Register of the Citizens Committee for Peace with Freedom in Vietnam records
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Title: Citizens Committee for Peace with Freedom in Vietnam records
Date (inclusive): 1967-1975
Collection Number: 92119
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
27 manuscript boxes, 2 card file boxes, 1 oversize box, 2 phonotape reels
(15.5 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Correspondence, statements, press releases, pamphlets, lists, financial records, and printed matter relating to the Vietnam
War.
Creator:
Citizens Committee for Peace with Freedom in Vietnam
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Access
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Use
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Acquisition Information
Materials were acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1992.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Citizens Committee for Peace with Freedom in Vietnam records, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover
Institution Library & Archives.
Historical Note
The Citizens Committee for Peace with Freedom in Vietnam was formed in October 1967. By this time the war in Vietnam had
become highly controversial within the United States. A vigorous antiwar movement had come into existence. While some called
for the withdrawal of American troops from Vietnam, others advocated escalation of the war. A small number of figures, mainly
former government officials, felt the need for an organization independent of government to make the case for support of what
they deemed to be a middle position of "staying the course" in Vietnam in accordance with the policy of the administration
of President Lyndon B. Johnson. Former Democratic Senator Paul H. Douglas of Illinois took the role of spokesman for the
new Citizens Committee. Endorsements were secured from an impressive array of public figures, including former Presidents
Harry S. Truman and Dwight D. Eisenhower and retired General Omar N. Bradley. An office was established for the Committee
in Washington, D.C., and Charles Tyroler II, a former Department of Defense official, managed its operations as director of
the organization.
The Citizens Committee made its positions known through a series of pamphlets, press statements and press conferences. It
also undertook to supply speakers and literature in response to the requests of media, schools and other organizations. Pamphlets
addressed the proposal for a bombing pause in North Vietnam in early 1968, and of the prospects for negotiations in Paris.
The Committee expressed feelings of skepticism regarding both. It supplied testimony on Vietnam to the platform committees
of both the Democratic and the Republican parties in advance of the 1968 presidential election. It maintained close ties
with the new administration of President Richard M. Nixon as it had done with the outgoing Johnson administration.
The Committee undertook two fact-finding missions to South Vietnam, the first in August 1969 and the second in April 1970.
Committee delegation rosters for the two trips varied, but three individuals were on both. These were Charles Tyroler II,
former Ambassador Edmund A. Gullion, and Abbott Washburn, a former deputy director of the United States Information Agency.
The delegations visited U.S. military headquarters in Vietnam, the U.S. Embassy in Saigon, and South Vietnamese officials,
and also made a stop in Paris, where peace negotiations were underway. The Committee publicized its fact-finding reports,
which expressed tempered optimism regarding progress in the war. A third trip was discussed but never made.
Its 1970 trip was the last major project of the Committee. By that time it had become apparent that "Vietnamization" of the
war was the watchword for the future. By early 1971 the Committee had become inactive. There was no formal dissolution and
Tyroler responded to later requests for some time.
Scope and Content of Collection
The records of the Citizens Committee for Peace with Freedom in Vietnam are divided into sixteen series of varying importance.
The Founding Documents series contains documentation of the formation of the Committee in a single folder.
Correspondence, arranged alphabetically, is an important series. So too is Issuances. This series contains not only the
final texts of pamphlets and other issuances of the Committee, but also of draft versions, correspondence directly related
to their preparation, and press coverage of the issuances. Speaking Engagements and Literature Requests consists largely
of correspondence documenting Committee outreach to specific audiences.
Vietnam Trips is an important series. It documents the two fact-finding missions undertaken by Committee delegations in 1969
and 1970. The series includes correspondence related to the trips, notes and memoranda made while they were underway, briefings
received from officials in the field, and other material collected. There is a lengthy report of her personal observations
by Mary Lord, a member of the first delegation. The delegations' formal reports are to be found in the Issuances series.
A Publicity series consists mainly of clippings referring to the Committee in newspapers and other printed sources. Financial
Records, Fundraising Records and Housekeeping Records document relatively mundane aspects of the organization's life.
