Microfilmed, CD-ROM, and Online Document Collections

Presidential and National Security Council Collections

The John F. Kennedy National Security Files: Vietnam: National Security Files, 1961-1963. ISBN 1-55655-015-4. OCLC 18797899. 7 reels. Frederick, MD: University Publications of America. From the files of the National Security Council, in the Kennedy Presidential Library.

The John F. Kennedy National Security Files: Vietnam: National Security Files, 1961-1963, First Supplement. ISBN 1-55655-949-6. 4 reels. Bethesda, MD: UPA (LexisNexis), 2004.

The John F. Kennedy National Security Files: Asia and the Pacific: National Security Files, 1961-1963. ISBN 1-55655-006-7. 10 reels. Frederick, MD: University Publications of America.

President John F. Kennedy's Office Files.  Bethesda, MD: University Publications of America.

Part 5: Countries File.  28 reels.  ISBN 1-55655-093-6.

Official Exchanges of the President and Secretary of State with Foreign Leaders, 1961-1966. Bethesda, MD: UPA/LexisNexis, 2006 (forthcoming). Approximately 15 reels. ISBN 0-88692-779-X.

The Lyndon B. Johnson National Security Files: Vietnam: National Security Files, November 1963-June 1965. 17 reels. ISBN 0-89093-461-4. OCLC 18337888. From the files of the National Security Council, in the Lyndon Johnson Presidential Library. Frederick MD: University Publications of America, 1992.

The Lyndon B. Johnson National Security Files: Vietnam, First Supplement. 18 reels. ISBN 1-55655-640-3. Bethesda: University Publications of America, 1996.

The Lyndon B. Johnson National Security Files: Vietnam, Second Supplement.  33 reels.  ISBN 1-55655-804-X.  Bethesda: University Publications of America, 2000. Guide

The Lyndon B. Johnson National Security Files, Vietnam, 1963-1969, Third Supplement.  7 reels.  ISBN 1-55655-940-2.  Bethesda, MD: UPA/LexisNexis, 2006. Guide

The Lyndon B. Johnson National Security Files: Vietnam, Special Subjects: National Security Files, 1963-1969. 36 reels. ISBN 0-89093-999-3. OCLC 18337960. Frederick, MD: University Publications of America, 1987. Reels 24 & 25 especially relevant to Tonkin Gulf. Guide.

The Lyndon B. Johnson National Security Files: Asia and the Pacific: National Security Files, 1963-1969. ISBN 0-89093-996-9. 15 reels. Frederick, MD: University Publications of America.

The Lyndon B. Johnson National Security Files: Asia and the Pacific, First Supplement. ISBN 1-55655-639-X. 12 reels. Frederick, MD: University Publications of America, 1996.

The Lyndon B. Johnson National Security Files, 1963-1969: Name and Speech Files. ISBN 1-55655-472-9. 10 reels. Frederick, MD: University Publications of America, 1993.Guide compiled by Blair D. Hydrick. x, 34 pp. Considerable Vietnam-related material.

The Confidential File of the Johnson White House, 1963-1969. Frederick, MD: University Publications of America, (1997?).

Part 1: Confidential Subject and Name Files. 79 reels. ISBN 1-55655-668-3.

Part 2: Confidential Reports File. 24 reels. ISBN 1-55655-669-1.

Daily Diary of President Johnson (1963-1969). Frederick, MD: University Publications of America, 1980. Not a record of the President's thoughts that he wrote down himself, but a very detailed record of his activities, kept by his staff.

Minutes and Documents of the Cabinet Meetings of President Johnson (1963-1969). 17 reels. Frederick, MD: University Publications of America, 1980. ISBN 0-89093-387-1.

Political Activities of the Johnson White House, 1963-1969.

Part I: White House Central and Confidential Files. Frederick, MD: University Publications of America, 1997. ISBN 0-89093-924-1. Should include a lot of material on Johnson's relations with anti-war members of the Democratic Party.

