Declassified per Executive Order 13526, Section 3.3
NND Project Number: NND 63316. By: NWD Date: 2011 TOP SECRET – Sensitive
NND Project Number: NND 63316. By: NWD Date: 2011 TOP SECRET – Sensitive
IV.B.2.
CHRONOLOGY
| DATE | OCCURRENCE |
| 1953-1959 | French and GVN early attempts at population resettlement into defended communities to create secure zones. |
| 1959 | Rural Community Development Centers (Agroville) Program initiated by GVN. |
| Late 1960 | USMAAG Counterinsurgency Plan Vietnam completed. |
| Early 1961 | Agroville Program modified by construction of "Agro-Hamlets" to meet peasant objections. |
| May 1961 | Vice President Johnson's visit to RVN. |
| July 1961 | Staley Group report on increased economic aid and increase in RVNAF strength. |
| 15 September 1961 | USMAAG Geographically Phased National Level Operation Plan for Counterinsurgency. |
| 18 October 1961 | General Taylor arrives in RVN; President Diem declares national emergency. |
| 27 October 1961 | R.G.K. Thompson submits to President Diem his Appreciation of Vietnam, November 1961-April 1962. |
| 3 November 1961 | General Taylor submits his report and recommendations to President Kennedy. |
| 13 November 1961 | R.G.K. Thompson submits his draft plan for pacification of the Delta to President Diem. |
| 15 November 1961 | NSC drafts NSAM 111. Cable to Ambassador Nolting, instructing him to meet with Diem, lays out proposed U.S. assistance and expected GVN effort. |
| 22 November 1961 | NSAM 111. |
| 15 December 1961 | First Secretary of Defense Conference, Honolulu. |
| 2 February 1962 | Roger Hilsman's A Strategic Concept for South Vietnam. |
| 3 February 1962 | Diem creates Inter-Ministerial Committee on Strategic Hamlets. |
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