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47. A Strategic Concept for South Vietnam, op. cit., pp. 9~l4. The third principle is Hilsman's own contribution, drawing heavily on his personal experiences with the OSS during World War II.
48. Ibid., pp. 15-19.
49. Ibid., pp. 15-24.
50. Ibid., p. 9
51. Department of State, Task Force Vietnam, 14 December 196l, Status Report of Developments Since December 8, p. 3 (S)
52. HQCINCPAC, l6 December I961, Transcript, First Secretary of Defense Conference, pp. 1-2 (S)
53. Personal notes of Assistant Secretary of Defense Arthur Sylvester, 16 December 1961, SecDef Conference, Honolulu.
54. Memorandum, McGarr to Mr. Thuan, 18 December 1961, Civil Government Paramilitary Infrastructure (Organization) Required as Integrated Part of Military Phase of Pacification Effort (S).
55. Ibid.
56. The GVN plan and actions are not well documented but are referred to in U.S. MAAG Vietnam Report, 31 July 1962, Lessons Leaned Nr. 19.
57. John C. Donnell and Gerald C. Hickey, The Vietnamese "Strategic Hamlets:" A Preliminary Report (RAND Memorandum RM 3208-ARPA, 30 August 1962), p. 24 (C).
58. Letter McGarr to Felt, 1B December 1961, op. cit.
59. HQCINCPAC, 15 January 1962, Record of Second Secretary of Defense Conference, pp. 5A-1 - 5A-3 (S)
60. Ibid., pp. 6-1 - 6-5.
61. Department of State, Research Project 630, Recent American Policy and Diplomacy Concerning Vietnam, 1960-1963, p. 99 (TS)
62. Telegram, Saigon to State, Nr. 1031, 10 February 1962 (S).
63. Donnell and Kickey, op. cit., pp. 3-4.