There is a Subject File and an associated Printed Matter series containing material collected by the Committee from outside
sources. The Subject File is arranged by topic. Although consisting primarily of printed material, it includes some letters,
memoranda and notes closely tied to particular topics.
There are also five small series constituted on the basis of the physical format of their contents: Photographs; Card File;
Memorabilia; Oversize; and Phonotapes.
There is a small quantity of material dating after the time the Committee became inactive, particularly in Correspondence
and in the Subject File. These are items that Charles Tyroler II, director of the Committee, added to the Committee records,
which remained in his possession.
The Hoover Institution Library & Archives acquired the records of the Citizens Committee for Peace with Freedom in Vietnam
together with those of the Committee on the Present Danger in 1992. Tyroler was also director of the latter organization,
which was formed in 1976. It is of special interest that the Citizens Committee served as a model for the creation and operations
of the more ambitious and successful Committee on the Present Danger. This is to be seen even in such details as design of
the pamphlet covers issued by the two organizations.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Sound recordings
Vietnam War, 1961-1975
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1963-1969
United States -- Foreign relations -- 1969-1974
box 1, folder 1
Founding Documents
1967
Scope and Contents
Articles of incorporation, bylaws, minutes of initial meeting, correspondence, memoranda, notes and initial membership roster
Correspondence
1967-1973
Scope and Contents
Arranged alphabetically
box 1, folder 2
Unanswered letters of invitation to join the Committee
1967
Negative responses to letters of invitation to join the Committee
1967
box 1, folder 3
A-H
Scope and Contents
Includes Joseph Alsop, Hamilton Fish Armstrong, Adolf A. Berle, McGeorge Bundy, John K. Fairbank, Henry Ford II, Katherine
Graham and Theodore M. Hesburgh
box 1, folder 4
J-Y
Scope and Contents
Includes Bill Moyers, Daniel P. Moynihan, William S. Paley, Edwin O. Reischauer, G. Mennen Williams and Whitney Young
box 1, folder 6
Abrams, Creighton
1969-1974
box 1, folder 9
Allen, Richard V.
1968-1969
box 1, folder 10
American Friends of Vietnam
1967-1970
box 1, folder 14
Barnett, Frank R.
1967-1969
box 1, folder 17
Bendetsen, Karl R.
1967-1970
box 1, folder 18
Bradley, Omar N.
1967-1972
box 2, folder 1
Buchanan, Patrick J.
1969
box 2, folder 2
Buckley, William F., Jr.
1969-1970
box 2, folder 3
Bundy, William P.
1968-1969
box 2, folder 5
Byrnes, James F.
1967-1968
box 2, folder 7
CBS News (Frank Stanton)
1967-1970
box 2, folder 10
Clay, Lucius D.
1967-1970
box 2, folder 12
Conant, James B.
1967-1973
box 2, folder 16
Davis, Thomas J., Jr.
1967-1970
box 2, folder 17
De Lima, Oscar A.
1967-1970
box 2, folder 18
Dillon, C. Douglas
1967-1971
box 2, folder 19
Douglas, Paul H.
1967-1973
box 2, folder 20
Draper, William H., Jr.
1967-1970
box 2, folder 21
Drummond, Roscoe and Geoffrey
1967-1970
box 2, folder 24
Emmet, Christopher
1967-1969
box 2, folder 26
Farland, Joseph S.
1967-1969
box 2, folder 28
Fishel, Wesley R.
1967-1968
box 3, folder 1
Foreign Policy Association
1967-1968
box 3, folder 2
Freedom House (Leonard R. Sussman)
1967-1969
box 3, folder 4
Gates, Thomas S.
1967-1968
box 3, folder 5
Gipson, Lawrence H.
1967-1970
box 3, folder 6
Gullion, Edmund A.
1968-1975
box 3, folder 9
Hanes, John W., Jr.
1967-1972
box 3, folder 11
Harriman, E. Roland
1968-1972
box 3, folder 12
Harris, Huntington
1967-1971
box 3, folder 13
Hayakawa, S. I.
