Index

• Achilles, Theodore C.:
  • Bao Dai, 97–99
  • Diem government, replacement of, 45–47, 60–62, 190
  • Sect rebellion, 146n, 147n, 195, 212
  • U.S.-French relations, 36n, 37n, 59n, 70–71, 72n, 80–81, 83–84, 89–90, 135–137, 352n, 379–380
• American Friends of Vietnam, 742
• Anderson, Daniel V., 540–542, 661–666, 764–765, 767n, 768–769
• Anderson, Dillon, 213, 308, 443, 701
• Anderson, Robert B., 48–52
• Armstrong, W. Park, Jr., 498–499, 548–549, 684n
• Associated States (see also Cambodia; Laos; Vietnam), 32, 80–81, 139, 499
  • U.S. policy re, 25–29, 555–558
• Atomic weapons, use of, 516, 536–540, 695, 697, 699–700, 708, 796, 809, 820–823
• Aurell, George E., 385
• Australia, 344, 420–421, 817
• Ba Cut. See Le Quang Vinh.
• Bandung Conference, 240, 242–243
• Bane, D.M., 320n
• Bao Dai, 2, 38, 87, 97–99, 344, 348, 351, 364, 390
  • Binh Xuyen, involvement with, 98, 185, 207, 214, 259, 273, 286, 309, 398
  • British position, 283, 287, 351
  • Catholics, 98–99, 114
  • CIA position re, 369–370
  • Deposition of, possible, 347–350, 353n, 354, 357–360, 364, 474, 476, 547n
  • Diem position re, 19, 91–92, 156, 172, 269, 318, 334, 353n, 354n, 432, 436
  • Diem government:
    • French position, 33, 214, 259, 262, 373, 375, 379, 396, 398, 401
    • Position re, 98–99, 114, 115n, 120, 172, 198, 273–276, 282, 332–336, 338, 364
    • Role in replacement of, 33–34, 215, 223–224, 243, 252–253, 259, 261–263, 266, 269, 273–276, 281–284, 288, 291, 296–297, 299n, 309
    • U.S. position, 34, 223–224, 243, 252–253, 259–260, 262–263, 269, 283–285, 288, 293, 296–297, 299, 301, 309, 314, 338–340, 398, 402, 405, 417
  • Diem–Bao Dai referendum, 547n, 565–566, 569, 589–594
  • Eisenhower letter, 93, 97, 113
  • French position re, 20, 33, 38–40, 42, 144, 152, 154–157, 187, 214–215, 321, 569
  • Saigon crisis (see also Binh Xuyen, involvement with above), 98, 172–173, 185, 187, 189–190, 214, 217, 242, 273, 304–305, 316n, 318–319, 321–323, 325–326, 329, 331–336, 338–339, 346, 364
  • Sect rebellion, 98, 113–114, 126, 138, 207, 316n, 321
  • Sects, involvement with, 117–118, 126, 130, 138, 214
  • U.S. position re, 2, 46, 97–98, 152, 155–157, 173, 177, 187, 189, 191, 195, 202, 211–212, 279, 286, 364–365, 369, 374, 398
• Barbour, Robert E., 662n
• Barrows, Leland, 391, 480, 722, 849, 854n, 857, 858, 871n, 882
• Bay Vien. See Le Van Vien.
• Bell, Daniel W., 586n
• Bell, James D., 512, 674n
• Berard, Armand, 352n, 353, 378–380, 499–500, 502
• Binh Xuyen. See under Bao Dai; Sect rebellion, Sects, Saigon crisis under Vietnam.
• Bonnet, Henri, 94, 100
• Borel, Paul A., 199n
• Bowie, Robert R., 244n, 247n, 294n, 297n, 299n, 340n, 344n, 439, 560–562, 693–695, 871n
• Brucker, Wilber M., 655
• Bui Van Thinh, 591, 604
• Bulganin, Nikolai, 500
• Bunting, Frederick H., 753n, 770
• Burke, Adm. Arleigh A., 687–688, 735
• Burma, 129, 750, 830–831
• Buu Hoi, 14, 42, 224–225, 234
• Buu Loc, 126
• Byrne, Patricia M., 460n, 465n, 490n, 497n, 505n, 543n
• Ca Mau operation, 75, 76n, 83
• Cabell, Lieut. Gen. Charles P., 213
• Caccia, Harold A., 396–397, 399, 629
• Cambodia, 139, 525, 580, 831
  • Communist activities in, 498–499, 768, 789, 800, 819, 855, 861
  • French position, 44, 51, 82, 116–117, 677
  • Military situation, 96–97, 632, 861
  • Political situation, 96, 116–117, 553, 555–557, 700–701, 730, 811–812, 861
  • U.S. economic and military assistance, 27–28, 42–43, 49–50, 73–74, 279, 533, 557–558, 584, 587–588, 654
  • Vietnam, relations with, 139, 741, 789, 861
• Canada, 11, 51, 105, 117, 134–135, 646
• Casey, R.G., 146
• Central Intelligence Agency, 199–202, 235, 346n, 369–370, 433
• Cerles, Pierre, 475–476, 489
• Ceylon, 830–831
• Chapman, Christian G., 871n
• Chau. See Nguyen Huu Chau.
• Cheysson, Claude, 61
• China, People’s Republic of, 413, 601, 829
  • Elections, All-Vietnam, 576–577, 628–629, 641
  • Geneva Conference, reconvening of, 628–629, 641
  • Vietnam, Democratic Republic of, economic and military assistance to, 11–12, 44–45, 95, 108–109, 293
• Chou En-lai, 576n, 629–630, 641
• Clarac, 13
• Cogny, Gen. René, 119, 368
• Collins, Gen. J. Lawton, 5n, 8n, 33n, 42, 48n, 58n, 71n, 82, 117, 130–133, 247n, 260–261, 294n, 297n, 356, 361
  • Associated States, 25–29, 139
  • Bao Dai, 19, 113–114, 155–157, 313, 345n, 353n, 359n, 360n, 364–365, 370
  • Department of State debriefing, 284–287
  • Diem, 42, 55, 91–92, 122, 168–170, 218–220, 232–233, 281, 292–293, 310–311, 365
  • Diem government:
    • Replacement of, 170–171, 175–177, 199–200, 220–221, 223–229, 242–244, 247n, 248n, 249n, 270, 280–281, 289, 337–338
    • U.S. support for, 45, 115n, 206–207, 233–235, 265–270, 285, 287, 297–298, 351, 368, 374–375
  • Elections, All-Vietnam, 130–133
  • Ely-Collins Seven-Point Program, 1, 63–69, 388–393
  • French-Vietnamese relations, 54, 356–357, 365–366
  • French Expeditionary Corps, 116, 135n, 286, 382–385
  • International Control Commission, 82, 117
  • Minh resignation, 158, 161–162, 165–166
  • National Security Council report, 63–69
  • Political situation, 143–146, 265–270, 350–351, 357–359
  • Refugees, 88, 101–102
  • Saigon crisis, 151–153, 158–167, 171–174, 178, 180–189, 195, 203–205, 207–208, 222–223, 233, 242, 308, 311, 333, 360–368
  • Sect rebellion, 101, 117, 119–120, 125–128, 137–138, 140–144, 155–157, 224–225, 286
  • Sects, 14–15, 17–18, 54–55, 93, 139–140, 153–155, 310
  • U.S. economic assistance to Vietnam, 56–57
  • U.S.-French relations, 60, 119, 231–232, 246, 342–343, 352–353, 366–368, 524
  • U.S.-French training agreement, 1n, 9–10, 29–32, 36–37, 41, 58–60, 81, 84–86
  • U.S. military assistance to Vietnam, 43, 56–57, 81–82, 121–122, 257, 424, 426
  • Viet Minh, 54, 310
  • Vietnamese economic situation, 55, 139
  • Vietnamese National Army, 55, 310, 363, 430
• Colombo Plan, 751
• Congress, U.S.:
  • Diem government, support for, 2, 221–222, 230, 234, 239, 271, 277, 338, 369
  • Mutual Security Act of 1954, 49n, 73
  • U.S. assistance programs, 52, 239, 259, 585–586, 741, 772, 823
• Corcoran, Thomas J., 10, 110, 413–414, 430–431, 758n, 762n, 770n, 773n, 793n, 799n, 801n, 803n, 811n, 812n, 816n, 827n, 828n, 863n
• Couve de Murville, Maurice, 198, 238, 245, 258–260, 316n, 317n, 648
• Cutler, Robert, 15n, 67, 209n
• Daridan, Jean H., 14, 17, 35, 144
• Davis, Adm. Arthur C., 284–287, 503–504
• Davis, Saville, 622
• De Lattre de Tassigny, Gen. Jean, 18n
• De Margérie, Jacquin, 399n
• Desai, Manilal Jagdish, 657
• Devinat, Paul, 367
• Diem. See Ngo Dinh Diem.
