Papers of the Capital Legal Foundation, Trial Documentation Files, 1963 - 1985

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Papers of the Capital Legal Foundation, Trial Documentation Files, 1963 - 1985

1963-1985

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This series consists of supporting materials related to the libel suit filed by General William C. Westmoreland, and represented by the Capital Legal Foundation, against the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS). It includes interviews with the plaintiff, General William C. Westmoreland former Commander, United States Military Assistance Command, Vietnam (COMUSMACV); and defendants Samuel Adams, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Analyst and consultant for CBS; Reporter Mike Wallace; Executive Producer Van Gordon Sauter; and Producer George Crile. Interviews with witnesses for both the defense and plaintiff include George Carver, Special Assistant for Vietnamese Affairs, CIA; George Allen; Deputy Special Assistant for Vietnamese Affairs, CIA; James Meacham, Chief of Order of Battle Studies and Deputy Chief, Russell Cooley; General Phillip Davidson, Assistant Chief of Staff MACV-J2; General George Godding, General Daniel Graham, Lieutenant Colonel George Hamscher, and Major Gaines Hawkins; CIA Analyst Joseph Hovey; Robert Komer, Deputy in charge of Pacification in Vietnam; General Joseph McChristian who served as Westmoreland's Intelligence Chief; Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara and Deputy Secretary, Paul Nitze; Lieutenant Colonel Everette Parkins; National Security Advisor Walt Rostow; Secretary of State Dean Rusk; and Admiral Ulysses S. Grant (U. S. G.) Sharp. This series also includes trial transcripts, pleadings, affidavits, depositions, and exhibits from both the plaintiff and the defense. These materials reflect the issue of the trial itself; the Vietnam War and the North Vietnamese/Viet Cong order of battle; pacification; how the evidence was gathered and compiled for trial; disagreements among the intelligence agencies involving intelligence gathering, dissemination and interpretation; and national security and foreign affairs. Also covered in these materials are theories that there was a conspiracy by military leaders to underestimate enemy troop strength for U.S. political reasons that left the U.S. unprepared for the 1968 Tet Offensive. This series also contains correspondence, memorandums, clippings, books, and magazine articles relating to the trial itself and the Vietnam War.

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