Biographical information; Phillip's work in Vietnam; Ed Lansdale; Phillips psywar experience; trip to the Philippines; Vietnamese pacification program; mosquitoes in the Philippines; Colonel Le Van Kim; the Viet Minh; the Binh Xuyen in Saigon; Kieu Cong Cung; U.S. involvement in Vietnam in the 1950's; signs the Viet Minh were preparing to return to South Vietnam; economic, security and government problems under Diem; developing a South Vietnamese identity and cause; establishing a rapport with Diem and other leaders through Ed Lansdale; the Binh Xuyen and crime; a French psywar campaign against the U.S.; French relations with Vietnam.
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