Foreign Relations of the United States, 1958–1960, Vietnam,
Volume I
Index
- Abbott, George M.,
[23](#pg_23)n
,
[25](#pg_25)
- Agroville program in Vietnam,
[285](#pg_285),
[368](#pg_368),
[383](#pg_383)–
[384](#pg_384),
[500](#pg_500),
[533](#pg_533)
- Alsop, Joseph,
[429](#pg_429)
- Amory, Robert, Jr.,
[446](#pg_446)–
[447](#pg_447)
- Anderson, Daniel Virden,
[236](#pg_236)n
,
[250](#pg_250),
[272](#pg_272)–
[275](#pg_275),
[412](#pg_412)n
,
[451](#pg_451)–
[453](#pg_453),
[458](#pg_458),
[465](#pg_465)n
,
[498](#pg_498)n
,
[514](#pg_514),
[524](#pg_524)n
,
[705](#pg_705),
[711](#pg_711)–
[713](#pg_713)
- Anderson, Dillon,
[138](#pg_138)–
[140](#pg_140),
[171](#pg_171)
- Anderson Committee, Vietnam visit by,
[138](#pg_138)–
[144](#pg_144)
- Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN):
- Anti-guerrilla training,
[283](#pg_283),
[286](#pg_286),
[290](#pg_290)
- Can Lao Party influence in,
[163](#pg_163),
[534](#pg_534)
- Casualties,
[318](#pg_318)–
[319](#pg_319)
- Commando school, termination of,
[402](#pg_402),
[477](#pg_477)–
[478](#pg_478)
- Commando units, personnel for,
[325](#pg_325)–
[326](#pg_326),
[353](#pg_353),
[379](#pg_379)
- Communications capabilities,
[474](#pg_474)
- Communist infiltration of,
[307](#pg_307)
- Counter-insurgency operations,
[354](#pg_354),
[358](#pg_358)
- Coup, possible reaction to,
[562](#pg_562)–
[563](#pg_563)
- Coup attempt (1954),
[534](#pg_534)–
[535](#pg_535)
- Desertions,
[383](#pg_383)
- Failures in combat,
[305](#pg_305)–
[306](#pg_306)
- Firepower of,
[473](#pg_473)
- General officers of,
[132](#pg_132)
- Headquarters and staff personnel,
[628](#pg_628),
[630](#pg_630),
[701](#pg_701)
- Mobility of personnel and equipment,
[473](#pg_473)
- Morale in,
[294](#pg_294)
- Officer corps,
[294](#pg_294),
[533](#pg_533)–
[534](#pg_534)
- Populace, treatment of,
[532](#pg_532)
- Promotions in,
[294](#pg_294)
- Reorganization of,
[401](#pg_401),
[687](#pg_687)
- U.S. intelligence re,
[293](#pg_293)
- Arneson, R. Gordon,
[85](#pg_85)–
[86](#pg_86)
- ARVN. See
[Army of the Republic of Vietnam](#in1).
- Askew, Laurin B.,
[407](#pg_407)n
,
[409](#pg_409)n
- Assistance programs, U.S., to Vietnam (see also
[Economic assistance, U.S.](#in2);
[Military assistance, U.S.](#in3);
[Technical
assistance programs, U.S.](#in4)):
- Congressional interest in,
[225](#pg_225)–
[227](#pg_227),
[289](#pg_289),
[382](#pg_382)
- Delays in,
[127](#pg_127),
[351](#pg_351)
- Devaluation of piaster, relation to,
[519](#pg_519)n
- Economic dependence through,
[128](#pg_128),
[207](#pg_207)–
[208](#pg_208)
- Economic-military balance in,
[13](#pg_13)–
[15](#pg_15),
[237](#pg_237),
[241](#pg_241)
- FY
1960,
[74](#pg_74)–
[77](#pg_77)
- FY
1961,
[673](#pg_673)
- Objectives of,
[119](#pg_119)–
[120](#pg_120)
- Political reforms tied to,
[672](#pg_672)–
[676](#pg_676),
[685](#pg_685)
- Political situation and,
[268](#pg_268)
- Vietnamese cooperation and,
[42](#pg_42)
- Australia,
[418](#pg_418)–
[419](#pg_419)
- Ba Cut,
[531](#pg_531)
- Bao An. See
[Civil Guard](#in5).
- Bao Dai,
[726](#pg_726)
- Barbour, Robert E.,
[4](#pg_4)–
[5](#pg_5),
[17](#pg_17)–
[20](#pg_20),
[114](#pg_114)n
- Barnes, Thomas J.,
[485](#pg_485)n
- Barrows, Leland,
[10](#pg_10),
[31](#pg_31),
[61](#pg_61),
[127](#pg_127)–
[128](#pg_128)
- Bayar, Celal,
[438](#pg_438)n
- Bell, John O.,
[672](#pg_672)–
[673](#pg_673)
- Binh Xuyen,
[72](#pg_72),
[531](#pg_531)
- Black, Col. Edwin F.,
[410](#pg_410)n
,
[439](#pg_439)n
,
[653](#pg_653)
- Boggs, Marion W.,
[448](#pg_448)
- Bonesteel, Maj. Gen. Charles H., III,
[91](#pg_91)n
,
[93](#pg_93)n
,
[279](#pg_279)
- Bourguiba, Habib,
[8](#pg_8)
- Bowie, Thomas D.,
[109](#pg_109)n
,
[113](#pg_113)
- Brandstatter, Arthur F.,
[586](#pg_586)
- Brucker, Wilber M.,
[93](#pg_93)–
[94](#pg_94)
- Bui Van Luong,
[724](#pg_724),
[726](#pg_726)
- Bunting, Frederick H.,
[37](#pg_37)
- Burke, Adm. Arleigh,
[325](#pg_325)n
,
[390](#pg_390)
- Buttinger, Joseph,
[430](#pg_430)
- Buu Hoi,
[726](#pg_726)
- Ca Le, Madame,
[160](#pg_160)
- Calhoun, John A.,
[408](#pg_408)n
,
[457](#pg_457)n
- Camau Peninsula,
[214](#pg_214)–
[217](#pg_217)
- Cambodia:
- China, People’s Republic of, relations with,
[455](#pg_455),
[529](#pg_529)
- Communist insurgency from,
[43](#pg_43)–
[44](#pg_44),
[121](#pg_121),
[529](#pg_529),
[571](#pg_571)
- Communist political activities in,
[24](#pg_24)–
[25](#pg_25)
- Counter-insurgency operations, cooperation re,
[378](#pg_378)
- French presence in,
[529](#pg_529)
- Political situation,
[99](#pg_99)
- United States, relations with,
[529](#pg_529)–
[530](#pg_530)
- U.S. military assistance,
[641](#pg_641),
[705](#pg_705)
- Vietnam, relations with,
[9](#pg_9),
[11](#pg_11),
[193](#pg_193)
- Border control arrangements,
[450](#pg_450)–
[451](#pg_451),
[454](#pg_454)–
[456](#pg_456),
[719](#pg_719)–
[720](#pg_720)
- Islands dispute,
[363](#pg_363),
[433](#pg_433)–
[434](#pg_434),
[450](#pg_450),
[454](#pg_454),
[496](#pg_496)–
[497](#pg_497)
- Press truce,
[497](#pg_497)–
[498](#pg_498)
- U.S. position,
[41](#pg_41)–
[42](#pg_42),
[119](#pg_119),
[190](#pg_190)–
[191](#pg_191),
[362](#pg_362)–
[363](#pg_363),
[449](#pg_449),
[742](#pg_742)
- Vietnamese position,
[364](#pg_364)
- Vietnamese attack on,
[433](#pg_433)–
[437](#pg_437),
[439](#pg_439)–
[441](#pg_441),
[448](#pg_448)–
[449](#pg_449),
[452](#pg_452)–
[453](#pg_453)
- Cambodian minority in Vietnam,
[416](#pg_416)
- Campbell, Alan L.,
[30](#pg_30)n
- Can. See
[
Ngo Dinh
Can
](#in6).
