Letter from Dennis J. Duncanson to Nguyen Van Anh. Duncanson enquires about the circumstances that led to the formation of the Can Lao party.

Letter from Nguyen Van Anh to Dennis J. Duncanson. Nguyen provides Duncanson with further information regarding the Can Lao party, as well as several pages worth of preliminary notes in response to various points of Duncanson's previous questionnaire.

Letter from Phan Văn Tạo to Dennis J. Duncanson. Phan Văn Tạo tells Duncanson of his recent trip to Switzerland for a business trip, while providing his thoughts on communism. Phan Văn Tạo closes his letter with his hopes to see Duncanson again on his next trip to Vietnam. (Letter in French)

Letter from Paul Ngô-Trọng-Hiếu to Dennis J. Duncanson. Ngô-Trọng-Hiếu talks about the political plight Vietnam is currently experiencing and commenting on the political and military actors involved.

Photocopies of letters from Dennis J. Duncanson to unknown recipient, regarding the Dang Can Lao party. Handwritten on University of Kent at Canterbury paper.

Letter from George K. Tanham, National Chairman of American Friends of Vietnam. Tanham writes of the recent wave of terrorist attacks of the period of the Lunar New Year, as well as of a previous massacre of unarmed mountain tribesmen at Dak Son on 05 December, where 252 people were killed, another 100 were kidnapped, and 500 were missing.

Tanham writes that despite the terror tactics designed to intimidate the South Vietnamese, in recent presidential elections 83% of eligible voters went to the polls, which showed an unwillingness to permit the National Liberation Front to take over by default. Further neighbouring nations including the Philippines, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia and the Republic of Korea have also expressed their support for the allied effort in South Vietnam. Tanham calls for the support of the American Friends of Vietnam to support the society's efforts in achieving a stable, just and democratic society and that despite Vietnam receiving American military and economic assistance, the country also needs the support of an informed American public.

Letter from M. F. Serpell to Dennis J. Duncanson in response to Duncanson's letter on 05 June 1971. Serpell writes to send Duncanson a copy of the report on the second seminar on Village Defence and Development, the prospectus for the third seminar and proposals for the conduct of the "clearing-house" which the second seminar proposed and which SEATO has approved. Serpell ends the correspondence with a request for Duncanson to offer comments on the proceedings and plans. There is a second, unsigned, copy of this correspondence. Attached document is a Prospectus for the third seminar on village defence and Development in March, 1972 (8 pages).

Letter from Chamras Mandukananda to J. L. Jones (British Embassy, Bangkok) which encloses a summary of matters raised at a liaison meeting held in Bangkok on 20 July 1973 concerning the "Seminar on Home Defence" to be held in Manila from 27 August to 01 September 1973. The enclosures are "Notes of Liaison Meeting Held at 1400 Hours on 20 July 1973" [2 pages] and "Project Committee: Seminar on Home Defence" [dated 23 July 1973, 5 pages]

Letter from Chamras Mandukananda to Dennis J. Duncanson in response to Duncanson's letter of 30 June 1973. Mandukananda approves of the title of Duncanson's keynote address to the Seminar. He further writes to advise that delegates should be prepared to discuss 'common features and national variations within rural areas of South-East Asia', as well as to 'include comment on the use of subversion, insurgency and regular Communist forces in relation to the future of the guerilla within the region'.

Dennis Duncanson's feedback on the Manila Seminar - 'Impressions of the the Seminar on Village Defence and Development, Manila 1973'.