Declassified per Executive Order 13526, Section 3.3
NND Project Number: NND 63316. By: NWD Date: 2011
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| 2. | Conditions in Vietnam Invite Firmer Action | 12 | ||
| a. | The Military Threatens Diem | 13 | ||
| b. | The Sects Threaten Diem | 13 | ||
| c. | And the Binh Xuyen Oppose Diem | 13 | ||
| 3. | French Laxity Demands Strong U.S. Programs | 14 | ||
| a. | The Washington Conference, September, 1954 | 14 | ||
| b. | The U.S. Faults French Support for Diem | 15 | ||
| c. | Accommodation Between Paris and Hanoi? | 15 | ||
| d. | Sainteny or Ely? | 16 | ||
| e. | The Mansfield Report | 16 | ||
| 4. | NSC Action Program of October and Eisenhower Letter to Diem | 17 | ||
| 5. | More Action: The Collins Mission | 18 | ||
| 6. | France Objects to Collins-Ely Agreements | 18 | ||
| D. | Franco–American Impasse Over Diem | 20 | ||
| 1. | Paris: Diem is Ill-Suited for Rule | 20 | ||
| 2. | Collins: Diem Cannot Lead South Vietnam | 20 | ||
| 3. | State Department: Diem Is the Only Available Leader | 21 | ||
| 4. | December Tripartite Talks | 22 | ||
| a. | France Proposes Alternative to Diem, Dulles Seems to Acquiesce | 22 | ||
| b. | But Dulles Reports, No Other Suitable Leader Can Be Seen | 24 | ||
| c. | The U.S. Looks at Alternatives | 24 | ||
| 5. | January 1955: U.S. Backing for Diem is Reaffirmed | 25 | ||
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