- Can Lao Party (see also
[National Revolutionary Movement](#in7)):
- Administrative Bureau,
[154](#pg_154)
- Army of the Republic of Vietnam, influence in,
[163](#pg_163),
[534](#pg_534)
- Business activities,
[146](#pg_146),
[156](#pg_156)
- Cassia exports,
[88](#pg_88)–
[89](#pg_89),
[160](#pg_160)–
[161](#pg_161),
[184](#pg_184),
[222](#pg_222)–
[223](#pg_223),
[244](#pg_244)
- Corruption in,
[90](#pg_90),
[295](#pg_295)–
[296](#pg_296),
[375](#pg_375)–
[377](#pg_377),
[385](#pg_385),
[455](#pg_455)–
[456](#pg_456)
- Diem’s assessment
of,
[375](#pg_375)–
[377](#pg_377)
- Embassy Club,
[159](#pg_159)
- Export license sales,
[158](#pg_158)
- Investment arrangements with the government,
[223](#pg_223)–
[224](#pg_224),
[244](#pg_244)
- Investment committee,
[160](#pg_160)
- Lime operations,
[245](#pg_245)
- Misinformation re,
[224](#pg_224)–
[225](#pg_225)
- Monopolization of business and industry,
[224](#pg_224)
- Nhu’s comments re,
[220](#pg_220)–
[225](#pg_225)
- Oil imports,
[159](#pg_159)–
[160](#pg_160),
[295](#pg_295)
- Phosphate deposits, exploitation of,
[158](#pg_158)–
[159](#pg_159)
- Profits from,
[157](#pg_157)
- Ship purchases,
[161](#pg_161)–
[162](#pg_162)
- U.S. position,
[88](#pg_88)–
[90](#pg_90),
[168](#pg_168)–
[169](#pg_169),
[184](#pg_184),
[385](#pg_385)
- Villahermosa case,
[157](#pg_157)–
[158](#pg_158)
- In Central Vietnam,
[151](#pg_151),
[160](#pg_160)–
[162](#pg_162),
[165](#pg_165),
[727](#pg_727)
- Clandestine character of,
[264](#pg_264)
- Democracy, role in movement toward,
[264](#pg_264)
- Diem’s assessment of,
[150](#pg_150)–
[151](#pg_151),
[375](#pg_375)–
[377](#pg_377),
[434](#pg_434)–
[435](#pg_435),
[455](#pg_455)–
[456](#pg_456)
- Factions:
- Central Vietnam Group,
[160](#pg_160)–
[162](#pg_162),
[727](#pg_727)
- Huynh Van Lang
group,
[153](#pg_153)
- Labor faction,
[726](#pg_726)–
[727](#pg_727)
- Tran Van Trai–Ha Due Minh group,
[153](#pg_153)
- “Young Turks,”
[726](#pg_726)
- Government officials, campaigns against,
[114](#pg_114)–
[115](#pg_115)
- Government officials criticism of,
[29](#pg_29)–
[30](#pg_30)
- Government officials in,
[154](#pg_154)–
[155](#pg_155)
- Industrialist and businessmen’s section,
[376](#pg_376)
- Internal conflicts,
[165](#pg_165)–
[168](#pg_168)
- Kuomintang, similarity to,
[155](#pg_155)–
[156](#pg_156)
- Leadership problem,
[146](#pg_146)–
[147](#pg_147),
[164](#pg_164)–
[165](#pg_165)
- Members, duties of,
[263](#pg_263)–
[264](#pg_264)
- Military Committee,
[154](#pg_154)
- Military establishment, relations with,
[154](#pg_154),
[163](#pg_163)–
[164](#pg_164),
[167](#pg_167)–
[169](#pg_169),
[266](#pg_266)
- Organization Bureau,
[153](#pg_153)–
[154](#pg_154)
- Organization of,
[89](#pg_89)–
[90](#pg_90),
[145](#pg_145)–
[146](#pg_146),
[149](#pg_149)–
[150](#pg_150),
[537](#pg_537)n
- Origins of,
[148](#pg_148)–
[149](#pg_149)
- Peasants, insensitivity toward,
[189](#pg_189)
- Personalism philosophy,
[89](#pg_89)–
[90](#pg_90),
[145](#pg_145)
- Political operations, corruption in,
[296](#pg_296)–
[298](#pg_298)
- Political power of,
[84](#pg_84)–
[85](#pg_85),
[87](#pg_87),
[116](#pg_116)
- Reform proposals re, 577,
[582](#pg_582)–
[583](#pg_583),
[593](#pg_593),
[600](#pg_600)
- In southern Vietnam,
[152](#pg_152)–
[155](#pg_155),
[165](#pg_165)
- Statutes of,
[150](#pg_150)–
[151](#pg_151)
- Surveillance of U.S. personnel,
[116](#pg_116)
- Training and Indoctrination Bureau,
[153](#pg_153)
- Unification proposals, 149–150,
[166](#pg_166)–
[167](#pg_167)
- U.S. influence on,
[169](#pg_169)–
[170](#pg_170)
- U.S. policies re,
[147](#pg_147)
- Vietnamese people, assistance to,
[162](#pg_162)–
[163](#pg_163),
[243](#pg_243)–
[245](#pg_245)
- Canada,
[137](#pg_137),
[334](#pg_334)n
- Canal reconstruction,
[214](#pg_214),
[216](#pg_216),
[350](#pg_350)–
[351](#pg_351)
- Cao Dai,
[530](#pg_530)–
[531](#pg_531)
- Cao Van Luan,
[151](#pg_151)
- Cao Xuan Vy,
[727](#pg_727)
- Caravelle Group,
[725](#pg_725)
- Caravelle Manifesto,
[404](#pg_404)n
,
[435](#pg_435)n
- Carr, Paul E.,
[255](#pg_255)n
- Cassia exports,
[88](#pg_88)–
[89](#pg_89),
[160](#pg_160)–
[161](#pg_161),
[184](#pg_184),
[222](#pg_222)–
[223](#pg_223),
[244](#pg_244)
- Catholics,
[561](#pg_561)–
[562](#pg_562),
[727](#pg_727)
- Central Intelligence Agency:
- “Alternate Political Leadership for Vietnam” report,
[721](#pg_721)–
[728](#pg_728)
- “Sino-Soviet Bloc Activity in South Vietnam” report,
[423](#pg_423)–
[425](#pg_425)
- Central Vietnam (see also
[
Ngo Dinh
Can
](#in6)):
- Can Lao Party in,
[151](#pg_151),
[160](#pg_160)–
[162](#pg_162),
[165](#pg_165),
[727](#pg_727)
- Communist insurgency in,
[12](#pg_12)–
[13](#pg_13),
[19](#pg_19),
[83](#pg_83),
[247](#pg_247)–
[249](#pg_249),
[308](#pg_308)–
[309](#pg_309)
- Psychological warfare in,
[4](#pg_4)–
[5](#pg_5)
- Chau. See
[
Nguyen Huu
Chau
](#in8).
- Chen Yi,
[455](#pg_455)n
- Cherne, Leo,
[429](#pg_429)–
[430](#pg_430)
- China, People’s Republic of,
[92](#pg_92),
[455](#pg_455),
[511](#pg_511),
[529](#pg_529)
- China, Republic of,
[155](#pg_155)–
[156](#pg_156),
[367](#pg_367),
[380](#pg_380)
- Chinese minority in Vietnam,
[5](#pg_5),
[44](#pg_44),
[535](#pg_535)
- Choi, General,
[684](#pg_684)
- Chou En-lai,
[434](#pg_434),
[455](#pg_455)
- Chuong. See
[
Tran Van
Chuong
](#in37).
- CINCPAC. See
[
Felt, Adm. Harry
D
](#in9).
