VIETNAM1
1. For previous documentation on Vietnam, see Foreign Relations, 1952–1954, volumes xii, Part 1, xiii, and xvi.
Contents
- I. CONSOLIDATION OF THE DIEM
GOVERNMENT, JANUARY–MAY 1955: UNITED STATES AND FRENCH TRAINING
RESPONSIBILITIES IN VIETNAM; CONSIDERATION OF REPLACEMENT OF DIEM; THE SECT CRISIS IN SAIGON; DECISION
TO SUPPORT Diem (Documents 1–189)
- II. THE QUESTION OF ELECTIONS IN VIETNAM, MAY–NOVEMBER 1955: CONSIDERATION
OF U.S. POLICY ON ALL-VIETNAM ELECTIONS; ATTEMPTS TO PROMOTE ELECTORAL
CONSULTATIONS BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH VIETNAM; U.S. POLICY IN THE EVENT OF A
RENEWAL OF HOSTILITIES IN VIETNAM; THE BAO
DAI–DIEM
REFERENDUM (Documents 190–276)
- III. LONG-RANGE PLANNING IN SOUTH VIETNAM, NOVEMBER 1955 TO DECEMBER 1957:
INTERNAL SECURITY IN SOUTH VIETNAM; THE MAAG CEILING AND TERM;
ELECTIONS FOR SOUTH VIETNAM’S NATIONAL ASSEMBLY; NSC CONSIDERATION OF LOCAL AGGRESSION IN VIETNAM; LAND REFORM
AND FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN SOUTH VIETNAM; DIEM’S VISIT TO WASHINGTON; U.S. AID TO SOUTH VIETNAM FOR
1958 (Documents 277–411)