• Diem government (see also Ngo Dinh Diem; Vietnam: Saigon crisis; and under Bao Dai), 2, 14–15, 103, 124, 127, 139–140, 365, 872–876
  • Bao Dai position re, 98–99, 114, 115n, 120, 172, 198, 273–276, 332–336, 338, 364
  • British position re, 351, 402, 576
  • Broadening of support for, 38, 66, 94, 157, 173, 206–207, 328–329, 431
  • Diem–Bao Dai referendum, 547n 565–566, 569, 589–594
  • Diem–Minh relations, 123–124, 130, 149, 158–162, 165–166, 207–219
  • French support for (see also under Replacement of below), 19–20, 35, 40, 60–61, 103, 172, 180, 183, 186, 190n, 200–201, 309, 341, 366, 372–379, 387, 393–399, 401–403, 416
  • Joint Chiefs of Staff position re, 380–382
  • Popular support, 33, 45, 55, 78–79, 347–348, 354, 365, 415–416, 591–592
  • Reforms, 66, 91–92, 162, 173, 206–207, 247, 266–270, 328–329, 392–393
  • Religious freedom, 114
  • Replacement of:
    • Bao Dai role, possible, 33–34, 215, 223–224, 243, 252–253, 259, 261–263, 269, 273–276, 281–284, 288, 291, 296–297, 299n, 309
    • British position re, 283
    • Diem proposals, 268–270
    • French support for, 213–216, 238–239, 251–254, 258–265, 277, 292, 309, 321, 327–328
    • Supreme Council of National Union proposal, 274, 282
    • Thoai proposal, 261–268
    • U.S. support for, 169–170, 220, 222–229, 232–251, 258–265, 270–272, 280–287, 291–293, 296–299, 308–311, 337–339, 349–350
  • Sect rebellion (see also Saigon crisis below), 14–15, 103, 107, 120, 122–126, 148–149, 158–165, 314–315, 330–331, 431
  • Sect suppletive forces, payments for, 18, 39, 79–80, 106, 126, 138, 142
  • Sect, support for, 106–108, 142–143, 200, 229–230, 317, 328–329, 349, 432, 604
  • U.S. Congress support for, 2, 176–177, 221–222, 230, 234, 239, 271, 338, 345, 369
  • U.S. support for (see also under Replacement of above), 55–56, 93, 102–103, 113, 115–116, 175–176, 178–180, 188, 194–195, 199–200, 206, 229, 231, 301–303, 305–306, 344–345, 366–367, 374–376, 379–380, 399, 403n, 406–408, 492
  • Vietnamese National Army support for (see also Loyalty under Vietnamese National Army), 348
• Dillon, C. Douglas, 13–14, 19–21, 22–24, 212, 245, 251, 320, 322, 326, 332–336, 393, 409, 419–421, 468, 478–479, 568–571, 777n
• Do. See Tran Van Do.
• Donovan, Gen. William J., 641n
• Dulles, Allen W., 235, 301n, 307–308, 311, 346n, 369–370, 619, 624–625, 700
• Dulles, John Foster, 215n, 231n, 518n, 533, 543n
  • Agrarian reform, 525–527
  • Armistice, 659–660
  • Bao Dai, 340, 474
  • Diem, replacement of, 52, 236, 238–241, 244–248, 270–272, 308–310
  • Diem government, U.S. support for, 32–33, 115–116, 175–176, 179–180, 229–231, 235, 294–295, 344–345, 353–355, 380, 394, 397–399, 480–481
  • Elections:
    • All-Vietnam, 103–104, 134–135, 208–211, 421–423, 439–440, 443, 459–460, 464, 493, 495–496, 501–502, 505, 533, 546, 630, 641, 651, 660
    • National Assembly, 559, 621–622
  • France, withdrawal of from Vietnam, 394, 658–659
  • Geneva Accords, 594–595
  • Geneva Conference, 486, 567, 578–580
  • Indochina visit, 96–97, 99–102
  • International Control Commission, 43, 51
  • Saigon crisis, 291, 297–298, 301, 316n, 317n, 346n
  • Sect rebellion, 146–147, 168, 190–199, 211–214, 658
  • TERM (Temporary Equipment Recovery Mission). See U.S. military equipment below.
  • U.S.-French training agreement in Vietnam, 21, 24–25, 33–34, 41n, 48, 58–60
  • U.S. military assistance to Vietnam, 48–50, 74, 239, 355–356, 472–473, 479–480, 518n, 598, 622–623, 631–632, 636, 640–641, 644–649, 651–652, 697–698, 700–702, 828–829, 863–864
  • U.S. military equipment, recovery of, 52, 656, 669–671, 686
  • U.S. objectives in Vietnam, 368–369, 641–642
  • U.S.-U.K. relations, 628–630
  • Vietnam, Democratic Republic of, possible rice shipments from South Vietnam, 128–129
  • Vietnamese economic situation, 817–820
  • Vietnamese National Army, 533
• Dupont, Ferdinand, 519
• Durbrow, Elbridge, 787–792, 794n, 801, 820n, 822n, 856–861, 869–872
  • Economic situation, 789–790, 814–816, 825–826, 843
  • Foreign relations, 788–789, 829–830, 844
  • U.S. assistance to Vietnam, 854–856, 865–869
  • U.S. military assistance to Vietnam, 837–843, 850, 885–887
• Dwan, Lt. Col. John E., 121n
• Eden, Anthony, 43, 62, 209, 210, 402, 493, 494, 496, 497–498, 500
• Eisenhower, Dwight D., 81n, 372, 647, 654–655
  • Collins appointment, 63n, 235
  • Diem, replacement of, 175–176, 236n, 250n, 281
  • Diem government, reforms in, 93n, 370
  • Saigon crisis, 197, 308, 311
  • U.S.-French relations, 492–493
  • U.S.-French training agreement in Vietnam, 33–34
  • U.S. assistance to Vietnam, 3, 66, 74
  • U.S. military assistance to Vietnam, 377n, 655, 697–703, 798–799
• Elbrick, C. Burke, 168n, 416n
• Ely, Gen. Paul H.R., 14–15, 32, 39, 45–46, 82, 122, 168n, 169n, 388
  • Anti-French propaganda, 260–261
  • Bao Dai, 155–157
  • Cambodia, 82, 116–117
  • Collins consultations, 39–40
  • Diem, 179–180, 199, 309, 336, 378–379
    • Replacement of, 19–20, 215–218, 223, 244, 248n, 249n, 253, 277, 297–298
  • Government reforms, French position re, 32–33, 94, 150, 219, 328, 396
  • Haiphong, evacuation of, 37–38, 82, 119
  • Laos, 117
  • Revolutionary Committee, 347, 350, 361–362
  • Saigon crisis, 159, 164, 166–167, 171–172, 180–190, 195, 204, 207–208, 211, 286, 303–305, 308, 315–316, 318–320, 325–327, 341–342, 360–362, 365–367
  • Sect rebellion, 117–119, 125–126, 144, 151–157, 200, 207–208, 212
  • Thoai proposals, 261–265
  • U.S.-French relations, 60, 199, 231–232, 246, 338, 342–343, 352–353, 367, 402–403, 408, 524
  • U.S.-French training agreement in Vietnam, 9–10, 30–31, 36, 41, 58–60, 72, 81–82, 85–86
• Emerson, Rupert, 552
• Esman, Milton J., 753n
• Etherington-Smith, Raymond Gordon Anthony, 541
• Faure, Edgar, 80n, 372, 499–500
  • Diem, position re, 375–376, 393–396, 398–399, 492–493, 496
  • Elections, All-Vietnam, 501