- Civil Guard in Vietnam:
- Anti-guerrilla training,
[493](#pg_493)–
[494](#pg_494),
[628](#pg_628)–
[629](#pg_629)
- Equipment for,
[552](#pg_552)–
[553](#pg_553)
- MAAG responsibility for,
[544](#pg_544)–
[547](#pg_547),
[552](#pg_552),
[556](#pg_556)–
[560](#pg_560),
[565](#pg_565)–
[566](#pg_566),
[572](#pg_572)n
,
[597](#pg_597)
- U.S. Special Forces, for,
[282](#pg_282),
[287](#pg_287)–
[289](#pg_289),
[290](#pg_290)
- Casualties,
[318](#pg_318)–
[319](#pg_319)
- Command structure,
[678](#pg_678)
- Communications training,
[505](#pg_505)
- Counter-insurgency operations, role in,
[323](#pg_323),
[339](#pg_339),
[406](#pg_406)–
[407](#pg_407)
- Equipment for,
[32](#pg_32)–
[34](#pg_34),
[37](#pg_37)–
[38](#pg_38),
[59](#pg_59),
[78](#pg_78)–
[79](#pg_79),
[552](#pg_552)–
[553](#pg_553)
- Force level reductions,
[58](#pg_58)–
[60](#pg_60),
[78](#pg_78)
- Military control of:
- Country Team position,
[30](#pg_30)–
[32](#pg_32),
[62](#pg_62),
[78](#pg_78)
- Decree re,
[686](#pg_686),
[689](#pg_689)–
[691](#pg_691)
- Defense, U.S. Department of, position,
[26](#pg_26)–
[29](#pg_29),
[387](#pg_387)n
–
[388](#pg_388)n
,
[571](#pg_571)
- Durbrow’s position,
[557](#pg_557),
[572](#pg_572)n
- JCS position,
[491](#pg_491)–
[492](#pg_492)
- MAAG position,
[443](#pg_443),
[551](#pg_551)
- U.S. position,
[59](#pg_59),
[62](#pg_62),
[77](#pg_77),
[79](#pg_79)–
[80](#pg_80),
[597](#pg_597)
- Vietnamese position,
[24](#pg_24)–
[25](#pg_25),
[60](#pg_60)–
[61](#pg_61),
[78](#pg_78)
- National organization to supervise, proposal re,
[489](#pg_489)–
[491](#pg_491),
[498](#pg_498)n
- Reorganization, MAAG plan for,
[701](#pg_701)–
[702](#pg_702)
- U.S. Operations Mission, problems with,
[503](#pg_503)–
[505](#pg_505)
- U.S.-Vietnamese program for (Jan. 1959),
[128](#pg_128)–
[131](#pg_131),
[134](#pg_134)–
[135](#pg_135),
[218](#pg_218)
- Cleveland, Robert G.,
[236](#pg_236)n
,
[451](#pg_451)n
,
[633](#pg_633)n
,
[720](#pg_720)n
,
[751](#pg_751)n
- Colby, William E.,
[255](#pg_255)n
,
[632](#pg_632),
[660](#pg_660)–
[663](#pg_663),
[671](#pg_671)n
- Colegrove, Albert M.,
[220](#pg_220)n
,
[226](#pg_226),
[405](#pg_405)–
[406](#pg_406),
[429](#pg_429)
- Colegrove newspaper articles,
[220](#pg_220)–
[221](#pg_221),
[225](#pg_225)
- Collins, Gen. J. Lawton,
[138](#pg_138)–
[141](#pg_141),
[681](#pg_681)
- Commando units. See under
[Counter-insurgency operations](#in10).
- Communist insurgency in Vietnam:
- Aircraft, use of,
[305](#pg_305)–
[306](#pg_306)
- Army of the Republic of Vietnam, infiltration of,
[307](#pg_307)
- Assassinations,
[72](#pg_72),
[304](#pg_304)–
[305](#pg_305),
[317](#pg_317),
[539](#pg_539)
- Attack units, size of,
[320](#pg_320)–
[321](#pg_321)
- Bien Hoa attack (July 1959),
[220](#pg_220)
- From Cambodia,
[43](#pg_43)–
[44](#pg_44),
[121](#pg_121),
[529](#pg_529),
[571](#pg_571)
- Casualties,
[318](#pg_318)–
[320](#pg_320)
- In Central Vietnam,
[12](#pg_12)–
[13](#pg_13),
[19](#pg_19),
[83](#pg_83),
[247](#pg_247)–
[249](#pg_249),
[308](#pg_308)–
[309](#pg_309)
- Communist cells in Vietnam,
[469](#pg_469)–
[470](#pg_470)
- Coup, intentions re,
[301](#pg_301),
[310](#pg_310)
- Decrease in,
[215](#pg_215)
- Dissidents, surrender of,
[83](#pg_83),
[85](#pg_85)
- Elections, activities during,
[232](#pg_232)
- Guerrilla tactics,
[283](#pg_283),
[299](#pg_299),
[372](#pg_372)–
[373](#pg_373)
- Hit and run tactics,
[342](#pg_342)–
[343](#pg_343)
- Increase in,
[176](#pg_176)–
[177](#pg_177),
[300](#pg_300)–
[301](#pg_301),
[310](#pg_310),
[336](#pg_336),
[345](#pg_345),
[538](#pg_538)–
[539](#pg_539),
[743](#pg_743)
- Infiltration routes,
[309](#pg_309)
- International Supervisory and Control Commission refusal to
acknowledge,
[408](#pg_408)
- Kidnappings,
[304](#pg_304)–
[305](#pg_305),
[317](#pg_317),
[539](#pg_539),
[590](#pg_590)
- From Laos,
[361](#pg_361)–
[362](#pg_362),
[510](#pg_510)
- Methods, determination of,
[218](#pg_218)–
[219](#pg_219)
- Military assistance to Vietnam, relation to,
[97](#pg_97)–
[98](#pg_98)
- Military-type operations,
[305](#pg_305)–
[307](#pg_307),
[424](#pg_424)
- Peasants, intimidation of,
[368](#pg_368)
- People’s Army of Vietnam,
[309](#pg_309)–
[310](#pg_310)
- Political and psychological activities,
[526](#pg_526)–
[527](#pg_527)
- Popular support for,
[205](#pg_205),
[532](#pg_532)–
[533](#pg_533),
[616](#pg_616)
- Propaganda operations,
[307](#pg_307)
- Rubber plantation attacks,
[72](#pg_72)
- Rural areas, control of,
[43](#pg_43)–
[44](#pg_44),
[129](#pg_129),
[406](#pg_406)–
[407](#pg_407),
[716](#pg_716),
[718](#pg_718)
- Status through April 1960,
[303](#pg_303)–
[304](#pg_304)
- Subversion attempts, failure of,
[7](#pg_7)–
[8](#pg_8)
- Supply lines,
[368](#pg_368)
- Tay Ninh attack (Jan. 1960),
[296](#pg_296)n
,
[303](#pg_303),
[343](#pg_343)–
[344](#pg_344)
- Terrorism, use of,
[215](#pg_215)–
[216](#pg_216),
[615](#pg_615)–
[616](#pg_616)
- Troop strength,
[301](#pg_301)
- Vietnamese fabrications in reporting,
[428](#pg_428)–
[429](#pg_429)
- Communist invasion of Vietnam, possible,
[700](#pg_700),
[717](#pg_717)–
[718](#pg_718),
[750](#pg_750)
- Comstock, Col. Richard H.,
[64](#pg_64)n
,
[396](#pg_396)–
[400](#pg_400)
- Congress, U.S.,
[101](#pg_101)–
[102](#pg_102),
[225](#pg_225)–
[227](#pg_227),
[273](#pg_273)–
[274](#pg_274),
[289](#pg_289),
[382](#pg_382),
[382](#pg_382)n
,
[441](#pg_441)–
[442](#pg_442),
[467](#pg_467)–
[469](#pg_469)
- Corcoran, Thomas J.,
[3](#pg_3)n
,
[20](#pg_20)n
- Coster, Donald Q.,
[495](#pg_495)–
[496](#pg_496),
