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• CIA activities in Asia-Pacific [r]: This is a regional-level subpage dealing with CIA intelligence and operations pertaining to the Asia-Pacific area. Large topics may be in subordinate pages. ^[e]
• Civilian Irregular Defense Group [r]: Light and irregular infantry units in the Republic of Vietnam, typically defending their local area, and trained and led by United States Army Special Forces personnel, and sometimes by their Army of the Republic of Viet Nam counterparts in the Nha Ky Thuat ^[e]
• Defense Intelligence Agency [r]: One of the members of the United States intelligence community , charged with providing national-level analysis specifically relevant for military needs, and being the focal point for measurement and signature intelligence ^[e]
• Edward Lansdale [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Hanoi [r]: Located on the Red River in northern Vietnam (i.e., Tonkin), it is the national capital, about 65 miles west of Haiphong, on the South China Sea ^[e]
• Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. [r]: (1902-1985) was a representative and Senator from Massachusetts, Vice Presidential nominee (1960) and ambassador to Vietnam. ^[e]
• Indochina [r]: Minimally, the French colony that contained the regions of Tonkin, Annam, and Cochinchina, which, with the Central Highlands, became modern Vietnam ^[e]
• Lucien Conein [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Military Assistance Command, Vietnam [r]: Headquarters for most U.S. combat and support units assisting the Republic of Vietnam ^[e]
• National Security Agency [r]: An organization within the United States Department of Defense, with the dual roles of the principal signals intelligence agency in the United States intelligence community , but also having the responsibility for information assurance of military, diplomatic, and other critical communications. ^[e]
• Nguyen Khanh [r]: An Army of the Republic of Vietnam general who led the 1964 coup that overthrew the 1963 coup that replaced Ngo Dinh Diem, but was subsequently deposed and left the country in 1965 ^[e]
• Robert Komer [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Tet Offensive [r]: A Communist offensive in the Vietnam War, possibly part of a larger strategy, in early 1968. The attackers suffered massive casualties and held no ground, but they achieved the turning of U.S. political opinion against continuing large-scale involvement in the war. ^[e]
• United States Air Force [r]: Branch of the U.S. armed forces responsible for land-based aircraft, as well as land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles ^[e]
• United States Army Special Forces [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Viet Cong [r]: The military wing of the National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam (NLF); a generic term for Communist forces in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War ^[e]
• Viet Minh [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Vietnam wars [r]: The broad context of warfare in the modern area of Vietnam, of which the Vietnam War (1962-1975) is best known, but involves colonization, Japanese occupation, decolonization, and post-1975 but related warfare among Vietnam, Cambodia and China ^[e]
• William Colby [r]: A U.S. intelligence and special operations officer eventually becoming Director of Central Intelligence (1973-1976). ^[e]
• William Westmoreland [r]: Add brief definition or description