107. Editorial Note
On February 26, the Subcommittee on State Department Organization and Public Affairs of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, chaired by Senator Mike Mansfield, published its report entitled United States Aid Program in Vietnam. The subcommittee cited the achievements of the Diem government, but it did find that there were shortcomings in the administration of the aid program in Vietnam. The subcommittee made a series of recommendations to improve the program. For the report, see U.S. Senate, Committee on Foreign Relations, Subcommittee on State Department Organization and Public Affairs, 86th Congress, 2d session, Report, United States Aid Program in Vietnam (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1960).
At the Acting Secretary of State’s staff meeting on February 26, Deputy Director of the International Cooperation Administration Leonard G. Saccio briefed the participants as follows:
“Mr. Saccio said that the Mansfield Subcommittee’s report had been released. It is critical of the economic aid program as compared with the military aid program but on the whole is not unfavorable to us. Mr. Macomber said that the report had turned out to be more favorable than it might have been since a number of compromises were entered into to permit the issuance of a single report rather than split reports.” (Notes by Thomas W. McElhiney of S/S, February 26; Department of State, Secretary Staff Meetings: Lot 63 D 3)
William B. Macomber, Jr., was Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional Relations.