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Kōrero: Cold War

Vietnam: Saigon welcome

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Vietnam: Saigon welcome

After sustained urging from its ANZUS partners, New Zealand committed troops to the Vietnam War in 1965. Here the New Zealand Army Detachment Vietnam is welcomed in Saigon. The speaker is Steve Weir, New Zealand's ambassador in Vietnam. 

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New Zealand Defence Force

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Gerald Hensley, Cold War – South-East Asia, 1955 to 1975, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/32702/vietnam-saigon-welcome (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Gerald Hensley, i tāngia i te 16 April 2012.