  • French Expeditionary Corps, withdrawal of from Vietnam, 376, 377n, 382, 385–386, 396–397, 454, 502
  • U.S.-French relations, 147–148, 294n, 295n, 321–323, 339, 375–378, 394–395, 399–404, 415
  • U.S.-French training agreement in Vietnam, 83–84
• Finn, Col. John M., 602n
• Fishel, Wesley R., 65n, 75–76, 111, 130, 289, 392, 850
• Fisher, William D., 36n
• FitzGerald, Dennis A., 753n
• France (see also French Expeditionary Corps), 105, 110, 215–216, 286
  • Anti-French propaganda, 341–342, 356–357, 361, 373, 387, 393–394, 407
  • Bao Dai, position re, 20, 33, 38–40, 42, 144, 152, 154–157, 187, 198, 214–215, 259, 262, 321, 373, 375, 379, 396, 398, 401, 569
  • Binh Xuyen, support for, 122–123, 207–208, 259, 317–318, 356, 360–362
  • Cambodia, 44, 51, 82, 116–117
  • Defense of South Vietnam, position re, 889–890
  • Diem government:
    • Replacement of, 213–216, 234, 238–239, 251–254, 258–265, 277, 292, 309, 321, 327–328
    • Support for, 19–20, 35, 40, 60–61, 172, 180, 183, 186, 190n, 200–201, 309, 341, 366, 372–379, 387, 393–399, 401–403, 416
  • Economic relations with Vietnam, 814
  • Education and Cultural Assistance Program, 392
  • Elections in Vietnam, 105, 110, 372–373, 413, 419–420, 436–437, 451–452, 461–462, 478–479, 492–494, 500–502, 543
  • French nationals in Vietnam, 519–520
  • Geneva Conference, reconvening of, 676, 678
  • Indochina policy, 54, 80–81, 147, 499
  • International Control Commission, 43, 51
  • Laos, position re, 117, 601, 632, 817
  • Military involvement in Vietnam (see also Saigon crisis and Withdrawal below), 14–16, 39, 468–470, 506–507, 520, 636, 699, 738
  • Political situation, 13–14, 198, 361, 366, 373, 379
  • Press, 3, 40
  • Relations with Vietnam, 501, 520–521, 568, 571, 600–601, 788
  • Saigon crisis, role in, 122–123, 150–153, 156, 160, 164, 166–167, 171–172, 174–175, 180, 182–183, 186–189, 199, 204–205, 207–208, 212, 231, 252, 259, 303–305, 308, 315–318, 320–323, 325–327, 331, 341–343, 348–349, 356, 360–362, 365–366
    • Military involvement, 152–153, 174–175, 183, 199, 202–203, 317–318, 320, 325, 327, 331, 361–362, 365–366
  • Sect rebellion, military involvement in, 122–123, 152–153, 174–175, 180, 186, 199, 202–203, 207–208, 308, 317–318, 325, 331, 361–362
  • Sects, position re (see also Saigon crisis above), 17, 35, 101, 117–118, 144, 150, 154–155, 200–201, 252, 395–396
  • U.S.-French training agreement in Vietnam (see also Vietnamese National Army below), 9–10, 21–25, 29–32, 34, 36–37, 41, 48–49, 58–60, 63–69, 70–72, 81, 83–86, 388–390, 633
  • U.S. MAAG personnel expansion, 646, 648, 650
  • U.S. Vietnam policy, attitude toward, 35, 110, 147–148, 198–199, 238–239, 258–260, 294–296, 320–324, 415, 420, 492–493, 600–602, 650–653
    • Diem government, 41–42, 46–47, 60–61, 238, 258–260, 277, 294n, 295n, 321, 372–378, 394–399
  • Withdrawal from Vietnam (see also under French Expeditionary Corps), 394, 453, 569–571, 632, 650, 659, 738, 824, 825n
  • Vietnam, Democratic Republic of, 147–148, 322, 373, 407
    • Economic relations with, 11, 20–21, 89–90, 148, 413
    • Forces in, 16
    • Haiphong, evacuation of, 37–38
    • Relations with, U.S. position re, 89–90, 295–296
    • Sainteny mission, 12, 20–21, 44, 286, 322, 373, 413–414, 600
  • Vietnamese National Army, 110, 204, 214, 216, 796–797, 809–810
    • Training of, 1, 9–10, 18, 21–25, 34, 383, 633, 652, 676–677, 679, 730–732, 734, 736–737, 786, 791, 824
• French Expeditionary Corps, 374, 381, 482, 632
  • Reduction of forces, 16, 32, 68, 116, 154
  • Saigon crisis, role in, 152, 180, 186, 207–208
  • U.S. support for, 73–74, 135–137, 250n, 286, 295, 323–324, 453–455
  • Withdrawal of from Vietnam, 382–387, 396, 399n, 403–404, 407, 415, 428, 482–484, 502, 520, 619, 625, 632
    • Vietnamese negotiations re, 453–455, 503n, 533, 569, 594–595, 676
• Gambiez, Gen. Louis Charles Fernand, 141, 160, 164–165, 171, 181, 232, 324
• Gebhart, John F., 356
• Geneva Accords (see also International Control Commission; Vietnam: Elections: All-Vietnam), 70n, 95–96, 104–106, 436, 595, 784
  • U.S. MAAG personnel limits, 599, 619–620, 626
• Geneva Conference, reconvening of, 628–629, 641, 669, 676, 678, 681
• Georges-Picot, Guillaume, 367
• Giap, Gen., 11
• Gibson, William, 61, 272n, 290, 301, 332, 500
• Gittinger, Price, 722
• Gleason, S. Everett, 62n, 70, 212n, 307, 442n, 653n, 695n
• Goodpaster, Col. Andrew J., 399n, 630n
• Gray, Gordon, 536–537, 556n, 634–635, 686
• Gromyko, Andrei Andreevich, 669, 678
• Guillaume, Gen. Augustin Léon, 468–470
• Ha Van Vuong, 834
• Ham Pan Son, 379
• Haraldson, Wesley C., 779n, 871n
• Harper, Joseph H., 735
• Hensel, H. Struve, 49, 277–280
• Herter, Christian A., 765, 779–780, 841n, 843
• Hessel, Stephane Frederic, 542
• Ho Chi Minh, 11, 29, 35, 221, 277–278, 379, 477, 767
• Ho Thong Minh, 9, 31, 121, 216, 223, 266, 335n
  • Diem, relations with, 123–124, 130, 149, 158, 160–162, 165, 207, 219
  • Resignation of, 158–162, 165–166, 169
  • Sect rebellion, 75, 123–124, 127, 153, 164, 232
  • Vietnamese National Army force levels, 18, 27n, 30, 388
• Hoey, Robert E., 24n, 32n, 33n, 36n, 41n, 58n, 71n, 95n, 115n, 128n, 129n, 146n, 194n, 208n, 248n, 258n, 299n, 314n, 385n, 421n, 422n, 427–428, 474n, 487n, 543n, 559n, 621n, 622n
• Hollister, John B., 587, 749n, 753–754, 770–773, 777–779
• Horn Pan Son, 379
• Hoover, Herbert, Jr., 34n, 71–72, 128n, 129–130, 272, 301n, 380–382, 385–386, 385n, 465–466, 487–488, 490–491, 543–545, 585n, 654–655, 777–778
• Hoppenot, Henri, 501, 502–503, 520–521, 677n, 679, 732
• Houghton, Amory, 824
• Howe, Fisher, 201n, 305–306, 564–565
• Huard, Pierre, 21
• Hughes, Rowland R., 74
• Humphrey, George M., 311, 338, 415
• Hunh Fu Cho, 604
• Huyen Van Hhiem, 361
• India, 11, 105, 117, 134, 459, 460–465, 580n, 595, 656–657, 678–679, 741, 797, 829–831
• Indochina (see also Associated States; Cambodia; Laos; Vietnam), 54, 80–81, 96–97, 147, 499