The Johnson Administration's Response to Anti-Vietnam War Activities.

Part 1: White House Aides' Files. 8 reels. Bethesda, MD: UPA (LexisNexis), 2004. Guide.

Part 2: White House Central Files. 17 reels. ISBN 0-88692-747-1. Bethesda, MD: UPA (LexisNexis), 2005. ISBN 0-88692-747-1. Guide.

The Vietnam War and the Johnson Administration, part 1, White House Central Files--Vietnam Subject File. Bethesda, MD: UPA/LexisNexis, (announced as forthcoming years ago, but publication may have been cancelled). Approximately 25 reels. ISBN 0-88692-790-0.

Vietnam: National Security Council Histories (alternate title The War in Vietnam: Classified Histories by the National Security Council). 8 reels. Frederick, MD: University Publications of America, 1981. Members of the NSC staff compiled short historical summaries of key turning points in the war between 1964 and 1968, accompanied by large collections of the documents on which the summaries had been based. In some cases, at least, the historical summary itself was still classified when the microfilming was done, so the microfilm contains only source documents. OCLC 20171455. ISBN 0-89093-243-3. Guide compiled by Joan Gibson, edited by Paul Kesaris. iv, 56 pp.

Reel 1: Presidential Decisions: Gulf of Tonkin Attacks of August 1964

Reels 2-3: Deployment of Major U.S. Forces to Vietnam: July 1065

Reel 4: Honolulu Conference: February 6-8, 1966

Reel 5: Manila Conference and President's Asian Trip: October 17-November 2, 1966

Reels 6-8: President Lyndon B. Johnson's Speech of March 31, 1968

The Henry A. Kissinger Telephone Conversations on World Affairs, 1969-1974. 23 reels. ISBN 0-88692-740-4. Bethesda, MD: University Publications of American, 2005.

Documents of the National Security Council. Frederick, MD: University Publications of America, 1980. 5 reels. ISBN 0-89093-311-1.

------, First Supplement. 1981. 3 reels. ISBN 1-89093-310-3.

------, Second Supplement. 1983. 3 reels. ISBN 1-89093-536-X.

------, Third Supplement. 3 reels. ISBN 1-89093-569-6.

------, Fourth Supplement. 1987. 7 reels. ISBN 1-89093-192-5.

------, Fifth Supplement. 1989. 4 reels. ISBN 1-55655-161-4.

------, Sixth Supplement. 10 reels. ISBN 1-55655-473-7.

------, Seventh Supplement. 1995. 7 reels. ISBN 1-55655-592-X.

------, Eighth Supplement. 2000. 15 reels.  ISBN 1-55655-592-X.  Bethesda, MD: University Publications of America, forthcoming.

Minutes of Meetings of the National Security Council, with Special Advisory Reports. Bethesda, MD: University Publications of America. 7 reels. ISBN 0-89093-462-2.

Minutes of Meetings of the National Security Council: First Supplement. Bethesda, MD: University Publications of America. 5 reels. ISBN 0-89093-939-X.

Minutes of Meetings of the National Security Council: Second Supplement. Bethesda, MD: University Publications of America. 3 reels. ISBN 1-55655-162-2.

Minutes of Meetings of the National Security Council: Third Supplement. Bethesda, MD: University Publications of America. 7 reels. ISBN 1-55655-600-4.

Intelligence Reports from the National Security Council’s Vietnam Information Group, 1967-1975. [Actually, this collection appears to contain more reports that came to the White House from other sections of the U.S. government than documents written by the National Security Council staff.] 12,308 pages scanned from the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library. Available online through the Gale Cengage Archives Unbound.

Ambassador Graham Martin and the Saigon Embassy's Back Channel Communication Files, 1963-1975. 6,445 pages scanned from the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library. Available online through the Gale Cengage Archives Unbound. [I wonder whether that "1963-1975" might be a typo for 1973-1975.]

The Defense Department and the U.S. Military

Records of the Military Assistance and Advisory Group, Vietnam, 1960-1964.