[503](#pg_503)–
[508](#pg_508)
- Counter-insurgency operations in Vietnam:
- Aircraft, use of,
[390](#pg_390)
- Anti-guerrilla training (see also under
[Army of the Republic of Vietnam](#in1);
[Civil Guard](#in5)):
- British trainers for,
[349](#pg_349),
[386](#pg_386)–
[387](#pg_387),
[410](#pg_410)–
[411](#pg_411)
- Competitive exercises,
[481](#pg_481)–
[482](#pg_482)
- Durbrow–Williams misunderstanding
re,
[396](#pg_396)–
[404](#pg_404),
[474](#pg_474)–
[483](#pg_483),
[493](#pg_493),
[524](#pg_524)
- International Supervisory and Control Commission interest
in,
[287](#pg_287)
- Locations for,
[394](#pg_394)–
[395](#pg_395)
- MAAG involvement in,
[291](#pg_291)–
[293](#pg_293),
[394](#pg_394)–
[395](#pg_395),
[474](#pg_474)–
[483](#pg_483)
- Need for,
[406](#pg_406)–
[407](#pg_407)
- Obstacles to,
[478](#pg_478)–
[481](#pg_481)
- Officer training,
[216](#pg_216),
[218](#pg_218)
- Okinawa as base for,
[331](#pg_331)–
[332](#pg_332)
- Personnel for,
[394](#pg_394)
- Results of,
[482](#pg_482)
- Rotation for,
[337](#pg_337)–
[338](#pg_338),
[354](#pg_354)–
[356](#pg_356),
[363](#pg_363),
[479](#pg_479),
[546](#pg_546)
- Time requirements,
[475](#pg_475)–
[476](#pg_476)
- U.S. instruction manuals,
[360](#pg_360),
[398](#pg_398),
[401](#pg_401)–
[402](#pg_402),
[475](#pg_475)
- U.S. Special Forces, for,
[206](#pg_206),
[218](#pg_218),
[281](#pg_281)–
[282](#pg_282),
[287](#pg_287)–
[289](#pg_289),
[290](#pg_290),
[322](#pg_322)–
[324](#pg_324),
[346](#pg_346)–
[347](#pg_347),
[354](#pg_354),
[393](#pg_393),
[407](#pg_407)n
- Army of the Republic of Vietnam used for,
[121](#pg_121),
[310](#pg_310),
[354](#pg_354),
[358](#pg_358)
- Border control system,
[450](#pg_450)–
[451](#pg_451),
[454](#pg_454)–
[456](#pg_456),
[719](#pg_719)–
[720](#pg_720)
- In Camau Peninsula,
[214](#pg_214)–
[217](#pg_217)
- Cambodian cooperation,
[378](#pg_378)
- Centralized command,
[310](#pg_310)–
[311](#pg_311),
[315](#pg_315)–
[316](#pg_316),
[321](#pg_321)–
[322](#pg_322),
[324](#pg_324),
[336](#pg_336)–
[337](#pg_337),
[339](#pg_339)–
[340](#pg_340),
[356](#pg_356),
[429](#pg_429)
- Coastal surveillance,
[323](#pg_323),
[327](#pg_327)
- Commando training school,
[64](#pg_64)–
[65](#pg_65),
[402](#pg_402),
[477](#pg_477)–
[478](#pg_478)
- Commando units:
- Army of the Republic of Vietnam volunteers for, 285–286,
[325](#pg_325)–
[326](#pg_326),
[353](#pg_353),
[379](#pg_379)
- Equipment for,
[353](#pg_353)
- Force levels,
[348](#pg_348)–
[349](#pg_349),
[352](#pg_352),
[373](#pg_373)–
[374](#pg_374)
- Functions of,
[352](#pg_352)–
[353](#pg_353)
- U.S. position,
[323](#pg_323)–
[324](#pg_324),
[337](#pg_337),
[343](#pg_343),
[353](#pg_353)–
[354](#pg_354),
[357](#pg_357)–
[358](#pg_358)
- Vietnamese position,
[283](#pg_283)–
[286](#pg_286)
- Communist bases, attacks on,
[369](#pg_369)–
[371](#pg_371),
[378](#pg_378)
- Coup attempt of Nov. 1960, effects of,
[651](#pg_651)
- Emergency Operations Control System,
[573](#pg_573)–
[574](#pg_574)
- Equipment for,
[321](#pg_321)–
[322](#pg_322),
[328](#pg_328),
[353](#pg_353),
[452](#pg_452),
[570](#pg_570),
[590](#pg_590)
- Defense, U.S. Department of, position,
[332](#pg_332),
[342](#pg_342)n
,
[358](#pg_358)
- Funding for,
[342](#pg_342)n
,
[393](#pg_393)
- Vietnamese position,
[325](#pg_325)–
[326](#pg_326),
[350](#pg_350)–
[351](#pg_351)
- Vietnamese requests,
[365](#pg_365)–
[366](#pg_366),
[389](#pg_389)
- Equipment used to attack Cambodia,
[433](#pg_433)–
[435](#pg_435)
- Farmers’ Associations,
[250](#pg_250)–
[251](#pg_251),
[260](#pg_260)n
- French contribution to,
[543](#pg_543)
- Helicopters for,
[703](#pg_703)–
[704](#pg_704),
[710](#pg_710),
[746](#pg_746)
- Hoa Hao, possible use of,
[295](#pg_295),
[349](#pg_349)
- Hot pursuit, rights of,
[571](#pg_571)
- Intelligence reports,
[315](#pg_315),
[374](#pg_374),
[378](#pg_378)–
[379](#pg_379)
- Intelligence system,
[321](#pg_321)–
[322](#pg_322),
[348](#pg_348),
[356](#pg_356)–
[358](#pg_358),
[363](#pg_363),
[378](#pg_378),
[384](#pg_384),
[389](#pg_389)–
[390](#pg_390),
[571](#pg_571),
[590](#pg_590)–
[591](#pg_591),
[606](#pg_606),
[623](#pg_623)–
[624](#pg_624),
[733](#pg_733)
- Jungle teams,
[605](#pg_605)n
–
[606](#pg_606)n
- Lansdale to assist with:
- Defense, U.S. Department of, position,
[466](#pg_466)
- Diem’s request
for,
[409](#pg_409),
[425](#pg_425)–
[426](#pg_426),
[440](#pg_440)
- Durbrow’s position,
[462](#pg_462)–
[463](#pg_463)
- Limitations on,
[457](#pg_457)–
[459](#pg_459)
- State, U.S. Department of, position,
[443](#pg_443)n
,
[465](#pg_465)–
[466](#pg_466),
[501](#pg_501)
- Logistics in,
[390](#pg_390)
- MAAG plan (Oct. 1960),
[613](#pg_613)–
[620](#pg_620)
- Military installations, inadequacy of,
[91](#pg_91)–
[92](#pg_92)
- Military methods, reliance on,
[188](#pg_188)–
[189](#pg_189)
- Military Tribunals, use of,
[216](#pg_216)
- National course of action:
- Defense, U.S. Department of, position,
[571](#pg_571)–
[575](#pg_575)
- JCS recommendations,
[512](#pg_512)–
[514](#pg_514),
[547](#pg_547)–
[548](#pg_548)
- MAAG position,
[614](#pg_614)
- State, U.S. Department of, position,
[604](#pg_604)–
[605](#pg_605)
- Pacification timetable,
[372](#pg_372)
- Peasants(see also
[Agroville program](#in11)),
[194](#pg_194)–
[195](#pg_195),
[285](#pg_285)–
[286](#pg_286),
[302](#pg_302)–
[303](#pg_303),
[311](#pg_311)–
[316](#pg_316),
[326](#pg_326)–
[328](#pg_328),
[351](#pg_351)–
[352](#pg_352),
[379](#pg_379)
- Phuoc Thanh Province operations,
[305](#pg_305)–
[306](#pg_306)
