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Vietnam: A Television History (1981-02-19)
About this film
Phung The Tai was a General in the North Vietnamese Army during the Vietnam War. He recalls the Tonkin Gulf Incident - which he terms a fabrication of the United States National Security Council - and how he had prepared the air defenses for the inevitable attack from the American forces. After offering his version of the true Tonkin Gulf Incidents, General Tai notes that his defenses were able to down eight American planes and damaged three others.
Directors & creators
WGBH Educational Foundation
Subjects
public broadcasting, AAPB, Vietnam War, Gulf of Tonkin Incident, Phung The Tai, Government Deception, False Flag Operations, US National Security Council, North Vietnam, United States Air Force, B-52 Strategic Bombing, Hanoi, Prisoners of War, Alpha-34 Plan, Electronic Surveillance, Naval Blockade, China-Vietnam Relations, US Seventh Fleet, Military History, Cold War, Propaganda, Vietnam: A Television History, US Foreign Policy, Air Reconnaissance, Commando Raids, Tonkin Gulf, Democratic Republic of Vietnam
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