Wisner's career in the Foreign Service in the early 1960s; Wisner's duties in Vietnam upon his arrival in 1965; Agency for International Development [AID] work in Dinh Tuong province; organization of pacification efforts; Wisner's responsibilities as an AID development officer; Wisner's work as staff assistant to Deputy Ambassador William Porter; pacification coordination between U.S. and Vietnamese counterparts as well as development of the pacification program; General Edward Lansdale's efforts in Vietnam in 1965; problems assessing the pacification programs.
Oral history transcript, Frank G. Wisner, interview 1 (I), 3/21/1985, by Ted Gittinger
Citation
Oral history transcript, Frank G. Wisner, interview 1 (I), 3/21/1985, by Ted Gittinger, LBJ Presidential Library, accessed August 29, 2025, https://discoverlbj.org/item/oh-wisnerf-19850321-1-10-02