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A document from the Presidency of South Vietnam dictates the requirements for a scholarship with the Participant Training Program. Assistant Chief Robert Swanson of the Administrative Services Division writes to David Wood of the Public Administration Division to discuss the acqui read more... Chief Advisor for the Vietnam Project Ralph Smuckler corresponds with Secretary of State at the Presidency Nguyen Huu Chau from April to June, 1958. read more... Chief Advisor for the Vietnam Project Ralph Smuckler corresponds with Secretary of State at the Presidency Nguyen Huu Chau from July to early August, read more... Chief Advisor for the Vietnam Project Ralph Smuckler corresponds with Secretary of State at the Presidency Nguyen Huu Chau throughout August, 1958. Th read more...

Coordinator for the Participant Training Program Charles Killingsworth makes drafts of a letter certifying the travel and payment of Vietnamese partic read more... Richard McCleery sends a letter to Stanley Sheinbaum of the Participant Training Program with updates on a number of Vietnamese participants and their read more... Lists of items are drawn up and edited for procurement of supplies for Independence Palace. Chief advisor Wesley Fishel writes regularly to Secretary of State at the Presidency Nguyen Huu Chau from January to March, 1958 to discuss tourism an read more... Chief Advisor for the Vietnam Project Ralph Smuckler corresponds with Secretary of State at the Presidency Nguyen Huu Chau from April to June, 1958. read more...

Stanley Sheinbaum of the Participant Training Program sends regular memorandums to other faculty of the program to update the faculty on the course wo read more... Chief advisor Wesley Fishel writes regularly to Secretary of State at the Presidency Nguyen Huu Chau from January to March, 1958 to discuss tourism an read more... Secretary of State at the Presidency Nguyen Huu Chau writes to Chief Advisor of MSUG Ralph Smuckler from March to April, 1958 to discuss study program read more... Secretary of State for the Presidency Nguyen Huu Chau writes to the Director Generals of numerous departments to arrange studies in each department, c read more... Chief Advisor for the Vietnam Project Ralph Smuckler corresponds with Secretary of State at the Presidency Nguyen Huu Chau from April to June, 1958. read more...

Coordinator for the Participant Training Program Charles Killingsworth makes drafts of a letter certifying the travel and payment of Vietnamese partic read more... Richard McCleery sends a letter to Stanley Sheinbaum of the Participant Training Program with updates on a number of Vietnamese participants and their read more... Contracts and Procurement Officer for the International Cooperation Administration William Taylor authorizes the procurement of office supplies and ma read more... Chief advisor Wesley Fishel writes regularly to Secretary of State at the Presidency Nguyen Huu Chau from January to March, 1958 to discuss tourism an read more... Secretary of State at the Presidency Nguyen Huu Chau writes to Chief Advisor of MSUG Ralph Smuckler from March to April, 1958 to discuss study program read more...

Secretary of State for the Presidency Nguyen Huu Chau writes to the Director Generals of numerous departments to arrange studies in each department, c read more... Chief Advisor for the Vietnam Project Ralph Smuckler corresponds with Secretary of State at the Presidency Nguyen Huu Chau from April to June, 1958. read more... A report that outlines South Vietnam's educational system, problems within the educational system, and the MSUG's proposed solutions to those problems read more... Chief Advisor for the Vietnam Project Ralph Smuckler corresponds with Secretary of State at the Presidency Nguyen Huu Chau from July to early August, read more... Chief Advisor for the Vietnam Project Ralph Smuckler corresponds with Secretary of State at the Presidency Nguyen Huu Chau throughout August, 1958. Th read more...

Coordinator for the Participant Training Program Charles Killingsworth makes drafts of a letter certifying the travel and payment of Vietnamese partic read more... Richard McCleery sends a letter to Stanley Sheinbaum of the Participant Training Program with updates on a number of Vietnamese participants and their read more... Chief advisor Wesley Fishel writes regularly to Secretary of State at the Presidency Nguyen Huu Chau from January to March, 1958 to discuss tourism an read more... Secretary of State at the Presidency Nguyen Huu Chau writes to Chief Advisor of MSUG Ralph Smuckler from March to April, 1958 to discuss study program read more... Secretary of State for the Presidency Nguyen Huu Chau writes to the Director Generals of numerous departments to arrange studies in each department, c read more...

Coordinator for the Participant Training Program Charles Killingsworth makes drafts of a letter certifying the travel and payment of Vietnamese partic read more... Richard McCleery sends a letter to Stanley Sheinbaum of the Participant Training Program with updates on a number of Vietnamese participants and their read more... Chief advisor Wesley Fishel writes regularly to Secretary of State at the Presidency Nguyen Huu Chau from January to March, 1958 to discuss tourism an read more... Secretary of State at the Presidency Nguyen Huu Chau writes to Chief Advisor of MSUG Ralph Smuckler from March to April, 1958 to discuss study program read more... Secretary of State for the Presidency Nguyen Huu Chau writes to the Director Generals of numerous departments to arrange studies in each department, c read more...

An informational packet is made concerning the Participant Training Program and its origins, objectives, and students. The students' course work is a read more... Lists of items are drawn up and edited for procurement of supplies for Independence Palace. Assistant Chief Robert Swanson of the Administrative Services Division writes to David Wood of the Public Administration Division to discuss the acqui read more... Secretary of State at the Presidency Nguyen Huu Chau writes to Chief Advisor of MSUG Ralph Smuckler from March to April, 1958 to discuss study program read more... Secretary of State for the Presidency Nguyen Huu Chau writes to the Director Generals of numerous departments to arrange studies in each department, c read more...

The Vietnam Project Participant Training Program releases a brief report entitled, "Revised Time-Table and Procedure for Selection and Processing of M read more... Chief Advisor for the Vietnam Project Ralph Smuckler corresponds with Secretary of State at the Presidency Nguyen Huu Chau from July to early August, read more... Chief Advisor for the Vietnam Project Ralph Smuckler corresponds with Secretary of State at the Presidency Nguyen Huu Chau throughout August, 1958. Th read more... Chief Advisor for the Vietnam Project Ralph Smuckler corresponds with Secretary of State at the Presidency Nguyen Dinh Thuan from September to October read more... Chief Advisor for the Vietnam Project Ralph Smuckler corresponds with Secretary of State at the Presidency Nguyen Dinh Thuan from November to December read more...

Lists of items are drawn up and edited for procurement of supplies for Independence Palace. Assistant Chief Robert Swanson of the Administrative Services Division writes to David Wood of the Public Administration Division to discuss the acqui read more... Chief Advisor for the Vietnam Project Ralph Smuckler corresponds with Secretary of State at the Presidency Nguyen Huu Chau from April to June, 1958. read more... Chief Advisor for the Vietnam Project Ralph Smuckler corresponds with Secretary of State at the Presidency Nguyen Huu Chau from July to early August, read more... Chief Advisor for the Vietnam Project Ralph Smuckler corresponds with Secretary of State at the Presidency Nguyen Huu Chau throughout August, 1958. Th read more...

A memorandum is drawn up concerning the work plan of the MSUG Police Division, specifically their research and training, new projects, security servic read more... Acting Chief Advisor for the Vietnam Project Guy Fox corresponds intermittently with Secretary of State at the Presidency Nguyen Dinh Thuan from Janua read more... M. Salats writes a lengthy report entitled, "Role of an Electronic Computer in the Viet Nam Administration." The work is translated from French to En read more... A report about a meeting between President Ngo Dinh Diem and the leaders of the MSUG. The meeting covered the security problem in Saigon and its effec read more... A report is published on the subject of, "The Education for War Prisoners of Cholon."

Chief of the Program Office for the United States Operations Mission Milton Esman sends a memorandum to all division chiefs and technical advisors con read more... Wesley Fishel heads a special report to the Vietnamese president from the Michigan State University Group concerning administrative recommendations fo read more... A report is drawn up of the index of accounting and urban planning budgets. The document is a mixture of French and Vietnamese. A report is compiled on the National Budget and expenditures in the Republic of Vietnam for the year 1956. The Vietnamese Minister of Finance and Economy submits a circular on the preparation of the budget for 1956.

A publication is made of general travel information for students training with the International Cooperation Administration in the Philippines. Chief of the Program Office for the United States Operations Mission Milton Esman sends a memorandum to all division chiefs and technical advisors con read more... Chief Advisor for the Vietnam Project Ralph Smuckler corresponds with Secretary of State at the Presidency Nguyen Huu Chau from April to June, 1958. read more... Chief Advisor for the Vietnam Project Ralph Smuckler corresponds with Secretary of State at the Presidency Nguyen Huu Chau from July to early August, read more... Chief Advisor for the Vietnam Project Ralph Smuckler corresponds with Secretary of State at the Presidency Nguyen Huu Chau throughout August, 1958. Th read more...

