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William Colby Collection (044) Finding Aid

Collection Item Number: 0440000000
Collection
William Colby Collection
Title
Finding Aid
Finding Aid Author
Chris Heinemeier
Linear Feet
7.3
Pages
15
Language(s)
English
Dates
Creation: 05 December 2001
Scope and Contents
The William Colby Collection consists of material collected by Mr. Colby during his tenure in Vietnam as a member of the US embassy and of CORDS (Civil Operations and Revolutionary Development Support) and after his duty as Director of the CIA. This is a period from approximately 1960 to 1972 that resumes again in the mid-1980s to the early 1990s. The material generally reflects Mr. Colby's responsibilities in Vietnam, American policy and the pacification programs. Therefore, the collection is divided into 7 sections; American Foreign Policy consists of various papers and publications by individuals and companies. The Communists includes FBIS (Foreign Broadcasting Information Service) reports and bound materials concerned with the North Vietnamese and their guerilla allies in South Vietnam. Covert Operations primarily contains articles and papers on the CIA. Insurgency, Counter-Insurgency and the Phoenix program discusses the US suppression of guerilla forces through papers and documents published by government ‘think tanks’. Pacification, a program with which Mr. Colby was highly involved, consists mainly of government documents and pamphlets as well as drafts of articles written by Mr. Colby. “Vietnamization” is a small section composed of articles, papers and a few government documents. The General files may also prove informative as it includes a wide range of topics from Vietnamese culture to relief programs.
In July 1999, the Honorable Sally A. Shelton-Colby donated an additional two boxes of material to the Archive and have been added as Box 6 and 7 to the collection.
Biographical / Historical
William Egan Colby served in many different capacities during his service with the US government. In the Second World War Mr. Colby was a member of OSS and after the war remained the CIA’s man in Italy and Sweden. In 1959 he became the CIA Station Chief in Saigon, a post he held until 1962. Colby then became the Chief of the CIA’s Far East Division, but returned to Vietnam in 1968 with the rank of Ambassador. In this position he headed the American pacification program, also known as CORDS. A death in his immediate family forced Mr. Colby’s return to the United States in 1971. In 1973 he was appointed Director of Central Intelligence, where he remained until 1976. Those interested in learning more about Mr. Colby should consult his books, Honorable Men and Lost Victory. An avid and active supporter of Vietnam studies, Mr. Colby donated this collection in the formative years of the Vietnam Archive.
Series
125
Photographs
VAN019528-VAN019532
VA006243 – VA09259
VA009710 – VA009739

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5
Books
Street without Joy by Bernard Fall
Vietnam Inc by Philip Jones Griffiths
The Fields of Bamboo by S.L.A. Marshall
Understanding Vietnam by Nguyen Ngoc Huy and Stephen Young
Viet-Nam d’hier et d’aujour d’hui (Vietnam Yesterday and Today) by Thai Van Kiem
5
Museum Objects
Chinese Dragons (Black and White) on paper (2)
Photo album 044museum0151
Photo album 044museum0152
Photo album 044museum0153
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26
Posters
Poster of ARVN troops under RVN flag with slogan
Reprint of a 1943 painting of two women dated 1960
Poster illustrating the 1966 RVN war cabinet
Artistic print depicting a village scene with caption “Exterminate the Communists in order to restore the peace”
Poster of the RVN cabinet as of March 2, 1965
Poster of the RVN war cabinet as of July 19, 1965
Poster of the RVN war cabinet as of July 12, 1966
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17
Maps
Map of Laos in Laotian
Topographical map of Darlac Province
1:25,000 map of Vietnam numbers 10-17 (8 maps)
1:2,000,000 Physical and Road Map for Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia
1:2,000,000 map of Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia (French version)
1:750,000 map of Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia
Vietnam Conflict map
Map of Saigon Streets published by the International Publicity Agency
Populations and Administrative Divisions for Vietnam map December 1967
Indochina Atlas set from the Central Intelligence Agency CIA
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2
Audio
CD - In Country: Fold Songs of Americans in the Vietnam War, various artists
Reel-to-reel – Ban Van Cong (motivational songs) South Vietnamese Theatricals Section
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137
Serials
Americal: 1970: January
Asia Watch: A Division of Human Rights Watch: 1992: August 2
Asian Survey: 1970: August: 1971: January; 1979: December
The Atlantic: 1967: August; 1985: April
Cambodia Today: 1983: June
Combat Art [25th Infantry]: 1969: January-June
Commentary: 1978: February
Conflict: 1989: Volume 9 Number 4
Counter-Spy: 1973: May (2 copies)
Current History: 1965: February
Dong Tien: Number 14
The Drop [Special Forces Association]: 1994: Summer
Encounter: 1981: August
Extreme Asie: 1959: November 7; 1960: March 19, October 15, October 29, November 19, December 10, December 17; 1961: January 28, May 20, June 3, August 5, September 9, September 16, September 30, October 14, October 28, November 4, November 11, November 18, November 25, December 2, December 9, December 16, December 23, December 30; 1962: January 13, January 20, January 27, March 10 (2 copies), March 17, April 14, April 28, May 5, May 12, May 19
Far Eastern Economic Review: 1985: May 2
Folklife Center News: 1989: Summer
Foreign Affairs: 1966: April; 1985: Spring
Green Beret [5th Special Forces]: 1968: November; 1970: December
Hinh Anh Viet Nam: 1960: July; 1961: Number 44
The Hurricane [II Field Force]: 1970: February
