Documents Relating to American Foreign Policy
Vietnam
Texas Tech University, The Vietnam Project
PBS, Battlefield Vietnam
Vietnam Veterans of America,
"About the War"
"Cochin
China," The North American Review, vol. 18, issue 42 (January 1824).
Heard,
Augustine, "France and Indo-China," The Century, vol. 32, issue
3 (July 1886).
Biography
of Ho Chi Minh, Ho Chi Minh, Selected Works (Hanoi, 1960-1962), Vol.
2
World War II
Press Release
Issued by the Department of State on the Situation in Indochina on September
23, 1940
ACTING SECRETARY
OF STATE SUMNER WELLES' STATEMENT ON JAPANESE-FRENCH COLLABORATION IN INDOCHINA,
July 24, 1941
Memorandum
by the Acting Secretary of State (Welles) on a Meeting Between President Roosevelt
and the Japanese Ambassador on the Japanese Occupation of Indochina, 24 July
1941
AGREEMENT BETWEEN
JAPAN AND FRANCE PLEDGING MILITARY CO-OPERATION IN DEFENSE OF INDO-CHINA, Tokyo,
July 29, 1941
STATEMENT
BY JAPANESE BOARD OF INFORMATION ON "REINFORCING JAPANESE FORCES IN INDO-CHINA,"
Tokyo, August 1, 1941
Oral Statement
on Indochina and the Oil Embargo Handed by the Japanese Ambassador (Nomura)
To the Secretary of State on August 6, 1941
Memorandum
Regarding a Conversation Between the Secretary of State and the Japanese Ambassador
(Nomura), 8 August 1941
Document
on Indochina Handed by the Secretary of State to the Japanese Ambassador (Nomura),
8 August 1941
Roosevelt and Stalin Discuss the Future of French Rule in Indochina, Teheran
Conference, November 28, 1943
Franklin Roosevelt Memorandum to Cordell Hull on French Rule in Indochina,
January 24, 1944
Franklin Roosevelt on French Rule in Indochina, Press Conference, February 23,
1945
Franklin Roosevelt Conversation with Charles Taussig on French Rule in
Indochina, March 15, 1945
Exchange of
Memoranda Between Secretary of State Stettinius and President Roosevelt on the
the Role of the Free French in Indochina, March 1945
1945-1950
Abdication of Bao Dai,
Emperor of Annam, August 1945
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
OF THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF VlET-NAM, (September 2, 1945)
The Pentagon
Papers, Gravel Edition, Volume 1, Chapter 1, "Background
to the Conflict, 1940-50"
Agreement on
the Independence of Vietnam, (MARCH, 1946)
Accord Between
France and the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, 6 March 1946
Cold
War International History Project, Working Paper #34: Changes in Mao Zedong's
Attitude toward the Indochina War, 1949-1973
Robert J. Hanyok,
Spartans in Darkness: American SIGINT and the Indochina War, 1945-1975, Center
for Cryptologic History, National Security Agency
2002, "Prelude: Indochina Before 1950"
1950
The
Pentagon Papers, Gravel Edition,
Volume 1, Chapter 2, "U.S. Involvement in the Franco-Viet Minh War,
1950-1954"
Robert J. Hanyok,
Spartans in Darkness: American SIGINT and the Indochina War, 1945-1975, Center
for Cryptologic History, National Security Agency
2002, Chapter 1 - Le Grand Nombre Des Rues Sans Joie: [Deleted] and the Franco-Vietnamese
War, 1950-1954
United
States Recognition of Increased Sovereignty in the State of Viet-Nam: Note From
the United States Ambassador-at-Large to the Chief of State of Viet-Nam, January
27, 1950
UNITED STATES RECOGNITION
OF VIET-NAM, LAOS, AND CAMBODIA: Statement by the Department of State, February
7, 1950
Report by
the National Security Council on the Position of the United States with Respect
to Indochina, 27 February 1950, pp. 361-2.
Letter from
Undersecretary of State Dean Rusk to Major General James H. Burns on US Policy
Toward Indochina, 7 March 1950
Memorandum
from General Omar Bradley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to the Secretary
of Defense on the Strategic Assessment of Southeast Asia, 10 April 1950
R. Allen Griffin,
head of the special survey mission to Indochina, Memorandum to the Secretary
of State Acheson on a Conference on Indochina, 4 May 1950
EXTENSION OF MILITARY
AND ECONOMIC AID: Statement by the Secretary of State, May 8, 1950
US, Department
of State, Press Release on the Griffin Mission to Indochina, 11 May 1950
Secretary of
State Statement on Extension of Military and Economic Aid to Indochina, May
8, 1950, Department of State Bulletin, May 22, 1950
ECONOMIC AID PROGRAM:
Note From the American Chargé d'Affaires at Saigon to the Chiefs of State of
Viet-Nam, Laos, and Cambodia, May 24, 1950
US, Department
of State, Press Release on an Economic Aid Mission to Indochina, 25 May 1950
US, Department
of State, Letter from Dean Acheson to Robert Griffin on the Report of the Special
Economic Mission to Southeast Asia," 3 June 1950
George Kennan, Memoirs,
1950-1963 (New York: Pantheon Books, 1972, pp. 58-60
Press Release
by President Truman Announcing Military Assistance to Indochina, 27 June 1950
Summary of
Existing Policy on Indochina for the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 25 July 1950
U.S., National
Intelligence Estimate, NIE-15, "Probable Soviet Moves to Exploit the Present
Situation," 11 December 1950
1951
The Pentagon
Papers, Gravel Edition, Volume 1, Chapter 4, "U.S. and France in Indochina,
1950-56"
US, NSC 100,
"Recommended Policies and Actions in Light of the Grave World Situation
," 11 January 1951
Memorandum by
John Paton Davies, Jr., "Spring and Summer Prospects," Washington, DC,
23 January 1951
United States Minutes of
the First Meeting Between President Truman and French Prime Minister Pleven, Cabinet Room
of the White House, January 28, 1951, 2:30-5 p.m.
Memorandum of Conversation,
by the Assistant Chief of the Policy Reports Staff (Barnes), January 29, 1951.
