Vietnam War; 1955 - 1975 (also Second Indochina War);(Cold War-era proxy war that occurred in Vietnam; Laos; and Cambodia from 1st November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30th April 1975).American and Vietnamese politicians meet at the Manila Conference. Left to Right: Secretary of State Dean Rusk; Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge; unknown; Robert Komer; President Lyndon B. Johnson; General William Westmoreland; Prime Minister Nguyen Cao Ky (South Vietnam); Walt Rostow; Lieutenant General Nguyen Van Thieu (South Vietnam).Photo; 23rd October 1966.