Part 1: Adjutant General Division--Security Classifed Files. Bethesda, MD: University Publications of America, 2001(?). 21 reels. ISBN 1-55655-840-6. Filmed from RG 472 in the National Archives.

U.S. Military Advisory Effort in Vietnam: Military Assistance Advisory Group, Vietnam, 1950-1964. 18,669 pages scanned from the National Archives. Available online through the Gale Cengage Archives Unbound.

Records of the Military Assistance Command Vietnam. Frederick, MD: University Publications of America, 1988. Filmed from the collections of the U.S. Army Military History Institute, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania.

Part 1. The War in Vietnam, 1954-1973. MACV Historical Office Documentary Collection (ISBN 1-55655-105-3). 48 reels.

Robert E. Lester, ed., A Guide to the Microfilm Edition of: Records of the Military Assistance Command Vietnam: Part 1. The War in Vietnam, 1954-1973: MACV Historical Office Documentary Collection. Frederick, MD: University Publications of America, 1988. xxxvii, 70 pp. A detailed list of the contents of the 48 reels (pp. 1-105), a correspondent index (pp. 107-8), and a subject index (pp. 109-161).

Part 2. Classified Studies from the Combined Intelligence Center Vietnam, 1965-1973 (ISBN 1-55655-106-1). 30 reels. Reels 1 to 18 contain monthly Order of Battle (OB) Summaries from 1967 to 1972.

Robert E. Lester, ed., A Guide to the Microfilm Edition of: Records of the Military Assistance Command Vietnam: Part 2. Classified Studies from the Combined Intelligence Center Vietnam, 1965-1973. Frederick, MD: University Publications of America, 1988. xvii, 29 pp. A detailed list of the contents of the 30 reels (pp. 1-18) and a subject index (pp. 19-29). (The map that should be on p. xvii is missing from the online version.)

Part 3. Progress Reports on Pacification in South Vietnam, 1965-1973 (ISBN 1-55655-155-X). 12 reels.

Robert Lester, ed., A Guide to the Microfilm Edition of: Records of the Military Assistance Command Vietnam: Part 3. Progress Reports on Pacification in South Vietnam, 1965-1973. Frederick, MD: University Publications of America, 1990. xvii, 29 pp. A detailed list of the contents of the 12 reels (pp. 1-9), and an appendix made up of organization charts (pp. 11-15). (The map that should be on p. xvii, and the appendix, are missing from the online version.)

The War in Vietnam: Papers of William C. Westmoreland. Frederick, MD: University Publications of America.

Part 1: History, Statements, and Clipping Files. 25 reels. ISBN 1-55655-468-0.

Robert E. Lester, ed., A Guide to the Microfilm Edition of: The War in Vietnam: Papers of William C. Westmoreland: Part 1: History, Statements, and Clipping Files. Frederick, MD: University Publications of America, 1993. xiii, 70 pp. A detailed list of the contents of the 25 reels (pp. 1-34) and a subject index (pp. 35-70).

Records of the Defense Attache's Office in South Vietnam, 1973-1975.

Part 1: Records of the Historian's Office. 30 reels. Primary Source Microfilm (Gale Cengage), (2011).
Printed Guide compiled by Daniel Piper. viii, 48 pp.

U.S. Armed Forces in Vietnam, 1954-1975. Frederick, MD: University Publications of America, 1983.

Indochina Studies. 4 reels. The original publications, on paper, are listed in the government documents section of this bibliography as the U.S. Army's Indochina Monographs. ISBN 0-89083-444-4.

Vietnam: Lessons Learned. 8 reels. About half of this is the series of monographs listed in the government documents section of this bibligraphy as the U.S. Army's Vietnam Studies. The remainder is a 3,500 page contract study on the strategic lessons learned in Vietnam (probably the same study as the one listed in two places below as A Study of Strategic Lessons Learned in Vietnam). ISBN 0-89093-445-2.

