CBS REPORTS: VIETNAM: THE DEADLY DECISION (TV)
Summary
One in this series of irregularly scheduled in-depth reports. In this program, Collingwood examines America's deepening military involvement in South Vietnam, currently ruled by the interim government of Gen. Nguyen Khanh. Collingwood reviews the history of warfare in Vietnam, up to the Kennedy administration's escalation of involvement, and the November 2, 1963 coup leading to the death of President Ngo Dinh Diem and his brother Nhu. Highlights of this program include coverage of the following: Madame Ngo Dinh Nhu accuses the U.S. of imperialistic purpose; Kalischer describes U.S. military operations at the Cambodian border; Gen. Nguyen Khanh expresses optimism about aid from U.S. under President Lyndon Johnson; Madame Nhu calls Khanh a "puppet"; U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara praises Khanh as South Vietnam's best military leader; Collingwood calls the war "complex" because of economic factors and problems of guerrilla warfare that technology cannot solve; U.S. Ambassador to South Vietnam Henry Cabot Lodge says loss of Southeast Asia to Communists would be catastrophic for the U.S.; Madame Nhu criticizes Lodge harshly; and correspondents and McNamara analyze major issues of the war. Includes commercials.
Details
- NETWORK: CBS
- DATE: April 1, 1964 7:30 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:58:34
- COLOR/B&W: B&W
- CATALOG ID: T79:0039
- GENRE: Public affairs/Documentaries
- SUBJECT HEADING: Vietnam War - 1964; Vietnam, S. - Officials - Talk/Interviews; Cambodia; U S - Officials - Talk/Interviews; Save America's Treasures 1 - Vietnam
- SERIES RUN: CBS - TV series, 1959-
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Leslie Midgley … Producer
- Jane Bartels … Associate Producer
- Arthur Bonner … Associate Producer
- Bernard Birnbaum … Associate Producer, In Vietnam
- Norman Gorin … Direction (Misc.), Coordinating Director
- Charles Collingwood … Reporter
- Peter Kalischer … Reporter
- Bernard Kalb … Reporter
- Lyndon B. Johnson
- John F. Kennedy
- Henry Cabot Lodge
- Robert McNamara
- Ngo Dinh Diem
- Ngo Dinh Nhu
- Ngo Dinh Nhu, Mme.
- Nguyen Khanh