Anthony Langbene Ferguson as a journalist for the Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC), South Vietnam 1964-1969, interviewed by David Bradbury

Accession Number S03268
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
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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.
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