Documents on the Vietnam War, or the "American War" as it is called in Vietnam. These telegrams, minutes, and discussion notes range from the mid-1950s to the end of the 1970s, and come from Chinese, Soviet, Albanian, Vietnamese, and other Communist bloc archives. See also the Indochinese War and the 1954 Geneva Conference.
Pierre Asselin introduces an unprecedented find in the Vietnamese archives: a top-secret report from Le Thanh Nghi on his talks with leaders of eight socialist countries at the onset of the Vietnam War.
Martin Grossheim explores the relationship between the East Germany Ministry for State Security and newly constituted Vietnamese intelligence service.
This groundbreaking Working Paper from the Wilson Center's Cold War International History Project features 77 documents on the rise and fall of the Sino-Vietnamese alliance during the Cold War as well as key contextual analysis from Odd Arne Westad, Chen Jian, Stein Tønnesson, and Nguyen Vu Tung.
George J. Veith and Merle Pribbenow introduce 80 primary source documents dealing with North Vietnam’s decision-making from the signing of the Paris Peace Accords until the end of the war, January 1973 to April 1975.
George J. Veith and Merle Pribbenow introduce additional Vietnamese-language sources on the end of the Vietnam War.
Merle Pribbenow explores the role played by Soviet Union’s intelligence agencies, namely the KGB and the GRU, in the Vietnam War.
In 1971, North Vietnam’s Public Security Service convened a major conference to assess the status of the Vietnamese Catholic Church and formulate new plans for the "struggle" against Catholics.
Beneath the public posture of Soviet-Vietnamese friendship and solidarity, secret Soviet documents reveal real tensions between patron and client.
Larry Watts examines Romania’s lesser-known early mediation during the Vietnam War and its contribution to the “Trinh signal” of January 1967, commonly considered the first real breakthrough in movement towards peace talks
The People’s Republic of China, a long-time ally of North Vietnam, may have sought to create a neutral South Vietnam in 1975 and deny Hanoi its long-sought victory, writes George J. Veith.
In October 1968, South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu refused to join the opening of the 1968 Paris Peace Talks that would end the war in Vietnam. Thieu’s refusal created a major crisis with his American ally