Indochina Chronology: 1984: October-December; 1985: April-June, October-December; 1986: July-September; 1987: October-December; 1988: April-June, July-September, October-December; 1989: January-March, April-June, October-December; 1990: January-March, July-September, October-December; 1991: January-March, April-June; 1992: January-March
International Journal of Intelligence and Counter Intelligence: 1989: Winter
Journal of American Folklore: 1989: October-December
Journal of Asian-Pacific & World Perspectives: 1979: Summer
L’Express: 1992: February 13-19
Lugano Review: 1975: May
Military Intelligence: 1977: April-June
The National United Front for the Liberation of Vietnam: 1983: October, November
The New Republic: 1970: October 10; 1985: April 29 (2 copies)
New Times: 1975: August 22
The New York Times Magazine: 1981: June 7; 1983: October 30; 1985: March 31
Newsweek: 1983: October 10;
Octofoil [9th Infantry]: 1969: January-March
Orbis: 1969: Summer; 1972: Fall; 1977: Summer
Rendezvous with Destiny [101st Airborne]: 1970: Spring
The Retired Officer: 1970: December
Sang Doi Mein Nam: 1960: October
Special Warfare: 1993: February, May, October
Southeast Asian Perspectives: 1971: December
Tap Chi Xay Dung: 1992: October 17
Time, Asia edition: 1971: May 10
Times: 1971: April 12
Tour 365: 1969: Mid-year
The Typhoon [I Field Force]: 1970: April
TV Guide: 1977: February 12 (2 copies); 1982: May 29
U. S. Veteran News and Report: 1990: November
Van Hoi Moi (New Tide): 1982: December
Viet-My: 1958: December; 1959: March, December; 1960: Autumn
Vietnam: 1988: Summer; 1992: October
Vietnam Digest: 1979: January, March, May, July, August
The Washington Post Magazine: 1985: April 21
The Wilson Quarterly: 1983: Summer
World Politics: 1967: January
Worldview: 1977: April; 1990: January-February
9th Infantry Division: Vietnam 1968
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9
Newspapers
Diem: 1992: September 20
Le Journal D’Extreme-Orient: 1960: November 11, November 12, November 14; 1968: November 13
Thoi Luan: 1992: September 17, October 18, October 25
Tuan Bao Thoi Cuoc: 1992: February 10
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9
Newsletters
AFL-CIO Free Trade Union News: 1977: May
China and Pacific Rim Letter: 1989: Volume 1 Number 2
CORDS Newsletter (Saigon): 20 December 1972 (2 copies); 28 February 1973 (2 copies)
The Public Eye: The Newsletter of the Public Affairs Office: 1990: September
Special Forces Club Newsletter: 1994: Autumn
Vietnam War Newsletter: 1984
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  • Box 1: [Barcode: 1] [TTU - Math Building, 3rd Floor, M3.084.4 [M3.084.4]]
  • Box 2: [Barcode: 2] [TTU - Math Building, 3rd Floor, M3.013.4 [M3.013.4]]
  • Box 3: [Barcode: 3] [TTU - Math Building, 3rd Floor, M3.082.3 [M3.082.3]]
  • Box 4: [Barcode: 4] [TTU - Math Building, 3rd Floor, M3.148.3 [M3.148.3]]
  • Box 5: [Barcode: 5] [TTU - Math Building, 3rd Floor, M3.046.3 [M3.046.3]]
  • Box 6: [Barcode: 6] [TTU - Southwest Collections Building, Stacks [D042.5 ]]
  • Box 7: [Barcode: 7] [TTU - Math Building, 3rd Floor, M3.083.4 [M3.083.4]]
  • Box 1000: [Barcode: 1000] [TTU - Southwest Collections Building, Stacks, D054.2 Individual Oversize Collection Box 14 [D054.2]]
  • Series - American Foreign Policy
  • Box 1
  • Folder 1
  • Newspaper and magazine articles, ND, 2/66 -8/88
  • Folder 2
  • Papers, ND, 2/69 - 4/87
  • Folder 3
  • Papers, 3/90 - 4/92
  • Folder 4
  • Asia Society, 4/77
  • Folder 5
  • BDM Corporation, 10/78
  • Folder 6
  • Government documents, 4/67 - 2/70, 4/85
  • Folder 7
  • Robert Channon book draft - "Vietnam: The Other Side of the War"
  • Folder 8
  • Robert Channon book draft - "Vietnam: The Other Side of the War"
  • Folder 9
  • Robert Channon book draft - "Vietnam: The Other Side of the War"
  • Folder 10
  • Robert Channon book draft - "Vietnam: The Other Side of the War"
  • Folder 11
  • Robert Channon book draft - "Vietnam: The Other Side of the War"
  • Folder 12
  • Robert Channon book draft - "Vietnam: The Other Side of the War"
  • Folder 13
  • Robert Channon book draft - "Vietnam: The Other Side of the War"
  • Folder 14
  • Robert Channon book draft - "Vietnam: The Other Side of the War"
  • Box 2
  • Folder 1
  • Robert Channon book draft - "Vietnam: The Other Side of the War"
  • Folder 2
  • The U.S. in Vietnam
  • Folder 3
  • The Short Run and the Long Walk
  • Folder 4
  • American Public Opinion and U.S. Foreign Policy 1975
  • Series - The Communists
  • Folder 5
  • Newspaper articles, ND, 10/54, 6/61 - 12/69, 5/84 - 6/90
  • Folder 6
  • Papers, 5/67, 1970, 3/72
  • Folder 7
  • FBIS Giap Speech, 8/69
  • Political Programme of the South Vietnam National Front for Liberation
  • Folder 8
  • A Threat to the Peace: North Vietnam’s Effort to Conquer South Vietnam [3 copies]
  • Folder 9
  • A Threat to the Peace: North Vietnam’s Effort to Conquer South Vietnam, Part II [2 copies]
  • Folder 10
  • FBIS Daily Report: Talk by General Vo Nguyen Giap at January 1967 Conference
  • Folder 11
  • FBIS Daily Report: Article by DRV Defense Minister Giap, “The Big Victory; The Great Task”
  • Folder 12
  • FBIS Report: Lin Piao Article Commemorating V-J Day Anniversary
  • Folder 13
  • Pathet Lao and North Vietnamese Historical Photographs of the War in Laos
  • Folder 14
  • Captured Document – Letter by Le Duan
  • Folder 15
  • Newspaper articles, ND, 4/66 - 4/71
  • Series - Covert Operations
  • Folder 16
  • Newspaper articles, 10/71 - 4/77, 3/84 - 10/90
  • Folder 18
  • American Military Intelligence: Two (+) Centuries of Service by Marc B. Power
  • Consortium for the Study of Intelligence [talks about the US analytical system]
  • Democracy, Secrecy, KGB and the Lund Library “Problem” [talks about the intelligence revolution]
  • Human Intelligence International Newsletter Summer 1985, Vol. 6, No. 2. Article entitled : Social Intelligence for Self Reliant Development: Basis for Government policy in the Intelligence Revolution by Stevan Dedijer
  • The CIA NCBH Connection Explored by Geoffrey T. Flanders
  • Letter from Tim Hackler to William E. Colby asking to read over a draft of a paper on the press and national security secrets.