United States Minutes
of the Second Meeting Between President Truman and French Prime Minister Pleven,
Cabinet Room of the White House, January 30, 1951, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
President Truman's
Radio Report to the American People on Korea and on U.S. Policy in the Far East,
April 11, 1951
President Truman's
Special Message to Congress on Mutual Security Program, May 24, 1951
Mutual
Defense Treaty Between the United States and the Republic of the Philippines;
August 30, 1951
Security
Treaty Between the United States, Australia, and New Zealand (ANZUS); September
1, 1951
Security
Treaty Between the United States and Japan; September 8, 1951
The Military
Aid Program: Statement by the Departments of State and Defense, September 23,
1951
The Military
Aid Program: Statement by the Departments of State and Defense, September 23,
1951, Department of State Bulletin, October 8, 1951
Eisenhower on
the Strategic Link between French Forces in Europe and Vietnam
1952
NSC Staff
Study on United States Objectives and Courses of Action with respect to Communist
Aggression in Southeast Asia, 13 February 1952
Memorandum
of Conversation between Secretary of State Acheson and British Ambassador Oliver
Franks, 17 June 1952
Statement
by Secretary of State Acheson on his Meeting with M. Jean Letourneau, 18 June
1952
The Defense
of Indochina: Communiqué Regarding Discussions Between Representatives
of the United States, France, Viet-Nam, and Cambodia, June 18, 1952
Statement
of Policy by the National Security Council on United States Objectives and Courses
of Action with Respect to Southeast Asia, NSC 124/2, 25 June 1952
Summary Minutes,
Ministerial Talks in London, Anthony Eden and the American Secretary of State,
26 June 1952
Support
by NATO of the French Union Defense Efforts in Indochina: Resolution Adopted
by the North Atlantic Council, December 17, 1952
1953
Support by
NATO of the French Union Defense Efforts in Indochina: Resolution Adopted by
the North Atlantic Council, December 17, 1952, Department of State Bulletin,
January 5, 1953
United
States Support of Laos Against the Viet Minh Invasion: Statement by the Department
of State, April 17, 1953
United
States Emergency Aid to Laos and Thailand in the Face of Viet Minh Aggression:
Statement by the Secretary of State at a News Conference, May 9, 1953
National
Intelligence Estimate-91, "Probable Developments in Indochina through 1954,"
4 June 1953
President Eisenhower's
Remarks on the Importance of Indochina at the Governors' Conference, August 4,
1953
Memorandum
for the National Security Council on Further US Support for France and the Associated
States of Indochina, 5 August 1953
Memorandum
for the Secretary of Defense by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on
the Navarre Concept for Operations in Indochina, 28 August 1953
The Consequences
of Direct Chinese Communist Intervention in Indochina: Address by the Secretary
of State, September 2, 1953 (Excerpt)
Additional
United States Aid for France and Indochina: Joint Franco-American Communiqué,
September 30, 1953
Mutual
Defense Treaty Between the United States and the Republic of Korea; October
1, 1953
Joint Franco-American
Communique, Additional United States Aid for France and Indochina, September
30, 1953, Department of State Bulletin, October 12, 1953
Statement
of Policy by the National Security Council on Basic National Security Policy,
30 October 1953
US, Central
Intelligence Agency, Special Estimate, SE-53, Probable Communist Reactions to
Certain Possible US Courses of Action in Indochina through 1954, 15 December
1953
1954
US, National
Security Council, NSC 5405, "United States Objectives and Courses of Action
With Respect to Southeast Asia," 16 January 1954
Memorandum
for the Record, Meeting of the President's Special Committee on Indochina, 29
January 1954
President Eisenhower's
News Conference, February 10, 1954, Public Papers of the Presidents, 1954
Plans
for the Geneva Conference on Korea and Indochina: Quadripartite Communiqué
of the Berlin Conference, February 18, 1954
Major
Harry D. Bloomer, Marine Corps University Command and Staff College, "An
Analysis Of The French Defeat At Dien Bien Phu," CSC 1991
CNN,
Vietnam, The Battle of Dien Bien Phu
Dien Bien Phu
Pierre
Asselin, "New Perspectives on Dien Bien Phu," Explorations in Southeast
Asian Studies, A Journal of the Southeast Asian Studies Student Association,
Vol 1 No 2 Fall 1997
Shifting Images
of the Dien Bien Phu Crisis of 1954 by P.A.J. (Pieter) Meulendijks, Catholic
University Nijmegen
Telegram,
Communist Party of the Soviet Union Central Committee to CCP [Chinese Communist
Party] Central Committee, via [Soviet Ambassador to the People’s Republic
of China (PRC)] Comrade [Pavel F.] Yudin, Instructions on the Geneva Conference,
February 26 1954
“Preliminary
Opinions on the Assessment of and Preparation for the Geneva Conference,”
Prepared by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (drafted by [Premier and Minister
of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China (PRC)] Zhou Enlai)
and approved in principle at a meeting of the CCP [Chinese Communist Party]
Central Secretariat (excerpt), March 02 1954
Memorandum
for the Secretary of Defense by the Joint Chiefs of Staff, "Reappraisal
of General O'Daniel's Status with Respect ot Indochina," 5 March 1954
Telegram,
[Ambassador to the Soviet Union and Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of the
People’s Republic of China (PRC)] Zhang Wentian to the [PRC] Foreign Ministry,
and report to [Premier and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the PRC] Zhou Enlai
and the [Chinese Communist Party (CCP)] Central Committee, Concerning reporting
the preliminary opinions of our side toward the Geneva Conference to the Soviet
side, March 06 1954
Memorandum
for the Secretary of Defense by the Joint Chiefs of Staff, "Preparation
of Department of Defense Views Regarding Negotiations on Indochina for the Forthcoming
Geneva Conference," 12 March 1954
Memorandum
for the President's Special Committee, "Military Implications of the US
Position on Indochina in Geneva," 17 March 1954
Letter from
C.E. Wilson on General Erskine's Recommendations, 23 March 1954
Views
of the United States on the Eve of the Geneva Conference: Address by the Secretary
of State, March 29, 1954
Memorandum
from Arthur Radford for the Joint Chiefs of Staff for the President's Special
Committee on Indochina, "Discussions with General Paul Ely," 29 March
1954
“A
Comprehensive Solution for Restoring Peace in Indochina” (Draft), prepared
by the Vietnam Group in the Chinese delegation attending the Geneva Conference
April 04 1954
Address by
Alfred le Sesne Jenkins, Officer in Charge, Chinese Political Affairs, before
the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Philadelphia, Pa., "Present
United States Policy Toward China," April 2, 1954, Department of State
Bulletin, April 26, 1954
Telegram
from Secretary of State Dulles to Dillon and Aldrich on Conversations with the
French, 3 April 1954
“A
Comprehensive Solution for Restoring Peace in Indochina” (Draft), prepared
by the Vietnam Group in the Chinese delegation attending the Geneva Conference
April 04 1954
Telegram
from Secretary of State Dulles to Dillon and Aldrich on Conversations with the
British, 4 April 1954
Telegram
from Dillon to Dulles on Conversations with the French about Dien Bien Phu,
5 April 1954
US, National
Security Council, Action No. 1074-a, on possible US intervention in Indochina,
5 April 1954
US, Army
Position on NSC Action No. 1074-a, no date
US, Special
Committee Report on Southeast Asia--Part II, 5 April 1954
Telegram
to Ambassador Dillon in Paris from Secretary of State Dulles on US Position
on Indochina, 5 April 1954
Telegram
from Ambassador Dillon in Paris to Secretary of State Dulles on Bidault's Position
on the US in Indochina, 5 April 1954
Telegram
from Ambassador Aldrich in London to Secretary of State Dulles on the British
View of Indochina, 6 April 1954
Telegram,
[Ambassador to the Soviet Union and Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of the
People’s Republic of China (PRC)] Zhang Wentian to [Vice Minister of Foreign
Affairs of the PRC] Li Kenong, Concerning the Soviet suggestion on propaganda
work at Geneva, April 06 1954
President
Eisenhower's News Conference, April 7, 1954, Public Papers of the Presidents,
1954, p. 382
Remarks Made
by Under Secretary Walter Bedell Smith in Answer to Questions Prepared for Use
on "The American Week" over the CBS Television Network, April 11,
1954, on the Importance of Indochina, Department of State Bulletin, April 19,
1954
Views
of the United States and France on the Eve of the Geneva Conference: Joint Statement
by the Secretary of State and the French Foreign Minister, April 14, 1954
Telegram,
[Premier and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China
(PRC)] Zhou Enlai to [Chairman of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist
Party (CC CCP)] Mao Zedong, [Vice Chairman of the CC CCP] Liu Shaoqi, and the
Central Committee of the CCP, concerning [Premier of the Soviet Union Georgy
M.] Malenkov’s conversation with Zhou Enlai about the Vietnam issue, April
