John F. Kennedy

• JFK and the Diem Coup (National Security Archives)
  • JFK on the assassination of Ngo Dinh Diem, Nov. 4, 1963 (Miller Center)
• FOREIGN RELATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES 1961-1963 (Department of State)
  • Volume I, Vietnam 1961
  • Volume II, Vietnam 1962
  • Volume III, Vietnam January-August 1963
  • Volume IV, Vietnam August-December 1963
• "Idealism and pragmatism in American foreign policy rhetoric: The case of John F. Kennedy and Vietnam" Denise Bostdorff (Purdue University),Steven Goldzwig (Marquette University), Presidential Studies Quarterly;New York; Volume: 24 Issue: 3 Summer 1994.
• Vietnam Withdrawal Plans--1963 (History Matters)
• Exit Strategy (James K. Galbraith, Boston Review, October/November 2003)

Lyndon B. Johnson

• Recorded Telephone Conversations (many of which deal with the Vietnam War)
  • LBJ White House Tapes (C-SPAN: Search archives by topic "Vietnam")
  • LBJ's Early Doubts About the War (CNN.com)
• Lyndon Johnson: The Vietnam Dilemma (American Radio Works)
• LBJ Withdraws from 1968 Presidential Race to Seek Peace in Vietnam--Video Clip (LBJ Library)
• FOREIGN RELATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES 1964-1968 (Department of State)
  • Volume I, Vietnam 1964
  • Volume II, Vietnam January-June 1965
  • Volume III, Vietnam June-December 1965
  • Volume IV, Vietnam 1966
  • Volume V, Vietnam 1967
  • Volume VI, Vietnam January-August 1968
  • Volume X, Laos
• From History and Politics Out Loud:
  • Johnson's Vietnam anguish, May 27, 1964: Conversation with UN Ambassador Adlai Stevenson, 1964-05-2
  • Johnson's Vietnam Anguish, May 27, 1964: Conversation with Senator Richard Russell,1964-05-27
  • Johnson's Vietnam Anguish, May 27, 1964: Conversation with press secretary George Reedy, 1964-05-2
  • Johnson's Vietnam Anguish, May 27, 1964: Conversation with national security advisor McGeorge Bundy, 1964-05-2

Richard M. Nixon

• Public Papers of President Nixon (The Nixon Library; Select volume & search for Vietnam)
• Nixon White House Tapes (C-Span; search page for Vietnam)
• Seeking a ‘Decent Interval’ Exit From Vietnam (Miller Center, University of Virginia)
• Address to the Nation on the Situation in Vietnam, April 7, 1971 (Miller Center, UVA; audio & video)
• President Richard Nixon's Role in the Vietnam War
• Nixon's Talks with Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai, March 1972 (Some of which deal with the Vietnam War)
• Ricahrd Nixon: Bombing For Peace (American Radio Works)

Robert S. McNamara

• Webcast Archive: Robert McNamara at the Kennedy School, Harvard University, March 3, 2004 (Scroll down to date)
• Robert S. McNamara, US Secretary of Defense, 1961-68: Excerpts from his memoir "In Retrospect"
• "Fog of War": An Earl Morris Film
• National Security Archives Interview (Full Interview)
  • CNN (Excerpts)

Henry Kissinger

• Henry Kissinger's Secret trip to Beijing, July 1971 (Some conversations with Premier Zhou Enlai deal with the Vietnam War, e. g. Document 34)
• Lessons of Vietnam (Unsent Draft Memo from Kissinger to President Ford, May 12, 1975))
• The Trials of Henry Kissinger (Democracy Now)

Gerald R. Ford

• Vietnam War Documents and Photographs (Gerald R. Ford Library and Museum)

Jimmy Carter

• CARTER'S PARDON: The MacNeil/Lehrer Report -- January 21, 1977
• Interview with President Carter, part of the Vietnam and the Presidency Conference at the JFK Library, March 10, 2006

Robert F. Kennedy

• "Conflict in Vietnam and at Home," Speech at Kansas State University, March 18, 1968. Audio & Transcript
• Remarks at the University of Kansas, March 18, 1968. Transcript

Conversations with History Project (University of California)

• Recalling the Vietnam War (Interviews with Robert McNamara, Daniel Ellsberg, Oliver Stone, Col. Harry G. Summers, and others

Cold War History Project Interviews (CNN & National Security Archives)

• Bui Diem (South Vietnamese Ambassador to the US, 1966-1972))
• General Andrew Goodpaster
• Roger Hilsman (JFK Advisor)
• Admiral James Stockdale
• Jack Valenti (LBJ Advisor)
• General William Westmoreland (Commander US Forces in Vietnam)

White House Tapes. org (Miller Center, University of Virginia; Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon; search for Vietnam)

Ho Chi Minh

• Ho Chi Minh: Biography, Life & Work, Publications, Last Testament (Communist Party of Vietnam)
• Ho Chi Minh Reference Archive (Marxists Internet Archive)

Nguyen Vo Giap (North Vietnamese Commander)

• Nguyen Vo Giap Interview (PBS/People's Century)
• General Nguyen Vo Giap Inteview (Cold War History Project)