National Security Agency and Southeast Asia, 1954-1961/Related Articles

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Cambodia [r]: A country of Southeast Asia, on the Gulf of Thailand, sharing borders with Thailand, Vietnam, and Laos ^[e]
CIA Activities in Asia-Pacific [r]: A summary of regional activities in U.S. national intelligence analysis and estimates, covert action, and human-source intelligence collection ^[e]
Laos [r]: A country in Southeast Asia that was part of French Indochina, located northeast of Thailand and west of Vietnam, with short borders to Burma, Cambodia and China ^[e]
National Security Agency [r]: An organization within the United States Department of Defense, with the dual roles of the principal signals intelligence agency in the United States intelligence community, but also having the responsibility for information assurance of military, diplomatic, and other critical communications. ^[e]
North Vietnam [r]: Communist state in Vietnam; formally the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. Proclaimed 1945, recognized 1954, and with South Vietnam transformed into the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in 1976. ^[e]
South Vietnam [r]: Add brief definition or description
Vietnam War [r]: (1955-1975) war that killed 3.8 million people, where North Vietnam fought U.S. forces and eventually took over South Vietnam, forming a single Communist country, Vietnam. ^[e]

SABERTOOTH [r]: A U.S. program, prior to major land commitments, to train Army of the Republic of Viet Nam personnel in basic communications intelligence ^[e]
WHITEBIRCH [r]: A U.S. plan, in the late fifties and early sixties, to increase signals intelligence capabilities in Southeast Asia and especially South Vietnam ^[e] A U.S. plan, in the late fifties and early sixties, to increase signals intelligence capabilities in Southeast Asia and especially South Vietnam