23 1954
Statement
by Jameson Parker, Department Press Officer, read to Correspondents April 17,
1954, on U.S. Policy Toward Indochina, Department of State Bulletin,
April 26, 1954
Telegram,
[Premier and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China
(PRC)] Zhou Enlai to [Chairman of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist
Party (CC CCP)] Mao Zedong and Others, Regarding Speeches at the Conference
and the Situation at the First Plenary Session, April 26 1954
Telegram,
[Premier and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China
(PRC)] Zhou Enlai to [Chairman of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist
Party (CC CCP)] Mao Zedong and Others, Regarding a Meeting with British Foreign
Secretary Eden, May 01 1954
Statement
by Secretary Dulles Made at Augusta, Georgia, April 19, 1954, on Conversations
in London and Paris Concerning Indochina, Department of State Bulletin, May
3, 1954
Telegram
from Secretary of State Dulles on Conversation with Anthony Eden about Indochina,
25 April 1954
Telegram
from Secretary of State Dulles on Conversation with Eden and Bidault about Indochina,
26 April 1954
Telegram
from Secretary of State Dulles on Conversation with Eden about Indochina, 27
April 1954
US, Central
Intelligence Agency, NIE 63-54, "Consequences Within Indochina of the Fall
of Dien Bien Phu," 28 April 1954
Telegram
from Secretary of State Dulles on the Consequences of the Seige of Dien Bien
Phu, 29 April 1954
The Pentagon
Papers, Gravel Edition, Volume 1, Chapter 3, "The Geneva Conference,
May-July, 1954"
Remarks made
by Major General Thomas J.H. Trapnall, Jr., former Chief of the Military Assistance
Advisory Group (MAAG), Indochina, 3 May 1954
Preparations
for the Indochina Phase of the Geneva Conference: Statement by the President,
May 5, 1954
Report by
Secretary of State Dulles on Geneva and Indochina, NSC 195th Meeting, 6 May
1954
Telegram
from Secretary of State Dulles to Geneva on Status of Conference Issues, 6 May
1954
Midway
in the Geneva Conference: Address by the Secretary of State, May 7,1954
Address by Secretary
Dulles Delivered to the Nation over Radio and Television, May 7, 1954, The Issues
at Geneva, Department of State Bulletin, May 17, 1954, p. 740 and p. 744:
US,
Secretary of State, John Foster Dulles, "On the Fall of Dien Bien Phu,"
7 May 1954
Memorandum
of a Presidential Discussion on the Matter of Sending US Forces to Indochina,
7 May 1954
Excerpts
from the First Plenary Session, the Geneva Conference, Indochina Phase, 8 May
1954
Memorandum
from Brigadier General C.H. Bonesteel, III to the Secretary of Defense,"Future
US Action Regarding Indochina," 9 May 1954
Telegram,
[Chinese Communist Party] CCP Central Committee to [Premier and Minister of
Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China (PRC)] Zhou Enlai, Reply
to Zhou Enlai’s 9 May 1954 Telegram, May 09 1954
Telegram,
[Premier and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China
(PRC)] Zhou Enlai to [Chairman of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist
Party (CC CCP)] Mao Zedong and others, Regarding the Situation of the First
Plenary Session, May 09 1954
Memorandum
from Secretary of State Dulles on Instructions to the American Delegation at
Geneva, 12 May 1954
Telegram,
[Premier and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China
(PRC)] Zhou Enlai to [Chairman of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist
Party (CC CCP)] Mao Zedong and others, Regarding the Second Plenary Session
(Excerpt), May 12 1954
President
Eisenhower's News Conference, May 12, 1954, Public Papers of the Presidents,
1954
Telegram,
[Premier and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China
(PRC)] Zhou Enlai to [Chairman of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist
Party (CC CCP)] Mao Zedong and Others, Regarding the Situation at the Tenth
Plenary Session, May 14 1954
Minutes,
Conversation between [Premier and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s
Republic of China (PRC)] Zhou Enlai and [British Foreign Secretary] Anthony
Eden, May 14 1954
Telegram,
[Premier and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China
(PRC)] Zhou Enlai to [Chairman of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist
Party (CC CCP)] Mao Zedong and Others, Requesting Instructions on the Korean
Issue and Regarding the Situation at the Fourth Plenary Session on the Indochina
Issue, May 15 1954
Telegram,
Reply from the [Chinese Communist Party] CCP Central Committee to [Premier and
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China (PRC)] Zhou
Enlai’s Telegrams of 15 May [and] 17 May 1954, May 17 1954
Memorandum
from Secretary of the Army, Robert T. Stevens, on Indochina, 19 May 1954
Telegram,
[Premier and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China
(PRC)] Zhou Enlai’s telegram to [Chairman of the Central Committee of the
Chinese Communist Party (CC CCP)] Mao Zedong and others, Regarding the Second
Restricted Session, May 19 1954
Telegram,
[Premier and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China
(PRC)] Zhou Enlai’s telegram to [Chairman of the Central Committee of the
Chinese Communist Party (CC CCP)] Mao Zedong and others, Regarding the Situation
of the Third Restrictive Session, May 20 1954
Memorandum
from Arthur Radford, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, "Defense of Southeast
Asia in the Event of Loss of Indochina to the Communists," 21 May 1954
Telegram,
[Premier and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China
(PRC)] Zhou Enlai’s telegram to [Chairman of the Central Committee of the
Chinese Communist Party (CC CCP)] Mao Zedong and others, on the situation of
the fourth restrictive session, May 22 1954
Conditions
for United States Direct Intervention in Indochina: Transcript of a News Conference
of the Secretary of State, May 25, 1954 (Excerpt)
Memorandum
from Arthur Radford, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, "Studies with Respect
to Possible US Action Regarding Indochina," 26 May 1954
Memorandum
from Robert Cutler, Special Assistant to the President on the JCS Memorandum,
26 May 1954
Telegram
from Ambassador Dillon to the Secretary of State Dulles on French Plans in Indochina,
27 May 1954
Minutes,
[Director of the Staff Office of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) Ministry
of Foreign Affairs] Wang Bingnan’s Meeting with [President of the International
Federation on Human Rights Joseph] Paul-Boncour, May 30 1954
Telegram,
[Premier and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China
(PRC)] Zhou Enlai’s telegram to [Chairman of the Central Committee of the
Chinese Communist Party (CC CCP)] Mao Zedong and others, Regarding the Situation
of the Eighth Restrictive Session, May 30 1954
Telegram,
[Premier and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China
(PRC)] Zhou Enlai to [Chairman of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist
Party (CC CCP)] Mao Zedong and Others, Regarding the Situation at the Ninth
Restricted Session, June 01 1954
Minutes,
[Premier and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China
(PRC)] Zhou Enlai’s Meeting with [French Minister of Foreign Affairs Georges]
Bidault, June 01 1954
Telegram,
[Premier and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China
(PRC)] Zhou Enlai to [Chairman of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist
Party (CC CCP)] Mao Zedong regarding Contact with [British Foreign Secretary
Anthony] Eden and [French Minister of Foreign Affairs Georges] Bidault, June
02 1954
Telegram,
[Premier and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China
(PRC)] Zhou Enlai to [Chairman of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist
Party (CC CCP)] Mao Zedong and Others, Regarding the Situation at the Tenth
Restricted Session, June 03 1954
Telegram,
[Premier and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China
(PRC)] Zhou Enlai to [Chairman of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist
Party (CC CCP)] Mao Zedong and Others, Regarding the Situation at the Eleventh
Restricted Session, June 04 1954
Telegram,
[Premier and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China
(PRC)] Zhou Enlai to [Chairman of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist
Party (CC CCP)] Mao Zedong and Others, Regarding the Situation at the Twelfth
Restricted Session, June 05 1954
Telegram,
[Premier and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China
(PRC)] Zhou Enlai to [Chairman of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist
Party (CC CCP)] Mao Zedong and Others, Regarding the Situation at the Thirteenth
Plenary Session, June 06 1954
Minutes,
[Director of the Staff Office of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) Ministry
of Foreign Affairs] Wang Bingnan’s Meeting with [French Ambassador to Switzerland
Jean] Chauvel and [Counselor to the French delegation, Colonel Jacques] Guillermaz,
June 06 1954
Telegram
from Secretary of State Dulles to the US Delegation in Geneva, 7 June 1954
Telegram,
[Premier and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China
(PRC)] Zhou Enlai to [Chairman of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist
