Vietnam War: Diplomacy

Explore photographs, textual, and other records related to diplomacy in the Vietnam War in our Catalog.

While many resources are available online for research, there are many more records to discover in National Archives research rooms across the country. The following records have been described at the Series and File Unit level, but have not yet been digitized. This list is not exhaustive; please consult our Catalog to browse more records, and contact the Reference Unit listed in each description for more information. 

• Cable from Graham Martin, Ambassador to South Vietnam, to Secretary of State Henry Kissinger Concerning the Evacuation of Vietnam, 4/26/1975
• ​Final Report: The Report of the President's Commission on an All-Volunteer Armed Force
• ​Henry A. Kissinger Telephone Conversation Transcripts (Telcons), 1/21/1969 - 8/8/1974
• ​Henry A. Kissinger's (HAK) Office Files, 1/20/1969 - ca. 7/1975
• White House Subject Files, 1/20/1969 - 8/9/1974 [FO (Foreign Affairs)]
• ​Raymond K. Price Speech File: Vietnam Speech, Secret, Draft, 4/9/72

Richard Nixon Presidential Library

• President Nixon's Address to the Nation About Vietnam and Domestic Problems
• Oval Office tape number 475
• White House telephone tape number 1
• ​Executive Office Building tape number 246
• Executive Office Building tape number 248
• ​Legal Papers and Transcripts: Calley v. Nixon
• Calley Verdict
• May 14, 1969, Vietnam Speech [Final Drafts and Reading Copy] [1 of 2]
• 1972 Presidential Election Campaign Files: A Study of Public Opinions Regarding President Nixon's 4-30-70 Announcement of His Decision on American Involvement In Cambodia #9448

Explore teaching and learning resources for the Vietnam War, including primary sources, online tools, lesson plans, and multimedia on DocsTeach.org, our online tool for teaching with documents.

• DocsTeach: The Vietnam War: Primary Sources and Teaching Activities
• ​DocsTeach: The War in Vietnam - A Story in Photographs

Online Resources

John F. Kennedy Presidential Library

• JFK Library: Vietnam, Diem, the Buddhist Crisis
• Vietnam War
• Vietnam and the Presidency Conference at the JFK Presidential Library & Museum, 2006

Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library

• Vietnam Conflict Exhibit and Resources
• Vietnam War Summit at the LBJ Presidential Library & Museum, 2016

• Pentagon Papers
• Military Resources: Vietnam War from the Archives Library Information Center (ALIC)
• Military and Diplomatic Records from Access to Archival Databases (AAD)

Richard Nixon Presidential Library

• Nixon White House Tapes: January 1973
• Speeches for Kids: Silent Majority
• Address to the Nation on the War in Vietnam, November 3, 1969
• Memoirs v. Tapes: President Nixon & the December Bombings
• Picturing Nam: U.S. Military Photography of the Vietnam War

Gerald Ford Presidential Library

• Gerald Ford Museum: Vietnam War

Blog Posts

• The Dissent Channel of the Department of State: The Text Message