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Peter Rayls Collection (2411) Finding Aid

Collection Item Number: 24110000000
Collection
Peter Rayls Collection
Title
Finding Aid
Pages
1
Language(s)
English
Dates
Creation: 17 February 2014
Scope and Contents
Approximately one linear foot of articles and photocopies from the Australian National Archives and Australian War Memorial concerning Australia's involvement in the Vietnam War that was collected by Major Peter Rayls, USA while he was a cadet at the United States Military Academy writing his Senior Thesis in History in 1998-1999. A copy of Rayls' thesis titled 'The Australians in Vietnam, 1964-1967: A Strategic Balancing Act' is included in the donation.
  • Box 1: [Barcode: 1] [TTU - Southwest Collections Building, Stacks [D 103.7 E ]]
  • Box 1
  • Folder 1
  • Thesis by Peter Rayls 'The Australians in Vietnam, 1964-1967, A Strategic Balancing Act' (1999)
  • Folder 2
  • Statments by the Prime Minister of Australia ( August 5, 1954-October 17, 1967)
  • Folder 3
  • Photocopies of Published Statments by Australian, British, and Vietnamese Government Officals (June 1964-July 1970)
  • Folder 4
  • Cabinet Reports and Minute Reports (August 28, 1964-May 2, 1966)
  • Folder 5
  • Defense Committee Reports and Minute Reports (September 20, 1961-May 12, 1965)
  • Folder 6
  • Defense Committee Reports and Minute Reports (July 26,1965-December 11, 1966)
  • Folder 7
  • Defense Committee Reports and Minute Reports (December 13, 1966-August 24, 1967)
  • Folder 8
  • Chief of Staff Committee Reports and Minute Reports (March 28, 1962-April 4, 1965)
  • Folder 9
  • Chief of Staff Committee Reports and Minute Reports (March 23,1966-May 10, 1967)
  • Folder 10
  • Joint Intelligence Committee Reports and Minutes Reports (May 1964-August 1965)
  • Folder 11
  • Cablegrams to and from Australian Embassy Washington D.C. and Saigon (March 1965-February 1967)
  • Folder 12
  • Correspondence to Lyndon B. Johnson from Prime Minister (October 6, 1967)
  • Folder 13
  • Press conference questions to the Prime Minister (August, September, December 1965)
  • Folder 14
  • Press releases from the Australian Government (May 24, 1962-March 24, 1966)
  • Folder 15
  • Directives, Organization, and Functions for Australian Forces
  • Folder 16
  • Australian Force Vietnam Monthly Reports (June-November 1966)
  • Folder 17
  • Requests for Additional Support and Operation Orders (1965)
  • Folder 18
  • Reports on the Status and Position of the Australian Army (October 1964- May 1966)
  • Folder 19
  • Australian Commander Diaries (April-October 1966)
  • Folder 20
  • 1st Australian Task Force Operations Log (July 16-18, August 17-20 1966)
  • Folder 21
  • The New Zealand Army in Vietnam 1964-1972: A Report on the Chief of the General Staff's Excerise 1972
  • Folder 22
  • Directives to 1st New Zealand Services Medical Team
  • Folder 23
  • Excerpts from journal of unidentified solider (recount of several days)
  • Folder 24
  • Brief History of Australian Forces in Vietnam (1962-1970)
  • Folder 25
  • Photocopies of articles from Australian Army Journal (January 1966-December 1968)
  • Folder 26
  • Photocopies of articles from Foreign Relations (1964-1968)
  • Folder 27
  • Photocopiesof articles from War & Society ( May 1990 and May 1997)
  • Folder 28
  • Excerpts from the book ' The Regulars' 2nd Revision (1988)
  • Folder 29
  • National Archives of Australia (Check-out Pages)
Perma Link
https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=24110000000
Citation
Peter Rayls Collection (2411) Finding Aid, Peter Rayls Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=24110000000, Accessed 13 Feb 2026.
Pub Credit Line
24110000000, Peter Rayls Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University
Added: 16 Feb 2014 [Updated: 18 Feb 2014]

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