President Ngo Dinh Diem of South Vietnam releases two copies of a statement authorizing schooling abroad in order to gather information on public admi read more... Chief advisor Wesley Fishel writes regularly to Secretary of State at the Presidency Nguyen Huu Chau from January to March, 1958 to discuss tourism an read more... Chief Advisor John Griffin reviews a draft memorandum of a, "Proposed Revision of the Agreement Between the Government of Vietnam and Michigan State U read more... Chief advisor Ralph Smuckler receives a letter from the MSU Traffic Engineer entitled, "Activities to be Conducted in a Traffic Engineering Advisory P read more... Chief Advisor for the Vietnam Project Ralph Smuckler corresponds with Secretary of State at the Presidency Nguyen Dinh Thuan from April to May, 1959. read more...

A meeting is held between Mr. Dieu, Director of Budget in Vietnam, Homer Higbee, and Mr. Trieu in order to, "...learn more about the present status of read more... A lecture by Secretary General of the Presidency Nguyen Thanh Cung at the Vietnam Press Agency is summarized for a report. Cung discusses the functio read more... A brief and anonymous report is made, entitled, "Organizing withing the Government for Overall Economic Direction." Chief of the Field Administration Division Walter Mode sends out a memorandum to other personnel concerning, "...the revamping of the committies estab read more... Snyder makes a report on Vietnamese government expenditures for the year 1955.

Wesley Fishel writes to Dr. Ho Quan Phuoc ("Manny") to thank him for the letter that he had received regarding the hunting permit for Mr. Zimmerman to read more... President Ngo Dinh Diem of South Vietnam releases two copies of a statement authorizing schooling abroad in order to gather information on public admi read more... A list is made of the officials to accompany President Ngo Dinh Diem during his visit to the U.S. Tran Van Chuong, Vietnamese Ambassador, Nguyen Huu read more... A newspaper article written by the Detroit News concerning President Ngo Dinh Diem's upcoming visit to Detroit during his tour of the U.S. They discu read more... A proposed itinerary is created for President Ngo Dinh Diem's visit to Michigan State University.

Coordinator for the Participant Training Program Charles Killingsworth makes drafts of a letter certifying the travel and payment of Vietnamese partic read more... Lists of items are drawn up and edited for procurement of supplies for Independence Palace. Assistant Chief Robert Swanson of the Administrative Services Division writes to David Wood of the Public Administration Division to discuss the acqui read more... Chief advisor Wesley Fishel writes regularly to Secretary of State at the Presidency Nguyen Huu Chau from January to March, 1958 to discuss tourism an read more... Secretary of State at the Presidency Nguyen Huu Chau writes to Chief Advisor of MSUG Ralph Smuckler from March to April, 1958 to discuss study program read more...

A memorandum is drawn up concerning the work plan of the MSUG Police Division, specifically their research and training, new projects, security servic read more... A letter sent by Howard Hoyt to Ralph Smuckler, the Chief Adviser of the Michigan State University Advisory Group. The letter contains a reprinted por read more... The third report of the Michigan State University Advisory Group's projects in Vietnam. These projects include work in police training, field administ read more... Chief Advisor Lloyd Musolf recorded a recent conversation with Arthur Gardiner, the Director of USOM. They discuss the future of the police program, read more... The fourth report issued by the Michigan State Advisory Group. The report includes work in police training, field administration, the National Institu read more...

Marvin Murphy of the Michigan State University Vietnam Advisory Group's basic project statement entitled, "Design and Implement System of Cost Account read more... One Than Trong Hue accompanies the Police Division as an interpreter on their tour of Central Vietnam, and he relates the comments made by officials i read more... David Cole sends to Chief Advisor Wesley Fishel a summary of the ongoing financial reorganization of local government in Vietnam. Personnel with the Michigan State University Vietnam Advisory Group correspond with Vietnamese officials in field administration to plan the Province read more... A Morning Bulletin from the Vietnam Press covers the history of the southern Vietnamese provinces.

Wesley Fishel writes to Dr. Ho Quan Phuoc ("Manny") to thank him for the letter that he had received regarding the hunting permit for Mr. Zimmerman to read more... Coordinator for the Participant Training Program Charles Killingsworth makes drafts of a letter certifying the travel and payment of Vietnamese partic read more... Chief advisor Wesley Fishel writes regularly to Secretary of State at the Presidency Nguyen Huu Chau from January to March, 1958 to discuss tourism an read more... This document contains notes from a talk between Wesley Fishel and J.D. Montgomery, a member of the MSUG. The conversation focused on the problem of t read more... Wesley Fishel, Glen Taggart, and Stanely Sheinbaum forward to John Hannah a letter from President Ngo Dinh Diem of South Vietnam in which Diem heartil read more...

This document is the Charter of the Republic of Vietnam of August 1964. This document contains the English translation of the Constitution of the Republic of Vietnam from April of 1967, as published in the Vietnam Newslett read more... Lists of items are drawn up and edited for procurement of supplies for an office Assistant Chief Robert Swanson of the Administrative Services Division writes to David Wood of the Public Administration Division to discuss the acqui read more... Chief advisor Wesley Fishel writes regularly to Secretary of State at the Presidency Nguyen Huu Chau from January to March, 1958 to discuss tourism an read more...

An abstract is made of bids, their offers, and their suitability for the project. Chief advisor Ralph Smuckler receives a letter from the MSU Traffic Engineer entitled, "Activities to be Conducted in a Traffic Engineering Advisory P read more... A lecture by Secretary General of the Presidency Nguyen Thanh Cung at the Vietnam Press Agency is summarized for a report. Cung discusses the functio read more... Charles Myers of the Michigan State University Advisory Group writes a report on Filing Systems and Equipment at the Presidency. The report includes read more... On behalf of the Michigan State University Vietnam Advisory Group, John Dorsey writes a report on the Reorganization of the Presidency of Vietnam. He read more...

Coordinator for the Participant Training Program Charles Killingsworth makes drafts of a letter certifying the travel and payment of Vietnamese partic read more... Richard McCleery sends a letter to Stanley Sheinbaum of the Participant Training Program with updates on a number of Vietnamese participants and their read more... An abstract is made of bids, their offers, and their suitability for the project. Chief advisor Wesley Fishel writes regularly to Secretary of State at the Presidency Nguyen Huu Chau from January to March, 1958 to discuss tourism an read more... Secretary of State at the Presidency Nguyen Huu Chau writes to Chief Advisor of MSUG Ralph Smuckler from March to April, 1958 to discuss study program read more...

This report details a proposed reorganization of the Vietnamese Bureau of Investigation, the Civil Guard, and municipal police departments. These prop read more... A series of correspondences are taken from a case on Lyman Rundlett, who was hired in July, 1957 by the Michigan State University Vietnam Advisory Gro read more... A series of correspondences are taken from a case on Lyman Rundlett, who was hired in July, 1957 by the Michigan State University Vietnam Advisory Gro read more... A series of correspondences are taken from a case on Lyman Rundlett, who was hired in July, 1957 by the Michigan State University Vietnam Advisory Gro read more... A series of correspondences are taken from a case on Lyman Rundlett, who was hired in July, 1957 by the Michigan State University Vietnam Advisory Gro read more...

Personnel associated with the Vietnam Project correspond to prepare the visit of President Ngo Dinh Diem and his dinner reception at Michigan State Un read more... A brief biography is made of President Ngo Dinh Diem by the Vietnamese Embassy in Washington, D.C. A report is published from the Vietnamese Embassy in Washington, D.C. entitled, "Viet Minh Violations of the Geneva Armistice Agreement." A newspaper article written by the Detroit News concerning President Ngo Dinh Diem's upcoming visit to Detroit during his tour of the U.S. They discu read more... Personnel of the Vietnam Project correspond to arrange the dinner and reception of President Ngo Dinh Diem during his visit to Michigan State Universi read more...

Wesley Fishel writes to Dr. Ho Quan Phuoc ("Manny") to thank him for the letter that he had received regarding the hunting permit for Mr. Zimmerman to read more... Chief advisor Wesley Fishel writes regularly to Secretary of State at the Presidency Nguyen Huu Chau from January to March, 1958 to discuss tourism an read more... Secretary of State at the Presidency Nguyen Huu Chau writes to Chief Advisor of MSUG Ralph Smuckler from March to April, 1958 to discuss study program read more... Secretary of State for the Presidency Nguyen Huu Chau writes to the Director Generals of numerous departments to arrange studies in each department, c read more... Chief Advisor for the Vietnam Project Ralph Smuckler corresponds with Secretary of State at the Presidency Nguyen Huu Chau from April to June, 1958. read more...

