Saigon Presidential Palace Telephones

By Clint Gilliland, ; posted November 27, 2009; hits 2257


The Presidential Palace of Ngô Đ́nh Diệm, 1962–1966, and General Nguyen Van Thieu. Then later renamed Reunification Palace in 1975 by the Viet Cong. The basement bunker is a museum now containing much of the US military communications gear. Both the bunker and upper rooms have many 1960s telephones. The phones on display seem mixed with WECo, AE, and others. Probably not exactly as originally installed. One 500 appeared to be a WECo with the US military designation. There appears to be a K-2576. One set looked like a green 5302? I could not touch.

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