Biographical information; CIA in Vietnam and Indochina; structure of the CIA; Bay of Pigs; the “secret war†in Laos; disputes on the role of the CIA; Edward Lansdale; Taylor-Rostow mission to Vietnam; “How to Lose a War;†debate over Diem; Diem’s assassination; policy problems in Laos; drug traffic; North Vietnamese in Laos; infiltration from North to South Vietnam; controversy regarding U.S. policy in Vietnam.
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Oral history transcript, Richard M. Helms, interview 2 (II), 9/16/1981, by Ted Gittinger, LBJ Presidential Library, accessed August 30, 2025, https://discoverlbj.org/item/oh-helmsr-19810916-2-82-42