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Declassified per Executive Order 13526, Section 3.3
NND Project Number: NND 63316. By: NWD Date: 2011

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d. Approve my return to Indochina in 3 or 4 months for a follow-up of the mission's activities, and

e. Insure that the Chief, MAAG, Indochina, receives copies of the approved report for his guidance and that he be instructed to take follow-up action where appropriate.

4. I recommend that the Chiefs of the individual Services approve necessary personnel augmentations of the MAAG, Indochina to allow for three (3) U. S. officers (one from each Service) for attachment to the French Training Command, and that the Chief of Staff, U. S. Army assign two (2) additional U. S. Assistant Army Attaches to be used for collecting combat intelligence in conjunction with the French G-2 in the Hanoi area.



JOHN W. O'DANIEL
Lieutenant General, USA
Chief of Mission

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