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| 23 Sep 54 (TS); 1231, 25 Sep 54 (S). | |
| 44. | Shaplen, Robert, The Lost Revolution, Harper and Row, (Colophon Edition) New York, 1966; p. 116 |
| 45. | Shaplen, p. 116. |
| 46. | State Department Records: E/LaC D-D/1, "Establishment and Maintenance of a Stable Anti-Communist Government in Vietnam", 23 Sep 54 (S). E/LaC D-1/3, "Other Major Political Questions, Draft Minute of Understanding", 27 Sep 54 (S). E/LaC Memorandum 16, "Minute of Understanding" 4 Oct 54 (S). Deptal 1327 to Saigon, 1 Oct 54 (S). |
| 47. | Paris Msgs 366, 27 Jul 54 (S); 438, 30 Jul 54 (S). |
| 48. | Paris Msgs 377, 27 Jul 54 (S); 715, 20 Aug 54 (S). |
| 49. | State Department Records: E/LaC VM-3 "Minutes of Economic Sessions of Franco–American Bilateral Talks", 20 Oct 54 (TS). Deptel Paris 737, 28 Aug 54 (TS). |
| 50. | State Department Records: E/LaC D-31, "US Financial Assistance to French Union Forces in Indochina", 24 Sep 54 (TS). E/LaC VM-3, "Minutes of Economic Sessions or Franco–American Bilateral Talks", 2 Oct 54 (TS). |
| 51. | Paris Msg 715, 20 Aug 54 (S); Deptel to Paris 737, 28 Aug 54 (S); E/LaC Memorandum 14, "French Position Papers re Military Aid and Economic Assistance to the Associated States", 28 Sep 54 (S). |
| 52. | E/LaC MC-2: "Memorandum of Conversation, Smith–LaChambre Meetings", 29 Sep 54, 6 Oct 54 (TS). The Statement referred to reads as follows: "Such (aid) programs will be planned and closely coordinated to assure maximum effectiveness through appropriate machinery established in agreement with interested governments." The obvious ambiguity invites conflicting interpretations. |
| 53. | E/LaC Memorandum 20: "Report to the Secretary of State (from Robertson) on Franco–American Bilateral Talks", 8 Oct 54, 22 Oct 54 (TS). E/LaC D-1/2, "US Relations with Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam", 23 Sep 54 (TS). |
| 54. | Deptel 1565 to Paris, 29 Oct 54 (TS); Paris Msg 1898, 4 Nov 54 (S); Saigon Msg 1919, 21 Nov 54 (S); 1935, 23 Nov 54 (S); Deptel 2070 to Saigon, 22 Nov 54 (S). |
| 55. | Paris TEDUL 11, NIACT, 21 Oct 54 (TS). |
| 56. | Paris Msgs 2018, 1 Nov 54 (S); 1883, 3 Nov 54 (S); Deptel 1737 to Paris, 10 Nov 54 (S); NIE 63-7-54: "Probable Developments in South Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia through July 1956", 23 Nov 54. (This discusses strong sentiment in France to get rid of Diem in favor of someone less hostile to the Vietminh). |
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