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| 33. | See, for example, Telegram, Saigon to State Nr. 1466, l6 March 1961 (S), and Aide Memoire, McGarr to Diem, 3 July 1961, Review of Military Situation and Recommendations for Continued Improvement (S). |
| 34. | Telegram, Saigon to State, Nr. 508, 18 October 1961 (S). |
| 35. | Study, RGK Thompson to President Diem, 27 October 1961, Appreciation of Vietnam, November 1961-April 1962 (S), Incl. to letter Lt. Gen. Lionel C, McGarr to Secretary of Defense, 20 November 1961, SecDef Control Nr. 2654 (S). |
| 36. | Ibid. |
| 37. | Ibid. |
| 38. | Copies of Thompson's covering letter and memorandum to Diem are enclosed with msg, Saigon to State; Nr. 205, 20 November 1961, Thompson Mission Recommendations to President Diem (S). The memorandum is cited hereafter as Thompson Memorandum. |
| 39. | Ibid. |
| 40. | Ibid., letter of transmittal. (Emphasis added). |
| 41. | Letter, McGarr to Admiral H.D. Felt (CINCPAC), 27 November 1961 (S), Incl. to letter, McGarr to Secretary of Defense, 27 November 1961, op cit. |
| 42. | Ibid. |
| 43. | Ibid. |
| 44. | U.S. Military Advisory Group, CHMAAG Guidance Paper to Field Advisors in Counter Insurgency, Fourth Revision, 10 February 1962, Tactics and Techniques of Counterinsurgent Operations (S) |
| 45. | Despatch Nr. 205, Saigon to State, 20 November 1961; op. cit. |
| 46. | Department of State, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, 2 February 1962, A Strategic Concept for South Vietnam (S); on the President's interest and Thompson's effect on Hilsman, see Roger Hilsman, To Move a Nation: The Politics of Foreign Policy in the Administration of John F. Kennedy (New York: Doubleday, 1967), pp. 427-39. |
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