Vietnam: Reports of U.S. Army Operations. 5 reels. ISBN 0-89093-446-0.

Vietnam: U.S. Army Senior Officer Debriefing Reports. 4 reels. ISBN 0-89093-447-9.

U.S. Army Build-up and Activities in South Vietnam, 1965-1972. Frederick, MD: University Publications of America,1989. 29 reels. ISBN 1-55655-156-8.

Records of the U.S. Marine Corps in the Vietnam War. Frederick, MD: University Publications of America. Filmed from the holdings of the U.S. Marine Corps Historical Center, in the Washington Navy Yard. There is a single printed guide for all three parts of this collection.

Part 1. Fleet Marine Force, Pacific, Command Histories, 1964-1973 (ISBN 1-55655-254-8). 8 reels.

Part 2. III Marine Amphibious Force Command Histories, 1964-1971 (ISBN 1-55655-255-6). 30 reels.

Part 3. Divisional Command Histories, 1965-1971 (ISBN 1-55655-256-4). 40 reels.

U.S. Army Senior Officer Oral Histories. Bethesda, MD: University Publications of America. 96 interviews (94 officers, 2 civilians) on 356 microfiche. ISBN 1-55655-138-X.

The Peers Inquiry of the Massacre at My Lai. Bethesda, MD: University Publications of America, 1996. ISBN 1-55655-660-8. 12 reels. I believe this version on microfilm is the most complete one now available, but I believe the one placed online by the Library of Congress will have all the same material when it is finally completed, and it is more easily accessible. For information on that and on less complete versions in various formats, and the story of the enquiry, see My Lai.)

Richard Lester, ed., A Guide to the Microfilm Edition of The Peers Inquiry of the Massacre at My Lai. Bethesda, MD: University Publications of America (CIS), 1997. xix, 36 pp. A general introduction, followed by a very detailed listing of the contents of the twelve reels of the microfilm set.

Carr's Compendium of the Vietnam War. A series of major document collections, published on CD-ROM and DVD, that can be purchased from Carr's Compendiums. These collections include:

Defense Attache Office, Saigon, Quarterly Assessments. Six massive reports (more than 300 pages each), beginning with the one for the last quarter of 1973, and ending with the one for January through April of 1975. The reports summarize the situation in Vietnam, and the progress of the war in its last stages.

Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, Command Histories, 1964-1973. (For a more detailed description see under MACV).

A Study of Strategic Lessons Learned in Vietnam. A major study written by the BDM Corporation after the end of the war, on contract for the U.S. Army. The same item is also available on microfilm (see above). Large portions are available online; see under Broad Accounts.

A Systems Analysis View of the Vietnam War, 1965-1972. A collection derived from the reports of the Southeast Asia Division of the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Systems Analysis.

Project RED BARON I: Air-to-Air Encounters in Southeast Asia. A study of air combat incidents between U.S. and hostile aircraft up to August 1, 1967, produced under the auspices of the Systems Analysis Division of the Institute for Defense Analysis and the Weapons Systems Evaluation Group.

Vietnam Pacification Studies #1. Three major studies of pacification, adding up to more than 2,000 pages. These are:
1) "A Program for the Pacification and Long-term Development of South Vietnam", commonly referred to as "PROVN", Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Military Operations, Department of the Army, March 1966.
2) William A. Nighswonger, "Rural Pacification in Vietnam: 1962-1965." Ph.D. dissertation, American University, Political Science, 1966. xv, 394 pp. Nighswonger had worked in Central Vietnam, I believe for AID, from 1962 to 1964.
3) Chester L. Cooper, et. al., The American Experience with Pacification in Vietnam. Report R-185. Arlington, Virginia: Institute for Defense Analyses, International and Social Studies Division, March 1972. This is made up of three volumes: I "An Overview of Pacification," II "Elements of Pacification," and III "History of Pacification." The last of these starts with discussion of the Philippine and Malayan experiences (pp. 1-64), but the bulk is devoted to a history of pacification in Vietnam, from the First Indochina War (pp. 67-114) to the programs of 1970-71 (pp. 301-331).