• International Control Commission, 11, 43, 51, 82, 95, 105–106, 117, 422, 490–492, 579, 595, 615–616, 656–657, 748, 786–787, 827
• Jacquot, Gen. Pierre Elie, 149, 153, 158, 160, 165, 182, 367–368, 478, 626, 632n, 652
• Japan, 789
• Jarvis, Francis Girard, 128n
• Joint Chiefs of Staff, 57–58, 380–382, 438, 536–540, 599, 672–674, 703–709
• Jones, Howard P., 525n, 777–779, 793n, 827–828
• Joy, Michael G.L., 461
• Jozan, Adm. Edouard Albert, 356, 636
• Judd, Walter, 271
• Katay Don Sasorith, 96, 802
• Kattenburg, Paul, 422, 427, 594n, 618n, 621n, 622n, 631n, 633, 640n, 644n, 666n, 668n, 669n, 674n, 680n, 685n, 739n
• Kaul, T.N., 829n
• Kelly, Edna F., 338
• Kelly, Col. J.E., 171n, 174–175
• Kent, Sherman, 199–202
• Kidder, Randolph A., 10, 75–80, 103n, 104–109, 282n, 303–305, 315–320, 325–331, 338, 340–344, 350n, 352, 408n, 416n, 418n, 424–426, 513, 524
• Kieu Cong Cung, 121–122, 391
• Knowland, William F., 338
• Kocher, Eric, 758–759, 762n, 793n
• Korea, 606–608
• La Chambre, Guy Charles, 19–21, 33, 294n
• La Forest, Henri, 190, 322–323, 372–373, 387, 396, 405, 499–500
• Ladejinsky, Wolf I., 391, 427, 429–430, 456–458, 717, 722–723, 833
• Lai Huu Tai, 138, 363
• Lai Van Sang, 138, 159, 164, 172, 185, 245, 291n, 292n, 304, 308, 316, 319, 330, 363
• Lam Thanh Nguyen, 148, 432–434
• Landon, Kenneth P., 554, 556–557, 572
• Lansdale, Col. Edward G., 332n, 353, 357n, 370–371, 390–391, 877n
  • Diem, U.S. support of, 301–303, 305–306, 339, 426
  • Saigon crisis, 148–149, 172, 174–175, 300
  • Sect rebellion, 120n, 122–125, 205, 433
  • U.S. assistance to Vietnam, 3–8, 124–125, 573–576
• Laos, 117, 579–580, 584, 587, 727–728, 738–739, 817, 831, 890
  • Communist activities in, 96, 498–499, 612, 789, 800, 819, 876
  • French position re, 117, 601, 632, 817
  • Military situation, 117, 525, 808
  • Pathet Lao, 117, 601, 656, 738, 855
  • Political situation, 556–557, 802, 855
  • U.S. economic assistance, 27, 525, 533
  • U.S. military assistance, 27–28, 73–74, 654, 890
  • Vietnam, relations with, 139, 729–730, 738–739, 789, 817
• Lawton, Maj. Gen. William, 581, 616–618
• Lay, James S., Jr., 410–411, 514, 535
• Le Quang Vinh, 123, 151, 155, 177, 363, 431–433, 519
• Le Van Ty, Gen., 124, 127, 160, 164, 165, 169, 203–204, 227, 286, 315, 326, 329–331, 336, 379, 433, 604
• Le Van Vien, 140, 204, 221, 519
  • Bao Dai, involvement with, 118, 138, 185, 207, 286, 335n
  • Diem, relations with, 123, 127, 138, 177, 262, 293
  • French position re, 152, 182–183, 188
  • Saigon crisis, 188–191, 223, 225, 319, 361
  • United front of sects, 118, 363
• Lloyd, John Selwyn, 628–630, 678
• MacArthur, Douglas, II, 32n, 51–53, 71n, 134n, 190n, 194n, 208n, 248n, 250n, 258n, 294n, 297n, 299n, 344n, 416n, 543n, 622n
• McCarthy, Emmett J., 86–87
• McClintock, Robert, 25–29, 42–43
• MacDonald, Malcolm, 350–352, 396–397, 399, 400, 403
• McGuire, E. Perkins, 634, 713–715, 747–749
• McKesson, John A., III, 430, 455n
• Macmillan, Harold, 377, 400, 402, 404, 406, 464, 497, 501, 546, 576–580, 594n
• McNichol, David, 344
• Magruder, Lt. Gen. Carter B., 761
• Magsaysay, Ramon, 183, 572, 614, 735, 789
• Mai Huun Xuan, 304
• Makins, Sir Roger M., 43, 646
• Manila Pact. See Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO).
• Mansfield, Michael, 2, 176–177, 221, 230, 234, 239, 271, 277, 289n, 338, 343, 585–586
• Mao Tse-tung, 6, 773
• Meloy, Francis E., Jr., 306n, 391, 430–431
• Mendès-France, Pierre, 3, 19, 21, 31, 36–37, 46, 52, 61, 70, 80n, 309
• Menon, V.K. Krishna, 462, 678
• Merchant, Livingston T., 43, 51, 58n, 194n, 238, 258n
• Michigan State University, 64n, 65n, 66n, 392, 528–529, 784–785, 850–852
• Millet, Pierre, 277
• Millet, René, 146, 461
• Minh. See Ho Thong Minh.
• Molotov, Vyacheslav Mikhailovich, 462–463, 494, 497, 500, 567, 576–580, 629–630
• Mover, Raymond T., 525, 753n
• Muir, Col. James I., 856–861
• Murphy, Robert D., 36–37, 71n, 190n, 194n, 247n, 285, 294n, 297n, 299n, 385n, 466, 622n, 634–636, 644n, 646, 674–676, 685–687, 736–737, 828n
• Mutual Security Act of 1954, 49n, 73
• Myint Thein, 750
• National Intelligence Estimates:
  • NIE 63.1–55, 498–499
  • NIE 63–56, 720–721
  • NIE 63.2–57, 818–819
  • Special National Intelligence Estimates, SNIE 63.1–21–55, 346–350
• National Security Council:
  • Actions:
    • No. 1316, 69–70
    • No. 1415, 444
    • No. 1376, 214
    • No. 1389, 312
    • No. 1526, 655–656
    • No. 1571, 702–703
  • Documents:
    • NSC 5429/5, 69
    • NSC 5501, 694
    • NSC 5519, 410–412
  • Meetings:
    • 234th (Jan. 27, 1955), 63–70
    • 244th (Apr. 7, 1955), 213–214
    • 246th (Apr. 28, 1955), 307–312
    • 251st (June 9, 1955), 442–444
    • 279th (Mar. 8, 1956), 653–656
    • 287th (June 7, 1956), 695–703
• Nehru, Pandit Jawaharlal, 492, 497, 580, 656, 679, 741, 861
• Ngo Dinh Diem (see also Diem government), 40, 81n, 101–102, 258, 356–359, 519, 622, 767n, 786, 803–806, 833–836, 852–853
  • Agrarian reform, 455–458, 526, 715–719, 723
  • Armistice, position re, 659–662, 678
  • Atomic weapons, 699, 796, 809, 821
  • Bao Dai, 19, 91–92, 156, 172, 269, 318, 334, 353n, 354n, 432, 476
  • Cambodia, 139, 730, 811–812, 855, 861
  • Defense, 610n, 613–614, 682–683, 699, 795–798, 807–811, 829–831, 889–890
  • Diem brothers’ influence, 111–113, 119, 122, 145–146, 161, 227, 281, 289
  • Economic situation, 139, 553n, 729, 740, 742–747, 764, 796–799, 813–816, 825–826, 843
  • Elections:
    • All-Vietnam, 421, 429, 435, 440, 445, 449–452, 475, 477, 487, 489–490, 533, 543, 564, 629, 660, 842
    • National Assembly, 131, 289, 391, 435, 440, 451, 541, 547, 550, 553, 621n
  • Foreign relations, 750–751, 788–789, 829–832, 844
  • French training missions, 481–482, 659, 730–731, 737, 781
  • French-Vietnamese relations, 99–100, 343, 434–435, 519–521, 600, 738
  • Government reform, 268–270