Party (CC CCP)] Mao Zedong, concerning consultations among the Chinese, Soviet
and Vietnamese delegations, June 07 1954
Telegram
from the US Delegation in Geneva to Secretary of State Dulles, 9 June 1954
Telegram,
[Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China (PRC)]
Li Kenong to the [Chinese] Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Regarding the Chinese
delegation’s Meeting with the delegations of various popular French [organizations],
June 09 1954
Telegram
from the US Delegation in Saigon to Secretary of State Dulles, 10 June 1954
Telegram,
[Premier and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China
(PRC)] Zhou Enlai to [Premier and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s
Republic of China (PRC)] Mao Zedong and Others, Regarding Zhou’s Conversation
with [French Minister of Foreign Affairs Georges] Bidault, June 10 1954
The Threat
of Direct Chinese Communist Intervention in Indochina: Address by the Secretary
of State, June 11, 1954 (Excerpt)
Telegram,
[Premier and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China
(PRC)] Zhou Enlai to [Chairman of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist
Party (CC CCP)] Mao Zedong and others, Regarding the Seventh Plenary Session,
June 11 1954
Telegram,
[Premier and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China
(PRC)] Zhou Enlai to [Chairman of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist
Party (CC CCP)] Mao Zedong and Others, Regarding the Situation at the Fourteenth
Plenary Session, June 13 1954
Telegram
from Ambassador Dillon to Secretary of State Dulles, 14 June 1954
Telegram
from Secretary of State Dulles to the Geneva Delegation, 14 June 1954
Telegram
from Secretary of State Dulles to the Paris Delegation, 14 June 1954
Minutes,
Meeting between [Director of the Staff Office of the People’s Republic
of China (PRC) Ministry of Foreign Affairs] Wang Bingnan and the French Delegation
Member [Jean] Paul-Boncour (Summary), June 14 1954
US, Central
Intelligence Agency, SNIE 10-4-54, "Communist Reactions to Certain Courses
of Action with Respect to Indochina," 15 June 1954
Minutes,
Conversation between [Ambassador to the Soviet Union and Vice Minister of Foreign
Affairs of the People’s Republic of China (PRC)] Zhang Wentian and [British
Deputy Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs for Administration Harold] Caccia,
June 15 1954
Telegram
from Secretary of State Dulles to the Delegation in Geneva, 17 June 1954
Telegram,
[Premier and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China
(PRC)] Zhou Enlai to [Chairman of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist
Party (CC CCP)] Mao Zedong and Others, Regarding the Situation at the Fifteenth
Plenary Session, June 17 1954
Telegram
from Secretary of State Dulles to the Delegation in Geneva, 18 June 1954
Telegram
from the Delegation in Geneva to Secretary of State Dulles, 18 June 1954
Minutes,
Meeting between [Premier and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s
Republic of China (PRC)] Zhou Enlai and the Australian Minister for External
Affairs [Richard] Casey (Summary), June 18 1954
Telegram,
[Premier and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China
(PRC)] Zhou Enlai to [Chairman of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist
Party (CC CCP)] Mao Zedong and Others, Regarding Zhou’s Conversation with
[French Minister of Foreign Affairs Georges] Bidault, June 18 1954
Telegram
from Smith in Moscow to Secretary of State Dulles on Molotov's Views, 19 June
1954
Telegram,
[Chinese Communist Party] CCP Central Committee to [Premier and Minister of
Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China (PRC)] Zhou Enlai, concerning
the meeting at Nanning, 23:00, 20 June 1954, June 20 1954
Telegram,
[Chinese Communist Party] CCP Central [Committee] to [Chief military advisor
of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) to the Vietnamese Workers’
Party (VWP)] Wei Guoqing, [Member of the PRC Military Advisory Group to the
VWP] Qiao Xiaoguang and Convoy to the Vietnamese Workers Party Central Committee,
Regarding the meeting between the Premier and Comrade Ding [1], June 20 1954
Telegram,
[Premier and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China
(PRC)] Zhou Enlai to [Chairman of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist
Party (CC CCP)] Mao Zedong and Others, Regarding the Situation at the Sixteenth
Restricted Session, June 21 1954
Minutes,
[Premier and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China
(PRC)] Zhou Enlai’s Meeting with [French Ambassador to Switzerland Jean]
Chauvel, June 22 1954
Telegram,
[Premier and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China
(PRC)] Zhou Enlai to [Chairman of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist
Party (CC CCP)] Mao Zedong and Others, Regarding the Situation of the Meeting
with [Laotian Interior and Foreign Minister Phoui] Sananikone
June 23 1954
Minutes,
[Premier and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China
(PRC)] Zhou Enlai’s Meeting with [French Prime Minister Pierre] Mendes-France,
June 23 1954
Telegram,
[Premier and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China
(PRC)] Zhou Enlai to [Chairman of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist
Party (CC CCP)] Mao Zedong, [Vice Chairman of the CC CCP] Liu Shaoqi, and CCP
Central Committee, “Arriving in Nanning on the 29th,” 3:00
June 23 1954
Minutes,
[Premier and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China
(PRC)] Zhou Enlai’s Meeting with [French Prime Minister Pierre] Mendes-France,
June 23 1954
Telegram,
[Chinese Communist Party] CCP Central Committee to [Premier and Minister of
Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China (PRC)] Zhou Enlai, 3:30
am, June 23 1954
Telegram
from Ambassador Dillon in Paris to Secretary of State Dulles on French-Chinese
Talks, 24 June 1954
Telegram
from Secretary of State Dulles to American Delegation in Geneva, 24 June 1954
Telegram,
[Director of the Department of American and Australian Affairs of the People’s
Republic of China (PRC) Foreign Ministry] Li Kenong to PRC Foreign Ministry,
“[Director of the Department of American and Australian Affairs of the
PRC Foreign Ministry] Ke Bainian will fly back home from Geneva on the 25th”
June 24 1954
Telegram,
[Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China (PRC)]
Li Kenong to [People’s Liberation Army] PLA General Staff and PRC Foreign
Ministry, Regarding the trip by [Ambassador of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam
(DRV) to the PRC] Hoang Van Hoan and his six-person group
June 24 1954
Telegram,
[Director of the Staff Office of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) Ministry
of Foreign Affairs] Wang Bingnan to PRC Foreign Ministry Administrative Office,
“Important telegrams from the delegation [in Geneva] to the Central Committee
should be conveyed to Premier [and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the PRC] Zhou
[Enlai] in Nanning” June 25 1954
Telegram,
[People’s Republic of China] PRC Foreign Ministry to [Vice Minister of
Foreign Affairs of the PRC] Li Kenong, Concerning [Ambassador of the Democratic
Republic of Vietnam (DRV) to the PRC] Hoang Van Hoan’s arrival in Beijing,
June 26 1954
Telegram,
[Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China (PRC)]
Li Kenong to [Chairman of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
(CC CCP)] Mao Zedong, [Vice Chairman of the CC CCP] Liu Shaoqi, and the CCP
Central Committee, and Convey to [Premier and Minister of Foreign Affairs of
the PRC] Zhou Enlai, [Ambassador to the Soviet Union and Vice Minister of Foreign
Affairs of the People’s Republic of China (PRC)] Zhang Wentian and [Vice
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the PRC] Wang Jiaxiang, Concerning the content
of a meeting between Soviet, Chinese, and Vietnamese delegations
June 26 1954
Telegram,
[People’s Republic of China (PRC)] Foreign Ministry Administrative Office
to [Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of the PRC] Li Kenong, “Shan Daxin
has arrived in Beijing,” 15:00 June 27 1954
Telegram,
[People’s Republic of China (PRC)] Foreign Ministry to [Vice Minister of
Foreign Affairs of the PRC] Li Kenong, “The Premier decides to stay one
more day in Burma” June 27 1954
Telegram,
[Director] Zhang Zhen [of the Department of Military Operations] to [military
advisor to the Chinese delegation] Lei Yingfu, “The documents have been
received” June 28 1954
Telegram
from Secretary of State Dulles to American Delegation in Geneva, 28 June 1954
Telegram,
[People’s Republic of China (PRC)] Foreign Ministry to [Premier and Minister
of Foreign Affairs of the PRC] Zhou Enlai, “[Democratic Republic of Vietnam
(DRV) Ambassador to the PRC] Hoang Van Hoan and his group have flown to Nanning’
June 29 1954
Telegram,
[Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China (PRC)]
Li Kenong to [Chairman of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
(CC CCP)] Mao Zedong, [Vice Chairman of the CC CCP] Liu Shaoqi, and the Central
Committee, “Briefing on the meeting by the Chinese, Soviet and Vietnamese
