Editorial Note
On September 7, an Economic Assistance Agreement between the United States and Vietnam was signed at Saigon by Edmund A. Gullion, United States Chargé d’Affaires, and Nguyen Khac Ve, Acting President of the Council of Ministers. This agreement set forth understandings governing the extension of United States economic and technical assistance to Vietnam. For text, see United States Treaties and Other International Agreements (UST), volume 2 (part 2), page 2205 (TIAS No. 2346), or United States–Vietnam Relations, 1945–1967, page 449.
Similar agreements were concluded between the United States and Cambodia and between the United States and Laos. For the text of the agreement signed at Phnom Penh on September 8, by Don V. Catlett, United States Chargé d’Affaires, and Oum Chheang Sun, President of the Council of Ministers, see 2 UST (part 2) 2153 (TIAS [Page 491] No. 2343). For the text of the agreement signed at Vientiane on September 9 by Paul L. Guest, United States Chargé d’Affaires, and Phagna Xieng Mao, President of the Council of Ministers a.i., see 2 UST (part 2) 2177 (TIAS No. 2344).
Documentation on the negotiations culminating in these agreements is located in Department of State files 851G.00E and 851G.00TA.