- Populace, control of,
[574](#pg_574)–
[575](#pg_575),
[619](#pg_619)
- Psychological warfare,
[205](#pg_205)–
[206](#pg_206),
[321](#pg_321),
[323](#pg_323),
[347](#pg_347),
[571](#pg_571)–
[572](#pg_572)
- Regimental camps, construction of,
[370](#pg_370)
- Road and canal construction,
[12](#pg_12)–
[13](#pg_13),
[214](#pg_214),
[216](#pg_216),
[236](#pg_236)n
,
[350](#pg_350)–
[351](#pg_351),
[505](#pg_505)–
[507](#pg_507)
- Rural areas, control of,
[388](#pg_388)
- Sweep operations,
[308](#pg_308)–
[309](#pg_309),
[320](#pg_320)–
[321](#pg_321)
- Training camps,
[371](#pg_371)–
[372](#pg_372)
- U.S. advisers in the field, possibility of,
[178](#pg_178)–
[180](#pg_180),
[182](#pg_182)–
[183](#pg_183)
- U.S. policies re,
[53](#pg_53)–
[54](#pg_54),
[362](#pg_362),
[414](#pg_414)–
[415](#pg_415)
- U.S. troops involved in, possibility of,
[570](#pg_570)
- U.S.-Vietnamese joint effort, proposal re,
[69](#pg_69)–
[70](#pg_70),
[71](#pg_71)n
,
[85](#pg_85)–
[86](#pg_86)
- U.S.-Vietnamese military conferences,
[533](#pg_533)
- Vietnamese Air Force, use of,
[323](#pg_323)
- Villages, protection of,
[371](#pg_371),
[378](#pg_378)
- Coup, possible:
- Army of the Republic of Vietnam reaction to,
[562](#pg_562)–
[563](#pg_563)
- CIA assessment of,
[728](#pg_728)
- Communist intentions re,
[301](#pg_301),
[310](#pg_310),
[560](#pg_560)–
[561](#pg_561)
- Conditions for,
[167](#pg_167)–
[168](#pg_168)
- Durbrow’s assessment of,
[560](#pg_560)–
[563](#pg_563),
[709](#pg_709)–
[710](#pg_710)
- Leadership of,
[587](#pg_587)–
[588](#pg_588)
- Likelihood of,
[563](#pg_563)
- Coup attempt, 1954,
[534](#pg_534)–
[535](#pg_535),
[667](#pg_667)–
[668](#pg_668)
- Coup attempt, Nov. 1960,
[631](#pg_631)
- Cessation of hostilities,
[658](#pg_658)
- Communist capitalization on,
[647](#pg_647),
[652](#pg_652),
[658](#pg_658)
- Communist support of,
[687](#pg_687)
- Counter-insurgency operations, effect on,
[651](#pg_651)
- Coup attempt of 1954, similarity to,
[667](#pg_667)–
[668](#pg_668)
- Durbrow’s reaction to,
[635](#pg_635)–
[637](#pg_637),
[649](#pg_649)–
[650](#pg_650),
[662](#pg_662)–
[663](#pg_663),
[669](#pg_669)
- Defense, U.S. Department of, position,
[667](#pg_667)–
[668](#pg_668),
[681](#pg_681)–
[682](#pg_682)
- State, U.S. Department of, position,
[633](#pg_633),
[640](#pg_640)
- Vietnamese position,
[705](#pg_705)–
[707](#pg_707),
[716](#pg_716)
- Eisenhower letter to
Diem re,
[682](#pg_682)–
[683](#pg_683)
- Felt trip in response to, possible,
[640](#pg_640)–
[641](#pg_641)
- First-hand accounts,
[638](#pg_638)–
[639](#pg_639),
[660](#pg_660)–
[663](#pg_663)
- Investigation of,
[690](#pg_690)
- Junior officers’ role in,
[645](#pg_645)–
[646](#pg_646)
- Leaders of,
[632](#pg_632)–
[633](#pg_633)
- Lessons of,
[653](#pg_653)–
[655](#pg_655)
- Marines, Diem’s request
for,
[634](#pg_634)–
[635](#pg_635)
- Military, effects on,
[659](#pg_659)–
[660](#pg_660)
- Military control of government,
[651](#pg_651)–
[652](#pg_652)
- Minh, role of,
[646](#pg_646)
- Negotiations,
[637](#pg_637)–
[638](#pg_638),
[643](#pg_643),
[647](#pg_647)
- Objectives of,
[633](#pg_633)–
[635](#pg_635),
[642](#pg_642)–
[643](#pg_643)
- Political reforms, effects on,
[658](#pg_658)–
[659](#pg_659)
- Popular reaction to,
[639](#pg_639),
[647](#pg_647),
[652](#pg_652)
- Provisional government,
[644](#pg_644)–
[645](#pg_645),
[648](#pg_648),
[650](#pg_650)
- Rebellious troops, identification of,
[665](#pg_665)–
[666](#pg_666)
- Revolutionary Committee,
[635](#pg_635),
[642](#pg_642)
- Surrender of rebels,
[648](#pg_648),
[664](#pg_664)
- U.S. backing of, alleged:
- U.S.-Vietnamese relations, effect on,
[688](#pg_688)
- Vengeance re rebels,
[655](#pg_655)–
[657](#pg_657),
[664](#pg_664)–
[666](#pg_666),
[678](#pg_678)
- Cumming, Hugh S., Jr.,
[69](#pg_69),
[71](#pg_71)n
,
[438](#pg_438),
[717](#pg_717)–
[718](#pg_718)
- Cunningham, H. Francis, J.,
[330](#pg_330)–
[331](#pg_331)
- Cutler, Robert,
[40](#pg_40)n
- Dabney, Lt. Gen. John A.,
[670](#pg_670)n
- Dai Ta Loc, Lt. Col.,
[639](#pg_639)
- Dai Viets Party,
[725](#pg_725)
- Dan. See
[
Phan Quang
Dan
](#in12).
- Dang Duc Khoi,
[726](#pg_726)
- Dang Van Sung,
[725](#pg_725)
- Dap Chhuon, Gen.,
[299](#pg_299),
[529](#pg_529)–
[530](#pg_530)
- De Gaulle, Charles,
[544](#pg_544)n
- De Jaegher, Raymond J.,
[634](#pg_634)
- Defense, U.S. Department of (see also
[Joint Chiefs of Staff](#in13)):
- Cambodia, Vietnamese attack on,
[439](#pg_439)–
[441](#pg_441)
- Civil Guard,
[26](#pg_26)–
[29](#pg_29),
[37](#pg_37)–
[38](#pg_38),
[387](#pg_387)n
–
[388](#pg_388)n
,
[571](#pg_571)
- Counter-insurgency operations,
[332](#pg_332),
[342](#pg_342)n
,
[357](#pg_357)–
[359](#pg_359),
[466](#pg_466),
[572](#pg_572)–
[575](#pg_575)
- U.S. troops involved in,
[570](#pg_570)
- Coup attempt, Nov. 1960,
[640](#pg_640)–
[641](#pg_641),
[667](#pg_667)–
[668](#pg_668),
[681](#pg_681)–
[682](#pg_682)
- Jet facility construction,
[187](#pg_187)–
[188](#pg_188)
- Military assistance, U.S.,
[233](#pg_233)n
,
[422](#pg_422)–
[423](#pg_423)
- MAAG personnel ceiling,
[274](#pg_274)–
[276](#pg_276)
- Political situation,
[549](#pg_549)
- Thuan, meeting with,
[387](#pg_387)–
[390](#pg_390)
- Vietnamese Air Force,
[63](#pg_63)–
[64](#pg_64),
[73](#pg_73)–
[74](#pg_74),
[135](#pg_135)–
[136](#pg_136),
[196](#pg_196)n
,
[359](#pg_359)
- Vietnamese military students, training of,
[53](#pg_53)
- Development Loan Fund Corporation,
[76](#pg_76),
[186](#pg_186),
[237](#pg_237),
[242](#pg_242)
- Diem. See
[
Ngo Dinh
Diem
](#in14).