delegations” June 29 1954
Telegram
from Ambassador Dillon to Secretary of State Dulles on French Position, 30 June
1954
Telegram
from Secretary of State Dulles on the Need to Inform Diem About Negotiations,
2 July 1954
Telegram,
[People’s Republic of China] PRC Foreign Ministry to -- [Ambassador to
the Soviet Union and Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of the PRC] Zhang Wentian,
[Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of the PRC] Wang Jiaxiang, and [Vice Minister
of Foreign Affairs of the PRC] Li Kenong, “The meeting between Premier
[and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China (PRC)]
Zhou [Enlai] and the leaders of the [Vietnamese Workers’ Party] VWP will
be relocated to Liuzhou,” 10:30 July 02 1954
Telegram
from Ambassador Dillon to Secretary of State Dulles on the French Position on
the Negotiations, 2 July 1954
Telegram,
[Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China (PRC)]
Li Kenong to [Chairman of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
(CC CCP)] Mao Zedong and Others, Regarding the Situation at the Twentieth Restricted
Session, July 03 1954
Telegram,
[Premier and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China
(PRC)] Zhou Enlai to [Chairman of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist
Party (CC CCP)] Mao Zedong, [Vice Chairman of the CC CCP] Liu Shaoqi and the
CCP Central Committee, “a brief report on the meetings at Liuzhou,”
13:00 July 03 1954
Telegram
from Secretary of State Dulles to Ambassador Dillon on the French Position in
the Negotiations, 4 July 1954
Telegram
from Ambassador Dillon to Secretary of State Dulles on the French Position in
the Negotiations, 4 July 1954
Telegram,
[Premier and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China
(PRC)] Zhou Enlai to [Chairman of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist
Party (CC CCP)] Mao Zedong, [Vice Chairman of the CC CCP] Liu Shaoqi and the
CCP Central Committee, “a brief report on the meetings at Liuzhou,”
18:00 July 04 1954
Telegram
from Ambassador Dillon to Secretary of State Dulles on the French Position in
the Negotiations, 6 July 1954
Telegram,
[People’s Republic of China] PRC Foreign Ministry to [Vice Minister of
Foreign Affairs of the PRC] Li Kenong, [Ambassador to the Soviet Union and Vice
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the PRC] Zhang Wentian and [Vice Minister of
Foreign Affairs of the PRC] Wang Jiaxiang, “The Premier has returned to
Beijing” July 06 1954
Telegram
from Secretary of State Dulles to Ambassadors Dillon and Aldrich on the Negotiations
in Geneva, 7 July 1954
Telegram
from Secretary of State Dulles to Ambassador Dillon on the Negotiations in Geneva,
7 July 1954
Telegram,
[Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of the PRC] Li Kenong to Mao Zedong and Others,
Regarding the Situation at the Twenty-first Restricted Session
July 07 1954
Telegram
from Secretary of State Dulles to Ambassadors Dillon, Aldrich and Johnson on
the Negotiations in Geneva, 8 July 1954
Telegram
from Johnson to Secretary of State Dulles on the French Position in the Negotiations
in Geneva, 9 July 1954
Telegram
from Secretary of State Dulles with Text of a Letter to Mendes-France, 10 July
1954
Telegram,
[Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China (PRC)]
Li Kenong to [Chairman of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
(CC CCP)] Mao Zedong and Others, Regarding the Situation at the Twenty-second
Restricted Session, July 10 1954
Telegram
from Ambassador Dillon to Secretary of State Dulles on French Reaction to Dulles'
Letter to Mendes-France, 11 July 1954
Telegram
from Ambassador Dillon to Secretary of State Dulles with Additional French Reaction
to Dulles' Letter to Mendes-France, 11 July 1954
Increased
Military Aid to Thailand: Statement Released by the Department of Defense, July
13, 1954
Minutes,
[Premier and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China
(PRC)] Zhou Enlai’s Meeting with [French Ambassador to Switzerland Jean]
Chauvel, July 13 1954
Minutes,
Conversation between [Premier and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s
Republic of China (PRC)] Zhou Enlai and [British Foreign Secretary] Anthony
Eden, July 13 1954
Telegram
from Ambassador Dillon to Secretary of State Dulles containing Texts of US-French-British
Letters on Indochina, 14 July 1954
Consultations
with the French Premier and the British Foreign Secretary: Statement by the
Secretary of State, July 15, 1954
Secretary
of State Dulles Report to the NSC on His Trip to Paris, 15 July 1954
Telegram
from Walter Bedell Smith to Secretary of State Dulles on the Negotiations in
Geneva, 17 July 1954
Minutes,
[Premier and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China
(PRC)] Zhou Enlai’s Conversation with [French Prime Minister Pierre] Mendes-France
(Exerpt), July 17 1954
Minutes,
[Premier and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China
(PRC)] Zhou Enlai’s Meeting with [French Prime Minister Pierre] Mendes-France
(Excerpt), July 17 1954
Telegram
from Walter Bedell Smith to Secretary of State Dulles on a Vietnamese Note Concerning
French Withdrawal, 17 July 1954
Telegram
from Walter Bedell Smith to Secretary of State Dulles on the Chinese Position,
18 July 1954
Telegram
from Secretary of State Dulles Questioning British Position in the Negotiations,
18 July 1954
Telegram
from Walter Bedell Smith to Secretary of State Dulles on the Negotiations, 18
July 1954
Telegram
from Walter Bedell Smith to Secretary of State Dulles on the Vietnamese Position,
18 July 1954
Minutes,
Conversation between [Premier and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s
Republic of China (PRC)] Zhou Enlai and [Laotian Interior and Foreign Minister
Phoui] Sananikone (Summary), July 18 1954
Minutes,
Conversation between [Ambassador to the Soviet Union and Vice Minister of Foreign
Affairs of the People’s Republic of China (PRC)] Zhang Wentian and [British
Deputy Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs for Administration Harold] Caccia
July 18 1954
Telegram
from Walter Bedell Smith to Secretary of State Dulles on the Chinese Position,
19 July 1954
Telegram
from Walter Bedell Smith to Secretary of State Dulles on the Control Commission,
19 July 1954
Telegram
from Walter Bedell Smith to Secretary of State Dulles on the Conference Declaration,
19 July 1954
Telegram
from Secretary of State Dulles on the Conference Declaration, 19 July 1954
Telegram
from Walter Bedell Smith on the Vietnamese Position, 19 July 1954
Minutes,
Conversation between [Ambassador to the Soviet Union and Vice Minister of Foreign
Affairs of the People’s Republic of China (PRC)] Zhang Wentian and [British
Deputy Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs for Administration] Harold Caccia,
Second Meeting of 19 July, July 19 1954
Minutes,
Conversation between [Ambassador to the Soviet Union and Vice Minister of Foreign
Affairs of the People’s Republic of China (PRC)] Zhang Wentian and [British
Deputy Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs for Administration Harold] Caccia,
July 19 1954
Minutes,
Conversation between [Premier and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s
Republic of China (PRC)] Zhou Enlai, [French Prime Minister] Pierre Mendes-France,
and [British Foreign Secretary Anthony] Eden, July 19 1954
Telegram,
[Premier and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China
(PRC)] Zhou Enlai to [Chairman of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist
Party (CC CCP)] Mao Zedong and Others, Regarding Zhou’s Meetings with [French
Prime Minister Pierre] Mendes-France and [British Foreign Secretary Anthony]
Eden; and Discussions Outside the Conference, July 20 1954
Minutes,
Conversation between [Premier and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s
Republic of China (PRC)] Zhou Enlai and Tep Phan (Summary), July 20 1954
Unilateral
Declaration of the United States at the Concluding Session of the Geneva Conference,
21 July 1954
The American Response to the
Geneva Declarations, July 21, 1954.
AGREEMENT ON THE CESSATION
OF HOSTILITIES IN VIET-NAM, JULY 20, 1954 (The Geneva Accords)
The
Final Declaration of The Geneva Conference: On Restoring Peace in Indochina,
July 21, 1954
President
Eisenhower's News Conference, July 21, 1954, Public Papers of the Presidents,
1954
Telegram,
[Chinese Communist Party] CCP Central Committee to [Premier and Minister of
Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of China (PRC)] Zhou Enlai, Concerning
Policies and Measures in the Struggle against the United States and [Chiang
Kai-shek] after the Geneva Conference, July 27 1954
Lansdale
Team's Report on Covert Saigon Mission in 1954 and 1955
Eisenhower's
Views on the Popularity of Ho Chi Minh
President
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of the Council of Ministers of Viet-Nam, October 23, 1954
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November 3, 1954
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from President Eisenhower to Diem, 23 October 1954
1955
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the American Friends of Vietnam at the Willard Hotel in Washington, DC.