A brief report is drawn up concerning President Ngo Dinh Diem's visit to Michigan State University and the background of the college. Fiscal year budget for 1959 focusing on various institutions under the Department of the Interior including: Secretary's office, provincial administra read more... A report entitled, "The 6-month action project of the province of Cho-lon." This report details a proposed reorganization of the Vietnamese Bureau of Investigation, the Civil Guard, and municipal police departments. These prop read more... A report made on the campaign for life-improvement in the region of Ca Mau. The report discusses contentions with regional religious differences and read more...

Lists of items are drawn up and edited for procurement of supplies for an office Assistant Chief Robert Swanson of the Administrative Services Division writes to David Wood of the Public Administration Division to discuss the acqui read more... Charles Myers of the Michigan State University Advisory Group writes a report on Filing Systems and Equipment at the Presidency. The report includes read more... On behalf of the Michigan State University Vietnam Advisory Group, John Dorsey writes a report on the Reorganization of the Presidency of Vietnam. He read more... Wesley Fishel heads a special report to the Vietnamese president from the Michigan State University Group concerning administrative recommendations fo read more...

This report details a proposed reorganization of the Vietnamese Bureau of Investigation, the Civil Guard, and municipal police departments. These prop read more... A letter from Ralph Smuckler to the Deputy Adviser of Police Administration MSU Advisory Group. The letter details police activity in the Municipal Po read more... A series of arretes are issued throughout the month of October, 1952 by the Vietnamese government. An arrete is issued from the Department of Health and Social Welfare concerning the Office of the Director of Cabinet, Directorate of Personnel, Admin read more... An arrete issued on the organization of agencies under the direction of the Minister of Public Works and Telecommunications.

Chief Advisor for the Vietnam Project Ralph Smuckler corresponds with Secretary of State at the Presidency Nguyen Dinh Thuan from November to December read more... Personnel associated with the Vietnam Project correspond to prepare the visit of President Ngo Dinh Diem and his dinner reception at Michigan State Un read more... Dean of International Programs Glen Taggart corresponds with personnel in the Vietnam Project to arrange the visit of President Ngo Dinh Diem of Vietn read more... Marvin Murphy of the Michigan State University Vietnam Advisory Group's basic project statement entitled, "Design and Implement System of Cost Account read more... A memorandum is made to describe a system of transportation dispatch cards. An English and a Vietnamese translation are included.

This report details a proposed reorganization of the Vietnamese Bureau of Investigation, the Civil Guard, and municipal police departments. These prop read more... An initial report about the Vietnamese Bureau of Investigation, as studied by the MSUG. The report contains the overall mission of the VBI, some gener read more... A report on the Vietnamese Bureau of Investigation conducted by the Michigan State University Police Advisory Staff. The report includes equipment inv read more... Consultant Ralph Turner writes a series of, "Recommendations for the Establishment of a Temporary Firearms Identification Unit at the V.B.I. Filipini read more... A series of four organization charts are made for the Police Program Division for recruitment purposes.

General information is collected in handwritten lists for the province of Soc Trang. The information includes data on roads, agricultural products, an read more... A report by Wesley Fishel, with the help of Walter Mode, Albert Rosenfeld, Nguyen Thi An, and Than Trong Hue, that provides recommendations for the De read more... General information is collected in handwritten lists for the province of Binh Duong. The information includes data on industries, railroads, waterway read more... Chief of the Field Service division M. Adler submits two field reports in March and June on the administration organization of Binh Thuan province. General information is collected in handwritten lists for the province of Ha Tien. The information includes data on population, animal husbandry, agri read more...

Ngo Dinh Diem delivers an address at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel for a luncheon during his visit to the U.S. A report is published from the Vietnamese Embassy in Washington, D.C. entitled, "Viet Minh Violations of the Geneva Armistice Agreement." A newspaper article written by the Detroit News concerning President Ngo Dinh Diem's upcoming visit to Detroit during his tour of the U.S. They discu read more... A pamphlet announces the convocation in honor of President Ngo Dinh Diem's visit to Michigan State University. This document is a record of a radio interview on a program called "Debriefing" between Jack Walters and Ted Heathner, former American consul in South read more...

President Ngo Dinh Diem of South Vietnam releases two copies of a statement authorizing schooling abroad in order to gather information on public admi read more... This document contains notes from a talk between Wesley Fishel and J.D. Montgomery, a member of the MSUG. The conversation focused on the problem of t read more... Personnel associated with the Vietnam Project correspond to prepare the visit of President Ngo Dinh Diem and his dinner reception at Michigan State Un read more... President John Hannah of Michigan State University writes to President of South Vietnam Ngo Dinh Diem and the Vietnamese ambassador in Washington, D.C read more... Wesley Fishel, Glen Taggart, and Stanely Sheinbaum forward to John Hannah a letter from President Ngo Dinh Diem of South Vietnam in which Diem heartil read more...

A report is published on the subject of, "The Education for War Prisoners of Cholon." Assistant Professor for the Department of Social Sciences at Wake Forest College Roy Jumper writes an article with the American Institute of Pacific R read more... Jack Ryan of the Michigan State University Vietnam Advisory Group's Police Administration Division corresponds intermittently with the head of the div read more... Chief Ralph Turner of the Michigan State University Vietnam Advisory Group's Police Administration Division writes to Joe Nicol to inform him of his u read more... Chief of the Police Administration Division of MSUG Ralph Turner corresponds with Director Arthur Brandstatter of the MSU School of Police Administrat read more...

A brief report is drawn up concerning President Ngo Dinh Diem's visit to Michigan State University and the background of the college. This report details a proposed reorganization of the Vietnamese Bureau of Investigation, the Civil Guard, and municipal police departments. These prop read more... A letter from Ralph Smuckler to the Deputy Adviser of Police Administration MSU Advisory Group. The letter details police activity in the Municipal Po read more... Walter Mode writes up a brief report concerning, "Some responsibilities of village administration," including the topics of education, registration, h read more... Consultant Ralph Turner writes a series of, "Recommendations for the Establishment of a Temporary Firearms Identification Unit at the V.B.I. Filipini read more...

Fiscal year budget for 1959 focusing on various institutions under the Department of the Interior including: Secretary's office, provincial administra read more... This document contains the translation of a speech delivered by Vu Van Thai to the Association of Technicians and Engineers of Vietnam. The speech ex read more... A budget report created for the Port of Saigon-Cholon for the year 1954. President Ngo Dinh Diem releases a circular to the Vice President and the Secretaries of State to prepare all of the necessary documents for the creat read more... This document is a history of the legal aspects of the economic relations between France and Vietnam from the beginning of the colonial era to the 195 read more...

A publication is made of general travel information for students training with the International Cooperation Administration in the Philippines. A report is published from the Vietnamese Embassy in Washington, D.C. entitled, "Viet Minh Violations of the Geneva Armistice Agreement." Guy Fox submits a brief report on the, "Attitudes and Views of Japanese and Vietnamese Local Government Employees." A memorandum is sent out with the title, "Thoughts on Cap St. Jacques as a Free Port" and the economic incentive of such a port. M. Sanderson sent this status report to John Dorsey on the ongoing Department of Health project. The topics discuss the involvement of World Health O read more...

A newspaper article written by the Detroit News concerning President Ngo Dinh Diem's visit to Detroit and and his upcoming visit to East Lansing durin read more... Consultant Ralph Turner writes a series of, "Recommendations for the Establishment of a Temporary Firearms Identification Unit at the V.B.I. Filipini read more... A one page piece is written by Dan Chung by the title, "Viet-Nam at one Time Saved the Throne of Cambodia." The Michigan State University Vietnam Advisory Group Police Administration Division submits a memorandum to the Government of the Republic of Vietnam read more... Ralph Turner writes an account of the attempted revolution that occurred in Saigon from November 11 - 13, 1960. He recounts some of the officials' ea read more...

Acting Chief of the Consulting Section Albert Rosenfeld's regular field reports from July, 1957 to March, 1958. They cover matters of Public Administ read more... Head of the Public Administration Division's Consulting Section Albert Rosenfeld writes to Nguyen Van Quang of the Department of Interior's Research S read more... The Michigan State University Police Advisory Staff write a lengthy preliminary report on the proposed reorganization of the Vietnamese Bureau of Inve read more... James Hendry sends to Lloyd Musolf informational materials relating to the administration and organization of the identification program. E. Adkins turns in a Personal Activities Report for the period from May to December, 1960. The report concerns the basic development of the Central I read more...

Secretary of State for the Presidency Nguyen Huu Chau writes to the Director Generals of numerous departments to arrange studies in each department, c read more... A meeting is held between Mr. Dieu, Director of Budget in Vietnam, Homer Higbee, and Mr. Trieu in order to, "...learn more about the present status of read more... Snyder makes a report on Vietnamese government expenditures for the year 1955. Expenditures and costs are recorded over four chapters dedicated to the Office of the Secretary of State and the directly related agencies, Service of read more... This document contains the translation of a speech delivered by Vu Van Thai to the Association of Technicians and Engineers of Vietnam. The speech ex read more...

