Letter from General Lansdale to Wesley R. Fishel, 1 May, 1961
Document Item Number: 6-20-4D-116-UA17-95_000076
- Pages
- 4
- Media Type
- Document
- Credit
- MSU Archives and Historical Collections
- Author(s)
- Lansdale, General
- Original Repository
- Michigan State University Archives & Historical CollectionsWesley R. Fishel Papers (UA 17.95)Box 1184, Folder 19
- Reporductions
- Educational use only, no other permissions given. Copyright to this resource is held by Michigan State University and is provided here for educational purposes only. It may not be reproduced or distributed in any format without written permission of the MSU Archives & Historical Collections.
- Restriction
- MSU grant exchange. The original item# we assigned was replaced to match the PDF filename on 25APR2016. Original Item# UA17951184196204D is retained for reference in Coll/Bx/Fldr/Doc fields.
- Physical Location
- Box 1184, Folder 19; Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections,
- Language(s)
- English
- Collection
- Wesley R. Fishel Papers
Dates
Existence: 01 May 5 1961Existence: Majority of material found within 01 May 5 1961
- General Note
- From the Office of the Secretary of Defense in Washington D.C, General Lansdale sends Wesley Fishel a letter from a Vietnamese doctor sent to a civilian friend of Lansdale. The letter expresses the peril of the free world to the Communists. The Vietnamese doctor compares the necessity to fight Communism with the Second World War and the bloodshed that resulted from the hesitations to protect the free world.
- Perma Link
- https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=6-20-4D-116-UA17-95_000076
- Citation
- Letter from General Lansdale to Wesley R. Fishel, 1 May, 1961, 6-20-4D-116-UA17-95_000076. 01 May 5 1961, Box 1184, Folder 19; Michigan State University Archives & Historical Collections, Wesley R. Fishel Papers, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=6-20-4D-116-UA17-95_000076, Accessed 10 Feb 2026.
- Pub Credit Line
- 6-20-4D-116-UA17-95_000076, Wesley R. Fishel Papers, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University
- Added: 16 Jan 2013 [Updated: 19 Mar 2024]
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