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COLD WAR 27/49
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Transcript of interview with Vice Admiral James Bond, 1996
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- 1996 Jun 5 (Creation)
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42pp
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Typescript transcript of interview with US V Adm James Bond, POW, North Vietnam, 1966-1973, and President, Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island, 1976-1979, relating to his experience as aircraft pilot during the Tonkin Gulf debacle, when the false sighting of North Vietnamese torpedo's directed at US destroyers, was used by President Johnson as justification for US bombing of North Vietnamese targets, Aug 1964. Also comments on his experiences as prisoner of war in North Vietnam, 1966-1973. 42pp
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