Contracts and Procurement Officer for the International Cooperation Administration William Taylor authorizes procurement of iron, aluminum, and steel read more... Marvin Murphy of the Michigan State University Vietnam Advisory Group's basic project statement entitled, "Design and Implement System of Cost Account read more... One Than Trong Hue accompanies the Police Division as an interpreter on their tour of Central Vietnam, and he relates the comments made by officials i read more... A Morning Bulletin from the Vietnam Press covers the history of the southern Vietnamese provinces. A letter is sent to province chief Nguyen Tran ahead of a surveying team to inform him of the survey's intentions and purpose.

Chief advisor Wesley Fishel writes regularly to Secretary of State at the Presidency Nguyen Huu Chau from January to March, 1958 to discuss tourism an read more... Secretary of State at the Presidency Nguyen Huu Chau writes to Chief Advisor of MSUG Ralph Smuckler from March to April, 1958 to discuss study program read more... Chief of the Field Administration Division Walter Mode sends out a memorandum to other personnel concerning, "...the revamping of the committies estab read more... The General Explanation Section of the 1959 Vietnamese Budget Document is translated and copied. Meeting minutes are recorded for two meetings of the National Assembly on the 1959 Vietnamese Budget.

This document contains notes from a talk between Wesley Fishel and J.D. Montgomery, a member of the MSUG. The conversation focused on the problem of t read more... A report is published from the Vietnamese Embassy in Washington, D.C. entitled, "Viet Minh Violations of the Geneva Armistice Agreement." A newspaper article written by the Detroit News concerning President Ngo Dinh Diem's visit to Detroit and and his upcoming visit to East Lansing durin read more... A report entitled, "The 6-month action project of the province of Cho-lon." The MSU Research Section publishes a paper entitled, "Some Aspects of the Educational Situation in Vietnam." The paper focuses on the historical view read more...

A report on the accomplishments of the Director of Social Action for the Central Highlands for 1958 in the realm of public administration, political o read more... Personnel of the Michigan State University Vietnam Advisory Group corresponded from September, 1957 to February, 1958. The conversations are fronted read more... Chief Advisor of the Vietnam Project Edward Weidner forwards a Field Administration Work Program which was created by Walter Mode, Frederic Wickert, a read more... A report is published in English and French on, "Procedures applied particularly to the American Aid credits reserved for Refugees." The Commissioner General for Refugees Bui Van Long writes to the Disbursing Agent Doan Quang Minh concerning, "Your Designation as Paying Agent of the read more...

President John Hannah of Michigan State University writes to President of South Vietnam Ngo Dinh Diem and the Vietnamese ambassador in Washington, D.C read more... President Ngo Dinh Diem of South Vietnam writes to President John Hannah of Michigan State University to thank Hannah for hosting him during his visit read more... A brief biography is made of President Ngo Dinh Diem by the Vietnamese Embassy in Washington, D.C. A pamphlet announces the convocation in honor of President Ngo Dinh Diem's visit to Michigan State University. President Ngo Dinh Diem delivers an address during his reception for an honorary degree at Michigan State University.

The Communications Resources Division of the Agency for International Development publishes a compilation of research articles under the heading, "Pub read more... This document is a summary of foreign aid to the Republic of Vietnam from 1954-1964 by the United States Operations Mission of the Agency for Internat read more... A lengthy report is made by the Michigan State University Vietnam Advisory Group on their involvement, from start to finish, in Vietnam. The report s read more... A collection of press clippings from April 13 to April 21, 1966 documents the public's response to the publication of Ramparts magazine's recent artic read more... A collection of press clippings from April 22 to April 29, 1966 documents the public's response to the publication of Ramparts magazine's recent artic read more...

Secretary of State for the Presidency Nguyen Huu Chau writes to the Director Generals of numerous departments to arrange studies in each department, c read more... A meeting is held between Mr. Dieu, Director of Budget in Vietnam, Homer Higbee, and Mr. Trieu in order to, "...learn more about the present status of read more... Snyder makes a report on Vietnamese government expenditures for the year 1955. Tran Huu Phuong of the President's Ministry of Finance writes a report describing the types of expenditures for the year 1955. A report is drawn up of the index of accounting and urban planning budgets. The document is a mixture of French and Vietnamese.

Howard Hoyt sends to Nguyen Ngoc Le, Director General of Police Services, a list of information for identification cards of American and Vietnamese em read more... A series of correspondences are taken from a case on Lyman Rundlett, who was hired in July, 1957 by the Michigan State University Vietnam Advisory Gro read more... A series of correspondences are taken from a case on Lyman Rundlett, who was hired in July, 1957 by the Michigan State University Vietnam Advisory Gro read more... A series of correspondences are taken from a case on Lyman Rundlett, who was hired in July, 1957 by the Michigan State University Vietnam Advisory Gro read more... A series of correspondences are taken from a case on Lyman Rundlett, who was hired in July, 1957 by the Michigan State University Vietnam Advisory Gro read more...



Personnel with the Michigan State University Vietnam Advisory Group co-author a report on the administrative organization of My-Tho province in Vietna read more... General information is collected in handwritten lists for the province of Soc Trang. The information includes data on roads, agricultural products, an read more... A report by Wesley Fishel, with the help of Walter Mode, Albert Rosenfeld, Nguyen Thi An, and Than Trong Hue, that provides recommendations for the De read more... General information is collected in handwritten lists for the province of Binh Duong. The information includes data on industries, railroads, waterway read more... General information is collected in handwritten lists for the province of Rach Gia. The information includes data on population, animal husbandry, agr read more...

Snyder makes a report on Vietnamese government expenditures for the year 1955. A report is written up on the National Budget for the year 1956. It covers general observations, the receipt project, and expenditures projects. Two lists of budgetary procedures for national expenditures are made, given that funds are either delegated by the National Budget or funds are not de read more... A report is made on the Vietnamese National Budget for the fiscal year 1957. Chapters 57 through 94 are saved from a compilation that records the expenditures of the various departments and ministries in the Vietnamese governme read more...

Nguyen Dinh Thuan, Secretary of State at the Vietnamese Presidency, sends a circular to the Vietnamese Ambassador to France to discuss the return to V read more... Personnel with the Michigan State University Vietnam Advisory Group co-author a report on the administrative organization of My-Tho province in Vietna read more... A report exploring the potential for population resettlement in the highlands of Vietnam. The report concludes that the region holds significant pote read more... A report on the accomplishments of the Director of Social Action for the Central Highlands for 1958 in the realm of public administration, political o read more... A report is published in English and French on, "Procedures applied particularly to the American Aid credits reserved for Refugees."



General information is collected in handwritten lists for the province of Soc Trang. The information includes data on roads, agricultural products, an read more... A report by Wesley Fishel, with the help of Walter Mode, Albert Rosenfeld, Nguyen Thi An, and Than Trong Hue, that provides recommendations for the De read more... General information is collected in handwritten lists for the province of Binh Duong. The information includes data on industries, railroads, waterway read more... Chief of the Field Service division M. Adler submits two field reports in March and June on the administration organization of Binh Thuan province. General information is collected in handwritten lists for the province of Ha Tien. The information includes data on population, animal husbandry, agri read more...



Ngo Dinh Diem delivers an address at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel for a luncheon during his visit to the U.S. A report is published from the Vietnamese Embassy in Washington, D.C. entitled, "Viet Minh Violations of the Geneva Armistice Agreement." This flyer was used to encourage participation in the election of the National Assembly in the Republic of Vietnam, held on August 30, 1959 A newspaper article written by the Detroit News concerning President Ngo Dinh Diem's upcoming visit to Detroit during his tour of the U.S. They discu read more... President Ngo Dinh Diem delivers an address during his reception for an honorary degree at Michigan State University.

A brief report is published by the titled, "Resettlement: First victory of the anti-communist Vietnamese." Assistant Professor for the Department of Social Sciences at Wake Forest College Roy Jumper writes an article with the American Institute of Pacific R read more... An unknown author writes a plea addressed to their "Country fellows" which briefly discusses the author's former work with the communist party, their read more... A one page piece is written by Dan Chung by the title, "Viet-Nam at one Time Saved the Throne of Cambodia." This document is a record of a discussion between P.J. Honey and student leaders in Vietnam (Thai, Long, Tue, Bau, Hoat, and others - full names not p read more...

Secretary of State for the Presidency Nguyen Huu Chau writes to the Director Generals of numerous departments to arrange studies in each department, c read more... A report that outlines South Vietnam's educational system, problems within the educational system, and the MSUG's proposed solutions to those problems read more... Three drafts are made, one in Vietnamese, of meeting minutes from a meeting of the Committee for the examination of a diploma's value under the Depart read more... A lengthy report on the Department of Education and their interaction with the MSU Advisory Group, supplementary to the 1956 MSUG report on the same s read more... Special Project Assistant Nguyen Xuan Dao and Library Advisor Richard Gardner co-author a bibliography of periodicals published in Vietnam from the pe read more...