  • Tim Hackler’s Resume
  • The Press and National Security Secrets A Study Prepared by Tim Hackler for The Kaltenborn Foundation on January 1991
  • Letter to William Colby from Timothy N. Castle thanking Mr. Colby for speaking with him.
  • The George W. Jalonick III and Dorothy Cockrell Jalonick Memorial Distinguished Lecture at The University of Texas at Dallas Feb. 1, 1992. Air America: Myth and Reality by William M. Leary
  • Folder 19
  • Intelligence Activities, Senate Resolution 21. Hearings before the Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities of the United States Senate ninety fourth Congress, First Session. Vol. 7. Covert Action. December 4 and 5, 1975
  • Committee Print. Covert Action in Chile 1963 1973. Staff Report of the Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities. United States Senate Dec. 18, 1975
  • Senate. Foreign and Military Intelligence Book I:L Final Report of the Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities. United States Senate Together with Additional, Supplemental, and Separate Views. 94th Congress, 2d Session, Report No. 94, 755. April 26, 1976
  • Committee Print. Annual Report to the Senate of the Select Committee on Intelligence. United States Senate together With Additional Views. May 1977. 95th Congress 1st Session.
  • Folder 20
  • Operational Group Command Booklet from the Office of Strategic Services.
  • The Evolution of American Military Intelligence. May 1973. Prepared fro Use by the US Army Intelligence Center and School
  • Series - Insurgency, Counter-Insurgency and the Phoenix Program
  • Folder 21
  • Comment on “Ashes to Ashes”, by Dale Andrade by William E. Colby
  • Books in Review by Hugh Tovar critiquing Dale Andrade’s Book “Ashes to Ashes”.
  • ‘We’ll Stand Right Here and Die If We Have To’, article by Bob Jones
  • The ‘Convoy of Death’, article by Laurence Stern
  • The Hidden War. Elite “Phoenix’ Forces Hunt Vietcong Chiefs In and Isolated Village. Article by Peter R. Kann
  • Senate to Probe Viet Operation. Article from St. Paul Pioneer Press. Friday, Feb. 6, 1970.
  • Vietnam Roundup, a newsletter. Has the article The Controversial Operation Phoenix: How it Roots Out Vietcong Suspects by James P. Sterba among others.
  • US Aide in Saigon Denies ‘Counter Terror’ Charge by Tad Szulc. About William E. Colby testifying that Operation Phoenix “Could not be regarded as a ‘counter terror’ organization.(City Edition of The New York Times)
  • The Controversial Operation Phoenix: How it Roots Out Vietcng Suspects by James P. Sterba (city edition of The New York Times)
  • The Controversial Operation Phoenix: How it Roots Out Vietcong Suspects by James P> Sterba (Late Edition of The New York Times)
  • US Aide in Saigon Denies ‘Counter Terror’ Charge by Tad Szulc. About William E. Colby testifying that Operation Phoenix “Could not be regarded as a ‘counter terror’ organization.(City Edition of The New York Times)
  • Anti VC Terror Dropped, Panel Told by Laurence Stern
  • Phoenix: To Get Their Man Dead or Alive by Tom Buckley
  • US Advisers Optimistic on Vietnam But None Predicts Complete Pullout by Richard Harwood and Laurence Stern
  • US Aide Defends Pacification Program In Vietnam Despite Killings of Civilians by Felix Belair Jr.
  • Phoenix: Myths and Irrelevances of the Vietnam War by Sir Robert Thompson
  • Phoenix: the CIA’s Biggest Assassination Program by Michael Drosnin
  • The Phoenix Murders by Joseph B. Treaster
  • Phoenix Programme and the Ashes of War by Nayan Chanda
  • After Vietnam, a special report with articles “In Memoriam”, “Their Old Kentucky Home”, and “Fighting Back”.
  • Book Review on Ashes to Ashes: The Phoenix Program and the Vietnam War by Dale Andrade by Sol Schindler
  • Folder 22
  • Who Will Win? A Key to the Puzzle of Revolutionary War by Douglas S. Blaufarb and George K. Tanham
  • Folder 23
  • Vietnam’s Counterinsurgency Lessons by James R. Ward
  • Boun Enao, a report
  • Phoenix – The Growth of Law Against Terror, a report.
