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| the principle that U.S. should not contravene the settlement. Dept of State telegram 3441 from Saigon of 17 February 1955 discloses Ambassador Collins' concern for observing the agreements even when observance precluded U.S. assistance for refugees. | |
| 110. | Anita Lauve Nutt, Troika on Trial, op. cit., 315–328. Though questionable on some judgments—e.g., attributing to the "civilian branch of the U.S. Government" a view that was in opposition to that of "military authorities" and against U.S. assumption of RVNAF training, Mrs. Nutt is essentially correct in her assertion that the U.S. abided by the Geneva ceilings for six years. The principal departure from the 342 strength accommodated TERM, a 350-man Temporary Equipment Recovery Mission which from May 1956 to December 1960 worked to recover, control and outship MDAP supplies—albeit upgrading the RVNAF logistic capability significantly in the process. The first substantial increase in MAAG followed a February, 1960, GVN request, which raised the ceiling from 342 to 685—still below the figure of 888, the combined 1954 strength of French cadres with RVNAF and MAAGs. |
| 111. | H.M.G., Documents Relating to British Involvement in the Indochina Conflict, 1954–1965 (London: H.M.S.O., December, 1965), 110–125. |
| 112. | Ibid. |
| 113. | Government of the Republic of Vietnam, Violations of the Geneva Agreements by the Viet-Minh Communists (Saigon, July 1959). |
| 114. | ICC, Sixth Interim Report..., op. cit., 31–32. |
| 115. | ICC, Seventh Interim Report..., op. cit., 16–17. |
| 116. | ICC, Eighth Interim Report..., op. cit., 11–13; Lauve, RM-2967-ARPA, op. cit., 208. |
| 117. | ICC, Eleventh Interim Report..., op. cit., 17. |
| 118. | American Friends of Vietnam, America's Stake in Vietnam, op. cit., 8–14. |
| 119. | Ibid. 15–19 |
| 120 | Ibid., passim. |
| 121 | Ibid., 101–102. |
| 122 | Ibid., 106–107. |
| 123 | E.g., U.S. Dept of State, "Legal Basis for U.S. Military Aid to South Vietnam," (Viet-Nam Information Notes, No. 10, August 1967). |
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