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 Finding Aid: Rufus Phillips Collection Item Number: 23970000000

Association Collection (USOM/Office of Rural Affairs, Saigon)
Location: D050.7C; D048.2 Oversize; D185.5


Scope & Content:

  • Approximately three linear feet of documents and photographs from Rufus Phillips' service in Southeast Asia in the 1960s first with the Central Intelligence Agency (C. I. A.) and later with the United States Agency for International Development's (U. S. A. I. D.) Office of Rural Affairs. The documents date from 1962 through 1967 and include information on South Vietnamese provinces, the structure of the South Vietnamese government, various papers on pacification, rural development, and the Viet Cong, and other miscellaneous topics.

Biographical Note:

  • Rufus Phillips joined the Central Intelligence Agency (C. I. A.) in 1952 and spent most of the decade in Vietnam and Laos. In 1962 President Kennedy ordered him to organize the United States Agency for International Development's Office of Rural Affairs in South Vietnam where he was instrumental in developing the Strategic Hamlet Program to help protect villages from Viet Cong infiltration.

Access Level:

  • Unrestricted

Collection Inventory:

LocationBoxFolderContents
D050.7C11
Monthly reports of USOM Provincial Representatives, August - September 1965
2
Monthly report of USOM Provincial Representatives, October 1965
3
Monthly report of USOM Provincial Representatives, November 1965
4
Montly report of USOM Provincial Representatives, December 1965
5
USOM Miscellaneous Reports, 1964-1966
6
Province orgainzation charts, 1962
7
Government officials, organization charts, and bios of key government officials -1965
8
Pacification, 'Parapolitics and Pacification Vietnam: A Study in Applied Cadre Technique'
9
Research papers on South Vietnamese Revolutionary and Government Development
10
Research papers on land reform
11
Pacification program - construction guidelines
12
'Annual Report (July 10, 1965 - July 9, 1966)' by Farmers' Service Division of Chinese Agricultural Technical Mission to Vietnam
13
Viet Cong research papers
14
'Viet Cong Cadres and the Cadre System: A Study of the Main and Local Forces (U)' - December 1967
15
United States Information Agency Report 'Hanoi and the South: Propaganda on Reunification' - October 7, 1964
16
Personal correspondences, schedules, and papers of Rufus C. Phillips
17
Various Pamphlets on War Cabinet of the Republic of Vietnam, Operation Brotherhood International, and Viet Nam Training Center
18
Miscellaneous papers - protest letter, Vietnamese poem 'The Twelve of Us' by Nguyen-Phouc-Thien, Sister City Proposal
19
Booklet: Activity Report: Cambodia, Laos Vietnam June 30,1954
20
Vietnam Press Clippings B4-Bd [1954-1956]
21
Miscellaneous 1954
22
1954-1956 Miscellaneous
23
Guest List 6 June 1955
24
Headquarters Far East Command APO 500 Temporary Duty Vietnam
25
1955-1956 Historical Memoranda (Trim Notes, Etc.)
26
Ed Jawdale January 6 Memo to Sec Defense [Memorandum for the Secretary of Defense Deputy Secretary of Defense From: BrigGen Lansdale, OSO/OSD Subject: Vietnam Jan 17, 1961
27
Pre 1962 Vietnam Carevelle Declaration [ Saigon, 26th April, 1960 The President of the Republic of Vietnam]
28
A Report on Counter-Insurgency in Vietnam
29
Rural Affairs Evaluation of the State, Hamlet Prequel June 1, 1963, September 1, 1963
30
Rural Affairs Miscellaneous Documentation 1962-1963
31
Rural Affairs more Miscellaneous Documents 1963-1966
32
Population Control
33
Vietnam John O'Donnell material file [File Contains: Correspondence, Briefs, memos Repots, Handwritten Notes, Booklet: Southeast Asian Tribes, Minorities, and Nations, and Analysis, all concerning John O'Donnell 1962-1964 ]
34
A and D Vietnam Papers 1963
35
1963 Pre- Coop Memos
36
Newspaper articles by Joseph Alsop Saigon 9/63 [September 1963]
