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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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EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
WASHINGTON

January 24, 1955
Copy No. 21


MEMORANDUM FOR THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL

SUBJECT: Report on Vietman for the National Security Council
REFERENCES: A. Annex A to NSC 5429/5
B. NSC Action No. 1259-e

The enclosed report on the subject, prepared by General J. Lawton Co11ins, Special Representative in Vietnam, is transmitted herewith for discussion by the National Security Council at its meeting on Thursday, January 27, 1955.

In the light of the nature of the report, distribution is being kept to an absolute minimum, and it is requested that any distribution beyond the addressees should be on a "need to know" basis.

JAMES S. LAY, JR.
Executive Secretary


cc: The Secretary of the Treasury
The Director, Bureau of the Budget
The Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
The Director of Central Intelligence
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