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60 - PLACES/COUNTRIES/Vietnam.md

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ tags:
   - Contra_War
   - Dark_Alliance_Investigation
 category: "Country"
-summary: "Vietnam was the site of a protracted conflict involving the United States and other international powers. Several individuals who served there later became involved in covert operations and intelligence activities, and the U.S."
+summary: "Vietnam was the site of a protracted U.S. military involvement (1955-1975) that produced veterans and intelligence networks appearing throughout this vault's coverage of Nugan Hand Bank, drug trafficking, and Iran-Contra-era covert operations."
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 [[Vietnam]] was the site of a protracted conflict involving the [[United States]] and other international powers. Several individuals who served there later became involved in covert operations and intelligence activities, and the U.S. military alliance with Nicaragua's Somoza dynasty — which contributed troops to Vietnam — later facilitated the creation of the [[Contras|Contra]] army.[^1][^2]

60 - PLACES/COUNTRIES/West Germany.md

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ tags:
   - 1960s
   - 1970s
   - 1980s
-summary: "The Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) existed from 1949 to 1990 as the Western-aligned German state formed from the American, British, and French occupation zones after World War II. It was NATO's most consequential frontline state in the Cold War, the base of the Gehlen Organization and its successor the BND (West German foreign intelligence), and the site of major Cold War intelligence operations, terrorism (Red Army Faction), and the 1972 Munich Olympic massacre. West Germany reunified with East Germany on October 3, 1990."
+summary: "The Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany, 1949-1990) was NATO's frontline Cold War state, base of the BND and Gehlen Organization, site of major CIA and Soviet intelligence operations and Red Army Faction terrorism, before reunification with East Germany on October 3, 1990."
 start: 1949-05-23
 end: 1990-10-03
 location: "Bonn, Germany"

60 - PLACES/MILITARY_INSTALLATIONS/Camp X.md

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ tags:
   - Training
   - Canada
   - 1941
-summary: "Camp X (officially Special Training School 103, or STS 103) was a clandestine paramilitary training facility established by British Security Coordination on the north shore of Lake Ontario in Ontario, Canada. Opened December 6, 1941, it trained OSS, SOE, and other Allied agents in espionage, sabotage, and clandestine communication techniques. The facility also housed Hydra, a critical wartime signals communications relay linking North America to London."
+summary: "Camp X (officially Special Training School 103) was a clandestine British Security Coordination training facility opened December 6, 1941, in Ontario that trained OSS, SOE, and Allied agents in espionage and sabotage while housing the Hydra signals relay linking North America to London."
 location: "Whitby-Oshawa, Ontario, Canada"
 start: 1941-12-06
 end: 1945-12-31