I. Reassessment, January 1-March 14, 1963: Hilsman-Forrestal Report, Wheeler Mission, Mansfield Report, Comprehensive Plan, Thompson Report
31. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Vietnam
Source: Department of State, Central Files, DEF 19-3 US-S VIET Secret. Drafted by Heavner, cleared by Wood and Rice and in the Department of Defense in draft by Bundy. Repeated to CINCPAC for POLAD.
32. Minutes of a Meeting of the Special Group for Counterinsurgency
Source: Department of State, Special Group Counterinsurgency Files: Lot 68 D 451, Special Group (CI). Secret. Drafted by Dingeman who is not listed among the participants.
33. Memorandum From Michael V. Forrestal of the National Security Council Staff to the Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs (Harriman)
Source: Kennedy Library, Schlesinger Papers, South Vietnam. Secret. A copy was also sent to Hilsman.
34. Memorandum From Michael V. Forrestal of the National Security Council Staff to the Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Far East, Agency for International Development (Janow)
Source: Kennedy Library, Hilsman Papers, Country Series-Vietnam. Secret. Copies were sent also to Byron Engle, Director of the Office of Public Safety in AID, and to Ogden Williams, Special Assistant on the staff of USOM Director Brent in the Embassy in Saigon.
35. Telegram From the Embassy in Vietnam to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, CSM 9-6 S VIET. Secret; Priority; Limit Distribution. Repeated to CINCPAC for POLAD.
36. Memorandum of Conversation Between the Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs (Harriman) and the Chief of Staff, United States Army (Wheeler), Department of State
Source: Department of State, Vietnam Working Group Files: Lot 67 D 54, DEF 19-2 Advisory and Training Asst. Secret; Limit Distribution. Drafted by Harriman. Copies were sent to FE, SEA/VN, the Embassy in Saigon for Ambassador Nolting, the White House for Forrestal, and INR for Hilsman. A copy of this memorandum is also in Library of Congress, Harriman Papers.
37. Letter From the Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs (Harriman) to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (Taylor)
Source: Library of Congress, Harriman Papers, TUVWXYZ. Personal and Confidential.
38. Letter From the Ambassador in Vietnam (Nolting) to the Vietnamese Secretary of State at the Presidency and Assistant Secretary of State for National Defense (Thuan)
Source: Department of State, Central Files, DEF 19-3 US-S VIET. Secret; Limit Distribution. Transmitted to Washington on February 18 as enclosure 2 to airgram A-435 from Saigon.
39. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Vietnam
Source: Department of State, Central Files, DEF 19 S VIET. Secret. Drafted by Heavner and cleared in FE by Wood, Abram E. Manell, and Harriman, and in P by Robert J. McCloskey. Admiral Heinz in DOD/ISA was informed about the contents of the telegram. Repeated to CINCPAC for POLAD.
40. Memorandum From the Joint Chiefs of Staff to the Secretary of Defense (McNamara)
Source: Washington National Records Center, RG 330, OSD Files: FRC 69 A 3131, Vietnam 380 thru 381 1963. Secret.
41. Letter From the Commander, Military Assistance Command, Vietnam (Harkins) to President Diem
Source: Washington National Records Center, RG 334, MAC/V Files:FRC 69 A 702, 204-58 Command Reporting Files (1963). Secret.
42. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Vietnam
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 7 US/MANSFIELD. Official Use Only; Priority. Drafted by Wood and cleared in SEA by Deputy Director Norman B. Hannah. Repeated to CINCPAC for POLAD and pouched to Vientiane, Phnom Penh, Rangoon, Bangkok, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, and Manila.
44. Letter From the Director of the Vietnam Working Group (Wood) to the Minister-Counselor of the Embassy in Vietnam (Trueheart)
Source: Department of State, Vietnam Working Group Files: Lot 67 D 54, PR-11 Press Relations. Confidential; Official-Informal. Drafted by Heavner and Wood.
45. Letter From the Ambassador in Vietnam (Nolting) to the Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs (Harriman)
Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Vietnam Country Series, 2/63-3/63. Secret; Official-Informal.
46. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Vietnam
Source: Department of State, Central Files, DEF 19 S VIET Secret. Drafted by Heavuer and cleared by Wood, Rice, Harriman, and Forrestal. DOD/ISA was informed about the cable. Repeated to CINCPAC for POLAD.
47. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Vietnam
Source: Department of State, Central Files, AID(US) S VIET Confidential. Drafted by Walter G. Stoneman in FE/VN, AID. Cleared in draft in the Department of State by Wood and Maechling, and in Defense and AID.
48. Memorandum From the Director of the Vietnam Working Group (Wood) to the Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs (Harriman)
Source: Department of State, Vietnam Working Group Files: Lot 67 D 54, Pol 26-1 Counterinsurgency. Secret. Sent through Rice.
49. Memorandum From the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs (Bundy) to the Secretary of Defense (McNamara)
Source: Washington National Records Center, RG 330, OSD Files: FRC 69 A 3131, Vietnam 091.4 thru 320.00 1963. Secret. Wood concurred in the memorandum for the Department of State.
51. Memorandum From the Joint Chiefs of Staff to the Secretary of Defense (McNamara)
Source: Washington National Records Center, RG 330, OSD Files: FRC 69 A 3131, Vietnam 380 thru 381 1963. Secret.
52. Memorandum From the President’s Special Representative and Adviser on African, Asian, and Latin American Affairs (Bowles) to the President
Source: Kennedy Library, President’s Office Files, Staff Memoranda-C. Bowles.
53. Telegram From the Embassy in Vietnam to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, AID(US) S VIET. Confidential. Repeated to CINCPAC.
54. Memorandum From Michael V. Forrestal of the National Security Council Staff to the Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs (Harriman)
Source: Library of Congress, Harriman Papers, Forrestal, Michael V. Top Secret; Eyes Only. Also addressed to McGeorge Bundy and Kaysen.
55. Telegram From the United States Information Agency to the Embassy in Vietnam
Source: Department of State, Central Files, POL 27 S VIEI Secret. Drafted in USIA/IAF by Mecklin, who was in Washington because of a medical problem. Cleared in USIA by W. Kenneth Bunce, Deputy Assistant Director for the Far East; Thomas C. Sorensen, Deputy Director for Policy and Plans; and Murrow. Cleared in the Department of State by Harriman and James L. Greenfield, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs. Cleared in the Department of Defense by Sylvester and in the White House by Salinger.
56. Memorandum From the Joint Chiefs of Staff to the Secretary of Defense (McNamara)
Source: Washington National Records Center, RG 330, OSD Files: FRC 69 A 3131, Vietnam 380 thru 381 1963. Secret.
57. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Vietnam
Source: Department of State, Central Files, DEF 19 S VIET Secret; Priority. Drafted by Wood and cleared by Barnett, in AID by Stoneman, and in DOD/ISA by Colonel Kent. Repeated to CINCPAC for POLAD.
58. Memorandum From Michael V. Forrestal of the National Security Council Staff to the Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs (Harriman)
Source: Department of State, Vietnam Working Group Files: Lot 67 D 54, POL 27-10 Chemical Warfare. 1963. Secret.
59. Minutes of Meeting of the Special Group for Counterinsurgency
Source: Department of State, Special Group Counterinsurgency Files: Lot 68 D 451, Special Group (Cl). Secret. Drafted by Dingeman who is not listed among the participants.