D185.5a21
Vietnam Memos Mainly 1963 related [Vietnam memos and correspondence from 1962 to 1964]
2
1963 Post- Coup Memo and Documents
3
Rufus C. Phillips Personal Correspondence
4
Kennedy Library Materials
5
Times of Vietnam 1963 news articles
6
Booklets: Organization and Functions Manual
Telephone Directory May 1963
South Vietnamese CPSVN Comprehensive Plan
7
Lou Conein Testimony About the 1963 Coup
8
Note to File by R Phillips
Monthly Letters [Correspondence and memos 1963 to 1964 of Rufus Phillips Henry Cabot Lodge, John M. Dunn, and others]
9
Material at the LBJ Library Pertaining to Edward G. Lansdale January 1993
10
Earl Young Correspondence and Reports
11
Booklet: Notes on Strategic Hamlets From the Office of Rural Affairs USOM- Saigon
12
Thank You Letter From David Bell to Rufus Philips
13
Humphrey Correspondence Miscellaneous 1965-1968
14
Miscellaneous 1965-1968 [File contains: Memos Briefs, Corospondence magazine and newpaper articles on Southeast Asia, Strategy in Vietnam, with the terms 'Pacification' and 'Exit Strategy' recurring many time throughout the file]
15
Correspondence From R. Phillips to J. B. Killen Director , USOM July 9 1964 and other Correspondence
16
Correspondence and other Miscellaneous Documents from 1964
17
Documentation on the Reorganization and Pacification Support
18
1965-1968 Press about Lansdale Mission
19
Correspondence and other Miscellaneous Documents from 1965
20
Correspondence and other Miscellaneous Documents from 1966
21
Miscellaneous papers from 1966 Warrenton Conference
22
Documents Concerning Vietnam Election 1966
23
Correspondence and other Miscellaneous Documents from 1967
24
Correspondence and other Miscellaneous Documents from 1968
25
Papers for Humphrey on Nixon 1968
D185.5b31
Correspondence concerning Quarter From Rp used in HHH Book, by Garrettson III [Correspondence between Rufus Phillips and Chuck Garrettson June 3, 1986, and 24 January 1992]
2
Program of the Nation Front for the Liberation of the South Vietnam 1961
3
Vietnam Reconsidered by Wesley R. Fishel 1963
4
Outtake From Ellsburg Book 'Secrets,' about Lansdale[ Document Entitled 'Ed Landsale and the Assassination of Ngo Dinh Diem'}
5
U.S. Policy In Vietnam: A Synopsis November 25, 1964
Vietnam: A Test of American Understanding of the Revolution, E.G. Lansdale October, 1964
Dilemma in Vietnam by Dang Van Sung
6
Chapter one of 'All Solution to the problem of Vietnam,' by Homer Van Lac Written in Spring 1965
7
Maps Used for Why Vietnam Matters
8
Documents Entitled: 'A Brief Narrative on the Staus and Process of Activities Planned Under the 1965 Rural Construction Program in Phu-yen Covering the period From May 1965 Through September 1965
' 'Aid Program in Vietnam: Office of Vietnam Affairs Agency for International Development Department of State, Washington D.C. 1965'
9
Miscellaneous Documents Concerning Vietnam 1964-1965
10
Passport
Vietnam Government decrees and U.S. pop- on Pacification 1964 [memos concerning the Republic of Vietnam January to July 1965]
11
Documents Concerning: 1964 Vietnam Training Center Program
12
Documents Concerning: Bohannon Lectures US AID Training Center, Hawaii 1964
13
Documents Concerning: Tran Ngoc Chau
14
Miscellaneous Documents 1953-2003
15
Miscellaneous Articles concerning Vietnam
16
Newspaper Clipping 1963-1992
17
Books Research Nation Archive MSO 2005-2006: National Archives 1964 to 1965 Kennedy Library [Correspondence between Rufus Phillips and Lt. Gen. (ret) Sam Wilson, Michelle MeMartino, Ed Miller,,Ms Maura Porter Ted Gittinger Bert Fraleigh,2003 to 2006
Memos 1964
Washington Post article 'His Father's Secrets' August 5, 2005]
18
Documents Concerning 1993 LBJ Library Continued Phillips Notes [handwritten notes no date
correspondence U.S. News and World Report 1983
Memo September 10, 1963]
19
Documents Concerning LBJ Library November 1-3 2001
