Accession Number | S03268 |
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Collection type | Sound |
Object type | Oral history |
Physical description | 1/4 inch sound tape reel; AMPEX 631; 7 1/2 ips/19 cm.s; mono; 7 inch |
Maker |
Ferguson, Anthony Langbene (Tony) Bradbury, David |
Date made | 23-24 February 1978 |
Access | Open |
Conflict |
Vietnam, 1962-1975 |
Copyright |
Item copyright: Status to be assessed |
Copying Provisions | Copyright restrictions apply. Only personal, non-commercial, research and study use permitted. Permission of copyright holder required for any commercial use and/or reproduction. |
Source credit to | AWM Research Grants Scheme |
Anthony Langbene Ferguson as a journalist for the Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC), South Vietnam 1964-1969, interviewed by David Bradbury
Description
Ferguson speaks of being based in Singapore with his wife and children; visiting Vietnam in 1964 as a roving correspondent for the Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC); experiences of Donald Simmons, another ABC journalist; travel to the Mekong Delta area; cynicism towards English journalists; attendance at the 'five o'clock follies' (United States military briefings to the press); the Tet offensive; General Westmoreland.
A transcript of this recording may be available. For further information please contact the Sound section.