1967-1968
box 3, folder 17
Judd, Walter H.
1969-1970
box 3, folder 19
Kissinger, Henry A.
1967-1969
box 3, folder 21
Leibman, Morris I.
1967-1968
box 3, folder 22
Lodge, Henry Cabot
1968-1983
Lord, Mary (Mrs. Oswald B. Lord)
box 4, folder 3
Lucey, Robert E.
1967-1971
box 4, folder 4
Lund, Russell T.
1969-1971
box 4, folder 7
Malkerson, Lester
1969-1970
box 4, folder 12
Nixon, Richard M.
1967-1969
Scope and Contents
Includes memoranda in preparation for meeting with Nixon
box 4, folder 15
Pool, Ithiel de Sola
1967-1971
box 4, folder 17
Reader's Digest
1967-1971
box 5, folder 2
Rockefeller, Nelson A.
1967-1968
box 5, folder 6
Saltonstall, Leverett
1967-1971
box 5, folder 7
Saltzman, Charles E.
1967-1968
box 5, folder 8
Schlesinger, Arthur, Jr.
1968
box 5, folder 10
Smith, Howard K.
1968-1969
box 5, folder 11
Stephens, Charles J.
1967-1970
box 5, folder 13
Swig, Benjamin H.
1967-1970
box 5, folder 15
Taylor, Maxwell D.
1967-1971
box 5, folder 17
Thompson, Sir Robert
1968-1971
box 5, folder 18
Trager, Frank N.
1968-1969
box 6, folder 1
Trimble, Carl S.
1969-1970
box 6, folder 3
Urey, Harold C.
1967-1969
box 6, folder 5
Van Dusen, Henry P.
1967-1970
box 6, folder 6
Vietnam (South). Embassy (U.S.)
1969-1971
box 6, folder 9
Whitney, John Hay
1967-1969
box 6, folder 10
Wigner, Eugene P.
1967-1971
box 6, folder 11
Wilson, Joseph C.
1967-1970
box 6, folder 12
World Affairs Council
1968
box 6, folder 14
Yates, Charles R.
1967-1969
Issuances
1967-1970
Scope and Contents
Pamphlets, speeches and other issuances of the Committee. Includes related correspondence, memoranda, press coverage and
working material
Initial press conference
1967 October 25
Peace with Freedom (pamphlet)
1967 October 25
box 6, folder 22
How "The Silent Center" Will Seek Peace with Freedom (pamphlet)
1967 October 25
Scope and Contents
Printed copies
A Balance Sheet on Bombing (pamphlet)
1968 January 15
box 7, folder 3
Correspondence and memoranda
box 7, folder 5
Speech by John W. Hanes, Jr., on behalf of Committee, Rotary Club, Herndon, Virginia
1968 March 6
Scope and Contents
Typescript
"20 Questions on Peace with Freedom"
1968 March
box 7, folder 6
Draft, typescript and memoranda
box 7, folder 8
Statement by Paul H. Douglas on behalf of Committee regarding withdrawal of President Lyndon B. Johnson from reelection campaign
1968 April 1
Scope and Contents
Draft and typescript
box 7, folder 9
Statement by Paul H. Douglas on behalf of Committee regarding defeat of Madison, Wisconsin unilateral withdrawal from Vietnam
referendum
1968 April 3
Scope and Contents
Typescript
Negotiations: Hopes vs. Realities (pamphlet)
1968 May 23
box 8, folder 3
Correspondence and memoranda
The Struggle for Peace with Freedom (pamphlet containing testimony of Dwight D. Eisenhower to Republican Party Platform Committee)
1968 July 30
box 8, folder 9
Correspondence and memoranda
The Road to Peace with Freedom (pamphlet containing testimony of Paul H. Douglas to Democratic Party Platform Committee)
1968 August 20
box 9, folder 2
Correspondence and memoranda
"A Warning on Vietnam to the American People," American Legion
1968 September
box 9, folder 5
Correspondence and memoranda
Press Interview of President Nguyen Van Thieu (pamphlet)
1969 June 17
box 9, folder 8
U.S. Department of State transcript of original interview
box 9, folder 10
Press release announcing Committee task force visit to Vietnam and Paris
1969 August 8
box 9, folder 11
Press conference upon return of Committee task force
1969 August 27
Scope and Contents
Press release and transcript of press conference
"Findings and Recommendations of Special Nine-Member Fact-Finding Commission upon Return from Vietnam"
1969 August 28
box 9, folder 13
Final text
Scope and Contents
Typescript and printed copies
box 10, folder 1
Correspondence and memoranda
