U.S. Information Agency officer Lloyd Burlingham (1911-1988) served in Southeast Asia during the Cold War era, working in Thailand, Buenos Aires, and Saigon as director of public information for the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) from 1961 to 1965. Born in Manila and educated at the University of Rochester and Columbia University's Russian Institute, he joined the U.S. Information Service in 1957. His papers contain Vietnam War materials including reports, press releases, analysis, interviews, maps, news clippings spanning 1955-1972, SEATO records, and propaganda materials used against the U.S. in Southeast Asia.
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