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Declassified per Executive Order 13526, Section 3.3
NND Project Number: NND 63316. By: NWD Date: 2011
SECRET
THE WHITE HOUSE
Washington
January 30, 1961
| MEMORANDUM FOR: | The Secretary of State |
| The Secretary of Defense |
You should understand that as a result of our meeting on Saturday morning, January 28, I authorize an increase of expenditure of $28.4 million to expand the Viet-Nam force level by 20,000; and an increase in expenditure of $12.7 million for a program to improve the quality of the Viet-Nam civil guard.
Initialed/J.F.K.
SECRET
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SecDef Cont No. 188