  • CIA Library Bibliography ‘Insurgency and Counterinsurgency since World War II’ Oct. 12, 1964
  • Folder 24
  • The Nature of Revolutionary War, Address at The National War College, Nov. 8, 1971 by W.E. Colby (Several Drafts)
  • Folder 25
  • Topic 5: The Nature of Revolutionary War by Honorable William E. Colby presented at The National War College Nov. 6, 1972. (2 copies)
  • Phoenix Program (an unclassified paper describing the Phoenix Program, which was given to various military defense counsel involved in the My Lai trials in order to dissuade them from using Phoenix as a defense in those trials)
  • Folder 26
  • Letter from Randolph Berkeley to William E. Colby about the Phoenix and CORDS programs Mr. Colby testified on.
  • Letter from W.E. Colby to F.C. Brown in reference to an article Brown sent to Colby for review on the Phoenix Program.
  • Letter from Francis C. Brown to William E. Colby about sending an article Brown wrote about the Phoenix Program to Colby for Review.
  • Provincial Reconnaissance Units and the Phoenix Program by F.C. Brown
  • Letter from W.E. Colby to F.C. Brown about the article Brown wrote about the Phoenix Program.
  • Letter from F.C. Brown to William E. Colby about an updated article about the Phoenix Program
  • The Phoenix Program: A Postmortem by F.C. Brown
  • Letter from W.E. Colby to Charles J. Hess about Hess’s availability to testify to help the “enlighten the Congressional Committees investigating” the Phoenix program.
  • Letter from Charles J. Hess to William E. Colby concerning the trial around the Phoenix Program
  • Letter from W.E. Colby to Joseph B. Kelly about an offer from Kelly to help out .
  • Mailgram from Joseph B. Kelly to W.E. Colby about testifying on Colby’s behalf on the Phoenix Program.
  • Letter from W.E. Colby to John B. McPherson accepting an invitation to address the National war College on the subject “The Nature of Revolutionary War”
  • Letter from John B. McPherson to William E. Colby inviting Colby to address the members of The National War College on the subject “The Nature of Revolutionary War”
  • Letter from John B. McPherson to William E. Colby thanking Colby for his presentation at the National War College
  • Letter from W.E. Colby to John B. McPherson accepting another invitation to lecture at the national War College
  • Letter from John B. McPherson to William E. Colby inviting Colby to lecture at the National War College again
  • Letter from David A. Nuttle to Bill about a project brief that will be published by the CIA
  • Letter from W.E. Colby to E.W. Pfeiffer about a letter sent to Chairman Pike of the House Committee on Intelligence Activities.
  • Letter from E. W. Pfeiffer to Otis G. Pike about the testamony that William E. Colby gave on Operation Phoenix.
  • Bibliography of “The Cratering of Indochina” in which Pfeiffer had a part in writing most of the references.
  • Letter From W.C. Westmoreland to W.E. Colby in reference to a letter
  • Letter from William H. Witt to William E. Colby that went along with charts that was being sent back to Colby
  • Folder 27
  • BDM Corporation document: Volume I Bibliography
  • BDM Corporation document: Volume III—US And Volume IV: Other Influences, Insights and Lessons
  • BDM Corporation document: Executive Summary Volume II: Insights
  • Folder 28
  • Letter from R.W. Komer to W.E. Colby about comments Colby made on Komer’s paper that he critiqued
  • Letter from W.E. Colby to Robert W. Komer about the final draft on Kromer’s Vietnam paper
  • Letter from R.W. Kromer to William E. Colby asking fro comments and reactions about his paper on Vietnam
  • Draft of R. W. Kromer’s Paper Bureaucracy Does It’s Thing: Institutional Constraints On US GVN Performance in Vietnam.
  • Folder 29
  • Peasants Urged to Step Up Attacks on RVN Police from Liberation Radio
  • MACV Dir 525 - 8
  • Topic 5: The Nature of Revolutionary War
  • Final Section of Colby 3/70 “Statement for the Record on the Security Aspects of Pacification and Development, “ submitted in connection with the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearings; “Vietnam: Policy and Prospects, 1970”
  • From headquarters United States Military Assistance Command, Vietnam (MACV Dir 525 36) Directive Number 525 36.
  • Military Operations: Phoenix (Phung Hoang) Operations May 18, 1970
  • Excerpt from Hearings before the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, 91st Congress, Second Session, on Civil Operations and Rural Development Support Program Entitled Vietnam: Policy and Prospects, 1970. This was later formally issued at MACV Directive Number 525 36 on May 18, 1970
  • Outgoing Telegram Subject: VC Terrorist Activities May 22, 1970
  • Topic 5.REVOLUTIONARY WAR: NATURE AND CHARACTERISTICS, by David Galula. A Reprint of Chapter 1 from his book Counterinsurgency Warfare; Theory and Practice
  • Revolutionary War in World Strategy 1945 - 1969 by Robert Thompson
  • URBAN GUERRILLA WARFARE by Robert Moss
  • Folder 30
  • Phoenix Legal Points
  • Phung Hoang Order No. 1
  • Letter from William E. Colby to Mr. Proctor and Mr. Walsh with a copy of “The Nature of Revolutionary War”, Address at The National War College, 8 Nov., 1971 by Mr. Colby
  • Folder 31
  • Ashes to Ashes: The Phoenix Program and the Vietnam War by Dale Andrade, part 1
  • Folder 32
  • Ashes to Ashes: The Phoenix Program and the Vietnam War by Dale Andrade, part 2
  • Series - Pacification
  • Box 3
  • Folder 1
  • Newspaper and magazine articles, ND, 4/67 - 1/75
  • Folder 2
  • Papers, ND, 2/78 - 7/82, 12/92
  • Folder 3
  • Letter from James A. Duff to John A Hannah about a recent survey document on “Background Information on United States Participation in Pacification and Development Programs in Vietnam”.
