Database:
Conflict in Indochina: Foreign Office Files for Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos, 1959-1979
Adam Matthew

About this Database

This collection of British Foreign Office Files (FO 371) and from the Southeast Asian Department (FCO 15) provides a comprehensive history of key events across Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos during a period of political upheaval, civil unrest and escalating conflict. Comprising correspondence, maps, photographs and memoranda, this collection examines how the conflict crossed international borders and impacted the wider region. Administrative reports offer insight into the internal politics of Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia, covering key themes such as trade, economic development and increasing political instability. Documents reveal the growing intervention from foreign powers, as China and the Soviet Union sought to expand their influence over communist parties in the region.