The Choice in Vietnam (pamphlet)
1969 October 29
box 10, folder 7
Correspondence and memoranda
box 10, folder 9
Press conference of Edmund A. Gullion, Charles Tyroler II and Mary Lord on behalf of Committee, held at the White House
1969 November 6
Scope and Contents
Transcript
box 10, folder 10
"My Lai" (WCBS-TV editorial reply by Charles Tyroler II on behalf of Committee)
1969 December 20
Scope and Contents
Draft, transcript, correspondence and background material
box 10, folder 11
"Escalation" (WCBS-TV editorial reply by Charles Tyroler II on behalf of Committee)
1969 December 31
Scope and Contents
Draft and transcript
box 10, folder 12
"From Hanoi with Thanks," Reader's Digest
1970 February
Scope and Contents
Reprint distributed by Committee. Printed copies and correspondence
Vietnam Revisited (pamphlet containing report of second Committee task force visit)
1970 April 29
box 11, folder 2
Final report
Scope and Contents
Mimeograph
box 11, folder 4
Correspondence and memoranda
box 11, folder 6
Press conference of Edmund A. Gullion on behalf of Committee, and Henry Cabot Lodge, held at the White House
1970 May 7
Scope and Contents
Transcript
box 11, folder 7
Today Show television interview of Edmund A. Gullion on behalf of Committee
1970 May 20
Scope and Contents
Transcript and correspondence
box 11, folder 8
Today Show television interview of Edmund A. Gullion on behalf of Committee
1970 June 9
Scope and Contents
Transcript and correspondence
Speaking Engagement and Literature Requests
1967-1973
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, memoranda and notes
box 12, folder 2
Television appearances
1967-1971
Vietnam Trips
1969-1973
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, rosters, schedules, memoranda, reports, notes, briefings and background material documenting visits to Vietnam
and Paris by Committee fact-finding delegations
box 12, folder 8
Delegation rosters and schedules
Briefings and background material
Scope and Contents
Briefing and speech transcripts, manuals, memoranda, and printed matter
box 12, folder 10
Material received from U.S. military sources
box 13, folder 1
Material received from the U.S. Embassy in Saigon
box 13, folder 2
Material received from the U.S. Embassy in Paris
box 13, folder 3
Material received from the U.S. Department of State
box 13, folder 4
Material received from South Vietnamese sources
box 13, folder 5
Material received from miscellaneous sources
box 13, folder 7
Financial documents, mainly invoices
box 13, folder 8
Report on trip by Mary Lord (Mrs. Oswald B. Lord), a member of the delegation
Scope and Contents
Typescript
box 13, folder 9
Follow-up
Scope and Contents
White House press conference notice and newsletter
box 14, folder 1
Delegation rosters and schedules
box 14, folder 3
Memorandum of conversation with Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky
1970 April 13
box 14, folder 4
Memorandum of conversation with President Nguyen Van Thieu
1970 April 15
Briefings and background material
Scope and Contents
Briefing and speech transcripts, manuals, memoranda, maps and printed matter
Material received from U.S. military sources
box 14, folder 6
U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, summaries
box 14, folder 7
Pacification progress data
box 15, folder 1
Intelligence briefing presentations
box 15, folder 2
Material received from the U.S. Department of State
box 15, folder 3
Material received from miscellaneous sources
box 15, folder 4
Financial documents, mainly invoices
Proposed third trip, never made
box 15, folder 9
Background material and miscellany
1970-1973
Publicity
1967-1969
Scope and Contents
Clippings and other printed matter about the Committee from other sources
Financial Records
1967-1978
Scope and Contents