  • Personal notes
  • Letter from W.E. Colby to George S. Franklin, Jr. thanking Franklin for the “Opportunity to speak before the distinguished members of the Council [on Foreign Relations]” and requesting a reimbursement check for his expenses
  • Letter from George S. Franklin, Jr. to William Egan Colby about a meeting that Colby gave.
  • Letter From George S. Franklin, Jr. To William E. Colby about Colby talking at a Council [On Foreign Relations] meeting.
  • An Invitation to attend an “off the record” meeting in honor of William Egan Colby
  • Letter from Hamilton Fish Armstrong to W.E. Colby returning a manuscript that couldn’t fit into a review.
  • Letter from William P. Bundy to W.E. Colby in reference to the returned manuscript
  • Letter from William P. Bundy to W.E. Colby rejecting the manuscript that Colby sent in to be published in Foreign Affairs due to length and complexity
  • Folder 4
  • United States Army history, 7/76
  • Folder 5
  • Institute for Defense Analysis, 2/72
  • Folder 6
  • Organizing to Cope with Major Insurgencies: A Critical Commentary by R.W. Komer
  • Letter from Stephen T. Hosmer to William E. Colby about a letter and memo concerning the Phung Hoang Program.
  • Letter from David W.P. Elliott to F.P. Hoeber about the Phung Hoang Program
  • Memorandum from D.W.P. Elliott to F.P. Hoeber. Subject: Comments on the Phung Hoang Program
  • Memorandum from R. W. Komer to Bill Colby. Subject: Pacification in Dinh Tuong
  • Letter from David W.P. Elliott to F.P. Hoeber about the Phung Hoang Program (Duplicate)
  • Memorandum from D.W.P. Elliott to F.P. Hoeber. Subject: Comments on the Phung Hoang Program (Duplicate)
  • Folder 7
  • Pacification (A reference Pamphlet)
  • A typical CORDS Briefing
  • Hamlet Evaluation Worksheet
  • Folder 8
  • US and Vietnamese governments, ND, 2/70 - 4/73
  • Folder 9
  • Briefing Documents
  • The History of Hue Thua Thien Province
  • CORDS Monthly Financial Status Report May 31, 1971
  • Folder 10
  • Optimistic Reporting by US Military Advisors in Vietnam During the Kennedy Administration
  • People’s War and Pacification (Draft)
  • Colby’s notes
  • People’s War and Pacification (Draft)
  • A review of a document written by “Miss FitzGerald”
  • A memo from Barbara to Mr. Colby about a phone call from Mr. Bumgardner
  • Colby’s notes
  • People’s War and Pacification (Draft)
  • People’s War and Pacification (Draft)
  • Colby’s notes
  • People’s War and Pacification (Copy of Draft)
  • Folder 11
  • Address given to the American Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam, August 14, 1969 by Ambassador William E. Colby, Deputy to COMUSMACV for CORDS entitled Pacification and Development
  • Copy of Pacification and Development
  • Copy of Pacification and Development
  • Earlier Drafts: People’s War and Pacification
  • Folder 12
  • Handwritten letter from Bill to Bill(Colby) concerning a document that was written
  • Handwritten letter from Bill Colby to Bill (Sullivan) about proofreading a paper that was written
  • Letter from W.E. Colby to William P. Bundy offering some words on the document “People’s War and Pacification”
  • Copy of People’s War and Pacification
  • Copy of letter from W. E. Colby to William P. Bundy offering some wordy on the document “People’s War and Pacification”
  • Copy of handwritten letter from Bill to Bill (Colby) concerning a document that was written
  • Copy of letter from Bill Colby to Bill (Sullivan) about proofreading a paper that was written
  • Copy of People’s War and Pacification
  • Letter from W.E. Colby to William P. Bundy about publishing a document
  • Copy of People’s War and Pacification
  • Letter from W.E. Colby to Richard Holbrooke about the document “People’s War and Pacification”
  • Letter from Bill to Dick that corresponds with an edited text and notes drawn for an introduction to the text
  • Folder 13
  • Draft of a critique starting “Miss FitzGerald, reflecting her Vietnam residence…”
  • Copy of a handwritten letter from Bill to Dick wanting comments on a reply and a CIA disclaimer
  • People’s War and Pacification copies
  • Phoenix
  • The Growth of Law Against Terror
  • Personal notes on “Phoenix The Growth of Law Against Terror”
  • Folder 14
  • Territorial Security in Vietnam prepared by MACCORDS Jan 1, 1971
  • Folder 15
  • Report to the Congress: Suggestions for Changes in U.S. Funding and Management of Pacification and Development Programs in Vietnam [3 copies]
  • Folder 16
