SOUTH VIETNAM: UNITED STATES COUNTER-INSURGENCY EXPERT ARRIVES SAIGON.

Record ID: 337201

  • Title: SOUTH VIETNAM: UNITED STATES COUNTER-INSURGENCY EXPERT ARRIVES SAIGON.
  • Date: 31st August 1965
  • Summary: MAJOR-GENERAL LANSDALE AT SAIGON AIRPORT. Initials DE/S/AW/OS Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 15th September 1965 13:00
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  • Location: SAIGON, SOUTH VIETNAM
  • Country: Vietnam
  • Reuters ID: LVA3PT7HIAQQ6EL86JDUUYZQRKP7
  • Story Text: MAJOR-GENERAL EDWARD LANSDALE - A UNITED STATES COUNTER-INSURGENCY EXPERT - ARRIVED IN SAIGON ON SUNDAY. HIS MISSION IS TO LEAD A NEW OFFENSIVE AGAINST THE VIETCONG - PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE.

    MAJOR-GENERAL LANSDALE WILL BE ATTACHED TO THE UNITED STATES EMBASSY IN SAIGON AS A SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO MR. HENRY CABOT LODGE, THE AMERICAN AMBASSADOR THERE.

    SOUTH VIETNAM WILL NOT BE NEW TO GENERAL LANSDALE. HE SERVED THERE DURING THE EARLY DAYS OF THE NGO DINH DIEM REGIME. HE LEFT THE COUNTRY AMID RUMOURS THAT HE HAD FALLEN OUT WITH THE VIETNAMESE LEADER.

    GENERAL LANSDALE IS A RETIRED AIR FORCE OFFICER. HE WAS A CLOSE ADVISOR TO THE LATE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES, MR. RAMON MAGSAYSAY, IN HIS STRUGGLE AGAINST THE "HUKS".
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