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

IV. A. 4.

U.S. TRAINING OF THE VIETNAMESE NATIONAL ARMY,
1934–1939

TABLE OF CONTENTS AND OUTLINE

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A.	Why did the U.S. undertake the training of ARVN?		1
B.	How was the decision to organize and train Vietnamese forces taken?		3
C.	What was the threat to South Vietnam?		6
	1.	The Sect Forces	6
	2.	The Viet Minh Residue	7
	3.	The Vietnamese People's Army	8
D.	What was the mission of the Vietnamese forces?		10
	1.	U.S. strategic military policy	10
	2.	The nature of SEATO	11
	3.	The French Expeditionary Corps	13
	4.	The pressures exerted by the Diem Government	14
	5.	Recent U.S. experiences in Korea	15
E.	What was the state of the South Vietnamese Army?		15
F.	How did the U.S. go about altering the state of the VNA?		17
G.	Did U.S. assistance through 1960 result in creation of a South Vietnamese Army in the image of the U.S. Army?		24
	1.	Evolution of the mission	21
	2.	The strategy of the regular establishment	24
	3.	On the tactical level	24