--- title: Why Vietnam (USIS London pamphlet) url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/usis-why-vietnam-pamphlet-1965/ description: The cover of a 48-page pamphlet titled "Why Viet Nam" in large red capitals sits on a collage of newspaper headlines from 1965, among them "Communist… section: Collection --- [Collection](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/) [![Why Vietnam (USIS London pamphlet)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/usis-why-vietnam-pamphlet-1965.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/usis-why-vietnam-pamphlet-1965.jpg) # Why Vietnam (USIS London pamphlet) The cover of a 48-page pamphlet titled "Why Viet Nam" in large red capitals sits on a collage of newspaper headlines from 1965, among them "Communist forces massing to cut S Vietnam in half", "Vietcong say 'no' to peace mission" and "No surrender pledge by Johnson". Selecting headlines about Communist attacks, refused talks and a US pledge not to retreat lets the cover present one reading of events before any text is opened. ## Text on the object Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked ``` WHY VIET NAM Background newspaper headlines, partly cut off at the edges: China denounces Vietnam peace mission / Johnson backs Geneva-style peace effort but Cambodia says 'no' / Communist forces massing to cut S Vietnam in half / Viet Cong attack with new arms / US may call up reserves to build Vietnam force / CHINESE IN BATTLE, SAY AMERICANS / CRUCIAL STRUGGLE F[illegible] SOUTH VIETNAM BAS[illegible] / Vietcong blow[illegible] fuel depot / Dragnet for Saigon terror bombers / [illegible]0,000 more US troops ordered [illegible] Vietnam / Vietnam peace hope dashed / UN move soon on Vietnam? / U.S. tries again for Vietnam peace / [illegible]rst-yet outrage by the Vietcong / Thirty die in Saigon blasts / U.S. DISREGARDS CHINA THREAT ON VIETNAM / PEACE TALKS CONDITION / VIETCONG SAY 'NO' TO PEACE MISSION / Kremlin admits a dilemma over Vietnam / NO SURRENDER PLEDGE BY JOHNSON / We will not retreat ... we will not surrender ``` Headline fragments at the cover's edges are cut off or overlapped by the library label and are marked [illegible]; the large title is split across lines as printed (WHY / VIET / NAM). 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