Vietnam: A Television History; Interview with L. Dean Brown, 1981
- Raw Footage
- Interview with L. Dean Brown, 1981
- Contributing Organization
- WGBH (Boston, Massachusetts)
- AAPB ID
- cpb-aacip/15-pr7mp4vv6g
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- Description
- Episode Description
- L. Dean Brown retired from a 29-year career with the State Department in 1975. Specializing in the Middle East, he had served in Jordan and Cyprus. Two weeks after he retired, Secretary of State Henry Kissinger recalled him to organize the evacuation of Saigon. Here Brown describes the logistics of organizing the evacuation, raising Congressional funds, and the decision to evacuate thousands of Vietnamese, in addition to Americans. Brown downplays the panic portrayed by the media, recalling the events of April 1975 as relatively orderly. He describes empty helicopters leaving Vietnam in the early days of the evacuation because Ambassador Martin, optimistic about a political resolution, failed to organize evacuees. Finally, he praises Gerald Ford's leadership skills and his ability to show compassion toward, and prepare Americans for, the flood of refugees now arriving from Vietnam.
- Date
- 1981-10-22
- Date
- 1981-10-22
- Asset type
- Raw Footage
- Subjects
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Personal narratives, American; Evacuation of civilians; United States--Politics and government; Vietnam (Republic); Capitulations, Military; diplomats; Ambassadors; United States--Foreign relations--Asia; United States--Foreign relations--1945-1989; United States--History--1945-
- Rights
- Rights Note:1) No materials may be re-used without references to appearance releases and WGBH/UMass Boston contract. 2) It is the responsibility of a production to investigate and re-clear all rights before re-use in any project.,Rights:,Rights Credit:WGBH Educational Foundation,Rights Type:,Rights Coverage:,Rights Holder:WGBH Educational Foundation
- Media type
- Moving Image
- Credits
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Publisher: WGBH Educational Foundation
Writer: Deane, Elizabeth
Writer: Brown, L. Dean
- AAPB Contributor Holdings
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WGBH
Identifier: 97c81a3b2bfd2a7dc166fc50618a38bf1c94361b (ArtesiaDAM UOI_ID)
Format: video/quicktime
Color: Color
Duration: 00:14:50:12
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- Citations
- Chicago: “Vietnam: A Television History; Interview with L. Dean Brown, 1981,” 1981-10-22, WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed September 8, 2024, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-pr7mp4vv6g.
- MLA: “Vietnam: A Television History; Interview with L. Dean Brown, 1981.” 1981-10-22. WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. September 8, 2024. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-pr7mp4vv6g>.
- APA: Vietnam: A Television History; Interview with L. Dean Brown, 1981. Boston, MA: WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-pr7mp4vv6g