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38.	Hilsman, op.cit., pp. 490-91. For a similar account see Schlesinger, op.cit., p. 904. The virtual lack of official records for the NSC meetings in August, September, and October 1963 requires a major caveat on the part of the author with respect to the analysis of Washington policy deliberations for that period. Of necessity, the author has turned to the public sources (which are not without bias) in an effort to piece together the story of how decisions were reached; primarily Roger Hilsman, To Move a Nation, op.cit.; Arthur Schlesinger, A Thousand Days, op.cit.; and John Mecklin, Mission in Torment, op.cit.
39.	State msg 256, State to Lodge, August 27, 1963 (TS).
40.	Saigon msg 364, Lodge to State, August 28, 1963 (TS).
41.	MACV msg 1544, Harkins to Taylor and Felt (TS, EYES ONLY), August 28, 1953, emphasis added.
42.	MACV msg 1557, Harkins to Taylor, August 28, 1963 (TS).
43.	CAS Saigon msg 0363, August 28, 1963 (TS).
44.	Ibid.
45.	Hilsman, op.cit., pp. 492-3.
46.	Ibid.
47.	State msg 269, President to Lodge, August 28, 1963 (TS); and JCS msg 3385, Taylor to Harkins, August 29, 1963 (TS).
48.	State msg 268, State to Lodge, August 28, 1963 (IS).
49.	CAS Saigon msg 0406, August 29, 1963 (TS).
50.	CAS Saigon msg 0457, August 29, 1963 (TS).
51.	Saigon msg 375, Lodge to State, August 29, 1963 (TS).
52.	MACV msg 1566, Harkins to Taylor, August 29, 1953 (TS).
53.	Hilsman, op.cit., p. 493.
54.	State msg 279, Rusk to Lodge, August 29, 1963 (TS).
55.	State msg 272, State to Lodge and Harkins, August 29, 1963 (TS).
56.	Saigon msg 383, Lodge to State, August 30, 1963 (TS).
57.	CAS Saigon msg 0483, CIA to State, August 30, 1963 (TS).
58.	MACV msg 1583, Harkins to Taylor, August 31, 1963 (TS).