U.S. Army Lessons Learned and After-Action Reports, CD1: MACV and USARV. (Forthcoming).

U.S. Army Lessons Learned and After-Action Reports, CD2: Corps Commands. (Forthcoming).

U.S. Army Lessons Learned and After-Action Reports, CD3: 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile). (Forthcoming).

U.S. Naval Forces, Vietnam, Monthly Historical Summaries: 1965-1973. (Forthcoming).

U.S. U.S. Army Senior Officer Debriefing Reports. (Forthcoming).

U.S. Relations and Policies in Southeast Asia, 1944-1958: Records of the Office of Southeast Asian Affairs. 46,022 pages scanned from the U.S. National Archives. Available online through the Gale Cengage Archives Unbound.

Press Conferences of the U.S. Secretaries of State, 1922-1974.  15 reels.  Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources, 1974.

The John Foster Dulles Oral History Collection. 13 reels. Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources, 1994.

The Correspondence Series and Speeches Series of the Personal Papers of John Foster Dulles (1888-1959). 67 reels. Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources, 1994.

Confidential U.S. State Department Central Files. Frederick, MD: University Publications of America (which was absorbed into a conglomerate called CIS, based at Bethesda, MD, approximately 1998).

Indochina: Internal Affairs, 1945-1949. 10 reels. ISBN 0-89093-718-4

Indochina: Internal Affairs, 1950-1954. 44 reels. ISBN 0-89093-719-2

Indochina: Internal and Foreign Affairs, 1955-1959. 52 reels. ISBN 1-55655-107-X

Vietnam: Internal and Foreign Affairs, 1960-January 1963. 24 reels. ISBN 1-55655-748-5. Bethesda, MD: CIS, 1999.

Vietnam: Subject-Numeric Files, February 1963-1966.

Part 1: Political, Governmental, and National Defense Affairs.  91 reels.  ISBN 1-55655-837-6. 

Laos: Internal Affairs and Foreign Affairs, 1960-January 1963.  36 reels.  ISBN 1-55655-810-4.  Bethesda, MD: CIS, 2000.

China: Subject-Numeric Files, February 1963-1966.

Part 1: Political, Governmental, and National Defense Affairs, February 1963-1966. 33 reels. ISBN 1-55655-838-4.

The Soviet Union: Foreign Affairs, 1960-January 1963. 10 reels. ISBN 1-55655-703-5.

Southeast Asia, 1944-1958. 39 reels. ISBN 1-55655-094-4.

Southeast Asia, First Supplement, 1947-1966. 34 reels.
Printed guide. xi, 138 pp.

Vietnam Working Group 1963-1966. 11 Reels. ISBN 1-55655-986-0.

Official Exchanges of the President and Secretary of State with Foreign Leaders, 1961-1966. Bethesda, MD: UPA/LexisNexis, 2006 (forthcoming). Approximately 15 reels. ISBN 0-88692-779-X.

Oral Histories

The John F. Kennedy Presidential Oral History Collection.  Bethesda, MD: University Publications of America.

Part I: The White House and Executive Departments.  Available on 250 fiche (ISBN 1-55655-053-7) or 12 reels of microfilm (ISBN 1-55655-077-4).

Part II: The Congress, the Judiciary, Public Figures, and Private Individuals.  Available on 325 fiche (ISBN 1-55655-054-5) or 15 reels of microfilm (ISBN 1-55655-078-2).

Part I: The White House and the Executive Departments.  Available on 347 fiche (ISBN 0-89093-873-3) or 18 reels of microfilm (ISBN 1-55655-085-5).

Part II: The Congress, the Judiciary, Public Figures, and Private Individuals.  Available on 416 fiche (ISBN 0-89093-874-1) or 21 reels of microfilm (ISBN 1-55655-086-3).

