- Title: SOUTH VIETNAM: UNITED STATES ARMY CHIEF OF STAFF ARRIVES IN SAIGON
- Date: 6th March 1965
- Summary: 1. MS TAYLOR, (LEFT) AND WESTMORELAND (RIGHT) AND OTHER AMERICAN MILITARY PERSONNEL WAITING AT THE SAIGON AIRPORT 3 ft 2. MLS GANGWAY BEING WHEELED TO PLANE 4 ft 3. MS TAYLOR AND OTHERS UP GANGWAY TO GREET JOHNSON 7 ft 4. MCU CUTAWAY OF AMERICAN MILITARY PERSONNEL 9 ft 5. MS TAYLOR, JOHNSON AND OTHERS DOWN GANGWAY 10 1/2 ft 6. CU J
- Embargoed: 21st March 1965 13:00
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- Location: SAIGON, SOUTH VIETNAM
- Country: Vietnam
- Reuters ID: LVA8O1L6BJUQWJ2P9M2N0VBIWIM0
- Story Text: GENERAL HAROLD JOHNSON, THE UNITED STATES ARMY CHIEF OF STAFF, ARRIVED IN SAIGON, THE SOUTH VIETNAMESE CAPITAL YESTERDAY (FRIDAY).DURING HIS FIVE-DAY VISIT, HE WILL VISIT AMERICAN MILITARY UNITS AND SEE HOW THE PEOPLE ARE MATCHING THEMSELVES TO THE NEW CHANGES IN THE VIETNAMESE GOVERNMENT AND THE MILITARY COMMAND STRUCTURE.
AMONG THE MANY HIGH-RANKING AMERICAN PERSONNEL TO GREET HIM WERE GENERAL MAXWELL TAYLOR, THE AMERICAN AMBASSADOR AND GENERAL WILLIAM WESTMORELAND, THE COMMANDER OF AMERICAN MILITARY UNITS IN SOUTH VIETNAM.
STRICT SECURITY PRECAUTIONS WERE TAKEN BY AMERICAN SOLDIERS OUTSIDE THE AIRPORT RECEPTION ROOM WHEN GENERAL JOHNSON WAS TALKING TO NEWSMEN.THIS IS HIS SECOND VISIT TO SOUTH VIETNAM.HIS FIRST WAS IN DECEMBER, LAST YEAR.
GENERAL JOHNSON IS ACCOMPANIED BY TOP LEADERS OF THE UNITED STATES ARMY.TO NEWSMEN, HE SAID: "WE ARE TO HAVE A WIDE LOOK AT SOME OF THE THINGS RELATING TO THE AMERICAN ARMY AND TO SEE WHAT CAN BE DONE IN THE UNITED STATES FOR THE MEN IN SOUTH VIETNAM.
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