95. Editorial Note
In two letters to Ambassador Durbrow, Daniel Anderson, Director of the Office of Southeast Asian Affairs, informed the Ambassador that both the Departments of Defense and State had approved as part of the fiscal year 1960 Military Assistance Program the allocation of 25 Navy AD–4 aircraft (one squadron) to the Vietnamese Air Force. The Department of Defense, according to Anderson, estimated that the first aircraft would be delivered to Vietnam within 11 months and the last by 15 months. (Letters from Anderson to Durbrow, November 20 and December 7; Department of State, Vietnam Working Group Files: Lot 66 D 193, 109. VN 1960—Military Assistance)