| Declassified per Executive Order 13526, Section 3.3 NND Project Number: NND 63316. By: NWD Date: 2011 |
| 118. | Commander USMACV, "Transcript ... ," op.cit., pp. 7A-8A. |
| 119. | Saigon msg 602, Lodge to State, EYES ONLY, September 27, 1963 (TS). |
| 120. | Saigon msg 608, Lodge to State, EYES ONLY, September 27, 1963 (TS); Joseph Brent, Director USO, Memorandum for the Ambassador, September 30, 1963 (S-LIMDIS). |
| 121. | USAID Briefing Paper, "Listing of Possible Economic Aid Suspensions with Estimated Impacts," no date (S-LIMDIS). |
| 122. | Secretary of Defense, Memorandum for the President, Subject: Report of the McNamara Taylor Mission to South Vietnam, 2 October 1963 (S), p.2 (conclusions and recommendations attached in appendix). |
| 123. | Ibid. |
| 124. | Ibid., p.5. |
| 125. | Ibid. |
| 126. | The 1,000 men withdrawal plan is dealt with in detail in another Task Force paper, "Phased Withdrawal of US Forces 1962-1964". |
| 127. | Secretary of Defense, memorandum for the President, op.cit. |
| 128. | National Security Council Action, No. 2472, October 2, 1963 (TS); and "White House Statement following the Return of a Special Mission to Vietnam," October 2, 1963, in Public Papers of the Presidents: John F. Kennedy - 1963, op.cit., pp. 757-760 (both attached in appendix). |
| 129. | NSAM, No. 263, October 11, 1963 (TS EYES ONLY), emphasis added (attached in appendix). |
| 130. | State msg 534, October 5, 1963 (TS) (attached in appendix). |
| 131. | Ibid. |
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