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President
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President
Eisenhower's News Conference of October 1, 1958
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Senator John Kennedy on the Need to Have Limited War Options, 29 February 1960
Manifesto
of the Eighteen, Saigon, April 1960
Senator John
F. Kennedy's Statement on Limited War in Congressional Record, June 14,
1960
Cablegram
from Elbridge Durbrow, United States Ambassador in Saigon, to Secretary of State
Christian A. Herter on Threats to Saigon Regime, Sept. 16, 1960.
Senator John
F. Kennedy's Statement on the Dangerous Role of the People's Republic of China,
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Ken
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on the Ho Chi Minh Trail," Vietnam Magazine
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Visit
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PLAN FOR VIET-NAM," 4 January 1961
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Merle
L. Pribbenow, "North Vietnam's Master Plan," Vietnam, VOL.
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Letter From the
Secretary of Defense's Deputy Assistant for Special Operations (Lansdale) to
President Diem, 30 January 1961
Statement
by President Kennedy on the Importance of Laos at a News Conference, 23 March
1961
President
Kennedy's Special Message to Congress on the Defense Budget, Excerpt on Limited
Wars, March 28, 1961
President
Kennedy's Address to American Society of Newspaper Editors, April 20, 1961
President
Kennedy's Address, in Chicago to Democratic Party Dinner, April 28, 1961
President
Kennedy's Presidential News Conference, Question on the Issue of Sending in
American Troops to South Vietnam, May 5, 1961
Excerpts
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task force comprising representatives from the Departments of State and Defense,
the Central Intelligence Agency, the International Cooperation Administration,
the United States Information Agency and the Office of the President.8 May 1961
National
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on national security, 11 May 1961.
Joint Communique
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President
Kennedy's Special Message to Congress, May 25, 1961
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from memorandum from Brig. Gen. Edward G. Lansdale, Pentagon expert on guerrilla
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"Resources for Unconventional Warfare, SE. Asia," undated but apparently
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the Vietnam War: Executive and Legislative Roles and Relationships, Part
II, 1961-1964 (Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1985 CHAPTER
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The
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The
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1961-67," pp. 408-514
President
Kennedy's Address to the United Nations, September 25, 1961
Cablegram
from the United States Embassy in Saigon to the State Department on Diem's Request
for a Bilateral Defense Treaty, 1 Oct. 1961
President
Kennedy's News Conference, Response to a Question Regarding the Sending of American
Troops to South Vietnam, October 11, 1961
Memorandum
for General Taylor from L.L. Lemnitzer, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, "Coutnerinsurgency
Operations in South Vietnam, 12 October 1961
Cablegram
from United States Embassy in Saigon to the State Department 13 Oct. 1961, on
requests by Nguyen Dinh Thuan, Defense Minister of South Vietnam.
Excerpts
from General Taylor's report, 3 Nov. 1961, on his mission to South Vietnam for
President Kennedy.
DRAFT MEMO FROM THE SEC'Y OF
DEFENSE (MCNAMARA) TO THE PRES WASHINGTON, 11-5-61 TOP SECRET
SEC'Y MCNAMARA'S MEMO FOR THE
PRES ON THE SUBJECT OF RVN MEMO FROM LIEUTENANT COMMANDER WORTH S BAGLEY TO THE PRES'S
MILITARY REP (TAYLOR) WASHINGTON, 11-7-61 TOP SECRET
Memo from the Sec'y of Defense
(McNamara) to the JCS Chairman (Lemnitzer) Washington, 11-13-61
MEMO FROM THE SECDEF
(MCNAMARA) TO THE JCS CHAIRMAN (LEMNITZER) WASHINGTON, 11-13-61 TOP SECRET
Memorandum From the President
[Kennedy] to the Secretary of State [Rusk] and the Secretary of Defense [McNamara],
14 November 1961
Memo from the Joint Chiefs of
Staff to the Sec'y of Defense (McNamara) Washington, 11-22-61, Top Secret
Telegram from the SecDef
(McNamara) to the Commander in Chief Pacific (Felt) and the Chief MAAG Vietnam
(McGarr) Washington, 11-28-61, TOP SECRET; Priority
Kennedy's Letter to Ngo Dinh
Diem, 14 December 1961
President Kennedy
Letter to President Diem, December 14, 1961
Memo From the Spec Asst to the
JCS Chairman (Maj General TW Parker) to the Chairman (Lemnitzer), Washington, 12-18-61
SECRET
Memo From the SecDef (McNamara)
to the SecState (Rusk) Washington, 12-18-61, SECRET
Telegram From the Commander of
the Military Assistance Advisory Group in Vietnam (McGarr) to the Chairman of the JCS
(Lemnitzer) Saigon, 12-20-61, SECRET; Eyes Only
Memo From the SecDef (McNamara)
to the Pres (Kennedy) Washington, 12-22-61, SECRET. At the bottom of the source text the
Pres signed his name under the place designated) "Approved."
Memo From the Pres's
Special Asst for National Security Affairs (Bundy) to the President at
Palm Beach, 12-27-61, SECRET
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Talking
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Excerpt on
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President
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Memorandum
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National
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18 January 1962
Letter
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Secretary of Defense, Roswell Gilpatric, on increasing the Size of the ARVN,
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JCS Memorandum
on the "Strategic Importance of the Southeast Mainland," 27 January
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Response
to a Question on American Involvement in South Vietnam, President Kennedy's
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National
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National
Security Action Memorandum No. 131, "Training Objective for Counter-Insurgency,"
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President Kennedy's
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Memorandum
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President
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Memorandum
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President
Kennedy's News Conference, Question on the Cease-Fire in Laos, May 9, 1962
White House
Statement of the President on the Dispatch of American Troops to Thailand, May
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President
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Roger Hilsman,
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NATIONAL
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Paramilitary and Military Resources," 19 June 1962
U.S. Comments
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Memorandum
from the Director of the CIA to Secretary of Defense McNamara on the Strategic
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NATIONAL
SECURITY ACTION MEMORANDUM NO. 182, "Counterinsurgency Doctrine,"
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Port
Huron Statement by Tom Hayden (1962)
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Excerpts from
President Kennedy's News Conference, March 6, 1963
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U. Alexis
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Deputy Director
of Viet-Nam Working Group, Theodore J.C. Heavner, Address Made Before National
Sec & Leg Committee at the National Convention of Veterans of Foreign Wars,
in Seattle, Washington, August 25, 1963, "The Viet-Nam Situation"
Cablegram
from John Richardson, the Central Intelligence Agency's Saigon station chief,
to John A. McCone, Director of Central Intelligence, on Contact with Saigon
Generals, Aug. 26, 1963
Memorandum