U.S. Army Senior Officer Oral Histories. Bethesda, MD: University Publications of America. 96 interviews (94 officers, 2 civilians) on 356 microfiche. ISBN 1-55655-138-X.

The RAND Interviews. During the war, the RAND Corporation conducted very extensive interviewing of Viet Cong prisoners and defectors, and some other Vietnamese such as refugees. Some of these interview collections have been released on microfilm and/or microfiche. They are listed in

The Communists and some other sections of this bibliography.

Other United States Documents

CIA Research Reports. Frederick, MD: University Publications of America.

Vietnam and Southeast Asia, 1946-1976. ISBN 0-89093-451-7. 7 reels.

Robert Lester, CIA Research Reports: Vietnam and Southeast Asia, 1946-1976. Frederick, MD: University Publications of America, 1983. iii, 36 pp. A detailed list of the contents of the 7 reels (pp. 1-30) and a subject index (pp. 31-36).

Vietnam and Southeast Asia, Supplement. ISBN 0-89093-628-5. 6 reels.

Robert E. Lester, ed., CIA Research Reports: Vietnam and Southeast Asia, Supplement. Frederick, MD: University Publications of America, 1986. viii, 59 pp. A detailed list of the contents of the 6 reels (pp. 1-39) and a subject index (pp. 41-59).

China, 1946-1976. 6 reels.

Robert Lester, CIA Research Reports: China, 1946-1976. Frederick, MD: University Publications of America, 1982. iii, 16 pp. A detailed list of the contents of the 6 reels (pp. 1-12) and a subject index (pp. 13-16). According to the subject index, the collection contains fifteen documents that deal in some way with Vietnam, two with Cambodia, none with Laos, but four with Indochina.

Records of U.S. Foreign Assistance Agencies, 1948-1961: U.S. Operations Missions: Series A: Mission to Vietnam: Part 1: Office of the Director's Subject Files, 1950-1954. Approximately 16 reels. Bethesda: LexisNexis (forthcoming?). Filmed from RG 469 in the National Archives.

U.S. Civilian Advisory Effort in Vietnam: U.S. Operations Mission, 1950-1954. 15,742 pages scanned from the National Archives. Available online through the Gale Cengage Archives Unbound.

Vietnam Documents and Research Notes Series: Translation and Analysis of Significant Viet Cong/North Vietnamese Documents. Frederick, MD: University Publications of America, 1992. 6 reels. ISBN 1-55655-416-8. Guide compiled by Robert E. Lester. vii, 40 pp.

The Johnson Administration and Pacification in Vietnam: The Robert Komer-William Leonhart Files, 1966-1968. Bethesda, MD: University Publications of America, 1993. 15 reels. ISBN 1-55655-474-5.

Transcripts and Files of the Paris Peace Talks on Vietnam, 1968-1973. 12 reels. Frederick, MD: University Publications of America. This material seems of little interest, since the transcripts are of the open, official talks, not the secret ones between Kissinger and Le Duc Tho which actually produced the Peace Agreement of 1973. ISBN 0-89093-399-5.

Top-secret Hearings by the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, 1959-1966. 6 reels. Frederick, MD: University Publications of America.

Vietnam, the Media, and Public Support for the War (ISBN 0-89093--496-7). 11 reels. Filmed from collections in the LBJ Presidential Library. Frederick, MD: University Publications of America. Guide compiled by Robert E. Lester. ix, 22 pp.

Vietnam and Southeast Asia: Special Studies, 1960-1980. 13 reels. Frederick, MD: University Publications of America, 1982. ISBN 0-89093-383-9.   Guide compiled by Robert Lester. 24 pp. 

Vietnam: A Documentary Collection. Westmoreland v. CBS. 1,010 Microfiche. New York: Clearwater Publishing Co. Reprinted Frederick, MD: University Publications of America. OCLC 13206859 or 17606957. The transcript of the trial of Westmoreland's lawsuit against CBS, plus a tremendous (and tremendously valuable) collection of the associated documentary material, pretty well indexed.