  • Internal security, 76–77, 101, 121–122, 390–391, 435, 571–572, 575, 582–584, 661, 738, 764, 800–801, 825, 832–833, 839–840, 849–852
  • Laos, 612, 727–728, 729–730, 738–739, 796, 802, 808, 855, 890
  • Leadership of, U.S. position re, 2, 199–200, 219–220, 285, 287–288, 292–293, 309–311, 350, 415–416, 658, 733, 787–788, 872–884
  • Popular support for, 78–79, 278, 281, 532, 534, 638–639
  • Resettlement project, 126, 785, 808, 889, 894
  • Saigon crisis, 14–15, 83, 107, 120, 122–123, 138, 148–149, 158–161, 164–167, 171–172, 196, 204, 228, 291, 300, 304, 317–318, 323, 330–331, 356
  • Sect rebellion, 75n, 83, 119–120, 123, 125–130, 138–140, 146, 148–149, 283, 289, 431–432, 434, 519
  • Thailand, 808, 842–843, 855
  • U.S. economic assistance to Vietnam, 740, 845, 854–856, 867–869
  • U.S. military assistance to Vietnam, 124–125, 660, 683–684, 725–726, 786, 796–797, 841–845, 847, 854–856, 865–869, 890–894
  • Viet Minh infiltration, 602–605, 611–614, 624–625, 637n, 738, 768–769, 795, 807–808
  • Vietnam, Democratic Republic of, 726–727, 758
  • Vietnamese National Army, 64, 86, 519, 597–598, 772, 775, 784, 786, 795–796, 801
  • Visit to the United States, 762–763, 792, 794–817, 820–824, 831–837
• Ngo Dinh Luyen, 141, 158, 161, 169, 172, 206, 219, 270, 276, 289, 336, 428
• Ngo Dinh Nhu, 111, 145, 169, 206, 219, 361, 433, 664, 765–767, 770–776, 825, 877–878, 882
• Ngo Dinh Thuc, 145, 281, 722
• Ngoc Le Nguyen, 158, 291
• Nguyen Cong Vien, 682
• Nguyen De, 243, 272–276, 290, 304, 332, 336
• Nguyen Giac Ngo, 123, 317, 328–329, 347, 432
• Nguyen Huu Chau, 461, 479, 660, 665, 732, 741, 789n, 813–814, 816, 819–820, 850n, 847, 867–869
• Nguyen Manh Ha, 414n
• Nguyen Ngoc Tho, 130, 716–717, 722–723, 788, 833, 836–837
• Nguyen Thanh Phuong, Col., 118, 120, 126, 140–143, 162, 165, 169, 181, 317, 328–329, 347, 349, 350, 604
• Nguyen Van Hinh, 35, 55, 225, 326, 329, 335, 348, 355, 358, 364, 370, 389
• Nguyen Van Tam, 224–225, 234
• Nguyen Van Thoai, 216, 261n, 269, 285, 456, 722
• Nguyen Van Vy, 169, 203–204, 316–318, 322–323, 326, 329, 358, 363–364, 370
• Nixon, Richard M., 370, 718
• Nolting, Frederick E., Jr., 49
• Oai, Gen., 604, 832–833, 849
• O’Connor, Roderic L., 34n
• O’Daniel, Lt. Gen. John W., 9, 38, 76–77, 339, 355–356, 507–508, 533, 647, 739–742
  • Sect rebellion, 125, 128, 163n, 175, 324–325
  • U.S. assistance to Vietnam, 43, 424–425, 544n, 712
  • Vietnamese National Army, 254–257, 430, 506–511, 513
• Operations Coordinating Board, special working group on Indochina, 15, 554–558, 572
• Pakistan, 798
• Palmer, Gardner, 392
• Pathet Lao, 117, 601, 656, 738, 855
• Payart, Jean, 817
• Pearson, Lester B., 134
• Petsarath, Prince, 789, 802
• Pflimlin, Pierre, 324
• Pham Cong Tac, 117, 123, 126–127, 334n
• Pham Huy Quat, 2, 173, 202, 219, 243, 269, 335n
  • Diem, possible successor to, 170–171, 216, 220, 223–224, 230, 232–233, 275–276, 282–283, 285, 293, 337
  • Diem government, role in, 177, 207, 241, 261, 266–267, 351–352, 361, 370
• Pham Van Dong, 11, 414, 494n, 541
• Pham Xuan Thai, 357, 359
• Phan Quang Dan, 826, 873
• Phibun, Pibulsonggram, 843
• Philippines, 574, 735, 798
• Phillips, Lt. Rufus, 573, 817
• Phleger, Herman, 440, 622n
• Phoui Sananikone, 890
• Pibulsonggram, P., Field Marshal, 768n
• Pinay, Antoine, 80n, 377n, 404, 405, 501, 600–602
• Pineau, Christian, 650–652, 676–679
• Poland, 45, 105
• Price, C. Hoyt, 472n, 479, 517n, 525n, 584n, 587n, 616n, 746n, 754–756, 777n, 779n
• Purnell, Lewis M., Jr., 512
• Quarles, Donald A., 625–626
• Quat. See Pham Huy Quat.
• Radford, Adm. Arthur W., 21, 33n, 35, 49–52, 83, 522, 610–614, 624–625, 636, 637n, 696–699, 701, 703, 712, 731, 733–737
• Raymond, John M., 634–635
• Reinhardt, G. Frederick, 425, 428n, 434–435, 476, 530–531, 597–598, 659–661, 679, 737–739, 750–752, 759–760, 877
  • Agrarian reform in Vietnam, 455, 715–719, 721–724
  • Diem–Bao Dai referendum, 432, 565–566, 589–594
  • Elections:
    • All-Vietnam, 437, 470–471, 475–476, 478, 489–490, 496, 543–544
    • National Assembly, 547–548, 550, 562–563, 621n
  • French Expeditionary Corps, 468–470, 481–484
  • Internal security measures, 527–530, 581–584, 596–597
  • International Control Commission, 491, 615–616
  • U.S.-French relations, 396, 402–403, 417
  • U.S. military assistance to Vietnam, 446–448, 484–485, 523–524, 596–597, 623–624, 642–644, 683–685, 732
• Rhee, Syngman, 397, 882
• Richards, James P., 841
• Risterucci, Jean, 251n, 499
• Robbins, Capt. B.A., Jr., 775, 807n
• Roberts, Lt. Col. E.B., 783–787
• Robertson, Reuben B., Jr., 535–536, 684–685, 699–702
• Robertson, Walter S., 43n, 51, 67, 474n, 699, 803–806, 812, 817
  • Diem, 35, 237n, 762–763
  • Diem government, 244n, 247n, 258n, 368n, 480n
  • Elections in Vietnam, 422n, 465n, 559n, 628–629
  • Saigon crisis, 129n, 168n, 178–179
  • U.S. economic assistance to Vietnam, 584–588, 740–741, 755, 813–816
  • U.S.-French relations, 387, 736
  • U.S.-French training agreement in Vietnam, 48, 58n
  • U.S. military assistance to Vietnam, 512–514, 618–621, 622n, 631–635, 652–653, 686, 749n, 793–794
  • Vietnam, foreign investment in, 740, 746–747
• Roux, Jacques, 22, 70–71, 89–90, 144, 150, 251n, 419–421, 461, 499–500, 502, 568–570, 632
• Saigon crisis. See under Vietnam.
• Saint-Mleux, André, 53
• Sainteny, Jean, 12, 13n, 14n, 20–21, 44, 239, 286, 295, 322, 413–414, 600, 651
• Sainteny mission, 12, 20–21, 44, 286, 322, 413–414, 600
• Sang. See Lai Van Sang.
• Sarit Thanakat, Gen., 843
• Savang Vatthana, Crown Prince, 802
• Scott, Robert, 460–462
• Scott, Walter K., 380
• Sebald, William J., 41–45, 95–96, 294n
  • Diem government, 115n, 194n, 280–284, 297
  • Elections, 208n, 210n, 436–438, 440–442, 449–453, 461–462, 466, 559n, 621n, 680–682
  • French Expeditionary Corps, 385n, 453–455, 594n
  • Sect rebellion, 150n, 190n, 197n, 211n, 291–292
  • U.S. military assistance, 512n, 517–518, 622n, 666–669, 686
• Sects. See under Vietnam.