Financial statements, invoices and tax records
box 17, folder 1
General
1968-1978
Scope and Contents
Financial statements, notes and miscellany
box 17, folder 2
Printing expenses
1967-1971
Scope and Contents
Invoices and miscellany
box 17, folder 3
Miscellaneous expenses
1968-1969
Scope and Contents
Invoices, letters and notes
Fundraising Records
1970-1972
Scope and Contents
Mailing texts, correspondence, memoranda, notes, mailing and contribution lists, and background material
box 18, folder 6
Contribution lists
1968-1971
box 18, folder 7
Background material
1967-1972
Housekeeping Records
1967-1972
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, memoranda and miscellany
box 19, folder 1
Directory listings
1969-1972
box 19, folder 2
General
1968-1970
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, notes and miscellany
box 19, folder 3
Job applications
1967-1971
box 19, folder 4
Memoranda and notes
1968-1969
box 19, folder 7
U.S. Post Office certifications
1968-1971
box 19, folder 8
Memoranda and miscellany
1968-1970
box 19, folder 9
Office lease and furnishings
1967-1969
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, memoranda and invoices
box 20, folder 2
Letterheads and envelopes
Subject File
1965-1981
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, memoranda, notes, reports and printed matter, arranged by topic
box 20, folder 3
American Friends of Vietnam
1966-1969
Scope and Contents
Issuances
box 20, folder 4
Americans for a Responsible Foreign Policy
1971
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, memoranda and draft declaration of principles and bylaws
box 20, folder 5
Americans for Winning the Peace
1971
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, memoranda, notes and draft bylaws
box 20, folder 6
Antiballistic missiles
1969
Scope and Contents
Memoranda and printed matter
box 20, folder 7
Cambodia
1970-1971
Scope and Contents
Printed matter
box 20, folder 8
Clifford, Clark
1969
Scope and Contents
Printed article
box 20, folder 9
Committee for an Effective and Durable Peace in Asia
1965
Scope and Contents
Draft statement of principles
box 20, folder 10
Council on Foreign Relations
1967
Scope and Contents
Printed matter
box 20, folder 11
Draft
1968
Scope and Contents
Notes and printed matter
box 20, folder 12
Democratic Party convention
Scope and Contents
Clippings
box 21, folder 1-3
Republican Party convention
Scope and Contents
Clippings
box 21, folder 4
Elections--1972
Scope and Contents
Printed article
box 21, folder 5
Freedom House
1967
Scope and Contents
Report and draft statement
box 21, folder 6
Fulbright, J. William
1968
Scope and Contents
Printed article
box 21, folder 7
Gavin, James M.
1967
Scope and Contents
Interview transcript
box 21, folder 8
Institute for Strategic Studies (Great Britain)
1969-1970
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, memoranda and printed issuances
box 21, folder 9
Intelsat Conference
1969
Scope and Contents
Press release
box 21, folder 10
International law
1967-1968
Scope and Contents
Printed matter
box 21, folder 11
Johnson, Lyndon B.
1967-1973
Scope and Contents
Speech and printed matter
box 21, folder 12
Kennedy, Robert F.
1968
Scope and Contents
Printed article
box 22, folder 1
Laos
1969-1971
Scope and Contents
Press release, report and printed matter
box 22, folder 2
Moose, Richard M., and James G. Lowenstein
1970-1971
Scope and Contents
Reports and printed matter. Includes U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations staff reports written by Moose and Lowenstein
box 22, folder 3
National Student Committee for Victory in Vietnam
1966-1968
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and issuances of the Committee. Includes issuances of the related Free Romanian Student Union
Nixon, Richard M.