Walter Schneir, ed., Westmoreland v. CBS: Guide to the Microfiche Collection. New York: Clearwater Publishing Company, 1987. xi, 308 pp.

The collection includes, among other things, more than a thousand documents submitted as exhibits by both sides in the trial. A sample, not really representative:

Exhibit 237A: CIA estimate, 23 May 1967.
Exhibit 238: MACV Monthly Order of Battle Summary, May 1-31, 1967. 189 pp.
Exhibit 239: Cable, Sam Adams to Sandine (in Saigon), 6/2/67, urging that the SD and SSD not be dropped from the Order of Battle.
Exhibit 240: Cable, Saigon to Helms, 6/9/67.
Exhibit 241: CICV History of the war since 1954.
Exhibit 276: Bunker and Westmoreland on "Meet the Press"
Exhibit 277: MACV Briefing on Order of Battle, 11/27/67
Exhibit 278: Hyland, Memo for the Record on OB, 11/24/67
Exhibit 279: "Why Westmoreland and Bunker are Optimistic," New York Times, 11/22/67.
Exhibit 302A: Briefing Notes for DD/OER, 4/9/68
Exhibit 303: Memo, Helms to Taylor, 4/9/68
Exhibit 304: Draft Working Paper, "The Viet Cong Self Defense Forces"
Exhibit 305: Report on the Conference on DCI Assessment of Enemy Strengths, 4/10-16/68
Exhibit 306: Westmoreland to Wheeler, 4/27/68
Exhibit 307: Memo, Walsh to DCI, 5/2/68
Exhibit 312: Memo, Graham and Hamscher to Helms, expressing MACV/CINCPAC disasagreement with CIA's OB
Exhibit 350: USMACV PERINTREP, January-July 1966. 67 pp.
Exhibit 351: USMACV PERINTREP, July-August 1966. 82 pp.
Exhibit 352: USMACV PERINTREP, September 1966. 81 pp.
Exhibit 353: USMACV PERINTREP, October 1966. 101 pp.
Exhibit 354: USMACV PERINTREP, November. 97 pp.
Exhibit 355: USMACV PERINTREP, December 1966. 85 pp.
Exhibit 397: "Intelligence Warning of the Tet Offensive in South Vietnam"
Exhibit 398: Cable on Giap's strategy, 2/20/68
Exhibit 467: Hedrick Smith, "Optimists vs. Skeptics," New York Times, 11/24/67, p. 2.
Exhibit 472: CIA draft working paper "Administrative Services"
Exhibit 1404: March 1966 MACV OB
Exhibit 1405: May 1966 MACV OB
Exhibit 1406: June 1966 MACV OB
Exhibit 1407: July 1966 MACV OB
Exhibit 1408: June 1967 MACV OB
Exhibit 1409: July 1967 MACV OB
Exhibit 1412: USMACV PERINTREP, January 1967.
Exhibits 1426 and 1427: December 1968 MACV OB
Exhibits 1509A, 1509B, 1509C: CICV OB Summary, July 1972.

FBI File on American POWs/MIAs in Southeast Asia. 7 reels. Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources.

FBI File on the Students for a Democratic Society and the Weatherman Underground Organizations. 8 reels. Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources.

FBI File on the Fire Bombing and Shooting at Kent State University. 7 reels. Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources.

FBI File on Abbie Hoffman.  8 reels.  Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources.
 

Other Collections

America in Protest: Records of Anti-Vietnam War Organizations. Primary Source Microfilm (Gale Cengage).

Part 1: Vietnam Veterans Against the War, 1968-1975. 21 reels. Woodbridge, CT: Primary Source Media, 2007. I am not sure whether 978157803387X is the ISBN for the microfilm collection itself, the printed guide to it ([compiled by Todd Dewey], or both. Also available online through the Gale Cengage Archives Unbound.

Part 2: National Coordinating Committee to End the War in Vietnam, 1964-1967. 13 reels.