• Sihanouk, Norodom, 96, 116, 730, 789, 812, 861
• Smith, Gen. Walter Bedell, 19, 294n, 487
• Soai. See Tran Van Soai.
• Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO), 54, 438–439, 483, 601, 605, 610n, 689, 701–702, 705–706, 774, 791, 797–798, 808–809, 820–821, 823
• Soutou, Jean-Marie, 13
• Souvanna Phouma, 738–739, 802, 817
• Soviet Union, 486, 494, 497, 567, 572–573, 576–580, 669, 678
• Sprague, Mansfield D., 780–782
• Stassen, Harold E., 49, 66, 68, 72–74, 700
• Stelle, Charles C., 210n, 385n, 421n
• Stephenson, Hugh Southern, 283, 315, 319–320, 327–328, 344, 351, 475, 478, 489
• Stump, Adm. Felix B., 25n, 510–512, 598–599, 689–691, 761–762, 766, 782, 823
• Sturm, Paul J., 137n, 145n, 171n, 306, 337, 356n, 360
• Sullivan, Charles A., 36n
• Taylor, Allen, 589n
• Taylor, Gen. Maxwell, 768n
• Temple de Rougemont, Col. Jean-Louis du, 119, 343–344
• Temporary Equipment Recovery Mission (TERM). See Vietnam: U.S. military equipment.
• Thai. See Pham Xuan Thai.
• Thailand, 279, 654, 768, 798, 842–843, 855, 876
• The. See Tran Van The.
• Thinh. See Bui Van Thinh.
• Thoai. See Nguyen Van Thoai.
• Tomlinson, Frank Stanley, 500
• Tran Chanh Thanh, 350, 664
• Tran Huu Phuong, 682
• Tran Van Chuong, 233, 276, 684n, 717n, 770, 773, 776, 815, 820–823
• Tran Van Do, 100, 103–104, 138, 169, 170–174, 188, 202, 206, 216, 219–220, 224, 232–233, 241, 262, 266–267, 269, 309, 311, 335n, 363, 370, 487
• Tran Van Dong, 305, 326, 329–330, 361, 363, 379, 810
• Tran Van Lam, 664
• Tran Van Meo, 682
• Tran Van Minh, 363
• Tran Van Soai, Gen., 79, 106–107, 123, 126–127, 334n, 335n, 363, 431–433, 519, 839
• Trinh Minh The, 75, 120, 123, 140–143, 155, 165, 181, 261, 317, 328–329, 347, 349–350, 353, 356, 363
• Tudor, Col. William, 524–525
• Ty. See Le Van Ty.
• Tyler, William R., 168n, 197n, 208n, 247n, 248n, 294n, 297n, 299n, 385n, 421n, 622n
• U Nu, 750
• Ung An, 115
• Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, 486, 494, 497, 567, 572–573, 576–580, 669, 678
• United Kingdom, 283, 287, 315, 319, 327–328, 350–352, 396–397, 400, 402, 404, 646
  • Elections, All-Vietnam, 451–452, 460–461, 463–465, 478–479, 497, 500–501, 543, 546, 629–630
  • Geneva Conference, reconvening of, position re, 669, 678, 681
  • Relations with the United States, 628
  • Vietnam, Democratic Republic of, relations with, 12
• United Nations, 487, 587, 601
• Usera, Lt. Col. Vincent, 725n, 728n, 851n
• Valeo, Francis J., 288–289
• Van Laethem, Gabriel, 264, 342, 352
• Vatthana, Savang, 96
• Vien. See Le Van Vien.
• Viet Minh (see also Vietnam, Democratic Republic of), 4, 264
  • Actions, 216, 603–604, 611–612, 624–625, 738, 800–801, 853, 855, 871, 879
  • Armed forces, 10–11, 16–17, 95–96, 507–508, 511, 530–531, 638, 704–705, 721, 774, 796, 807–808
  • China, People’s Republic of, economic and military assistance, 11–12, 44–45, 95, 108–109, 293, 413
  • Diem government, position re, 349, 593, 769
  • Elections, All-Vietnam, 440–441, 494n, 505
  • Geneva Accords, 45, 95–96, 105
  • Infiltration into South, 602–605, 611–614, 624–625, 637n, 738, 768–769, 795, 807–808
  • Invasion, possible, 105, 293, 310, 349, 383, 482, 683–684, 688, 700, 705–706, 720, 795–796, 801
  • Political activity, 6–7, 205, 530–531, 575, 593, 638, 721, 769
  • Renewed aggression, U.S. policy re, 438–439, 450, 514–516, 535–540, 549, 560–562, 695, 703–709
  • U.S. assessment of, 54, 66, 105, 227–228, 349, 407, 453, 507–508, 511, 530–531, 602–614
• Vietnam (see also Bao Dai; France; French Expeditionary Corps; Ngo Dinh Diem; Viet Minh):
  • Agrarian reform, 64, 391, 455–458, 525–527, 715–718, 721–724, 753–757, 771, 779–780
  • Anti-French propaganda, 341–342, 356–357, 361, 373, 387, 393–394, 407
  • Armed forces. See Defense below; Vietnamese National Army.
  • Armistice, recognition of, 659–661, 668–669, 678, 681
  • Asian position re (see also India), 2, 4, 534
  • Assassinations, 112, 356, 360
  • Atomic weapons, possible use of, 516, 536–540, 695, 697, 699–700, 708, 809, 820–823
  • Australian position, 344
  • Binh Xuyen (See also Sects below and under National Police force, Saigon crisis below), 14–15, 93, 101, 122–123, 205, 431, 511
  • British position (See also British subheading under Elections, All-Vietnam below), 315, 319, 327–328, 344, 350–352, 377, 396–397, 400, 402, 404, 594–595, 639, 651n
  • Cambodia, relations with, 139, 741, 789, 861
  • Cao Dai (see also Sects below), 15, 93, 101, 118, 120, 126–127, 431–432, 511
    • Diem government, support for, 106–108, 142–143, 173, 181, 200, 317, 328–329, 349
    • Forces integration, 17–18, 121, 162, 165, 181
    • U.S. position re, 229–230
  • China, People’s Republic of, non-aggression pact, possible, 829
  • Chinese minority issue, 203, 803–806
  • CIA evaluation of, 199, 235, 369–370, 433
  • Civil Guard. See Internal security below.