  • Guidebook for Provisional Force Platoon Leaders
  • Folder 17
  • Phoenix: Current Breakout of VCI Executive and Significant Cadres
  • Folder 18
  • Regional and Provincial Force Handbook for Advisors (1-69)
  • Folder 19
  • Regional and Provincial Force Handbook for Advisors (11-69)
  • Folder 20
  • The Program that Pays Off….Pacification
  • Folder 21
  • Revolutionary Development in a Pacified Province – An Giang
  • Folder 22
  • Anatomy of a Pacified Province… An Giang
  • Folder 23
  • Armed Propaganda Team Handbook
  • Series - Vietnamization
  • Folder 24
  • Newspaper articles, ND, 2/69 - 1/72
  • Folder 25
  • Papers, 1/67 - 5/71
  • Folder 26
  • Government documents and FBIS reports, ND, 3/67 - 10/72
  • Series - General
  • Box 4
  • Folder 1
  • Vietnamese culture, ND, 10/1797, 1/70
  • Folder 2
  • Saigon Shopping Guide
  • Folder 3
  • Viet-nam
  • Folder 4
  • An Introduction to Vietnam
  • Folder 5
  • Art and Archeology of Vietnam: Asian Crossroads of Cultures
  • Folder 6
  • Hmong and Yao: Mountain Peoples of Southeast Asia
  • Folder 7
  • Arts and Crafts Catalog
  • Folder 8
  • Peace talks and Post-war settlement, ND, 1969 - 9/76, 1986
  • Folder 9
  • FBIS Daily Report: Generals Giap, Dung Article on 1975 Spring Victory in South Vietnam [2 copies]
  • Folder 10
  • FBIS Daily Report: General Van Tien Dung Article: “Great Spring Victory” [v. 1&2]
  • Folder 11
  • Vietnam from Cease-Fire to Capitulation
  • Folder 12
  • Colby personal materials, ND, 7/65 - 10/71, 7/79 - 5/81
  • Folder 13
  • LBJ Library Oral History Interview of William Colby, 5/83
  • Folder 14
  • Colby Scrapbook, ND, 1/69 - 2/70
  • Folder 15
  • Law and Human Rights – Newspaper, ND, 1/68 - 7/73
  • Folder 16
  • Law and Human Rights – Papers and Documents, ND, 5/66 - 6/78
  • Folder 17
  • Violations of Human Rights in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, April 30, 1975-April 30,1983
  • Folder 18
  • Vietnam retrospectives, ND, 1/77 - 7/87
  • Folder 19
  • Colloque International Sur Le Vietnam
  • Folder 20
  • Some Lessons and Non-Lessons of Vietnam: Ten Years After the Paris Peace Accords
  • Folder 21
  • Anti-War, ND, 10/69 - 10/71, 2/85 – 1986
  • Folder 22
  • Moratorium Day Oct. 15 & Nov. 15, 1969, ND, 10/69 - 12/69
  • Folder 23
  • Correspondence, A – K
  • Folder 24
  • Correspondence, L – Y
  • Folder 25
  • Songs, ND, 5/92
  • Folder 26
  • The Longest Year: A Collection of Songs by Advisors and Civilians in the Vietnam War
  • Folder 27
  • Book Reviews, ND, 5/47, 8/72 - 3/78, 11/83 - 7/89
  • Folder 28
  • Refugees, ND, 4/71 - 2/77, 5/84 - 8/90
  • Folder 29
  • Ngo Dinh Diem, ND, 6/60 - 10/65, 7/71 - 11/76, 2/82 - 4/85
  • Folder 30
  • 1968 Tet Offensive, ND, 10/69, 11/81, 10/87 - 1/88
  • Folder 31
  • Itineraries & Conferences, ND, 5/68 - 4/71, 3/83 - 1/91
  • Box 5
  • Folder 1
  • Edward Lansdale, 11/88 - 12/90
  • Folder 2
  • Newspaper clipping copy titled “Komer Seen Slated For Ankara Post”
  • Faded original copy of article entitled “Komer BJT 440” by John T. Whikler, Associated Press Writer
  • Faded newspaper clipping copies of various articles. Titles include “Komer Appointed Envoy to Turkey”, “Komer to Become Envoy of Turkey”, “Komer Named Turkey Envoy”, and “Komer Named Envoy”
  • Bulletin stating that Pres. Johnson appointed Robert W. Komer Ambassador to Turkey
  • Copied article clipping titled “LBJ Names Komer Envoy to Turkey”
  • Copied Article Clipping titled “Komer Appointed Envoy to Turkey”
  • Copied article clipping titled “Pacification Chief in Vietnam Now Top Pentagon Adviser”
  • Folder 3
  • John Paul Vann, 6/72 - 3/73
  • Folder 4
  • Four Lectures by Martin Herz, 6/83
  • Folder 5
  • Dissertation by unknown author, p. 1, ND
  • Folder 6
  • Dissertation by unknown author, p. 2, ND
  • Folder 7
  • Transcripts of speeches delivered in French, ND
  • Folder 8
  • Miscellaneous – Vietnam, ND, 11/68-5/73, 3/81 - 6/90
  • Series - Relief Programs
  • Folder 9
  • Catholic Relief Services: Vietnam Report
  • Folder 10
  • “We Welcome Others to Their Ranks” [2 copies]
  • Folder 11
  • The Progress of Social Work in Viet-Nam
  • Folder 12
  • Quiet Warriors: Supporting Social Revolutions in Viet-Nam
  • Folder 13
  • Economic and Social Aid to Vietnam
  • Series - U.S. and Vietnamese Forces
  • Folder 14
  • Republic of Vietnam Territorial Forces Insignia
  • Viet-Nam in Brief
  • The War in Vietnam: 20 Questions and Answers
  • Bend with the Wind
  • “Vietnam Today”
  • South Vietnam Background Data, December 1969