20
Phillip's Copy USOM/ Provincial Representative Guide
21
Vietnam: A Background Kit
22
US Voluntary Agencies, Foundations, and Missions June 1966
23
Booklet: An Approach to Better Understanding of Vietnamese Society: a Primer for Americans June 1962
24
The American People Vietnam and the President 1968
25
Booklet: 'The Coup D'Etat of November 1, 1963' (Overthrow of South Vietnamese President Ngo Dinh Diem)
26
Indo-China A geographical Appreciation 1953
27
Booklets: The US Government and the Vietnam War- Part 1 & 2: Executive and Legislative roles and Relations
28
Rufus C. Phillips III Association for Diplomatic Studies Foreign Affair oral History Program
Lauingers Library George Town University
29
Interview one March 4, 1982 of R. Phillips, by Ted Gittinger
30
Interview one November 12, 1982 of Lucien Conein, by Ted Gittinger
31
Interview two March 20,1985 of W.J. Jordan, by Ted Gittinger Interview one June 5, 1981 of E.G. Lansdale, by Ted. Gittinger
32
Interview two September 19, 1981 of E.G. Lansdale, by Ted Gittinger
D185.5c41
Times of Vietnam press clippings September 24, 1962 to October 28, 1964
2
Times of Vietnam press clippings September 2, 1963 to November 30, 1964
3
Times of Vietnam press clippings August 25, 1963 to October 1, 1963
4
Times of Vietnam press clippings September 3, 1963 to September 29, 1964
5
The Capriccio Magazine
The Times of Vietnam Magazine(newspaper excerpt) October 6, 1963, August 18,1963
6
Several issues of Kien-Quoc: To Bao Cua Nong Dan August 8, 1963, September 7, 1963, July 15, 1963, August 12, 1963, August 8, 1963
Strategic Hamlets 1962
Excerpt form The Washingtom Post Magazine April 21,1985
7
Booklets: About Laos Operation Brotherhood- Laos Vietnam Politics 1969 Les Messages Spirites
8
Book Division Numbers, June 1, 1962- November 30, 1963
9
Booklets: Future September 1955 Montagnard Tribal Groups of the Republic of South Vietnam
10
Vietnamese Realities: Saigon 1967
11
Booklet: Vietnam Date Book Vietnam District Chief in Action The Delta Village of My Thuan: Some Administrative and Financial Aspects Southeast Asia Tribes, Minorities, and Nations Southeast Asia Tribes, Minorities, and Nations
12
Reprint No 9 January 1970: Focus on Vietnam: The Terror in South Vietnam, By Kenneth Gee Journal of the Vietnam Veterans Institute Volume 4, November 1, 1995
13
Vietnam Vet's Conference on McNamara “In Retrospect”
14
Interview two of Maxwell D. Taylor, by Ted Gittinger, June 1, 1981 Interview one of John Michael Dunn, by Ted Gittinger, July 25, 1984
15
Interview one of Frederick Nolting, by Ted Gittinger, November 11, 1982 Interview one of Willaim Trueheart, by Ted Gittinger, March 2, 1982
16
Interview one of Daniel Boone Porter, by Te Gittinger, March 29, 1982 LBJ Library Oral History Collection, Updated November 2005 Interview one of William E. Colby, by Ted Gittinger, June 2, 1981
17
Interview one of General Samuel T Williams, by Ted Gittinger, March 2, 1981 Interview two of General Samuel T Williams, by Ted Gittinger, March 16, 1981
18
Interview one of Paul D. Harkins, by Ted Gittinger, November 10, 1981
19
Booklet: Historical Materials in the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library
20
Copy of book: From Trust to Tragedy, by Frederick Nolting
21
Except form Keyes Beech Oral History with Ted Gittinger
Interview 1 of Zorthian III LBJ Library
Excerpt From the R. Gilpatric Oral History with Ted Gittinger
Excerpt Stan Karnow interview
Excerpt From interview of Richard Helm September 16, 1981
D048.2 Oversized21
Republic of Vietnam War Cabinet organization chart - June 1965
D047.2 (Oversized)31
Various oversized new articles, and charts Concerning Vietnam1955-1998
2
Various oversized new articles, and charts Concerning Vietnam1963-1964
3
Complete Set of 1:250,000 Scale Road Maps of Vietnam by National Geographic Service of Vietnam (9)