  • Constitution, 7–8, 547
  • Constitutional Assembly, 92
  • Dai Viet Radio, 593
  • Defense(see also Military situation, U.S. military assistance, U.S. military policy below; Vietnamese National Army), 697, 725–728, 735, 784, 797–799, 807–811, 889–890
    • Budget, 747–749
    • Roads, 684–685, 725, 729, 771, 786, 797–798, 841–842, 891–893
    • SEATO role, 601, 605, 610n, 689, 701–702, 705–706, 774, 789, 791, 797–798, 808–809, 820–821, 823
  • Economic situation, 14–15, 55, 139, 392, 521, 639, 721, 729, 764, 775, 789–790, 825–826, 870, 874–875, 878
    • Currency devaluation, 797, 799, 815–816, 819–820, 843
    • U.S. and Western investment, 740, 742–747, 790, 814–815
  • Elections, 103–105, 131–135, 155, 268–269
    • National Assembly, 64–65, 262, 268–269, 273–274, 298, 391, 435, 547–548, 550–551, 559, 562–563, 567, 621–622, 638, 649, 654
    • Procedures, 662–666
  • Elections, All-Vietnam:
    • British position, 451–452, 460–461, 463–465, 478–479, 497, 500–501, 543, 546, 629–630
    • Canadian position, 134–135
    • Chinese People’s Republic, position re, 576–577, 628–629, 641
    • Diem position, 421–423, 428–429, 445, 451–453, 471
    • French position, 110, 372–373, 413, 419–420, 436–437, 451–452, 461–462, 478–479, 492–494, 500–502, 543
    • Geneva Accords, Vietnam National Government position re, 439–441, 475–477, 489, 505n
    • Geneva Conference cochairmen position re, 680–682
    • Indian position, 105, 459–462, 465–466, 595
    • International Supervisory Commission, 412, 423, 459–460
    • Soviet position, 497
    • U.N. involvement, possible, 487–488
    • U.S. position, 68, 104–106, 208–211, 403–407, 410–412, 421–423, 428–429, 436–437, 441–444, 449, 452–453, 461–462, 495–497, 533n, 534n, 540–542, 552, 628–630, 641–642, 660
    • Viet Minh and Communist position, 105, 440–441, 494n, 505, 540–542, 576–577, 639
    • Vietnam, Democratic Republic of, consultations with, 105, 421–423, 428–429, 445, 451–453, 459–461, 463–465, 471, 495–497, 500–502, 540–543, 546
    • Vietnam National Government position, 435, 439–441, 444–445, 451–452, 470–471, 489–490, 775–776, 842
  • Ely–Collins Seven Point Program, 1, 63–69, 388–393
  • Foreign relations, 750–751, 788–789
  • Four-power conference, proposed, 418, 420, 434–435
  • Geneva Accords, position re, 88, 105, 660, 680–682, 797, 810
  • Government (see also Diem government and Elections above; Internal security below), 6, 457–458, 574–575, 638, 833–837
    • Provinces, control of, 103, 121–122, 139, 429, 603–604, 638
    • Quat group proposals for reorganization, 351–352
    • Thoai proposal for reorganization, 261–268
  • Hoa Hao (see also Sects below) 15, 17–18, 75–76, 83, 93, 98, 101, 120–121, 205, 427, 431–434, 638
    • Ba Cut revolt, 123, 126, 151, 177, 349, 431–433, 511, 638
    • Diem government, support for, 106–108, 142–143, 200, 229–230, 317, 328–329, 349, 432, 604
  • Indian position re, 105, 459–462, 465–466, 595, 656–657, 797, 830
  • Internal security (see also National police below), 103, 123–125, 527–528, 638, 721, 733, 764, 769, 784, 800–801, 832–833, 846–847, 879
    • National Guard militia proposal, 76–78
    • National security action program, 39, 55–56, 64, 121–122
    • Pacification campaigns, 75, 76n, 83
    • Self-Defense Corps (Village Defense Units), 581–584, 596–597, 603, 605, 611–612, 800–801, 828–829, 837–840, 856–861, 887–888
  • International Control Commission, 11, 43, 51, 82, 95, 105–106, 117, 422, 490–492, 579, 595, 615–616, 656–657, 748, 786–787, 827
  • Invasion of, possible, 105, 293, 310, 349, 383, 683–684, 688, 700, 705–706, 720, 795–796
  • Joint Chiefs of Staff position re, 380–382
  • Laos, relations with, 139, 729–730, 738–739, 789, 817
  • Michigan State University role in, 64n, 65n, 66n, 392, 528–529, 784–785, 850–852
  • Military situation (see also France: Military involvement; French Expeditionary Corps; Viet Minh; U.S. military policy below; and Vietnamese National Army), 64, 110, 602–614, 682–684, 687, 720, 738, 790–792, 795–797, 854–855, 876
    • Air Force, 791, 810–811
    • Budget, 73–74, 121, 446–448, 748, 810, 885–886
    • Communist invasion of, possible, 293, 310, 349, 383, 683–684, 688, 700, 705–706, 720, 795–796
    • Navy, 613, 735, 791
    • U.S. assistance, 605–610
  • National Assembly. See under Elections above.
  • National police, 121, 242, 435, 528–529 571–572, 604, 661, 800–801, 832–833, 849–850, 852
    • Binh Xuyen, removal of (see also under Saigon crisis below), 120–121, 126–127, 138–139, 140, 148–149, 159–161, 164–165, 172, 174–175, 181–186, 291–292
  • Political situation(see also Bao Dai, Diem government, Elections above; Saigon crisis and Sects below), 91–92, 289, 329, 339, 427, 433–434, 532–534, 564, 637–639, 720, 787–788
    • Assassinations, 128, 356, 787
    • Can Lao Nhon Vi (Workers Party), 111
    • Catholics, 12–13, 99, 142, 146, 227, 334
    • Communist influence, possible, 357, 373–374, 379, 638
    • Dai Viet party, 91–92, 431, 434, 593
    • Diem–Minh conflict, 123–124, 130, 149, 158–162, 165–166, 207–219
    • Diem brothers’ influence, 111–113, 119, 122, 145–146, 161, 227, 281, 289
    • France, possible leaders conference in, 187–191, 193–194, 198
    • Lao Dong party (Communist), 773–774
    • National Congress party, 358, 360n
    • National Revolutionary Movement (NRM), 603, 638
    • Quoc Gia Cath Mang (Party of National Revolution), 111
    • Revolutionary Committee, 347, 350–351, 357–361, 364, 366, 373–374, 379, 433
    • Second referendum, 547n, 567–568
  • Refugees, 64, 74, 88, 101–103, 286, 390, 457, 639, 733, 774, 806, 808–809, 889, 894
  • Relations with the United States, 5–6, 9–10, 480–481, 759–760, 765–768, 862–863, 882
    • Diem visit, 762–763, 792, 794–817, 820–824, 831–837
  • Saigon crisis, 153, 301n, 311
    • Bao Dai involvement, 98, 172–173, 185, 187, 189–190, 214, 217, 242, 273, 304–305, 316n 318–319, 321–323, 325–326, 329, 331–336, 338–339, 346, 364
    • Binh Xuyen (see also under National Police above; Sects below), 83, 138–139, 163, 199, 203–204, 289, 299–300, 301n, 303–305, 307–308, 315–316, 324–325, 330–331, 338, 349, 360–363, 369
    • French military involvement, 152–153, 174–175, 183, 186, 199, 202–203, 207–208, 317–318, 320, 325, 327, 331, 361–362, 365–366
    • French position re, 122–123, 150–153, 156, 160, 164, 166–167, 171–172, 174–175, 180, 182–183, 186–189, 199, 204–205, 207–208, 212, 231, 252, 259, 286, 303–305, 308, 315–318, 320–323, 325–327, 331, 341–343, 348–349, 356, 360–362, 365–366
    • Nguyen Van Vy, appointment by Bao Dai as Commander-in-Chief, 316–318, 322–323, 326, 329, 331, 363
    • Nung forces, 203
    • U.S. position re, 164–168, 178, 180–182, 184, 188, 207–208, 222–223, 242, 259, 280, 286, 302, 311, 398, 406
    • Vietnamese National Army, 163, 203–205, 207–208, 286, 324–325, 331, 348, 362–363
  • Sect rebellion:
    • Bao Dai, 98, 113–114, 126, 138, 207, 316n, 321
    • French military involvement, 122–123, 152–153, 174–175, 180, 186, 199, 202–203, 207–208, 318, 317–318, 325, 331, 361–362
    • Saigon crisis. See above.
    • Truce proposal, 188–189, 194–195, 199
    • U.S. position re, 118, 142–143, 146–147, 150–157, 159–162, 190–202, 217–218, 224–225, 229–231, 398
  • Sects (see also Binh Xuyen, Cao Dai, Hoa Hao, Saigon crisis above; Sect rebellion below), 54–56, 157, 201, 310, 363
    • Armies, discharge and resettlement of, 126, 137–138
    • Armies, integration into Vietnamese National Army, 17–18, 87, 121, 126, 162, 165, 180–181, 218, 287, 432–433
    • Armies, payment of, 17–18, 39, 79–80, 118, 126, 142
    • Bao Dai involvement with, 117–118, 126, 130, 138, 214
    • Coalition of, 117–120, 140–142, 200, 363
    • French position re, 35, 101, 117–118, 144, 150, 153–157, 200–201, 252, 395–396
  • Self-Defense Corps. See under Internal Security above.
  • SEATO. See under Defense above.
  • Soviet position, 567, 572–573, 576–580
  • Temporary Equipment Recovery Mission. See U.S. military equipment, recovery of below.
