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Expanded Covert Reporting in Vietnam

United States of America · Politics / Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1963

John A. McCone23 December 1963

Washington · Politics / Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

McCone ordered experienced CIA officers to Saigon temporarily to develop additional covert reporting on the new government's effectiveness and public acceptance.

Names involved

John A. McCone

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