of Conversation among President Kennedy and his advisors, "Vietnam,"
August 26, 1963
US, National
Security Council Staffer Michael V. Forrestal, Memorandum for the President,
August 27, 1963
US, Memorandum
of Conversation among President Kennedy and his advisors, "Vietnam,"
August 27, 1963
Memorandum
of Conference with the President, August 27, 1963
Cablegram
from John Richardson, the Central Intelligence Agency's Saigon station chief,
to John A. McCone, Director of Central Intelligence, on Coup Prospects in Saigon,
Aug. 28, 1963
Memorandum
of Conversation, "Vietnam," August 28, 1963
Central
Intelligence Agency, Current Intelligence Memorandum (OCI 2703/63), "Cast
of Characters in South Vietnam," August 28, 1963
Memorandum
of Conversation, "Vietnam," August 28, 1963
Cable from
US Department of State to Ambassador Lodge Supporting a Coup in South Vietnam,
29 August 1963
Cable from
US Department of State to Ambassador Lodge on Discussions with Diem, 29 August
1963
Lodge Cable
to Secretary Rusk on Diem's Closeness to Brother, 29 August 1963
Lodge Cable
to Secretary Rusk on U.S. Policy Toward a Coup, 29 August 1963
Memorandum
of Conference with the President, August 29, 1963
Memorandum
of Conversation, "Vietnam," August 29, 1963
State-Saigon
Cable 272, August 29, 1963 with instructions from President Kennedy on how to
deal with Diem
OFFICE
OF THE SPECIAL ASSISTANT FOR COUNTERINSURGENCY AND SPECIAL ACTIVITIES, MEMORANDUM
FOR THE RECORD, Meeting at the State Department, 1100, 31 August 1963; Subject:
Vietnam, 31 August 1963
Cable by
U.S. General Harkins in Saigon to General Maxwell Taylor on End of August Plot,
31 August 1963
Instructions for Ambassador
Lodge on Dealing With Diem Regime Repression, 31 August 1963
Telegram from Secretary of
State Dean Rusk to Ambassador Lodge, 31 August 1963
President Kennedy's
Television Interviews on Vietnam, September 2 and 9, 1963
President
Kennedy's NBC Interview, September 9, 1963
National
Security Council Staff-State Department Draft, Michael Forrestal and Roger Hilsman,
"Suggested Draft of Presidential Letter Adapted to Phase I of the Plan,"
September 12, 1963
State Department-National
Security Council Staff Draft, Roger Hilsman-Michael Forrestal, Potential Kennedy-Diem
Letter, September 12, 1963
President
Kennedy's News Conference, September 12, 1963
Cable from
the White House to Ambassador Lodge on Proposed Changes in Policy Toward South
Vietnam, 17 September 1963
Cable from
the President to Ambassador Lodge on Proposed McNamara Mission to South Vietnam,
18 September 1963
Cable from
Ambassador Lodge to the President on the Situation in South Vietnam, 19 September
1963
Memorandum
from President Kennedy to Secretary of Defense McNamara on the Purposes of McNamara's
Visit to South Vietnam, 21 September 1963
Cable from
George Ball to Ambassador Lodge on Situation in South Vietnam 22 September 1963
President
Kennedy's TV Interview with Walter Cronkite, September 25, 1963
President
Kennedy's Remarks at the Yellowstone County Fairgrounds, Billings, Montana,
September 25, 1963
President
Kennedy's Remarks at the High School Memorial Stadium, Great Falls, Montana,
September 26, 1963
Memorandum
of Conversation (Diem, Thuan, Lodge, McNamara, Parkins, Flott), 29 September
1963
National Security Council meeing
of October 2, 1963, discusses problems with the Diem government in Vietnam.
Central
Intelligence Agency, Untitled Draft of a Briefing Paper for President Kennedy
on the Role of the CIA in Vietnam, October 8, 1963
Memorandum
for the President, "Report of McNamara-Taylor Mission to South Vietnam,"
2 October 1963
U.S. POLICY ON VIET-NAM:
WHITE HOUSE STATEMENT, OCTOBER 2, 1963
U.S. Policy
on Viet-Nam: White House Statement, October 2, 1963
Cable to
Ambassador Lodge Outlining US Policy Toward a Possible Coup, 5 October 1963
Cable from
Ambassador Lodge Describing a Meeting between Lt. Col. Conein and General Duong
Van Minh in which a Coup Against Diem was Discussed, 5 October 1963
Cable from
the Central Intelligence Agency to Ambassador Lodge on Strategies Regarding
a Possible Coup, 6 October 1963
NATIONAL
SECURITY ACTION MEMORANDUM NO. 263, October 11, 1963 (in which reference
is made to a possible withdrawal of 1000 American troops)
James K. Galbraith,
"Exit Strategy: In 1963, JFK ordered a complete withdrawal from Vietnam,"
Boston Review, October/November, 2003
Post on
H-Diplo from Doug Macdonald, Colgate University, on the question of whether
President Kennedy was considering withdrawal from Vietnam, 29 December 2003
Continuing
Discussion on H-Diplo on the Question of Whether JFK Planned to Pull Out of
Vietnam, Comment by Doug Macdonald, Colgate University, Posted 15 January 2004
Thomas
L. Hughes, Department of State, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Research
Memorandum, RFE-90, "Statistics on the War Effort in South Vietnam Show
Unfavorable Trends," 22 October 1963
Cable from
Ambassador Lodge to McGeorge Bundy on US Options With Respect to a Possible
Coup, 25 October 1963
Cable from
McGeorge Bundy to Ambassador Lodge on US Options With Respect to a Possible
Coup, 25 October 1963
Department
of State, Joseph A. Mendenhall, of the Far East Bureau of the State Department,
"Successor Heads of Government," October 25, 1963
Department
of State, "Check-List of Possible U.S. Actions in Case of Coup," October
25, 1963
National
Security Council Staff, "Check List for 4 PM Meeting," Topic was Coup
Contingency Planning, no date [October 29, 1963]
Memorandum
of Conference with the President, October 29, 1963
National
Security Council, Draft Cable, Eyes Only for Ambassador Saigon, October 29,
1963
Cable from
McGeorge Bundy to Ambassador Lodge on US Options With Respect to a Possible
Coup, 30 October 1963
Cable from
General Harkins to Maxwell Taylor Urging Support for Diem, 30 October 1963
Cable from
General Harkins to Maxwell Taylor Suggesting that His Views Were not Accurately
Represented by Ambassador Lodge, 30 October 1963
Cable from
Ambassador Lodge to the State Department on Issues Surrounding a Possible Coup,
30 October 1963
Cable from
McGeorge Bundy to Ambassador Lodge on Issues Surrounding a Possible Coup, 30
October 1963
McGeorge
Bundy, Draft Cable, Eyes Only for Ambassador Lodge [CIA cable 79407, noted in
upper right hand corner], Yopic on US Role in Prevnting a Coup in Vietnam, October
30, 1963
Phone Conversation Between
Ngo Dinh Diem and Henry Cabot Lodge, November 1,1963
Memorandum
of Conference with the President, November 1, 1963
Department
of State, John M. Dunn, Memorandum for the Record, November 1, 1963
Central
Intelligence Agency, "The Situation in South Vietnam," November 2,
1963
National
Security Council, Memorandum of Conference with the President, November 2, 1963
Embassy
Saigon, Cable 888, on death of Diem, November 2, 1963
Memorandum
of Conference with the President, November 2, 1963
John Prados,
"JFK and the Diem Coup," National Security Archives, 5 November 2003
John F. Kennedy Library,
JFK dictates some notes concerning the anti-Diem coup in South Vietnam, November
4, 1963. (2:04 minutes)
Nov. 6, 1963 cable from President
Kennedy to Ambassador Lodge in Saigon, discusses U.S. policy in light of recent
coup.
CIA, "Press
Version of How Diem and Nhu Died" (OCI 3213/63), November 12, 1963
Nov. 13, 1963 cable outlines
plans for Honolulu Conference on the Vietnam situation
Memo from Dean Rusk rejecting
the notion of a negotiated Vietnam settlement, Nov. 13, 1963
Kennedy's Last Press Conference
— November 14, 1963
Excerpts from briefing book
prepared for the November 1963 Honolulu Conference on Vietnam, 20 November 1962
Associated Press Report on
the Honolulu Conference, 22 November 1963
President
Kennedy's Remarks Prepared for Delivery at the Trade Mart in Dallas, November
22, 1963
The Pentagon
Papers, Gravel
Edition, Volume 3, Chapter 1, "U.S. Programs in South Vietnam, Nov. 1963-Apr.
1965," pp. 1-105.
Secretary
of Defense, Robert McNamara, Memorandum for the President, "Vietnam Situation,"
21 December 1963
1964
The
Pentagon Papers, Gravel Edition, Volume 2, Chapter 5, "US-GVN Relations,
1964-1967," pp. 277-407.
The Pentagon
Papers,
Gravel Edition, Volume 3, Chapter 2, "Military Pressures Against North
Vietnam, February 1964-January 1965," pp. 106-268.
