United States – Vietnam Relations, 1945–1967: A Study Prepared by the Department of Defense/IV. B. 2. Notes
IV. B. 2
FOOTNOTES
| 1. | Sir Robert Thompson, Defeating Communist Insurgency (New York: Praeger, 1966), p. 123. |
| 2. | Seven Years of the Ngo Dinh Diem Administration, 1954–1961 (Saigon: 26 October 1961), pp. 357-360. |
| 3. | See J.J. Lasloff, "Rural Resettlement in South Vietnam: The Agroville Program", Pacific Affairs, Vol. XXXV, Nr 4 (Winter 1962-63), pp. 327-340. |
| 4. | Despatch, Saigon to State Nr 278, 7 March 1960, Intelligence Report Nr 2137261, p. 14 (S/NF) |
| 5. | William A. Nighswonger, Rural Pacification in Vietnam (New York: Praeger, 1966), p. 46. |
| 6. | SNIE 10-4-6l, 7 November 1961, Probable Communist Reactions in South Vietnam, p. 3 (TS) |
| 7. | Briefing Paper, n.d. The North Vietnamese Role in the Origin, Direction, and Support of the War in South Vietnam, p. iv (S); State Department Bureau of Intelligence and Research, RFE-3, 1 November 1961, Communist Threat Mounts in South Vietnam, p. 4 (S) |
| 8. | Ibid., p. 5 |
| 9. | NIE 50-61, 28 March 1961, Outlook in Mainland Southeast Asia, p. 7 (S) |
| 10. | MAAG, Vietnam, 1 September 1961, First Twelve Month Report of Chief MAAG, Vietnam, p. 10 (S) |
| 11. | U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, 89th Congress, 2nd Session, Background Information Relating to Southeast Asia and Vietnam (2nd Revised Ed.), Washington, GPO, 1960, pp. 86-7. |
| 12. | Letter of Transmittal to President Diem and President Kennedy, n.d. (June 1961), Joint Action Program Proposed by the Viet Nam-United States Special Financial Groups (S) |
| 13. | See Ibid., Introduction, p. 1, passim. |
| 14. | Letter, President Kennedy to General Maxwell D. Taylor, 13 October 1961 (C) |
| 15. | Report on General Taylor's Mission to South Vietnam, 3 November 1961, bound in loose leaf with letter of transmittal, evaluations and conclusions, and Appendices A-I. (TS) Cited hereafter as Taylor Report. All references are to the section on evaluations and conclusions. |
| 16. | Ibid., p. 2 |
| 17. | Ibid., p. 3 |
| 18. | Ibid., p. 8 |
| 19. | Ibid., pp. 6-7. |
| 20. | Ibid., p. 9 |
| 21. | Ibid., p. 7 |
| 22. | Ibid., p. 14 |
| 23. | Ibid., See also pp. 11-16. |
| 24. | Ibid., pp. 11-12 |
| 25. | The plan, cited hereafter as CIP-1960 is contained as an inclosure to Despatch Nr. 276, Saigon to State, 4 January 1961, Counter Insurgency Plan for South Vietnam. (S) |
| 26. | Despatch Nr. 276, Saigon to State, op. cit., p. 3 |
| 27. | See for example, Ibid., Annex B. |
| 28. | MAAG Vietnam, 15 September 1961, Georgraphically Phased National Level Operation Plan for Counterinsurgency (C) (Secret), cited hereafter as Georgraphically Phased Counterinsurgency Plan. |
| 29. | Ibid., pp. A1-A3. |
| 30. | Ibid, pp. A3-A4. |
| 31. | Ibid., pp. A4-A7. |
| 32. | Ibid., p. C2. |
| 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. |
| 47. | A Strategic Concept for South Vietnam, op. cit., pp. 9-14. 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 1961, Status Report of Developments Since December 8, p. 3 (S) |
| 52. | HQCINCPAC, l6 December 1961, 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, 18 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. |
| 64. | Ibid., p. 4. |
| 65. | Department of State, Task Force Vietnam, 28 December 1961, Status Report of Developments Since December 21, p. 2 (S). |
| 66. | Ibid., p. 3. |
| 67. | Telegram, Saigon to State Nr. 495, 16 October 1961 (S). |
| 68. | The U.S. proposals are recorded in National Security Action Memorandum No. 111, 22 November 1961, First Phase of Vietnam Program (TS). |
| 69. | Telegram, Saigon to State Nr. 687, 22 November 1961 (S). |