  • South Vietnam Background Data, January 1971
  • Vietnam: The View Beyond the Battle
  • The Real Revolution in South Vietnam
  • The Path to Viet-Nam
  • What You Should Know about Vietnam
  • The Rebirth of Hue [2 copies]
  • Viet-Nam Fights & Builds for Peace
  • Folder 16
  • The Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces
  • Education and Training: Leaders’ Guide for Operations in Southeast Asia
  • POW-MIA Fact Book
  • Series - Miscellaneous
  • Folder 17
  • Miscellaneous – non-Vietnam
  • Folder 18
  • Techniques Used for Developing Malaysia
  • Development: The Malaysian Concept
  • Malaysia: Bilek Gerakan Negara (National Operations Room)
  • Folder 20
  • Cẩm Nang Hành Động 20: Làm Thế Nào Để Xây Dựng Một Nông Thôn Mới 1970 (How to build the countryside)
  • Cẩm Nang Hành Động 19: Toàn Dân Đẩy Mạnh Chiến Thắng Kỷ Niệm Quốc Khánh 1970 (All the people celebrate national day)
  • Cẩm Nang Hành Động 18: Chương Trình Phát Triển Giáo Dục 1970 (Program for Educational Development)
  • Cẩm Nang Hành Động 17: Sự Thất Bại Của Nền Kinh Tế Bắc-Việt 1970 (Truth about the Economic Situation in North Vietnam)
  • Cẩm Nang Hành Động 16: Chương Trình Phát Triển Kinh Tế của VNCH 1970 (The Republic of Vietnam's Economic Development Program)
  • Cẩm Nang Hành Động 7: Cộng Sản Phá Hoại hòa Bình Như Thế Nào 1970
  • Cẩm Nang Hành Động 15: Tại Sao Ta Phải Tự Chế Và Làm Thế Nào Để Tự Chế 1970 (Why we should restrain ourselves and how to become self-restrained)
  • Cẩm Nang Hành Động 14: Chính Sách Và Chương Trình Nông Nghiệp 1970 (Policy and Program for Agriculture)
  • Cẩm Nang Hành Động 13: Làm Thế Nào Để Xây Dựng Một Hậu Phương Bền Vững 1970 (How to develop a stable rear area)
  • Cẩm Nang Hành Động 12: Làm Thế Nào Để Tự Phòng 1970 (How to achieve self-defense)
  • Cẩm Nang Hành Động 11: Làm Thế Nào Để Tự Quản 1970 (How to achieve self-administration)
  • Cẩm Nang Hành Động 10: Làm Thế Nào Để Tự Túc 1970 (How to achieve self-sufficiency)
  • Cẩm Nang Hành Động 9: Thế Tất Thắng Của Chúng Ta 1970
  • Cẩm Nang Hành Động 8: Ý Nghĩa Và Tầm Quan Trọng Của Cuộc Bầu Cử Bán Phần Thượng Nghị Viện 1970
  • Cẩm Nang Hành Động 6: Làm thế Nào Để Thực Hiện Được Một Nền Hòa Bình Công Chính và Trường Cửu 1970
  • Cẩm Nang Hành Động ?: Lập Trường Hòa Bình Công Chính Của Việt Nam Cộng Hòa 1970
  • Folder 21
  • Cẩm Nang Hành Động: Nhiệm Vụ Công Dân Đối Với Công Tác Bầu Cử 1970
  • Cẩm Nang Hành Động: Kế Hoạch Bình Định Và Phát Triển 1970
  • Cẩm Nang Hành Động: Phòng Thủ XẢ ấp 1970 (Village and hamlet defence)
  • Cẩm Nang Hành Động: Vấn Đề Tự Lực Tự Cường 1970 (Problem of self-sufficiency)
  • Folder 22
  • Triển Lãm Chiến Thắng Đồng Tiền 1961 (Exhibition of Dong Tien's victory)
  • Đợi Một Tổng Thống Hình Ảnh Sử Liệu Độc Đáo về Con Người Ngô Đình Diệm (The Life of the President Ngo Dinh Diem)
  • Flyer to elect Tran Van Lam senator
  • Loại Sách Tìm Hiểu Bầu Cử Quốc Hội Lập Pháp Khóa II 1959 (National Assembly Elections, Term II)
  • Folder 23
  • Phụng Hoàng
  • Diên Hồng: Periodique D'Information Politique, Culturelle Des Vietnamiens Libres 1993
  • Chương Trình Thăm Viếng Của Phái Đoàn Nhân Sĩ Thủ Đô và Ký Giả Ngoại Quốc November 1959 (visitation program)
  • Cẩm Nang Cần Bộ Phát Triển Nông Thôn 1970 (handbook for rural development)
  • Tài Liệu Học Tập Từ Sách Cán Bộ Xây Dựng Nông Thôn (instructions for rural development officers)
  • 11 Mục tiêu Để Xây Ấp Đời Mới 1967 (11 articles to build up new life hamlets)
  • Nhật Ký 100 Ngày Của Cán Bộ Xây Dựng Nông Thôn 1966 (100 day diary of the rural development cadres)
  • Lê Tuyền Nhiệm Nhân Dân Tự Vệ (Prodecures for the People's Self Defense Ceremony)
  • Folder 24
  • A typical Phoenix wanted poster
  • Thất Bại Của Việt Cộng (Failure of the Viet Cong)
  • Folder 25
  • Tìm Hiểu Chung Thủy (Thoroughly Understanding, a gift to Colby from the author Nguyen Be)
  • A letter to Ambassador Colby from his cook, Ðinh vån Mäng, 3/73
  • Siêu Việt Đạo Con Đường Hành Động (Action way)
  • Nhiệm Vụ Phân Chi Cảnh Sát Quốc Gia Tại Cấp Xã (Duties of a Hamlet Police Chief)
  • Folder 26
  • Quân Đội Việt Nam Cộng Hòa (The Army of the Republic of Vietnam)
  • Folder 27
  • French language document Pour comprendre les événements d'Indochine: La Trahison Communiste (To understand the events in Indochina: The Treacherous Communists)
  • Box 6
  • Folder 1
  • General Drafts
  • Folder 2
  • General Correspondence
  • Folder 3
  • Dust Jacket and Best Sellers List
  • Folder 4
  • Table of Contents
  • Folder 5
  • Chapter 3