Robert J. Hanyok,
Spartans in Darkness: American SIGINT and the Indochina War, 1945-1975, Center
for Cryptologic History, National Security Agency
2002, Chapter 6 - Xerxes' Arrows: SIGINT Support to the Air War, 1964-1972
Beijing
and the Vietnam Conflict, 1964-1965: New Chinese Evidence, article and translations
by Qiang Zhai
Cold
War International History Project, Working Paper #22: 77 CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN
CHINESE AND FOREIGN LEADERS ON THE WARS IN INDOCHINA, 1964-1977
The
Vietnam War and Soviet-American Relations, 1964-73: New Russian Evidence, by
Ilya V. Gaiduk
Memorandum
for the Secretary of Defense, Robert McNamara, from Maxwell Taylor, Chairman
of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, "Vietnam and Southeast Asia," 22 January
1964
NATIONAL
SECURITY ACTION MEMORANDA, NSAM 280: South Vietnam, 14 February 1964
Secretary
Rusk Interviewed on Voice of America, 15 February 1964, Department of State
Bulletin, 2 March 1964, p. 333
TV Interview
with President Johnson in which Johnson Endorses the "Domino Theory,"
15 March 1964
Memorandum
for the President by Robert McNamara, "South Vietnam," 16 March 1964
NATIONAL
SECURITY ACTION MEMORANDA, NSAM 288: Implementation of South Vietnam Programs,
17 March 1964
Memorandum,
JCS 5390 (M/Gen F. T. Unger), "Planning Actions in Vietnam," 18 March
1964
Summary of
JCSM-426-64, "North Vietnam Operations," 19 May 1964
Telegram
from President Kennedy to Ambassador Lodge, State 1484, 20 March 1964
Was Kennedy Planning to Pull
Out of Vietnam? Oral History Interview with Bobby Kennedy, April 1964
"United
States Policy in Vietnam," by Robert S. McNamara, Secretary of Defense,
26 March 1964, Department of State Bulletin, 13 April 1964
"Laos
and Viet-Nam--A Prescription for Peace," Address by Secretary Rusk before
the American Law Institute, Washington, D.C., 22 May 1964, Department of State
Bulletin, 8 June 1964
Telephone
Conversation Between President Johnson and Senator Richard Russell, Washington,
May 27, 1964, 10:55 p.m.
CIA Special
National Intelligence Estimate on possible North Vietnamese responses to U.S.
actions, May 1964
Telephone
Conversation Between President Johnson and the President's Special Assistant
for National Security Affairs (Bundy) Washington, May 27, 1964, 11:24 a.m.
"U.S.
Calls for Frontier Patrol to He!p Prevent Border Incidents Between Cambodia
and Vietnam." Statement by Adlai Stevenson to Security Council, 21 May
1964, Department of State Bulletin, 8 June 1964
"The
Defense of the Free World," Robert S. McNamara, Secretary of Defense, before
the National Industrial Conference Board, 21 May 1964, Department of State Bulletin,
8 June 1964
"President
Outlines Basic Themes of U.S. Policy in Southeast Asia," Statement by President
Johnson at his News Conference on June 2, 1964, Department of State Bulletin,
22 June 1964
NATIONAL
SECURITY ACTION MEMORANDA, NSAM 308: Designation of Robert J. Manning to Disseminate
Facts on Southeast Asia, 22 June 1964
NATIONAL
SECURITY ACTION MEMORANDA, NSAM 310: Designation of Michael Forrestal As Chairman
of Committee For Management of US Policy and Operations in South Vietnam, 8
July 1964
Telegram
from Saigon Embassy to the State Department on "Marching North." 25
July 1964
Telegram
from the State Department to the Embassy in Laos Regarding Proposed Bombing
in Laos, 26 July 1964
Telegram
(Vientiane 170) from the Embassy in Laos to the State Department Regarding Proposed
Bombing in Laos (Deptel 89) , 27 July 1964
NATIONAL
SECURITY ACTION MEMORANDA, NSAM 313: Re SEA stories (ref: NSAM 308), 31 July
1964
NATIONAL
SECURITY ACTION MEMORANDA, NSAM 325: Informational and Psychological Warfare
Programs in South Vietnam, no date
US,
Department of State, Foreign Relations of the United States, 1964-1968,
Volume I, Vietnam, 1964, Part VIII. U.S. Reaction To Events in the Gulf of Tonkin,
August 1-10
NSA SIGINT Command
Center Record of Events, Gulf of Tonkin Incident, 1 August - 14 August 1964
Robert J. Hanyok,
Spartans in Darkness: American SIGINT and the Indochina War, 1945-1975, Center
for Cryptologic History, National Security Agency
2002, Chapter 5 - Skunks, Bogies, Silent Hounds, and the Flying Fish: The Gulf
of Tonkin Mystery, 2-4 August 1964
State
Department - Foreign Relations of the United States (FRUS): "U.S. Reaction
To Events in the Gulf of Tonkin, August 1-10"
Excerpt
from "Address to the Nation by President Johnson," 4 August 1964,
Department of State Bulletin, 24 August 1964, p. 259
Excerpt
From "Address by the President, Syracuse University, 5 August 1964,"
Department of State Bulletin, 24 August 1964
Memorandum
for the Record of White House Staff Meeting on the Gulf of Tonkin Incident,
Washington, August 5, 1964, 8 a.m.
President Johnson's
Address to the Congress, Tonkin Gulf Incident, August 5, 1964
The Gulf
of Tonkin Incident, 40 Years Later: Flawed Intelligence and the Decision for
War in Vietnam, Signals Intercepts, Cited at Time, Prove Only August 2nd Battle,
Not August 4; Purported Second Attack Prompted Congressional Blank Check for
War, Johnson-McNamara Tapes Show Readiness to Escalate, Even on Suspect Intel;
Top Aides Knew of Mistaken Signals, but Welcomed Justification for Vote. National
Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 132, Edited by John Prados, Posted
August 4, 2004
Naitonal
Security Archive, Essay: 40th Anniversary of the Gulf of Tonkin Incident by
John Prados, Posted August 4, 2004
Gulf
of Tonkin Signals Intercepts
President
Lyndon B. Johnson Tapes on Gulf of Tonkin
National
Public Radio, "Cronkite: Gulf of Tonkin's Phantom Attack Faulty Intelligence
Played Role in Decision to Engage Viet Cong, 2 August 2004
Robert J. Hanyok,
"Skunks, Bogies, Silent Hounds, and the Flying Fish: The Gulf of Tonkin
Mystery, 2-4 August 1964," Cryptologic Quarterly, February 1998
US, National Security Agency,
Central Security Service, "Gulf of Tonkin - 11/30/2005 and 05/30/2006,"
Classified Documents on the Gulf of Tonkin Incident, Declassified on 30 November
2005.
Excerpt From
"President's Message to Congress, 5 August 1964," Department of State
Bulletin, 24 August 1964
"Secretary
Rusk Discusses Asian Situation on NBC Program," 5 August 1964, Department
of State Bulletin, 24 August 1964
SECURITY COUNCIL
HEARS U.S. CHARGE OF NORTH VIETNAMESE ATTACKS: Statement by Adlai E. Stevenson,
U.S. Representative in the Security Council, August 5, 1964
Jeff Cohen and Norman
Solomon, "30-Year Anniversary: Tonkin Gulf Lie Launched Vietnam War,"
Media Beat, July 27, 1994
Captain
Ronnie E. Ford, U.S. Army, "New Light on Gulf of Tonkin," Vietnam
Magazine
Peter Grier, "Declassified
study puts Vietnam events in new light: US signals intelligence during the war
came up short in major turning points, according to an NSA history," Christian
Science Monitor, 9 January 2008
Rules of
Engagement After the Gulf of Tonkin Incident, 5 August 1964
Text of Joint
Resolution (The Tonkin Gulf Resolution), August 7, Department of State Bulletin,
24 August 1964
Telegram
from Secretary of State Rusk (State 136) to the Embassy in Laos on Proposed
Bombing in Laos, 7 August 1964
Draft Telegram
from McNaughton to the Embassy