A report is published in English and French on, "Procedures applied particularly to the American Aid credits reserved for Refugees." The Commissioner General for Refugees Bui Van Long writes to the Disbursing Agent Doan Quang Minh concerning, "Your Designation as Paying Agent of the read more... Document titled "Thoughts of the Fiscal Procedures for expenditure and control of Sub-Project Funds for the Refugee Program." Chief of the Field Administration Project Walter Mode writes to the Commisioner General for Refugees Bui Van Luong to discuss MSU's involvement in the read more... Handwritten drafts attempt to establish the committees and organization of the resettlement project.

The Michigan State University Police Advisory Staff write a lengthy preliminary report on the proposed reorganization of the Vietnamese Bureau of Inve read more... E. Adkins turns in a Personal Activities Report for the period from May to December, 1960. The report concerns the basic development of the Central I read more... Personnel with the Michigan State University Vietnam Advisory Group and the United States Operations Mission correspond first in November, 1960 and th read more... A series of correspondences are taken from a case on Lyman Rundlett, who was hired in July, 1957 by the Michigan State University Vietnam Advisory Gro read more... A series of correspondences are taken from a case on Lyman Rundlett, who was hired in July, 1957 by the Michigan State University Vietnam Advisory Gro read more...

An organization chart shows the levels of service in the Vietnamese Government. On behalf of the Michigan State University Vietnam Advisory Group, John Dorsey writes a report on the Reorganization of the Presidency of Vietnam. He read more... Wesley Fishel heads a special report to the Vietnamese president from the Michigan State University Group concerning administrative recommendations fo read more... A list is made of officials working in the office of the Vietnamese president. A budget and expansion draft is created for the Vietnamese office of tourism. Page sixteen was not included, due to being over-sized.

Chief of the Police Administration Division Howard Hoyt submits a semi-annual report for the Civil Police Administration Program for the period from J read more... The Michigan State University Vietnam Advisory Group Police Administration Division submits a memorandum to the Government of the Republic of Vietnam read more... A memorandum is drawn up after an unknown employee with the MSUG Police Administration Division interviews Bui Van Thinh, Minister of Interior. The i read more... Members of the MSUG Police Administration Division meet with Nguyen Dinh Thuan, Secretary of State for the Presidency, to discuss the position of the read more... A memorandum is made of a meeting with General La, Director General of Police and Security Services at Camp des Mares on July 25, 1958. The discussio read more...



This flyer was used to urge participation in the 1959 elections for the National Assembly held in the Republic of Vietnam on August 30, 1959. This folder contains miscellaneous materials concerning Vietnamese politics in the late 1950s and early 1960s. It includes a copy of the 1960 constit read more... This document contains a list of political parties granted operating authority as of June 8, 1971 by the Ministry of Interior under the Political Part read more... In this letter, Nguyen Tran details abuses carried out by a member of the army towards an opposition candidate in the 1967 elections. Tran Van Lam writes to President Nguyen Van Thieu and the Vice president Nguyen Cao Ky of South Vietnam arguing that the performance of his party, the read more...



This report details a proposed reorganization of the Vietnamese Bureau of Investigation, the Civil Guard, and municipal police departments. These prop read more... A letter sent by Howard Hoyt to Ralph Smuckler, the Chief Adviser of the Michigan State University Advisory Group. The letter contains a reprinted por read more... A report made on the campaign for life-improvement in the region of Ca Mau. The report discusses contentions with regional religious differences and read more... Walter Mode and Howard Hoyt compile a report from the interview reports taken by the Field Administration staff during their province interviews. Hoy read more... Ralph Turner writes an account of the attempted revolution that occurred in Saigon from November 11 - 13, 1960. He recounts some of the officials' ea read more...

Secretary of State for the Presidency Nguyen Huu Chau writes to the Director Generals of numerous departments to arrange studies in each department, c read more... A meeting is held between Mr. Dieu, Director of Budget in Vietnam, Homer Higbee, and Mr. Trieu in order to, "...learn more about the present status of read more... A budget and expansion draft is created for the Vietnamese office of tourism. Page sixteen was not included, due to being over-sized. The Michigan State University Vietnam Advisory Group translates a lengthy report published by the Vietnamese Direction General of Public works and Dep read more... The Secretary of State for Public Works Tran Le Quang sends a brief correspondence to the Director General for Public Works to discuss the initiation read more...

Deputy Advisor for the Michigan State University Vietnam Advisory Group's Police Administration Division Howard Hoyt and other MSUG personnel submit m read more... Deputy Advisor for the Michigan State University Vietnam Advisory Group's Police Administration Division Howard Hoyt submits a monthly report to the C read more... A monthly report is submitted from the MSUG Police Administration Division to the Chief Advisor for August, 1957. The report discusses Civil Guard adm read more... Reports are submitted from the MSUG Police Administration Division to the Chief Advisor for August, 1959. The reports discuss new personnel, traffic r read more... Reports are submitted from the MSUG Police Administration Division to the Chief Advisor for September and October, 1959. The reports discuss personnel read more...

A report is written proposing a project for the utilization of an electronic computer, including information on the purposes, objectives, justificatio read more... Ruben Austin, Assistant Dean of the College of Business and Public Service at MSU writes about his February 8 - March 15, 1960 Vietnam visit to presid read more... Lloyd Musolf, Chief Advisor of the Vietnam Advisory Group, reports to MSU president Hannah on his views of the current political situation in South Vi read more... Austin shares his hope to Musolf that Americans and Nationals in Vietnam can reverse the trend of political unrest that is currently developing. Lloyd Musolf, Michigan State University Group (MSUG) Chief Advisor, reports to Ruben Austin, MSUG Coordinator, on the declining political situation in read more...

Contracts and Procurement Officer for the International Cooperation Administration William Taylor authorizes procurement of iron, aluminum, and steel read more... A report by Wesley Fishel, with the help of Walter Mode, Albert Rosenfeld, Nguyen Thi An, and Than Trong Hue, that provides recommendations for the De read more... Correspondence between Michigan State University Vietnam Advisory Group personnel throughout the month of July, 1957 to discuss matters affecting the read more... Correspondence from Personnel of the Michigan State University Vietnam Advisory Group throughout the month of August, 1957 to discuss matters affectin read more... Meeting minutes for a meeting of the Ministry of Social and Health on November 8th, 1955.

A report made on the campaign for life-improvement in the region of Ca Mau. The report discusses contentions with regional religious differences and read more... A one page piece is written by Dan Chung by the title, "Viet-Nam at one Time Saved the Throne of Cambodia." Ralph Turner writes an account of the attempted revolution that occurred in Saigon from November 11 - 13, 1960. He recounts some of the officials' ea read more... Chief Ralph Turner of the Michigan State University Vietnam Advisory Group's Police Administration Division conducts two interviews, one with General read more... Chief Howard Hoyt and Acting Chief Jack Ryan of the MSUG Police Administration Division turn in twelve internal security reports to Leland Barrows, Di read more...

A report made on the campaign for life-improvement in the region of Ca Mau. The report discusses contentions with regional religious differences and read more... One MSUG employee Ryan interviews Huynh Quang Phuoc, Commissaire of the Can Tho province Vietnamese Bureau of Investigation. They discuss general inf read more... This document contains excepts from a letter written by a professor at the University of Hue in the summer of 1963. The professor had to remain anony read more... This document contains the Embassy of Vietnam's Information Service Publication, Volume 1 No. 2. It contains information on national affairs (includin read more... This document contains the Embassy of Vietnam's Information Service Publication, Volume 1 No. 3. It addresses agrarian reform and other domestic progr read more...

In this letter, Nguyen Tran details abuses carried out by a member of the army towards an opposition candidate in the 1967 elections. This is a land development field reports for March and April of 1958. The reports include a hand drawn map of the prisons near Pleiku and the Cambodi read more... Associate Professor of Political Science for MSU Robert Scigliano writes a piece for the American Friends of Vietnam by the title, "Vietnam: A Country read more... Three articles are saved from the September 14 and 28 editions of the New York Times. The titles of the pieces are, "The War We May Be Winning," "Vie read more... David Halberstam writes an article for the New York Times by the title, "U.S Deeply Involved in the Uncertain Struggle for Vietnam, The Struggle: Saig read more...



A document from the Presidency of South Vietnam dictates the requirements for a scholarship with the Participant Training Program. Chief of USOM's Program Office Milton Esman sends a memorandum to all division chiefs regarding, "Deboligations-Deallotments and Requests for Reallotm read more... Secretary of State for the Presidency Nguyen Huu Chau writes to the Director Generals of numerous departments to arrange studies in each department, c read more... Chief Advisor for the Vietnam Project Ralph Smuckler corresponds with Secretary of State at the Presidency Nguyen Huu Chau from July to early August, read more... Chief Advisor for the Vietnam Project Ralph Smuckler corresponds with Secretary of State at the Presidency Nguyen Huu Chau throughout August, 1958. Th read more...