- Dillon, C. Douglas,
[118](#pg_118)n
,
[128](#pg_128),
[187](#pg_187)–
[188](#pg_188),
[225](#pg_225),
[237](#pg_237)–
[238](#pg_238),
[273](#pg_273)–
[274](#pg_274),
[352](#pg_352)n
,
[382](#pg_382)–
[383](#pg_383),
[388](#pg_388)n
,
[437](#pg_437)–
[438](#pg_438),
[461](#pg_461)–
[462](#pg_462),
[466](#pg_466),
[672](#pg_672)
- Do Cao Minh,
[727](#pg_727)
- Do Cao Tri, Maj.,
[639](#pg_639)
- Do Mau, Col.,
[727](#pg_727)
- Douglas, James H.,
[279](#pg_279),
[336](#pg_336),
[439](#pg_439)n
,
[457](#pg_457)–
[458](#pg_458),
[549](#pg_549),
[572](#pg_572)n
,
[667](#pg_667),
[730](#pg_730)
- Draper Committee (see also
[
Anderson Committee](#in15)),
[138](#pg_138)n
,
[172](#pg_172)–
[174](#pg_174)
- Dulles, Allen W.,
[40](#pg_40)n
,
[412](#pg_412)n
,
[585](#pg_585)–
[586](#pg_586)
- Dulles, John Foster,
[39](#pg_39)n
,
[55](#pg_55),
[79](#pg_79)–
[80](#pg_80),
[96](#pg_96),
[98](#pg_98)–
[100](#pg_100),
[134](#pg_134)–
[135](#pg_135),
[210](#pg_210)
- Dung. See
[
Tran Trung
Dung
](#in16).
- Duong Van Duc, Gen.,
[164](#pg_164),
[726](#pg_726)
- Duong Van Minh, Maj.
Gen.,
[267](#pg_267),
[348](#pg_348)–
[349](#pg_349),
[531](#pg_531),
[562](#pg_562),
[639](#pg_639),
[646](#pg_646),
[659](#pg_659),
[662](#pg_662),
[667](#pg_667),
[722](#pg_722)
- Durbrow, Elbridge:
- Agroville program,
[302](#pg_302),
[485](#pg_485)–
[486](#pg_486),
[589](#pg_589)–
[591](#pg_591)
- Anderson Committee visit to Vietnam,
[138](#pg_138)–
[144](#pg_144)
- Army of the Republic of Vietnam:
- Reorganization of,
[471](#pg_471)
- U.S. intelligence re,
[293](#pg_293)
- Assistance programs, U.S.,
[225](#pg_225)
- Cambodia:
- Can Lao Party,
[84](#pg_84)–
[85](#pg_85),
[87](#pg_87)–
[90](#pg_90),
[184](#pg_184),
[221](#pg_221)–
[225](#pg_225),
[375](#pg_375)–
[377](#pg_377)
- Chau resignation,
[15](#pg_15)–
[16](#pg_16)
- Civil Guard:
- Communist insurgency, increase in,
[176](#pg_176)–
[177](#pg_177),
[300](#pg_300)–
[301](#pg_301)
- Communist invasion, possible,
[750](#pg_750)
- Counter-insurgency operations:
- Anti-guerrilla training,
[283](#pg_283)–
[288](#pg_288),
[290](#pg_290),
[331](#pg_331),
[354](#pg_354)–
[356](#pg_356),
[393](#pg_393),
[406](#pg_406)–
[407](#pg_407),
[409](#pg_409),
[462](#pg_462)–
[463](#pg_463)
- Border control,
[719](#pg_719)–
[720](#pg_720)
- Centralized command,
[356](#pg_356)
- Coastal surveillance,
[327](#pg_327)
- Commando units,
[325](#pg_325)–
[326](#pg_326),
[352](#pg_352)–
[354](#pg_354),
[379](#pg_379)
- Equipment for,
[325](#pg_325)–
[326](#pg_326),
[328](#pg_328),
[350](#pg_350)–
[351](#pg_351),
[393](#pg_393)
- Intelligence reports,
[378](#pg_378)–
[379](#pg_379)
- Intelligence system,
[356](#pg_356)–
[357](#pg_357),
[590](#pg_590)–
[591](#pg_591)
- Lansdale to assist with,
[409](#pg_409),
[462](#pg_462)–
[463](#pg_463)
- Military methods, reliance on,
[188](#pg_188)–
[189](#pg_189)
- Misunderstanding with Williams re,
[396](#pg_396)–
[404](#pg_404),
[474](#pg_474),
[524](#pg_524)
- Peasants,
[194](#pg_194)–
[195](#pg_195),
[302](#pg_302)–
[303](#pg_303),
[326](#pg_326)–
[327](#pg_327),
[351](#pg_351)–
[352](#pg_352)
- U.S.-Vietnamese joint effort,
[69](#pg_69)–
[70](#pg_70),
[71](#pg_71)n
,
[85](#pg_85)
- Vietnamese-Cambodian relations and,
[450](#pg_450)–
[451](#pg_451)
- Village protection,
[378](#pg_378)
- Coup, possible,
[560](#pg_560)–
[563](#pg_563),
[709](#pg_709)–
[710](#pg_710)
- Coup attempt, Nov. 1960,
[632](#pg_632)–
[638](#pg_638),
[640](#pg_640)–
[645](#pg_645),
[649](#pg_649)–
[650](#pg_650),
[654](#pg_654),
[662](#pg_662)–
[663](#pg_663),
[665](#pg_665)–
[672](#pg_672),
[676](#pg_676),
[681](#pg_681)–
[683](#pg_683),
[705](#pg_705)–
[708](#pg_708),
[716](#pg_716)
- Diem, relations with,
[193](#pg_193)–
[194](#pg_194),
[662](#pg_662)
- Diem, U.S. popular opinion
re,
[86](#pg_86)–
[87](#pg_87)
- Diem, U.S. support for,
[483](#pg_483)n
,
[495](#pg_495)–
[497](#pg_497)
- Economic development,
[12](#pg_12)–
[13](#pg_13),
[131](#pg_131)n
,
[240](#pg_240)
- Economic situation:
- Budget,
[10](#pg_10)–
[12](#pg_12),
[240](#pg_240)
- Devaluation of piaster,
[174](#pg_174)n
,
[519](#pg_519)–
[520](#pg_520)
- Exchange rate of piaster,
[241](#pg_241),
[522](#pg_522)–
[523](#pg_523)
- Government involvement in businesses,
[242](#pg_242)
- Mixed economy,
[6](#pg_6)
- Effectiveness of,
[580](#pg_580)
- Elections (1959),
[227](#pg_227)–
[233](#pg_233)
- Jet facility construction,
[105](#pg_105)–
[107](#pg_107)
- Lansdale visit to Vietnam, possible,
[691](#pg_691)–
[692](#pg_692)
- Laos,
[543](#pg_543)–
[544](#pg_544)
- Leadership alternatives to Diem,
[749](#pg_749)
- McGarr, relations with,
[524](#pg_524)–
[525](#pg_525)
- Military assistance, U.S.:
- MAAG personnel ceiling,
[3](#pg_3),
[211](#pg_211)–
[213](#pg_213),
[273](#pg_273)–
[274](#pg_274)
- Military budget, Vietnamese contribution to,
[181](#pg_181)–
[182](#pg_182)
- Personalism philosophy,
[109](#pg_109)–
[113](#pg_113)
- Political reforms,
[575](#pg_575)–
[579](#pg_579),
[598](#pg_598),
[622](#pg_622)–
[625](#pg_625),
[683](#pg_683)–
[686](#pg_686),
[688](#pg_688)–
[691](#pg_691),
[707](#pg_707)–
[708](#pg_708),
[710](#pg_710)–
[711](#pg_711),
[740](#pg_740)–
[741](#pg_741)
- Political situation,
[4](#pg_4)
- Diem’s efforts for
political support,
[214](#pg_214)–
[217](#pg_217),
[514](#pg_514)–
[515](#pg_515)
- Foreign press coverage,
[733](#pg_733)–
[734](#pg_734)
