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Car bomb attack on U.S. Embassy in Saigon event

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Pierre de Silvaperson · 1South Vietnamplace · 1

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Car bomb attack on U.S. Embassy in Saigon carried_out_attack South Vietnam documented
“quote-unquote, building a political base for the Saigon government on pacification, unconventional warfare programs. The guerrillas made the war real at the end of March of 1965 when they detonated a car bomb just outside the U.S. Embassy i…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 31 (33) @ 4:16
Car bomb attack on U.S. Embassy in Saigon assassinated Barbara Robbins documented
“Agency Secretary Barbara Robbins died while several more persons from the typing pool and at least two case officers like Da Silva were wounded. Eliezer Williams stepped into the breach to act as the temporary station chief until Langley pr…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 31 (33) @ 4:43
Car bomb attack on U.S. Embassy in Saigon assassinated Pierre de Silva documented
“quote-unquote, building a political base for the Saigon government on pacification, unconventional warfare programs. The guerrillas made the war real at the end of March of 1965 when they detonated a car bomb just outside the U.S. Embassy i…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 31 (33) @ 4:16

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The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 31 (33)
▶ 4:16 quote-unquote, building a political base for the Saigon government on pacification, unconventional warfare programs. The guerrillas made the war real at the end of March of 1965 when they detonated a car bomb just outside the U.S. Embassy i…
The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 31 (33)
▶ 5:13 and the war intensified. And by the way, I know it sounds totally gross even saying this, but there have been some versions of this story that said that while it wasn't intended to wound or kill US citizens, that the car bombing, and I'm ju…
The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 31 (33)
▶ 5:41 was staged so to get the U.S. troops in there. I don't have any proof of that. The sourcing on the books and articles that were written about that, I don't feel were well resourced, but where are you going to find the sourcing? Is it outsid…