Item COLD WAR 29/3 - Transcript of interview with Viet Cong leader Tran Bach Dang, 1996

Typescript transcript of interview with Tran Bach Dang, Viet Cong leader in Saigon, [1968-1975], relating to US involvement in Vietnam, [1961]-1975; the importance of the Tet offensive as a turning point in the Vietnam War, Jan-Feb 1968; the unpopularity of the regime of South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem, 1955-1963; the first deployment of US ground forces to Vietnam, 1965; combat in the Iron Triangle, an area between Ben Suc, Ben Cat and the Saigon River, and Cu Chi, South Vietnam, 1967-1968; the supply of war materials from North Vietnam to South Vietnam via the Ho Chi Minh Trail, 1959-1975; the uprising against South Vietnamese President Diem's regime, 1960; Viet Cong opposition to the administration of Gen Nguyen Van Thieu, President of South Vietnam, 1967-1975; the objectives of the Tet offensive, 1968; the capture of Saigon by the NVA (North Vietnamese Army), 30 Apr 1975; the restoration of diplomatic relations between the USA and Vietnam, 1995. 15pp