Scope and Contents
Speeches, printed writing and clippings
box 22, folder 7
Nuclear war
1967-1978
Scope and Contents
Memorandum and clippings
box 22, folder 8
Prisoners of war
1967-1973
Scope and Contents
Letter, memoranda, notes, press conference transcripts and clippings
box 23, folder 1
Proposition P (San Francisco ballot proposal calling for withdrawal from Vietnam)
1967
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, memoranda and clippings
box 23, folder 2
Reynolds, Dana
1969
Scope and Contents
Memoranda
box 23, folder 3
Rose, H. Chapman
undated
Scope and Contents
Memorandum
box 23, folder 4
Tell It to Hanoi Committee
1970-1971
Scope and Contents
Memoranda and clippings
box 23, folder 5
United Nations
1967
Scope and Contents
Speech and clippings
box 23, folder 7
Vietnam (North)
1969-1970
Scope and Contents
Notes and printed matter
box 23, folder 8
General
1968-1971
Scope and Contents
Notes, newsletter and printed matter
box 23, folder 9
Gillingham, Peter N., "Some Proposals Relating to Education, Training, Research and Planning in South Viet-Nam and in the
United States"
1968
Scope and Contents
Mimeograph
box 23, folder 10
South Vietnamese issuances
1969-1970
Scope and Contents
Press releases and memoranda
box 23, folder 11
U.S. government issuances
1967-1970
Scope and Contents
Bulletins, press releases, speech and report
box 23, folder 12
Constitution
1967
Scope and Contents
Transcript
box 23, folder 13
Elections
1971
Scope and Contents
Bulletin and clippings
box 23, folder 14
Vietnam Council on Foreign Relations
1969-1971
Scope and Contents
Pamphlet and newsletters
box 23, folder 15
Congressional Record excerpts
1968-1971
box 24, folder 8
Sullivan, Cornelius D., et al., "The Vietnam War: Its Conduct and Higher Direction"
1968
Scope and Contents
Mimeograph
box 24, folder 9
U.S. government issuances
1967-1970
Scope and Contents
Bulletins and background papers
box 25, folder 1
Bombing
1967-1968
Scope and Contents
Memoranda, notes and printed matter
box 25, folder 2
Casualties
1967-1971
Scope and Contents
Printed matter
box 25, folder 3
Ceasefire
1967-1973
Scope and Contents
Letters, memoranda and printed matter. Includes memorandum by Maxwell D. Taylor
box 25, folder 4
Legislation (U.S.)
1967-1968
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, memoranda, notes, draft resolutions and printed matter
box 25, folder 5
Antiwar
1967-1969
Scope and Contents
Letters and printed matter
box 25, folder 6
Prowar
1967-1968
Scope and Contents
Speech and printed matter
box 25, folder 7
Nongovernmental organizations
1967-1971
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, clippings and issuances expressing positions taken by various organizations
box 25, folder 8
Peace proposals
1967-1973
Scope and Contents
Printed matter
box 25, folder 9
Volunteers for Vietnam Association
1968
Scope and Contents
Report
Printed Matter
1963-1970
Scope and Contents
Books and serial issue
box 26
Foreign Affairs
1968 April
Scope and Contents
Issue with special section on Vietnam
box 26
McGee, Gale W., The Responsibilities of World Power
1968
box 26
Peffer, Richard M., ed., No More Vietnams? The War and the Future of American Foreign Policy
1968
box 26
Thayer, Charles W., Guerrilla
1963
box 26
Thompson, Sir Robert, Defeating Communist Insurgency: The Lessons of Malaya and Vietnam
1966
box 26
Thompson, Sir Robert, No Exit from Vietnam
1969
box 26
Thompson, Sir Robert, Revolutionary War in World Strategy, 1945-1969
1970
box 27
Photographs
1967
Scope and Contents
U.S. Department of Defense photographs of bombing targets in Vietnam and of bombing presentation slides
box 28
Card File
Scope and Contents
Address cards
box 29
Memorabilia
Scope and Contents
Seal and stamps
box 30
Oversize File
Scope and Contents
Maps and printing mock-ups
tape cabinet
Sound Recordings
Scope and Contents note
Two sound tape reels