President Ngo Dinh Diem releases a circular to the Vice President and the Secretaries of State to prepare all of the necessary documents for the creat read more... Drafts of the Vietnamese government financial regulations, including general provisions, central budget authority, budget preparation, budget executio read more... Budget Specialist Marvin Murphy sends in weekly and monthly reports from January to September, 1959 to the Michigan State University Vietnam Advisory read more... David Cole forwards a translated document to Messrs. Lindholm, Marvin Murphy, and Wayne Snyder concerning, "..the instructions for setting up village read more... A report detailing provincial revenues and expenditures by category in South Vietnam.

Director of the National Institute of Administration Vu Quoc Thong writes a brief opinion piece on the impact of foreign interests in Vietnam. Thong read more... James Fesler sends to Walter Mode a sheet of corrections for the map of the recent Interior Department's report on regions and provinces. Chief Ralph Turner of the Michigan State University Vietnam Advisory Group's Police Administration Division conducts two interviews, one with General read more... A speech is recorded from Secretary General of the Presidency Nguyen Thanh Cung at the Viet-Nam Press Agency on the topic of, "The Organization of the read more... An annotated bibliography is made by MSUG personnel Oral Parks, Milan Jan Reban, and Frank Cliffe. He bibliography includes, "...most of the articles read more...

Correspondence is started between personnel with Michigan State University and MSUG to amend the financing agreement between the U.S. government, the read more... A final version is made of the amendments to the contract between the U.S. government, the International Cooperation Administration, and Michigan Stat read more... Coordinator Stanley Sheinbaum forwards to Dean Alfred Seelye a finalized version of the new contract between Michigan State University and the Interna read more... Monthly reports are sent in from Ralph Smuckler and Wesley Fishel from March to December, 1956. The reports come from the Michigan State University V read more... Monthly reports are sent in by Chief Advisor Edward Weidner from November to December, 1955. The reports come from the Michigan State University Vietn read more...

A report on the accomplishments of the Director of Social Action for the Central Highlands for 1958 in the realm of public administration, political o read more... This ethnographic map prepared by the U.S. military deliniates ethnic minority areas in the central highlands of the Republic of Vietnam. E. H. Adkins for the MSUG Police Administration Division writes a report about administration of justice in Vietnam, particularly the need for an educ read more... Robert Scheer writes a lengthy piece by the title, "How the United States Got Involved in Vietnam" which discusses America's gradually increasing invo read more... The United States Army Special Warfare School in Fort Bragg, North Caroline creates writes a report by the title, "Montagnard Tribal Groups of the Rep read more...

An unofficial document published by the United Nations, entitled, “The Impact of Economic Development on Personnel Administration in the Underdevelo read more... This document is a consolidated interim report of the United Nations Economic Survey Mission in Vietnam from 1955-1956. It contains interim reports on read more... UNESCO organizes and creates an itinerary for their, "Seminar on Social Research and Problems of Rural Life in South East Asia." Professor Vu Quoc Thuc instigates correspondence with faculty of the Michigan State University Vietnam Advisory Group to arrange an international semi read more... An English translation is made for a UNESCO report of, "The Regional Seminar on Social Research and Problems of Rural Life in South East Asia."



President Ngo Dinh Diem releases a series of circulars to the Vietnamese Secretaries of State relating to the recruitment of Vietnamese nationals livi read more... This document is a history of the legal aspects of the economic relations between France and Vietnam from the beginning of the colonial era to the 195 read more... The MSU Research Section publishes a paper entitled, "Some Aspects of the Educational Situation in Vietnam." The paper focuses on the historical view read more... Special Project Assistant Nguyen Xuan Dao and Library Advisor Richard Gardner co-author a bibliography of periodicals published in Vietnam from the pe read more... A reconstruction plan is made by the Ministry of Public Works and Communications, detailing priorities and specific measures by department.

A report is written proposing a project for the utilization of an electronic computer, including information on the purposes, objectives, justificatio read more... Wayne Snyder conducts a series of interviews with staff of the Directorate of Budget and Foreign Aid concerning their background, currents projects, a read more... A memorandum is created concerning Pham Gia Thinh, Inspector of American Economic Aid and Controller of Foreign Aid, and his upcoming visit to the U.S read more... Financial Advisor Marvin Murphy sends regular reports to the Michigan State University Vietnam Advisory Group from March to September, 1959 concerning read more... Director Nguyen Quock Lan sends a copy of the Program Budgeting project for the Public Works Direction General to Budget Specialist Marvin Murphy, req read more...

This document contains notes from a talk between Wesley Fishel and J.D. Montgomery, a member of the MSUG. The conversation focused on the problem of t read more... A report is published from the Vietnamese Embassy in Washington, D.C. entitled, "Viet Minh Violations of the Geneva Armistice Agreement." Howard Hoyt creates a memorandum of a conversation between him and Leland Barrows, in which they briefly discuss suspected Viet Minh attacks against M read more... This is a land development field reports for March and April of 1958. The reports include a hand drawn map of the prisons near Pleiku and the Cambodi read more... This document contains the Embassy of Vietnam's Information Service Publication, Volume 1 No. 2. It contains information on national affairs (includin read more...



Secretary of State for the Presidency Nguyen Huu Chau writes to the Director Generals of numerous departments to arrange studies in each department, c read more... A report by Wesley Fishel, with the help of Walter Mode, Albert Rosenfeld, Nguyen Thi An, and Than Trong Hue, that provides recommendations for the De read more... The Vietnamese Ministry for Agrarian Reform releases a report on the, "Program for the Cultivation of a 77,000 ha. Area of Land." Administrative and read more... The Vietnam Press releases a number of brief articles and snippets concerning the Ministry for Agriculture and its affairs throughout December, 1955. The Program of American Aid of Economics submits an action plan of the project to create provincial gardens at the South of Central Vietnam.

Secretary of State for the Presidency Nguyen Huu Chau writes to the Director Generals of numerous departments to arrange studies in each department, c read more... A Morning Bulletin from the Vietnam Press covers the history of the southern Vietnamese provinces. A report by Wesley Fishel, with the help of Walter Mode, Albert Rosenfeld, Nguyen Thi An, and Than Trong Hue, that provides recommendations for the De read more... A comparative study undertaken by the MSUG and the Republic of Vietnam's Department of Agriculture. This study compares agricultural administration in read more... Walter Mode sends out a memorandum of a recent report from the Vietnam Press on February 29, 1956 discussing the activities of the South VietNam Regio read more...

A report about a meeting between President Ngo Dinh Diem and the leaders of the MSUG. The meeting covered the security problem in Saigon and its effec read more... This document contains excepts from a letter written by a professor at the University of Hue in the summer of 1963. The professor had to remain anony read more... A lengthy report is made by the Michigan State University Vietnam Advisory Group on their involvement, from start to finish, in Vietnam. The report s read more... An article written by Hilaire du Berrier on December 1, 1957, and published by the Economic Council Letter. Du Berrier writes about the fall of democ read more... David Halberstam, Vietnam specialist for the New York Times, reports on the decision of the U.S. government to deny pay to Vietnamese Special Forces t read more...

This flyer was used to urge participation in the 1959 elections for the National Assembly held in the Republic of Vietnam on August 30, 1959. Meeting minutes are recorded for two meetings of the National Assembly on the 1959 Vietnamese Budget. Two meetings of the National Assembly are recorded to discuss the major aspects of the national budget. A project chart is made for the national assembly and president of Vietnam in terms of Vietnamese economics. A listing of members of the National Assembly of Vietnam, and their biographical information.

A report entitled, "The 6-month action project of the province of Cho-lon." A publication documents the exodus of northern Vietnamese from communist strife. Pictures are included throughout. An unknown author writes a plea addressed to their "Country fellows" which briefly discusses the author's former work with the communist party, their read more... Chief Howard Hoyt and Acting Chief Jack Ryan of the MSUG Police Administration Division turn in twelve internal security reports to Leland Barrows, Di read more... Head of the Civil Guard Section Everett Updike writes a report following a field trip to Rung Sat in Long An Province. The report discusses briefly t read more...

A report made on the campaign for life-improvement in the region of Ca Mau. The report discusses contentions with regional religious differences and read more... One MSUG employee Ryan interviews Huynh Quang Phuoc, Commissaire of the Can Tho province Vietnamese Bureau of Investigation. They discuss general inf read more... This document contains excepts from a letter written by a professor at the University of Hue in the summer of 1963. The professor had to remain anony read more... On behalf of the Michigan State University Vietnam Advisory Group, John Donoghue writes a study on My Thuan, a Mekong Delta village in South Vietnam. read more... An issue is released of the, "Viet Report: An Emergency News Bulletin on Southeast Asian Affairs." The issue is, "Two Programs for South Vietnam, Lans read more...