  • Folder 6
  • Chapter 4
  • Folder 7
  • Chapter 5
  • Folder 8
  • Chapter 6
  • Folder 9
  • Chapter 7
  • Folder 10
  • Chapter 8
  • Folder 11
  • Chapter 9
  • Folder 12
  • Chapter 10
  • Folder 13
  • Chapter 11
  • Folder 14
  • CIA Review Sheets for Chapters
  • Folder 15
  • Publicity and Book Reviews
  • Folder 16
  • Publicity and Book Reviews
  • Series - General Correspondence
  • Folder 17
  • Cards and Invitations
  • Folder 18
  • General Files
  • Folder 19
  • A
  • Folder 20
  • B
  • Folder 21
  • C
  • Folder 22
  • D
  • Folder 23
  • E
  • Folder 24
  • F
  • Folder 25
  • G
  • Folder 26
  • H
  • Folder 27
  • I
  • Folder 28
  • J
  • Folder 29
  • K
  • Folder 30
  • L
  • Folder 31
  • M
  • Folder 32
  • N
  • Folder 33
  • O
  • Folder 34
  • P
  • Folder 35
  • Q
  • Folder 36
  • R
  • Folder 37
  • S
  • Folder 38
  • T
  • Folder 39
  • V, W, Y
  • Series - General Files - Documents
  • Box 7
  • Folder 1
  • Memorandum for all CIA Employees
  • Potential Flap Activities (Memorandum for Mr. Colby)
  • Folder 2
  • The CIA Report the President Doesn’t Want You to Read: The Pike Papers: An Introduction by Aaron Latham
  • Folder 3
  • Interview: William Colby, former director, Central Intelligence Agency
  • Voices of the War: An Oral History Symposium at Hampden-Sydney College
  • Folder 4
  • Colby Conversations (In Vietnamese)
  • Folder 5
  • Colby Dialogues (In Vietnamese)
  • Folder 6
  • Henry Cabot Lodge Obituary
  • Folder 7
  • The Rjukan Rai: The Saga of the Allied Operations to Destroy the Nazi Controlled Heavywater Plant at Vemork
  • Folder 8
  • Republic of Viet Nam Central Pacification and Development Council Plan for Pacification and Development, 1970
  • Folder 9
  • Pacification: The American Struggle for Vietnam’s Hearts and Minds.
  • Folder 10
  • The Lavas Project: A Proposal to Establish a Legal Assistance Team for Vietnamese Asylum Seekers
  • Refugees in Southeast Asia: Toward a More Comprehensive Strategy
  • The Refugee Situation in Thailand
  • Refugee Assistance: Overseas and Domestic
  • Indochina Resource Action Center
  • Articles of Incorporation of Indochinese Refugees Social Services, Inc.
  • Indochinese Refugees Social Services, Inc. By-Laws
  • Application for Recognition of Exemption
  • Office of Recorder of Deeds
  • Folder 11
  • Year of the Rat: Vietnam, 1972
  • Folder 12
  • One Aspect of the Tet Offensive
  • Folder 13
  • Army Posts & Towns
  • Folder 14
  • National Vietnam Veterans Coalition
  • Folder 15
  • Remarks at the Afternoon Meeting of the Western Vietnamese Council
  • Help from old enemies: Vietnam asks US to help cut China-Khmer Rouge link
  • Senators Urge Bush to End Trade Embargo on Vietnam
  • The Great Red Hope: The Last Commies on the Bloc
  • United States Global Strategy Council
  • International Conference on Vietnam
  • Folder 16
  • Vietnam – A Superpower Searches for a Strategy
  • Folder 17
  • Bureaucracy Does Its Thing: Institutional Constraints on U.S.-GVN Performance in Vietnam
  • Folder 18
  • Vietnam Emerging as a New Market
  • Folder 19
  • National Vietnamese-American Chamber of Commerce History
  • General Files - Printed Materials
  • Series - General Files - Printed Materials
  • Folder 20
  • American Committee for a Free Vietnam, Correspondence
  • Folder 21
  • American Committee for a Free Vietnam, General Files
  • Folder 22
  • American Committee for a Free Vietnam, Mailing Lists
  • Folder 23
  • American Committee for a Free Vietnam, Invitations and Cards
  • Folder 24
  • Calendars
  • Folder 25
  • Articles on Vietnam
  • Folder 26
  • Maps (Vietnam and Provinces)
  • Folder 27
  • Ngo Dinh Nhu - Friendly Talk to the Militants
  • Folder 28
  • United Lao National Liberation Front
  • Folder 29
  • POW/MIA
  • Folder 30
  • Travel Books (Vietnam, Saigon, Hue, Nha Trang)
  • Folder 31
  • Chalmers B. Woods Comments on Colby Writings
  • Folder 32
  • Vietnam Restoration Party Conference
  • Folder 36
  • Materials found in book (1 of 2) - The Palace File (by Nguyen Tien Hung ; Jerrold Schecter) - Letter, flyer & Colby's questions for Nguyen Tien Hung as panel member for The Washington Center of The Asia Society's discussion and bookwarming
  • Materials found in book (2 of 2) - Book Reviews (2) for The Palace File (by Nguyen Tien Hung ; Jerrold Schecter)
  • Box 1000
  • Folder 1
  • Oversize material
  • Newspaper Clippings and Public Relations for Lost Victory
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