World Food Prize Ambassador Quinn - Service in Vietnam

Valley Cottage Man Gets Diplomatic Post

kquinn@worldfoodprize.org (World Food Prize Ambassador Quinn) — Wed, 13 Sep 1967 00:00:00 +0000

An article written by Grace Dannheiser about Ambassador Quinn beginning his Foreign Service career. The article details the process he went through to become a Foreign Service Officer, his education background and details of his personal life.

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State Department Vietnam Service Medal

kquinn@worldfoodprize.org (World Food Prize Ambassador Quinn) — Wed, 01 Oct 1969 00:00:00 +0000

Ambassador Quinn received this medal for his service as a Foreign Service Officer in Vietnam from 1968 to 1974 during the Vietnam War.

Summary of Incidents Occurring During the Period 27 November 1972 to 28 November 1972

kquinn@worldfoodprize.org (World Food Prize Ambassador Quinn) — Sat, 02 Dec 1972 00:00:00 +0000

A summary of incidents occurring in November of 1972 about a soldier intending to defect.

U.S. Consulate General Can Tho, Superior Honor Award

kquinn@worldfoodprize.org (World Food Prize Ambassador Quinn) — Mon, 08 Oct 1973 00:00:00 +0000

Ambassador Quinn was presented this award by the U.S. Consul General for his exceptional political reporting while stationed along the Cambodian border in Chau Doc Province of South Vietnam. Among his reports was his landmark Airgram, submitted in February 1974, in which he was the first person in the world to outline the genocidal plans and programs of the radical Khmer Rouge communists. Of the 16 State Department officers deployed in the Mekong Delta following the January 1973 ceasefire, Ambassador Quinn was recognized by the Consul General as the “finest” reporting officer.

Reflections on Service in CORDS in the Mekong Delta 1968-1974

kquinn@worldfoodprize.org (World Food Prize Ambassador Quinn) — Tue, 01 Jan 1974 00:00:00 +0000

Ambassador Quinn reflects on the lessons and knowledge he gained as a Foreign Service Officer in Vietnam and what that experience has led him to observe and believe.

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The Khmer Krahom Program to Create a Communist Society in Southern Cambodia

kquinn@worldfoodprize.org (World Food Prize Ambassador Quinn) — Wed, 20 Feb 1974 00:00:00 +0000

Ambassador Quinn writes the first ever report of the radical Khmer Rouge Regime, widely dismissed at the time.

Anti-Vietnam Activities Scheduled

kquinn@worldfoodprize.org (World Food Prize Ambassador Quinn) — Mon, 20 Jan 1975 00:00:00 +0000

In two documents anti-war efforts are detailed as well as potential propaganda efforts being made by the Vietnamese to instill anti-war sentiment.

Political Change in Wartime: The Khmer Rouge Revolution in Southern Cambodia 1970-1974

kquinn@worldfoodprize.org (World Food Prize Ambassador Quinn) — Mon, 01 Mar 1976 00:00:00 +0000

Ambassador Quinn wrote this article as a Foreign Service Officer in 1976. He gives a history that details where the Khmer Rouge came from and what its present state was at the time of the article. This article was published in the Naval College's Journal in the Spring of 1976.

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