Secretary of State for the Presidency Nguyen Huu Chau writes to the Director Generals of numerous departments to arrange studies in each department, c read more... Nguyen Dinh Thuan, Secretary of State at the Vietnamese Presidency, sends a circular to the Vietnamese Ambassador to France to discuss the return to V read more... A summary of foreign aid from all donor nations to the Republic of Vietnam, published by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of that country, 1964. The Vietnam Press releases a morning article on October 4, 1961 relating the kidnapping of Colonel Hoang Thuy Nam, "chief of the Vietnamese Mission in read more... A memorandum from Guy Fox (former MSU project chief) to Lloyd Musolf (Michigan State University Group (MSUG) Chief Advisor). The Rector and Vice Rect read more...

A report is published from the Vietnamese Embassy in Washington, D.C. entitled, "Viet Minh Violations of the Geneva Armistice Agreement." A lengthy report is made by the Michigan State University Vietnam Advisory Group on their involvement, from start to finish, in Vietnam. The report s read more... William Standard of the New York Bar writes a piece by the title, "United States Intervention in Vietnam is Not Legal," with the sub-description, "Mr. read more... Two articles are written for the American Bar Association Journal in May and July, 1966 by the title, "The Legality of the United States Position in V read more... Master Sergeant Donald Duncan writes a candid piece for Ramparts magazine concerning his time spent on active duty in Vietnam and how his tour negativ read more...

A collection of press clippings from April 13 to April 21, 1966 documents the public's response to the publication of Ramparts magazine's recent artic read more... A collection of press clippings from April 22 to April 29, 1966 documents the public's response to the publication of Ramparts magazine's recent artic read more... A collection of press clippings from May 3 to May 29, 1966, and two additional clippings from June and July, document the public's response to the pub read more... A meeting is held by the Michigan State University Academic Council on April 19, 1966 following the publication of Ramparts magazine's recent article, read more... Michigan State University President John Hannah releases a statement following the publication of Ramparts magazine's recent article, "The University read more...

Lists of items are drawn up and edited for procurement of supplies for Independence Palace. Lloyd Woodruff and Nguyen Ngoc Yen co-author a lengthy study on the administrative activities of the Vietnamese rural community, followed by an annex read more... Howard Hoyt requests of various MSUG program heads to submit reports on the progress of their sections. Studies are made of the Communications Progra read more... A brief article is released by the Daily Wireless concerning the recent tour of the Vietnamese Police and Security Forces headquarters conducted by L read more... Jack Ryan and Howard Hoyt share a memorandum that is a brief overview of a meeting held at the US Embassy in December, 1956. The meeting brings up th read more...

A report is written proposing a project for the utilization of an electronic computer, including information on the purposes, objectives, justificatio read more... Requests are made for office supplies and equipment servicing for the Program Accountant. Special Project Assistant Nguyen Xuan Dao and Library Advisor Richard Gardner co-author a bibliography of periodicals published in Vietnam from the pe read more... The Directorate General of Information wrote a report on, "The Fundamental Theory of Strategic Hamlets" and the necessity of establishing strategic ha read more... A Vietnamese publication is made by the title Ban Thong Tin.



A report by Wesley Fishel, with the help of Walter Mode, Albert Rosenfeld, Nguyen Thi An, and Than Trong Hue, that provides recommendations for the De read more... Advisor Howard Hoyt for the MSUG Police Administration Division sends regular correspondences and report updates to Advisor Wesley Fishel from August read more... Wesley Fishel writes a piece called, "Political Realities in Vietnam." A 1965 United States Operations Mission (USOM) document, summarizing counterinsurgency activities of the Office of Provincial Operations. Areas of fo read more...

Regular reports are collected from Group 14 of the Civic Action Program from July to October, 1955. English translations of the reports are done by a read more... Three reports are collected from Group 2 of the Civic Action Program from July and September, 1955. They discuss village meetings and introducing vil read more... A report is collected from Group 5 of the Civic Action Program for the week of October 1 - 13, 1955. The report discusses the villages of Rachdao and read more... A report is sent from the Long Dong hamlet on the set up of a class for illiterate occupants. Two speeches are recorded from the branches of Order and Information and Propaganda.

A lengthy publications entitled, "Military Terms, Abbreviations, and Symbols" lists the terms and abbreviations alphabetically used by the U.S. Army. A letter from Charles C. Killingsworth, Coordinator and Economics Advisor of the Michigan State University Group, to MSU President John A. Hannah. Ki read more... The Michigan State University Group (MSUG) welcomed Charles Joiner, who arrived from East Lansing on October 10 to replace Jason Finkle as Academic In read more... A listing of American and Vietnamese resident and non-resident media personnel, including name of organization, name of corresonpondent, and their tel read more... A schematic of the heirarchy of control in press relations, from overall control down to coverage from photographers, reporters, and writers.

Wesley R. Fishel writes a letter to President John A. Hannah about his recent trip to Washington and New York. While there he conversed with the Vietn read more... A speech is delivered by Leland Barrows, regional director for the near east and south asia with the ICA and USOM, at a conference on, "Aid to Vietnam read more... A collection of press clippings from April 13 to April 21, 1966 documents the public's response to the publication of Ramparts magazine's recent artic read more... Robert Shaplen writes a piece entitled, "Letter from South Vietnam" in which he discusses attempts at rural and social reforms in South Vietnam in ter read more...





On behalf of the Michigan State University Vietnam Advisory Group, John Donoghue writes a study on My Thuan, a Mekong Delta village in South Vietnam. read more... The United States Army Special Warfare School in Fort Bragg, North Caroline creates writes a report by the title, "Montagnard Tribal Groups of the Rep read more... An article written by Hilaire du Berrier on December 1, 1957, and published by the Economic Council Letter. Du Berrier writes about the fall of democ read more... An unclassified report from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), summarizing activities occurring in the Go Cong, Kien Tuon read more... Debrief report No. 3672 from the Agency for International Development (AID) Asia Training Center in Honolulu, Hawaii. Former Senior AID Official Albe read more...

Dean of International Programs Glen Taggart sends out numerous letters to thank various personnel for their parts in the visit of President Ngo Dinh D read more... A report from the weekly newsletter of MSU's Department of Information Services discusses President Ngo Dinh Diem's upcoming visit to MSU. There are read more... Charles Wrigley from Michigan State University writes a paper entitled, "Electronic Computers and Psychological Research." Michigan State College faculty put together a proposal for an interdisciplinary seminar on underdeveloped areas and development programs, presented in read more... Wesley R. Fishel writes to the Dean of International Programs, Glen L. Taggart, regarding the National Defense Education Act of 1958 and explains the read more...

Monthly reports are submitted from the MSUG Police Administration Division to the Chief Advisor for September, October, and November, 1958. The report read more... A photograph is taken of a group of people traveling to the U.S. with the Participant Training Program. This fact sheet addresses the impasse in negotiations between the Republic of Vietnam and the National Liberation Front since the 1973 Paris Peace Agr read more... An article in the October 1966 issue of ATLAS magazine discussing the military assistance granted to Vietnam by four countries, including the U.S. Co read more... The first page of the document is an English translation of a speech that the President of South Vietnam, Ngo Dinh Diem presented on the occasion of t read more...

A report made on the campaign for life-improvement in the region of Ca Mau. The report discusses contentions with regional religious differences and read more... Robert Scheer writes a lengthy piece by the title, "How the United States Got Involved in Vietnam" which discusses America's gradually increasing invo read more... A report is made on the sociology of the Vietnamese rural community, with maps of the Khanh Hau area, tables of house types and village functions, cha read more... The United States Army Special Warfare School in Fort Bragg, North Caroline creates writes a report by the title, "Montagnard Tribal Groups of the Rep read more... Debrief report No. 15679 from the Agency for International Development (AID) Asia Training Center in Honolulu, Hawaii. A Vietnamese government offici read more...

Chief Ralph Turner for MSUG writes to coordinator Ruben Austin concerning recent security conditions. The memorandum discusses recent increased Viet read more... A collection of press clippings from April 13 to April 21, 1966 documents the public's response to the publication of Ramparts magazine's recent artic read more... A collection of press clippings from April 22 to April 29, 1966 documents the public's response to the publication of Ramparts magazine's recent artic read more... A meeting is held by the Michigan State University Academic Council on April 19, 1966 following the publication of Ramparts magazine's recent article, read more... Michigan State University President John Hannah releases a statement following the publication of Ramparts magazine's recent article, "The University read more...

