representatives and the Province Chief of My Tho, Ho Hac Thanh.
Author(s): Mode Weidner Fosler Xuan
Item Creation Date: 25 July 7 1956
Collection: Wesley R. Fishel Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 29 May 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
The President of the Republic of Vietnam
Document Item Number: 6-20-1EB-116-UA17-95_000518
A letter to the President of Vietnam, discussing the dire need for reorganization and restructuring of the administration of Vietnamese Government. Another issue of political action required is also discussed.
Author(s): Fishel, Wesley
Item Creation Date: 07 July 7 1960
Collection: Wesley R. Fishel Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 30 May 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Monthly Report by Ralph Smuckler, January 1959
Document Item Number: 6-20-1EE-116-UA17-95_000518
A monthly report sent by Ralph Smuckler, detailing changes, improvements, and progress made in the Public Administration division of the Vietnamese Government.
Author(s): Fishel, Wesley
Item Creation Date: 12 February 2 1959
Collection: Wesley R. Fishel Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 30 May 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Letter from Wesley R. Fishel to William H. Vatcher, Jr., 26 January, 1959
Document Item Number: 6-20-21-116-UA17-95_000032
Wesley Fishel expresses his interest in William H. Vatcher, Jr.'s newest book, Panmunjom. Fishel also has several questions for Vatcher about his book that are related to Fishel's ORO study and the role of interpreters.
Author(s): Fishel, Wesley R
Item Creation Date: 26 January 1 1959
Collection: Wesley R. Fishel Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 03 Jan 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Madame Ngo Dinh Nhu Discusses Election with members of Women's Organizations,
Document Item Number: 6-20-214-116-UA17-95_001048
Madame Ngo Dinh Nhu answered questions and expressed the importance of women in the up coming election of the National Assembly with members of women's organizations.
Author(s): Madame Ngo Dinh Nhu
Item Creation Date: 11 August 8 1950
Collection: Wesley R. Fishel Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 03 Jun 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Declaration of the President of the Republic of Vietnam on the National Policy of Investments in Vietnam, Embassy of Vietnam, 5 March 1957
Document Item Number: 6-20-27C-116-UA17-95_001135
A press release from the Information and Documentation Office of the Embassy of Vietnam in Washington D.C. The press release outlines economic policies for future development.
Author(s): Ngo Dinh Diem Information and Documentation Office, Embassy of Vietnam
Item Creation Date: 05 March 3 1957
Collection: Wesley R. Fishel Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 19 Jun 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Letter from Wesley R. Fishel to Dean Glen L. Taggart, 30 March, 1959
Document Item Number: 6-20-29-116-UA17-95_000040
Wesley R. Fishel explains to Dean Glen L. Taggart the current problems in the collaboration between the University of California, the State Department, the ICA and the National University, Taiwan. Fishel emphasizes the importance of patience in successful negotiations with the Chinese.
Author(s): Fishel, Wesley R
Item Creation Date: 30 March 3 1959
Collection: Wesley R. Fishel Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 07 Jan 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
Resolutions: Addressed to the Chairman, Agricultural Committees of the Senate, 14 October 1969
Document Item Number: 6-20-2A3-116-UA17-95_001172
This is a document of resolutions regarding the special meeting held at CVT (Vietnamese Confederation of Labor) headquarters regarding the upcoming two bills "land to the Tiller, and the draft by-laws adopted to the Union of Farmers' Association.
Author(s): Unknown
Item Creation Date: 14 October 10 1969
Collection: Wesley R. Fishel Papers
Association: Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections
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Added: 24 Jun 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
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