  • U.N. assistance, possible, 587
  • U.S. assistance to, 4–8, 68–69, 87, 109, 194, 575, 584–588, 660, 759–760, 854–856, 890
    • U.S. Congress position re, 52, 239, 259, 585–586, 741, 772, 823
  • U.S. economic assistance to, 27, 56–57, 521, 533, 555, 586–588, 716–718, 721–724, 740–741, 748–749, 753–757, 770–773, 777–780, 790, 796–797, 813–815, 865–869
  • U.S. Information Service, 852–853
  • U.S. military assistance (see also U.S.-French training agreement under Vietnamese National Army), 27–29, 48–49, 56–57, 73–74, 124, 257, 424–425, 446–448, 467, 472–473, 479–480, 484–485, 499, 509–510, 517–518, 522–524, 544–545, 605–610, 654, 672–674, 734–735, 747–749, 784, 865–866, 871, 885–887
    • Costing mission, 556, 616–618, 626–627
    • MAAG, 1, 355–356, 367, 633, 726, 783–784
    • MAAG expansion (see also U.S. military equipment below), 646, 648, 650
    • MAAG personnel limits, 430–431, 512–514, 598–599, 614n, 615–616, 619–624, 626, 631–637, 640–641, 655, 780–782, 793–794
    • Roadbuilding, 684–685, 725, 729, 771, 786, 797–798, 841–842, 891–893
    • Self-Defense Corps. See under Internal security above.
    • Vietnamese position, 773–776, 796–799, 844–848, 863–865, 867–869
  • U.S. military equipment, recovery of, 52, 82, 119, 618, 627, 635, 640–647, 649–653, 655–657, 666–671, 674–676, 685–687, 713–715, 731–732, 761–762, 783, 827, 891
  • U.S. military policy, 58, 287, 636, 672–674, 687–713
    • Atomic weapons, use of, 516, 536–540, 695, 697, 699–700, 708, 809, 820–823
    • Renewed aggression, 438–439, 450, 514–516, 535–540, 549, 560–562, 695, 703–709
  • U.S. policy, 4–8, 63–69, 199, 235, 278–280, 294–296, 312, 369–370, 406–409, 416–417, 433, 480–481, 551–558, 584–588, 641–642, 870–884
  • Vietnam, Democratic Republic of, rice shipments to, possible, 109, 128–129
• Vietnam, Democratic Republic of (see also Viet Minh), 10–12, 37–38, 557
  • Economic situation, 59, 108–109, 128–129, 264, 414
  • Foreign relations, 11–12, 818
  • France, 147–148, 322, 373, 407
    • Armed forces in, 16
    • Economic relations with, 11, 20–21, 89–90, 148, 413
    • Relations with, 677
    • Sainteny mission, 12, 20–21, 44, 286, 322, 373, 413–414, 600
    • South Vietnamese position, 99–100
    • U.S. position re, 89–90, 295–296
  • Military situation, 818–819
  • Political situation, 7, 10–13, 21, 413–414, 726–727, 751–752, 818
  • Renewed aggression by, U.S. policy re, 438–439, 450, 514–516, 535–540, 549, 560–562, 695, 703–709
  • South Vietnam, objectives in, 498–499, 819
  • Uprising in, 751–752, 758–759
• Vietnamese National Army (see also Internal security, Military situation, U.S. military assistance, U.S. military policy under Vietnam), 574, 738
  • Conscription, 255, 257, 473, 485, 587, 795, 801, 810
  • Effectiveness of, 17, 55, 363, 482, 523, 573–574, 612–613, 617–618, 673–674, 690
  • Force levels, 430, 499, 506–507, 554, 734, 783–784, 810, 840
    • Reorganization and reduction, 1n, 16–17, 118, 254–257, 388–389, 424–425, 426n, 447, 509, 517, 801
    • U.S. cost of supporting, 447–448, 467, 480, 503–504, 517–518, 544–545
    • Vietnamese position re, 27n, 28n, 597–598, 741, 786, 822–823, 840
  • France, position re, 110, 204, 214, 216
    • Influence on development of, 795–796, 809–810
    • Training of, 1, 9–10, 18, 21–25, 34, 383, 633, 652, 676–677, 679, 730–732, 734, 736–737, 786, 791, 824
  • Joint Chiefs of Staff evaluation of, 381 537
  • Loyalty of, 55, 186, 196, 197n, 202, 227–233, 289, 310, 329, 361, 363, 389–390
  • Officers, 573–574, 604–605
  • Saigon crisis, 163, 203–205, 207–208, 286, 324–325, 331, 348, 362–363
  • Sect armies, integration of, 17–18, 87, 121, 126, 162, 165, 173, 180–181, 218, 256–257, 287, 432–433
  • Sect rebellion, 203–205, 208, 232, 286, 299–300, 310, 324–325, 331, 348, 362–363, 432, 511
  • Structure, 254–259, 506, 508–509, 774–775, 784–785, 795–796, 809–810
  • U.S.-French training agreement, 9–10, 21–25, 29–32, 34, 36–37, 41, 48–49, 58–60, 63–69, 70–72, 81, 83–86, 388–390, 633
  • U.S. training, 389, 636, 735, 784, 791, 824
  • Vy appointment as Commander-in-Chief, 316–318, 322–323, 326, 329, 331, 363
• Vo Nguyen Giap, Gen., 11
• Vo Lang, 289, 379, 500
• Vu Tien Huan, 832
• Vu Van Mau, 435, 470–471, 474n, 475–476, 489, 505n, 543, 577n, 594n
• Vy. See Nguyen Van Vy.
• Walters, Lt. Col. Vernon A., 491
• Wambaugh, Sarah, 471
• Whittington, Floyd L., 863n
• Wilkins, Rear Adm. Charles W., 635
• Williams, Lt. Gen. Samuel T., 533, 603, 725–727, 735, 766–767, 888n, 889n
  • French training mission, 676–677, 732, 736, 825n
  • Guerrilla operations, 605–610
  • Internal security, 583, 605, 784–785, 846–847, 849–852
  • U.S. military assistance to Vietnam, 602, 605, 682–684, 692–693, 709–711, 713–715, 725–726, 844–848, 858–861, 868, 871, 890–894
  • U.S.-Vietnamese relations, 862–863, 882
  • Vietnamese National Army, 725, 728, 784, 840–841
• Wilson, Charles E., 57, 74, 355–356, 443, 615n, 619, 626–627, 631
• Wintrebert, Michel, 141, 158–160, 165, 171, 232, 325, 327, 889–890, 893
• Wisner, Frank G., 190n, 203–205, 432–434, 742–743
• Yeh, George K.C., 806
• Yost, Charles W., 25–29, 51
• Young, Kenneth T., 3, 15–17, 24n, 290, 368n, 416n, 430–431, 474n, 551–556, 566–568, 584n, 661, 674, 756–757, 819n, 869n, 870n
  • Diem government:
    • Leadership of, 2, 427, 532–534, 759n
    • Replacement of, 2, 239n, 241n, 244n, 248n, 258n, 280n, 297n, 337–338
    • U.S. support for, 32n, 194n, 197n, 221–222, 305–306, 339, 344n, 480n
  • Elections:
    • All-Vietnam, 103n, 208n, 421n, 436n, 439n, 428–429, 440–441, 444–445, 449n, 461–462, 465n, 477–478, 495n, 496–497, 500–502, 533–534, 572
    • National Assembly, 429, 550–551, 559n, 567, 649n
  • French Expeditionary Corps, 428, 533, 594n
  • Saigon crisis, 177–178, 291n, 301n, 337–339
  • Sect rebellion, 144, 150–151, 168n, 190n, 193n, 211n, 314–315, 426–427, 532–533
  • U.S.-British relations, 496–497, 500–502
  • U.S.-French relations, 147–148, 150–151, 294n, 312n, 338–339, 353n, 496–497, 500–502
  • U.S.-French training agreement, 1, 33n, 41n, 48n, 71n, 502
  • U.S. economic assistance to Vietnam, 533, 777n
  • U.S. military assistance to Vietnam, 427, 466–467, 499, 616–617, 622n, 644n, 648n, 684n, 686–687, 793n
  • Vietnamese National Army force levels, 430, 499, 533
• Yuan Tse-chien, 788