A lengthy report is made by the Michigan State University Vietnam Advisory Group on their involvement, from start to finish, in Vietnam. The report s read more... A collection of press clippings from April 13 to April 21, 1966 documents the public's response to the publication of Ramparts magazine's recent artic read more... A collection of press clippings from April 22 to April 29, 1966 documents the public's response to the publication of Ramparts magazine's recent artic read more... A collection of press clippings from May 3 to May 29, 1966, and two additional clippings from June and July, document the public's response to the pub read more... The Panther Library releases a catalog for 1966 of the, "Best Books on Unconventional Warfare, Counterinsurgency, and Associated Topics."

Secretary of State for the Presidency Nguyen Huu Chau writes to the Director Generals of numerous departments to arrange studies in each department, c read more... A memorandum explains the utilization and implementation of the "individual work slip" for Vietnamese employees. There is an English and a Vietnamese read more... Meeting minutes recorded for the committee for the study of personnel from July 3 to August 21, 1956. Committee members discuss the effective use of read more... Meeting minutes for a committee on the revision of the Statue of Civil Servants and In-Service Training for their meetings from June 6 to July 10, 195 read more... Personnel Administration Specialist Dale Rose forwards a speech given by Pham Ngoc An on Personnel Administration in Vietnam to Lloyd Musolf.

This document contains a list of political parties granted operating authority as of June 8, 1971 by the Ministry of Interior under the Political Part read more... In this letter, Tran Van Lam, head of the "White Elephant" ticket in the 1967 election, outlines his claims of coercion and fraud against his party to read more... This press release by the Embassy of Vietnam summarizes a speech made by President Nguyen Van Thieu before the Congress of the General Association of read more... This document is a list, published by the Embassy of Vietnam in Washington D.C., of the Vietnamese government under the presidency of Nguyen Van Thieu read more... This document is a political statement made by Ngo Dinh Diem at the press conference on the economic agreements, Pau Conventions, signed at the 1955 P read more...

Secretary of State for the Presidency Nguyen Huu Chau writes to the Director Generals of numerous departments to arrange studies in each department, c read more... A compilation is made of the staff meeting minutes of the Michigan State University Vietnam Advisory Group's Police Administration Division from Novem read more... Biographical information on ministers of South Vietnam is provided. A list of administrative agencies in Vietnam as of August 1, 1957. A record of a meeting between the Prefect of Saigon-Cholon and representatives the Michigan State University Vietnam Advisory Group about various issu read more...

Gilbert Shelby, Howard Hoyt, and R. Rogers of the MSUG Police Administration Division write a report following a trip to the city of Da Nang, in which read more... Ralph Turner of MSUG and Arthur Brandstatter, Director of the MSU School of Police Administration and Public Safety, correspond throughout October, 19 read more... Master Sergeant Donald Duncan writes a candid piece for Ramparts magazine concerning his time spent on active duty in Vietnam and how his tour negativ read more... A newsletter from the United States Information Service (USIS) reports on the recent Quynh Luu uprising in North Vietnam. Primary information about t read more... This document contains transcript of a meeting between Wesley Fishel, Phung Thoi, and Duong Van Lien at the Majestic Hotel on March 6, 1955. The meeti read more...







A report from Edward W. Weidner, Chief Advisor to the Vietnam Project, to MSU President John A. Hannah and the United States Operations Mission at Mic read more... A piece is written by Doctors Bill Ross, anthropologist, and Floyd Reeves, advisor to MSU President John Hannah, upon their visit and tour of MSUG ope read more... Wolf Ladejinsky comments to Wesley Fishel about Arthur Gardiner's views on Michigan State University, and its involvement with Vietnam. Ladejinsky ad read more... A hierarchical chart of principal officers and Americans employed with the United States Operations Mission (USOM) Saigon as of June, 1955. A program of the inauguration ceremony of the railroad section from Quangnai to Danang. This new railroad section made a direct railroad connection be read more...

Debrief report No. 186710B from the Agency for International Development (AID) Asia Training Center in Honolulu, Hawaii. An AID sociologist reports o read more... A daily Vietnamese newspaper in English, published by the United States Operations Mission (USOM). General Van Thanh Cao receives an award for loyalt read more... Wesley R. Fishel updates Ralph H. Smuckler of the current political tensions and delays in the Diem government. Fishel also explains the progress of h read more... Wesley R. Fishel writes to Ralph H. Smuckler about the recent bombing of the Palace in Vietnam and the local and international press response. Fishel read more... Wesley R. Fishel reports to president John Hannah President Diem's decision to terminate the University's contract program in Vietnam. Fishel describe read more...



Wesley Fishel heads a special report to the Vietnamese president from the Michigan State University Group concerning administrative recommendations fo read more... Wesley Fishel, Dean of the College of Business and Public Service (and former Michigan State University Group Chief Advisor) writes to U.S. Senator Mi read more... A report from the United States Information Service (USIS) in Saigon on the South East Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) and their plans to conduct mar read more... A daily Vietnamese newspaper in English, published by the United States Operations Mission (USOM). A tilapia stall opens in Central Market in Saigon, read more... Wesley R. Fishel explains to U.S senator from Montana, Mick Mansfield, that he will take a trip to Washington to attend to matters on Vietnam.

Director of the National Institute of Administration Vu Quoc Thong writes a brief opinion piece on the impact of foreign interests in Vietnam. Thong read more... Robert Scheer writes a lengthy piece by the title, "How the United States Got Involved in Vietnam" which discusses America's gradually increasing invo read more... The second in a two-part series on the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and their work providing assistance to Vietnam. Thi read more... An educational Vietnamese document published by The Ministry of Education, Vietnam in 1954, this reader tells the story of a man named Anh Ba, and his read more... A document created by the United States of America Special Technical and Economic Mission to Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam, containing the English transl read more...

This document contains the preamble of The Bill on the Family and the test of the Family Code as of 2 January 1959 under law number 1/59. This preambl read more... Edward Lansdale wrote to Wesley Fishel to outlines his ideas and problems with the Franco-American and Vietnamese studies on the Provisional National read more... An English translation of the articles under the Provisional National Assembly. Handwritten note along the top identifies the document as the "Commit read more... President Ngo Dinh Diem of the Republic of Vietnam issued a decree in regards to the creation of the National Assembly. The National Assembly was cha read more... A message from President Ngo Dinh Diem to the National Assembly of Vietnam in regards to the constitution.

Wesley R. Fishel thanks Colonel Edward G. Lansdals' comments and plans to visit Fort Benning in Spring to see how the Army handles foreign students an read more... Edward Lansdale wrote to Wesley Fishel to outlines his ideas and problems with the Franco-American and Vietnamese studies on the Provisional National read more... A report on a meeting with the following individuals, Mr. Lavergne, Mr. Ladejinsky, Col. Landsdale, Dr Speer, Mr taylor, and Mr. Mode. 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 civili read more... This document is a memo in regards to Nguyen Ton Hoan, who is a leader of the Dai Viet party of the South and has been resident in Paris since 1954. T read more...



Chief Advisor Edward Weidner writes to Director of USOM Leland Barrows to discuss recommendations for American and Vietnamese actions of civil securit read more... William Brown of the New York City Police Department corresponds with E. Adkins and includes a schedule for a conference by the title, "The Challenge read more... Master Sergeant Donald Duncan writes a candid piece for Ramparts magazine concerning his time spent on active duty in Vietnam and how his tour negativ read more... Student Van Dinh Tho of the Participant Training Program writes a handwritten draft of his report on his visit to the United States Civil Service Comm read more...

A report from the United States Information Service (USIS) in Saigon. While visiting New York, Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem states that U.S. su read more... A daily Vietnamese newspaper in English, published by the United States Operations Mission (USOM). U.S. Admiral Arthur Radford arrives in Saigon and read more... This document contains two letters of correspondence between Walter Mode and Robert J. MacAlister. The letters are in regards to what types of qualifi read more... Aaron Levenstein describes his travels with David Wiley of the BBC and Keith Spinner his cameraman to Cai Be village, a refugee center. Levenstein des read more...

A brief record of an interview between Than Trong Hue and Nguyen Van Danh in regards to domestic trade, and a memo about the national economy. An itinerary is made detailing the Vietnamese Educational Inspection Team's trip to Japan for a Technical Assistance Training Program.

Joseph J. Harnett from the Catholic Relief Services describes his conversations with the President on Vietnam's economy and the agricultural developme read more... An image from Wesley Fishel's photograph collection of a Catholic alter arranged with various religious figures, icons, and candles. Aaron Levenstein discusses USOM in Vietnam, Col. Samuel Wilson, and the American graduate student conference and USOM program. Levenstein also summari read more...

Master Sergeant Donald Duncan writes a candid piece for Ramparts magazine concerning his time spent on active duty in Vietnam and how his tour negativ read more... Wesley R. Fishel writes to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Vietnam, H.E. Tran Van Lam to urge him to cancel the upcoming visit by V read more...