237. Editorial Note
On November 11, 1961, Robert G.K. Thompson of the British Advisory Mission in Saigon sent a letter to President Diem to which was attached a memorandum outlining a plan for clearing the Viet Cong from the delta area. Also attached to the letter was a note dealing with various intelligence matters. Copies of the letter and the memorandum were also given to the United States Embassy in Saigon and were transmitted to the Department of State as attachments to despatch 205, November 20. (Department of State, Central Files, 751K.00/11-2061) The note on intelligence was apparently not given to the United States Embassy. Thompson’s letter and the attached memorandum are printed in United States-Vietnam Relations, 1945-1967, Book 11, pages 345-358.