NBC NEWS WHITE PAPER: VIETNAM HINDSIGHT, PART 2 OF 2: THE DEATH OF DIEM (TV)
Summary
One in this series of irregularly scheduled documentaries. This program includes appearances by Roswell Gilpatric, former deputy secretary of defense; George Ball, former undersecretary of state; Gen. Maxwell Taylor, former chairman of the joint chiefs; Arthur Schlesinger, former special assistant to the president; Gen. Paul Harkins, former U.S. military commander; Lt. Col. John Vann; Rufus Phillips; Michael Forrestal, former member, White House national security staff; Roger Hilsman, former assistant secretary of state; Henry Cabot Lodge, former ambassador to South Vietnam; Lt. Col. Lucien Conein, CIA Saigon; Dean Rusk, former secretary of state; Gen. Ton That Dinh, former military governor of Saigon; Lt. Col. Duong Hieu Nghia, armor officer; Gen. Do Mau, former director of military security for South Vietnam; Ma Tuyen, former leader of the Saigon Chinese community; Col. Duong Ngoc Lam, former director of the South Vietnamese Civilian Guard; Gen. Nguyen Khanh, former commander of the South Vietnamese Second Corps; and White Paper associate producer Alvin Davis. Also included are clips of President John F. Kennedy, Defense Secretary Robert McNamara, and Frank McGee.
Details
- NETWORK: NBC
- DATE: December 22, 1971 Wednesday 10:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:54:59
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T82:0141
- GENRE: Public affairs/Documentaries
- SUBJECT HEADING: Public affairs/Documentaries; Vietnam War; History - American
- SERIES RUN: NBC - TV series, 1960-1980
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Fred Freed … Producer
- Pamela Hill … Director
- Floyd Kalber … Reporter
- Roswell Gilpatric
- Maxwell Taylor
- Arthur Schlesinger
- John Vann
- Michael Forrestal
- John F. Kennedy
- Ngo Dinh Diem
- Ton That Dinh
- Do Mau
- Duong Ngoc Lam
- Alvin Davis
- George Ball
- Lucien Conein
- Paul Harkins
- Rufus Phillips
- Roger Hilsman
- Henry Cabot Lodge
- Dean Rusk
- Duong Hieu Nghia
- Ma Tuyen
- Nguyen Khanh