| 70. | Ibid. |
| 71. | Telegram, Saigon to State Nr. 708, 25 November 1961 (S). |
| 72. | Telegram, CAS New Delhi to Director No 9941, from Ambassador Galbraith for the President, 21 November 1961 (TS). |
| 73. | See Homer C. Bigart, "Vietnamese Open a Drive on Reds," New York Times 29 March 1962. |
| 74. | Telegram Saigon to State Nr. 1367, 22 May 1962 (S). |
| 75. | Telegram, Saigon to State Nr. 133, 8 August 1962 (C); Airgrams, Saigon to State, Nrs. A-85 and A-110, 9 August and 27 August 1962 (C). |
| 76. | "The Times of Vietnam," Vol IV, Nr 43, 28 October 1962. |
| 77. | Ibid., p. 6. |
| 78. | Rufus Phillips, A Report on Counter-Insurgency in Vietnam, 31 August 1962, p. 5 (C). |
| 79. | See for example, Department of State, Bureau of Intelligence and Research Research Memorandum RFE-27, 18 June 1962, Progress Report on South Vietnam (S/NF). |
| 80. | Department of State, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Research Memorandum RPE-62, 5 December 1962, Saigon's Strategic Concept for Counter-Insurgency a Progress Report (S/NF). |
| 81. | Visit to Southeast Asia by the Secretary of Defense, 8-11 May 1962, p. 5 (TS), Inclosure to Memo, CJCS to SecDef, 14 May 1962, Visit to Southeast Asia. |
| 82. | Vietnam: Free-World Challenge in Southeast Asia (Department of State Publication 7338), pp. 16-17. |
| 83. | Remarks to press, 24 July 1962, in OSD Historical Files. |
| 84. | Homer C. Bigart, "US Helps Vietnam in Test of Strategy" New York Times, 27 March 1962. |
| 85. | Ibid. |
| 86. | "No Win," The New Republic, 9 April 1962. |
| 87. | US MAAG, 31 July 1962, Lessons Learned Nr. 19, p. 2. (C). |
| 88. | Visit to Southeast Asia by the Secretary of Defense, 8-11 May 1962, op. cit., p. 2 |
| 89 | Bureau of Intelligence and Research, RFE-27, 18 June 1962, op. cit. |
| 90. | MAAG Lessons Learned Nr. 19, op. cit. |
| 91. | COMUSMACV Message DA IN 262596, 8 September 1962, Province Rehabilitation Program (S). |
| 92. | MAAG, Lessons Learned Nr. 19, op. cit. |
| 93. | Theodore J.C. Heavner, Deputy Director Working Group Vietnam; Report on Visit to Vietnam, October 18-November 26, 1962, p. 2 (S) |
| 94. | Michael V. Forrestal, Memorandum for the President, A Report on South Vietnam. |
| 95. | Hilsman, To Move a Nation, op. cit. p. 453. |
| 96. | Visit to Southeast Asia by the Secretary of Defense, 8-11 May 1962, op. cit. |
| 97. | Memo, ASD/ISA to SecDef, 9 August 1962, Funding of Strategic Hamlet Kits, Vietnam. |
| 98. | See, for example, JCSM 734-62, 22 September 1962, Funding of Strategic Hamlet Kits, Vietnam. |
| 99. | CIA Memo for SecDef, 28 September 1962 (S). |
| 100. | Department of State, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, RFE-42, 27 May 1963, Implications of GVN Difficulties in Vietnam (S). |
| 101. | Hilsman, To Move a Nation, op. cit., p. 502. |
| 102. | See, for example, USOM Rural Affairs Office, 1 September 1963, Second Informal Appreciation of the Status of the Strategic Hamlet Program, Incl. to Memorandum, Michael V. Forrestal to Secretary McNamara, 20 September 1963, Vietnam, SecDef Control Nr. 497. |
| 103. | Joint Chiefs of Staff, 11 May 1963, Trends in the Counterinsurgency Effort in South Vietnam, p. 60 (S/NF). |
| 104. | Thompson, Defeating Communist Insurgency, op. cit. p. 136. |
| 105. | Department of State, RFE-42, 27 May 1963, op. cit. |
| 106. | Memorandum for the President, 2 October 1963, Report of the McNamara-Taylor Mission to South Vietnam (TS). |
| 107. | See, for example, Department of State, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, RFE-102, 20 December 1963, Trends in the War Effort in South Vietnam (S); See also William A. Nighswonger, Rural Pacification in Vietnam. |