- Leadership alternatives to Diem,
[464](#pg_464)
- Opposition to Diem,
[189](#pg_189)–
[190](#pg_190),
[404](#pg_404)–
[406](#pg_406),
[456](#pg_456)
- Reports re,
[255](#pg_255)–
[271](#pg_271),
[293](#pg_293)–
[299](#pg_299)
- Stability of Diem
government,
[556](#pg_556)–
[560](#pg_560),
[564](#pg_564)–
[567](#pg_567)
- U.S.-French discussion re,
[541](#pg_541)–
[543](#pg_543)
- Recall of, proposed,
[653](#pg_653)
- Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces force level increase,
[172](#pg_172),
[392](#pg_392),
[557](#pg_557)–
[558](#pg_558),
[566](#pg_566)–
[567](#pg_567),
[621](#pg_621)–
[622](#pg_622),
[626](#pg_626)–
[631](#pg_631),
[694](#pg_694),
[737](#pg_737)–
[739](#pg_739),
[749](#pg_749)–
[750](#pg_750)
- Secretary of State for Southeast Asia proposal,
[70](#pg_70)–
[71](#pg_71)
- Self-Defense Corps,
[82](#pg_82)–
[84](#pg_84)
- Technical assistance programs, U.S.,
[240](#pg_240)–
[241](#pg_241)
- Temporary Equipment Recovery Mission,
[1](#pg_1)–
[2](#pg_2)
- Vietnam, Democratic Republic of, report re,
[509](#pg_509)–
[512](#pg_512)
- Vietnam situation, assessment of,
[741](#pg_741)–
[745](#pg_745)
- Vietnamese Air Force,
[66](#pg_66)–
[69](#pg_69),
[73](#pg_73),
[175](#pg_175),
[176](#pg_176)n
,
[196](#pg_196)–
[198](#pg_198),
[250](#pg_250),
[731](#pg_731)–
[732](#pg_732)
- Vietnamese attitude toward,
[569](#pg_569)
- Williams, relations with,
[444](#pg_444)–
[445](#pg_445)
- Williams, retirement of,
[170](#pg_170)–
[172](#pg_172),
[492](#pg_492)
- Youth groups,
[732](#pg_732)–
[733](#pg_733)
- Durdin, Tillman,
[432](#pg_432)
- Economic assistance, U.S., to Vietnam:
- Congressional actions re,
[101](#pg_101)–
[102](#pg_102)
- Delays in,
[14](#pg_14),
[140](#pg_140),
[367](#pg_367)
- Increase in, Vietnamese position,
[101](#pg_101)
- Reductions in,
[208](#pg_208),
[367](#pg_367)
- Uses of,
[97](#pg_97)–
[98](#pg_98),
[253](#pg_253)
- Economic development in Vietnam:
- Agricultural development,
[236](#pg_236)–
[237](#pg_237)
- China, Republic of, agreements with,
[380](#pg_380)
- Construction projects, Vietnamese initiative re,
[251](#pg_251)–
[252](#pg_252)
- Education and,
[248](#pg_248)
- French credits for,
[380](#pg_380)
- Government attitude toward,
[242](#pg_242),
[262](#pg_262)
- Industrial development,
[76](#pg_76),
[364](#pg_364),
[365](#pg_365),
[380](#pg_380)–
[381](#pg_381)
- Military personnel used for,
[18](#pg_18)–
[19](#pg_19)
- Political situation and,
[15](#pg_15)–
[16](#pg_16),
[191](#pg_191),
[262](#pg_262)–
[263](#pg_263)
- Popular support for government through,
[15](#pg_15)–
[16](#pg_16),
[191](#pg_191)
- Public works programs,
[11](#pg_11)
- Rice exports,
[76](#pg_76),
[128](#pg_128),
[242](#pg_242),
[381](#pg_381)
- Road construction,
[12](#pg_12)–
[13](#pg_13),
[214](#pg_214),
[216](#pg_216),
[236](#pg_236)n
,
[252](#pg_252)–
[253](#pg_253),
[350](#pg_350)–
[351](#pg_351),
[505](#pg_505)–
[507](#pg_507)
- Rubber replantation,
[381](#pg_381)
- Rural development programs,
[50](#pg_50),
[122](#pg_122)
- Three-year plan,
[519](#pg_519)–
[521](#pg_521)
- U.S. policies re,
[419](#pg_419)–
[420](#pg_420)
- U.S. support, need for,
[505](#pg_505)–
[506](#pg_506)
- Vietnamese financing of,
[240](#pg_240)
- Economic situation in Vietnam (see also
[Business activities ](#in17)under
[Can Lao Party](#in29)
):
- Budget,
[10](#pg_10)–
[12](#pg_12),
[76](#pg_76)–
[77](#pg_77)
- Counterpart funds,
[141](#pg_141),
[185](#pg_185)
- Deficit financing,
[240](#pg_240)
- Devaluation of piaster,
[174](#pg_174),
[181](#pg_181),
[186](#pg_186),
[519](#pg_519)–
[520](#pg_520)
- Development Loan Fund loans,
[76](#pg_76),
[186](#pg_186),
[237](#pg_237),
[242](#pg_242)
- Entrepreneur class, formation of,
[223](#pg_223)–
[224](#pg_224)
- Foreign exchange rates on piaster,
[141](#pg_141),
[173](#pg_173)–
[174](#pg_174),
[241](#pg_241),
[363](#pg_363)–
[364](#pg_364)
- Government involvement in businesses,
[238](#pg_238),
[242](#pg_242),
[253](#pg_253)–
[254](#pg_254)
- Local currency resources,
[366](#pg_366)–
[367](#pg_367)
- Long-range planning,
[367](#pg_367)
- Military assistance, U.S., relation to,
[241](#pg_241)
- Mixed economy (third way),
[5](#pg_5)–
[7](#pg_7)
- Monetary reforms,
[381](#pg_381)–
[382](#pg_382)
- National Economic Council, proposed,
[607](#pg_607),
[624](#pg_624),
[686](#pg_686),
[689](#pg_689)
- Private investment:
- Standard of living,
[368](#pg_368)
- Taxation,
[237](#pg_237),
[284](#pg_284),
[520](#pg_520)–
[521](#pg_521),
[545](#pg_545)n
,
[740](#pg_740)
- U.S. assistance, dependence on,
[128](#pg_128),
[207](#pg_207)–
[208](#pg_208)
- U.S. policies re,
[47](#pg_47)–
[50](#pg_50),
[122](#pg_122)–
[123](#pg_123),
[270](#pg_270)–
[271](#pg_271)
- Eden, Anthony,
[210](#pg_210)
- Eisenhower, Dwight D.,
[12](#pg_12),
[138](#pg_138)n
,
[255](#pg_255)n
,
[407](#pg_407),
[447](#pg_447),
[489](#pg_489)n
,
[507](#pg_507),
[641](#pg_641),
[705](#pg_705)n
- Eisenhower, John S.D.,
[220](#pg_220),
[408](#pg_408)n
,
[664](#pg_664),
[705](#pg_705)n
- Elections in Vietnam (1959):
- Candidates, government selection of,
[227](#pg_227)–
[228](#pg_228)
- Communist activities during,
[232](#pg_232)
- Election law violators, seating of,
[231](#pg_231)–
[233](#pg_233),
[269](#pg_269)
- Foreign coverage of,
[228](#pg_228)
- As propaganda exercise,
[228](#pg_228)–
[229](#pg_229)
- Results of,
[229](#pg_229)–
