Shadow Warrior (101 page)

Nghia, Duong Hieu,
194

Ngo brothers.
See
Diem, Ngo Dinh
;
House of Ngo
;
Nhu, Ngo Dinh

Nhu, Ngo Dinh,
117
,
118
,
128
,
131
,
134
,
141
,
154
,
168
,
173
,
178
,
184
,
187
,
189
,
252
,
410

       
anticommunist campaign of,
120–121
,
287

       
assassination of,
194
,
201
,
202
,
338
,
339
,
428

       
attempted assassination of,
172

       
attitude and style of,
129–130
,
167
,
196

       
coup plots against,
181
,
182
,
183–186
,
191–193

       
coup that ousted,
193–194
,
195
,
428

       
elections and,
132

       
failed coup against Diem and,
137–140

       
openly consorting with the communists,
188

       
persuading, on counterinsurgency/pacification vision,
157
,
164
,
167

       
plotting against Diem,
183

       
purpose of Colby's relationship with,
195–196

       
wife of,
188
,
192

Nhung, Nguyen Van,
194
,
202

Nixon, Patricia “Tricia,”
361

Nixon, Richard,
307
,
308
,
328
,
329
,
334
,
335
,
336–337
,
339
,
342–343
,
348
,
357
,
358
,
365
,
367
,
368
,
373
,
374
,
375
,
377
,
383
,
384
,
385
,
393
,
394
,
404
,
421
,
422
,
440
,
443
,
446
,
452
,
459
,
476

       
on Cambodia,
309
,
310
,
325

       
domestic spying and,
340
,
342

       
firing of Helms,
353–354

       
on Laos,
309
,
326

       
reelection of,
353

       
resignation of,
376
,
392
,
413

       
Vietnamization and,
253
,
309
,
317
,
325
,
326

       
Watergate and,
347
,
350
,
351
,
352
,
353
,
354
,
359
,
361
,
362
,
364
,
376
,
381
,
382
,
392
,
406

       
withdrawal of troops from Vietnam announced by,
309–310
,
325
,
326

NKVD.
See
People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs

Nol, Lon,
325

Nolting, Frederick,
151
,
159
,
160
,
184
,
191
,
195

Normandy invasion.
See
D-Day

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO),
89
,
90
,
93
,
95
,
96
,
98
,
101
,
112
,
455

North Korea,
80
,
93
,
472

North Vietnam,
155
,
188
,
211
,
238
,
231
,
310

       
bombing of,
210
,
211
,
231
,
240
,
283
,
294
,
307
,
308
,
309
,
422

       
cease-fire agreements with,
421
,
430

       
as a “denied area,”
94
,
148
,
181

       
discussing troop withdrawals with,
317
,
421

       
entrepôt for, to funnel arms,
354

       
establishment of,
116

       
evolution of,
298

       
flag of,
327

       
France's withdrawal from,
117

       
Geneva Accords and,
116
,
218

       
inserting agents in,
146–149
,
180

       
insurgency in,
118

       
intentions of, following US troop withdrawal,
427
,
429
,
431

       
JFK endorsing covert action against,
145–146
,
151

       
Kissinger negotiating with,
378

       
peace agreement between the Americans and,
422
,
423

       
pressure on LBJ to strike,
205
,
271

       
rate of conscripting soldiers in,
255–256

       
Thieu resigning under pressure from,
431

       
US prisoners of war held by, return home of,
422
,
423

       
Viet Minh withdrawing to,
117
,
121
,
135–136

       
See also specific people, organizations, activities/events, and issues involving North Vietnam

North Vietnamese Army (NVA),
5
,
136
,
144
,
180
,
260
,
324
,
325
,
432
,
433

       
capacity of ARVN against,
309

       
cease-fire agreements with,
421
,
422

       
Diem's perception of,
120

       
Easter offensive and,
345

       
expansion of,
155
,
245

       
Ho Chi Minh Trail and,
203
,
205
,
245

       
infiltration of, into South Vietnam,
197
,
235
,
239
,
423

       
Laos and,
121
,
221
,
226
,
230
,
231
,
232
,
233
,
239
,
240
,
241
,
242
,
244
,
245
,
326

       
Operation Speedy Express and,
303–304

       
rapid advancement of,
430

       
series of offensives by, following US withdrawal,
423–424
,
426
,
429

       
Tet Offensive and,
283
,
284

Norway,
53
,
63
,
80
,
86
,
89
,
92
,
115

Norwegian Special Operations (NORSO) Group,
53–54
,
54–55
,
56–61
,
61–63
,
64–65
,
82
,
84–85
,
86
,
238

Nosenko, Yuri,
277
,
278
,
406
,
410
,
466
,
469–470

Novasan, Phoumi,
219
,
220
,
221
,
223
,
229

Nuclear arms control,
421
,
459

       
See also
Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty

Nuclear-armed submarine, CIA-led project involving,
383–389
,
402

Nugan, Francis John “Frank,”
473

Nugan Hand merchant bank,
472
,
473–474

Nung tribe,
242

Nuremburg Trials,
105

Nuttle, David (Mr. Dave),
155–157
,
159
,
160
,
160–161
,
173

Ober, Richard,
341
,
342
,
343
,
411

Obolensky, Serge,
54

O'Brien, Larry,
347

Office of Economic Research,
375

Office of Foreign Intelligence,
83

Office of National Estimates,
373
,
378

Office of Plans, West European Division,
108

Office of Policy Coordination (OPC),
74
,
82
,
83
,
85–86
,
88
,
90
,
91
,
93
,
97
,
100
,
114
,
128

       
See also
Covert action (CA) branch

Office of Political Research,
375

Office of Special Operations (OSO),
90
,
91
,
93
,
127

       
See also
Foreign intelligence (FI) branch

Office of Strategic Services (OSS),
1
,
4
,
31
,
32
,
33
,
34
,
35–36
,
38
,
41
,
53
,
63–64
,
70–71
,
73
,
77
,
80
,
84–85
,
104
,
108
,
115
,
118
,
119
,
127
,
215
,
232

       
evaluation of Colby,
66–67

       
See also
Norwegian Special Operations (NORSO) Group; Operation Jedburgh

Office of the Chief of Psychological Warfare,
143

Office of the Coordinator of Information (COI),
32

Officer Candidate School,
118

Official Secrets Act,
360
,
371

Okinawa, battle for,
66

Olson, Frank,
439–440

One-Zero commanders,
242

Open Arms program,
285

Operation Anvil,
118

Operation Baby Lift,
428

Operation Barrel Roll (Steel Tiger),
235

Operation Eagle Pull,
426

Operation Jedburgh,
34
,
35–39
,
40–41
,
42–46
,
47–48
,
48–51
,
53
,
64
,
65
,
84–85
,
86
,
145
,
238
,
243
,
477

Operation MH/Chaos,
341–342
,
344
,
348
,
357
,
360
,
401
,
402–403
,
404
,
406
,
410
,
411
,
412

Operation Momentum,
223–224