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Article: The use of riot control agents during the Vietnam War.
- Article from:
- CML Army Chemical Review
- Article date:
- January 1, 2007
- Author:
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"I just wish they were as concerned with our Soldiers who are dying as they are with someone's eyes who watered just a little bit."
--President Lyndon B. Johnson White House press conference, April 1965
Responding to repeated inquiries concerning the reported use of riot control agents (RCAs) during the Vietnam War, President Johnson stated that the South Vietnamese government had set the policy for their use. Although the U.S. Government supplied RCAs as part of its military assistance program, U.S. advisors had not ordered their use.
The report of RCA use in Vietnam resulted in worldwide protest. The United States was charged with violating ...