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Interview with Ray S. Cline, 1982 /

Ray Cline served in the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), which would later become the CIA. He recounts the confusing information relayed to Washington after the Tonkin Gulf Incidents and casts doubt on the accuracy of some of the reporting. He discusses intelligence gathering and the Presidency a...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Cline, Ray S. (Speaker, interviewee (expression),), Ellison, Richard (Producer)
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:This edition in English.
Published: Boston, Mass. : WGBH Boston Video, 1983.
Series:American history in video.
Subjects:
Cline, Ray S. > Interviews.
United States. > Central Intelligence Agency.
Cline, Ray S.
United States > Politics and government > 1963-1969.
Tonkin Gulf Incidents, 1964.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975.
Vietnam Conflict
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 1963-1969.
Incidents du golfe du Tonkin, 1964.
Guerre du Viêt-nam, 1961-1975.
Politics and government.
United States.
1961-1975
Interview
Streaming videos.
interviews.
Interviews.
Nonfiction television programs.
Émissions télévisées autres que de fiction.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:Ray Cline served in the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), which would later become the CIA. He recounts the confusing information relayed to Washington after the Tonkin Gulf Incidents and casts doubt on the accuracy of some of the reporting. He discusses intelligence gathering and the Presidency and recalls the CIA's advice to Johnson regarding the commitment of troops in Vietnam.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed Nov. 5, 2012).
Physical Description:1 online resource (video file (23 min.)) : sound, color.
Playing Time:00:22:20