Guide compiled by Alissa De Rosa. viii, 40 pp.

Part 3: Student Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam Records, 1966-1973. 17 reels.

Guide compiled by Alissa De Rosa. ix, 32 pp.

The History of the Vietnam War. Ann Arbor, MI: University Microfilms International, 1987- . 4,448 microfiche. A huge and quite diversified collection of materials gathered by Douglas Pike.

The American Civil Liberties Union Archives, 1950-1990, Series 3, Subject Files. Wilmington, Delaware: Scholarly Resources.

Military Rights, 1946-1983. 8 reels.

Military Justice, 1947-1973. 4 reels. Mostly 1960-1972.

Phan Thien Chau, ed., Communist Vietnamese Publications: Selected from the Vietnamese Collection of the Library of Congress. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress Orientalia Division, 1971. 3 reels of microfilm. Materials, mostly pamphlets, dated 1932 to 1965.

British Documents

Part 1: The John F Kennedy Years, 1960-1963. Published 1997. 26 reels. Apparently contains a modest amount of Vietnam-related material.

Part 2: The Lyndon B. Johnson Years, 1964-1968. 30 reels.

The Nixon Years, 1969-1974. Adam Matthew. Documents from the files of the Foreign and Colonial Office in The National Rrchives, Kew. Published online. Details.

Foreign Office Files: United States of America, Series Two: Vietnam, 1959-1975. Marlborough, England: Adam Matthew Publications, 1998-

Part 1: Vietnam, 1959-1963. Published 1998. 33 reels. The paperback guide which accompanies the microfilm has ISBN number 1 85711 098 6. I am not sure whether there is a separate ISBN for the microfilm itself.

Part 2: Laos, 1959-1963. Published 2000. 58 reels.

Part 3: Cambodia, 1959-1963. Published 2000. 14 reels.

Part 4: SEATO, SE Asia General, and Thailand, 1959-1963. approximately 25 reels (forthcoming 2003).

Part 5: Vietnam, 1964-1966. approximately 32 reels (forthcoming 2004).

Part 6: Vietnam, 1967-1968. approximately 28 reels (forthcoming).

Michael David Kandiah, Gillian Staerck, and Christopher Staerck, eds., Asia: Official British Documents 1945-65 on CD-ROM: Selected Documents from the end of World War II to Vietnam. New York: Routledge, 1999. Published in association with the Public Record Office. ISBN 0-415-18330-8. It looks like a valuable collection, with more than 40,000 pages of documents, but the cost ($8,250) may deter all but the wealthier libraries from purchasing it.

Macmillan Cabinet Papers, 1957-1963. Marlborough, England: Adam Matthew Publications. Almost 12,000 pages of documents.

Available in the form of 3 CD-ROMs, plus guide.

Published online. Details.

Foreign Office Files for China, 1919-1980. Adam Matthew. Documents from the files of the Foreign Office and of the Foreign and Colonial Office in The National Rrchives, Kew. These contain significant amounts of Vietnam-related material. Published online. Details.

1957-1966: The Great Leap Forward

1967-1980: The Cultural Revolution

The most prolific microform publisher of U.S. Government documents relating to the Vietnam War has been University Publications of America (UPA). Originally an independent company located in Frederick, Maryland, UPA was relocated to Bethesda, Maryland, after being absorbed by CIS (the most important private publisher of U.S. Congressional documents). The recent absorption of CIS by LexisNexis has not caused another move; UPA is still in Bethesda. For current listings and ordering information, see the UPA web page.

Another important microfilm publisher, which has issued few titles specifically on the Vietnam War but several containing information about it, is Scholarly Resources, of Wilmington, Delaware. For current listings and ordering information, see the Scholarly Resources web page.

Primary Source Media, a component of the Gale Group, issues on a regular basis microfiche copies of recently declassified U.S. government documents in the Declassified Documents Reference System. Many important documents on the Vietnam War are included. See listing above.

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