Separated Materials:

Books:A Tale of Three Wars by Edward A. Atkeson, 1997.
 Adventure in Viet-Nam: The Story of Operation Brotherhood, 1954-1957 by Miguel A. Bernad, 1974.
 After the War Was Over: Hanoi and Saigon by Neil Sheehan, 1992.
 History and Philosophy of Caodaism by Gabriel Gobron.
 Le Caodaisme en Images, 1949.
 Lodge in Vietnam: A Patriot Abroad by Anne Blair, 1995.
 Modern Guerrilla Warfare: Fighting Communist Guerrilla Movements, 1941-1961,edited by Franklin Mark Osanka, 1962.
 My Father the Spy: An Investigative Memoir by John H. Richardson, 2005.
 Not a Gentleman's War: An Inside View of Junior Officers in the Vietnam Warby Ron Milam, 2009 (signed by the author).
 South Vietnam: Nation Under Stress by Robert Scigliano, 1963.
 The Palace File by Nguyen Tien Hung and Jerrold L. Schecter, 1986.
 The Politics of Foreign Aid: American Experience in Southeast Asia by John D.Montgomery, 1962.
 The U.S. Government and the Vietnam War: Executive and Legislative Roles and Relationships, Part III, January-July 1965, United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee U.S. Army Area Handbook for Vietnam, September 1962.
 Vietnam: The First Five Years, edited by Richard W. Lindholm, 1959.
 Tale of Three Wars by Edward A. Atkeson, 1997.
 Adventure in Viet-Nam: The Story of Operation Brotherhood, 1954-1957 by Miguel A. Bernad, 1974.
 Le Caodaisme en Images, 1949.
 Lodge in Vietnam: A Patriot Abroad by Anne Blair, 1995.
 Modern Guerrilla Warfare: Fighting Communist Guerrilla Movements, 1941-1961,edited by Franklin Mark Osanka, 1962.
 My Father the Spy: An Investigative Memoir by John H. Richardson,, 2005.
 Not a Gentleman's War: An Inside View of Junior Officers in the Vietnam War by Ron Milam,, 2009 signed by the author.
 The Politics of Foreign Aid: American Experience in Southeast Asia by John D. Montgomery, 1962.
 The U.S. Government and the Vietnam War: Executive and Legislative Roles and Relationships, Part III, January-July 1965, United States Senate ForeignRelations Committee , 1965.
 U.S. Army Area Handbook for Vietnam, September 1962.
Photographs:2 Boxes (188 count & 428 count).
 83 count Negatives.
 VA066240-VA066956.
 VAN019840-VAN019921.
Slides:31 slides Box 1 of 1 (VAS066158-VAS066188).
Maps:Shell oil road Map of Cambodia and South Vietnam, Circ 1960.
 South Vietnam, 1 :1, 960,000 scale.
 1:250,00 Scale road Maps of Vietnam by National Geographic Service of Vietnam (nine maps).
Museum Objects:2397 musuem4262: Joint American-French Training Mission Shoulder Patch, 1955.
 2397museum4263: Lao Civic Action Graduation, 1957 'Lao civic action graduation badge for team members- 1957'.
 2397museum4264: Identity Card.
 2397museum4265 a,b,c,d: Stamps 'SVN Stamped of Diem'.
 2397museum4266 a, b, c, e, f, g: Bank Notes 'Vietnam Currency 1954-55 obtained in Binh Dinh Province in 1955 Dinh Province in 1955 RCP III'.
Periodicals:Vietnam Perspective volume 1, May 1966, Number 4.
 Vietnam Perspectives Volume 1, August 1965, Number.
 Journal of Vietnam Veterans Institution, Volume, Number 1, 1993.
 National Geographic, Volume 134, Number 6 December, 1968.
 National Geographic, Volume, 172, Number 1, January 1965.
 Time Magazine, Volume 65, Number 14, April 4, 1955.
 Time Magazine, Volume 82, Number 19, November 8,1963.

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