[231](#pg_231)
- U.S. assessment of,
[231](#pg_231)n
- Elting, Howard, Jr.,
[6](#pg_6),
[29](#pg_29)–
[34](#pg_34),
[58](#pg_58)–
[59](#pg_59),
[92](#pg_92)–
[96](#pg_96),
[103](#pg_103)–
[105](#pg_105),
[220](#pg_220)–
[221](#pg_221),
[243](#pg_243)
- Erichsen-Brown,
[309](#pg_309)
- Erskine, Gen. Graves B.,
[26](#pg_26)–
[27](#pg_27),
[713](#pg_713)
- Eurasia,
[162](#pg_162)
- Evans, Col. Robert F.,
[26](#pg_26),
[36](#pg_36)–
[37](#pg_37),
[63](#pg_63)–
[64](#pg_64),
[81](#pg_81),
[124](#pg_124)–
[127](#pg_127),
[209](#pg_209)–
[212](#pg_212)
- Fall, M. Bernard,
[428](#pg_428)–
[429](#pg_429)
- Farmers’ Associations,
[250](#pg_250)–
[251](#pg_251),
[260](#pg_260)n
- Felt, Adm. Harry D.,
[83](#pg_83)–
[84](#pg_84),
[387](#pg_387)
- Counter-insurgency operations:
- Anti-guerrilla training,
[281](#pg_281)–
[282](#pg_282),
[346](#pg_346),
[358](#pg_358)
- Equipment for,
[351](#pg_351)
- Lansdale to assist with,
[458](#pg_458)
- National course of action,
[512](#pg_512)–
[513](#pg_513),
[572](#pg_572)
- U.S. advisers in the field,
[199](#pg_199)–
[200](#pg_200)
- Coup attempt, Nov. 1960,
[640](#pg_640)–
[641](#pg_641),
[645](#pg_645),
[648](#pg_648),
[650](#pg_650),
[657](#pg_657)
- Lansdale visit to Vietnam, possible,
[729](#pg_729),
[730](#pg_730)n
- Military assistance, U.S.,
[93](#pg_93)–
[94](#pg_94)
- MAAG personnel ceiling,
[272](#pg_272),
[275](#pg_275)
- Political situation,
[549](#pg_549)
- Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces force level increase,
[328](#pg_328)–
[329](#pg_329),
[621](#pg_621),
[695](#pg_695)
- Vietnamese Air Force,
[103](#pg_103),
[124](#pg_124)–
[126](#pg_126),
[366](#pg_366)
- Williams, retirement of,
[171](#pg_171)
- Fine, Sherwood M.,
[514](#pg_514),
[516](#pg_516)–
[518](#pg_518),
[673](#pg_673)n
- Fink, Andrew J., III,
[300](#pg_300)n
- Fippin, William H.,
[486](#pg_486)
- Fishel, Wesley R.,
[426](#pg_426)–
[433](#pg_433),
[589](#pg_589)n
- FitzGerald, D.A.,
[673](#pg_673)–
[676](#pg_676)
- Fitzgerald, Desmond,
[568](#pg_568)
- Flesch, Lt. Col. Joseph M.,
[332](#pg_332),
[338](#pg_338),
[342](#pg_342),
[357](#pg_357),
[387](#pg_387)n
,
[391](#pg_391),
[572](#pg_572)n
- Foster, Lt. Col.,
[444](#pg_444)n
- Fox, M. J.,
[134](#pg_134)n
- France,
[137](#pg_137),
[613](#pg_613)
- Cambodia, presence in,
[529](#pg_529)
- Cultural effect on Vietnam,
[75](#pg_75)–
[76](#pg_76)
- Laos, presence in,
[99](#pg_99),
[543](#pg_543)n
–
[544](#pg_544)n
- Political situation, concerns re,
[456](#pg_456),
[483](#pg_483)–
[485](#pg_485),
[541](#pg_541)–
[543](#pg_543)
- Vietnam, relations with,
[380](#pg_380),
[418](#pg_418)–
[419](#pg_419)
- Frechtling, L. E.,
[187](#pg_187)n
- Free Khmer Radio,
[433](#pg_433)–
[436](#pg_436),
[497](#pg_497)
- French, Jerome T.,
[339](#pg_339),
[669](#pg_669)–
[670](#pg_670),
[692](#pg_692)–
[693](#pg_693),
[713](#pg_713)–
[717](#pg_717)
- Fruit, Melville M.,
[218](#pg_218)
- Fulbright, J. William,
[225](#pg_225),
[427](#pg_427)
- Garcia, Carlos P.,
[184](#pg_184)
- Gardiner, Arthur Z.,
[142](#pg_142),
[176](#pg_176)–
[177](#pg_177),
[185](#pg_185)–
[186](#pg_186),
[226](#pg_226),
[445](#pg_445),
[455](#pg_455),
[633](#pg_633)n
- Gates, Thomas S., Jr.,
[387](#pg_387)n
–
[388](#pg_388)n
,
[447](#pg_447),
[501](#pg_501),
[547](#pg_547),
[641](#pg_641),
[653](#pg_653),
[703](#pg_703)
- Geneva Accords,
[65](#pg_65)–
[66](#pg_66),
[198](#pg_198)n
,
[209](#pg_209),
[334](#pg_334)n
–
[335](#pg_335)n
- Goodpaster, Brig. Gen. Andrew J.,
[172](#pg_172)n
,
[408](#pg_408)
- Gore, Albert E.,
[274](#pg_274)n
,
[444](#pg_444)
- Grant, William B.,
[509](#pg_509)n
- Gray, Gordon,
[118](#pg_118)n
,
[412](#pg_412)n
,
[451](#pg_451)n
- Great Britain. See
[United Kingdom](#in18).
- Green, Marshall,
[65](#pg_65)
- Ha Thuc Luyen,
[151](#pg_151)–
[152](#pg_152),
[246](#pg_246)–
[247](#pg_247)
- Ha Van Vuong,
[158](#pg_158),
[284](#pg_284)
- Hall, Thomas E.,
[134](#pg_134)n
- Hannah, John A.,
[586](#pg_586),
[589](#pg_589)n
- Hare, Raymond A.,
[451](#pg_451)n
- Heavner, Theodore J. C,
[243](#pg_243)–
[250](#pg_250),
[308](#pg_308)
- Helble, John,
[589](#pg_589)n
- Herter, Christian A.,
[40](#pg_40)n
- Assistance programs, U.S.,
[225](#pg_225)
- Cambodia, Vietnamese attack on,
[448](#pg_448)–
[449](#pg_449)
- Civil Guard,
[118](#pg_118)n
,
[493](#pg_493)–
[494](#pg_494)
- Communist insurgency,
[218](#pg_218)–
[219](#pg_219)
- Communist invasion, possible,
[717](#pg_717)
- Counter-insurgency operations,
[217](#pg_217)–
[218](#pg_218),
[604](#pg_604)–
[605](#pg_605)
- Coup attempt, Nov. 1960,
[633](#pg_633)
- Diem, U.S. support for,
[609](#pg_609)
- MAAG personnel ceiling,
[23](#pg_23),
[334](#pg_334)–
[335](#pg_335),
[441](#pg_441)–
[442](#pg_442)
- Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces force level increase,
[720](#pg_720)–
[721](#pg_721)
- Thuan’s U.S. visit,
[236](#pg_236)n
,
[384](#pg_384)–
[386](#pg_386)
- Ho Van Nhut,
[330](#pg_330),
[725](#pg_725)
- Hoa Hao,
[295](#pg_295),
[331](#pg_331),
[349](#pg_349),
[531](#pg_531)
- Hoang. See
[Thai Quang Hoang, Gen](#in19).
- Hoang Co Thuy,
[227](#pg_227),
[635](#pg_635),
[637](#pg_637),
[642](#pg_642),
[644](#pg_644),
[666](#pg_666),
[690](#pg_690),
[725](#pg_725)
- Hoang Hung,
[115](#pg_115)
- Hohler, H.A.F.,
[456](#pg_456)n
- Houghton, Amory,
[114](#pg_114)–
[117](#pg_117)
- Hutchinson, Maj. Gen. Donald R.,
[125](#pg_125)–
[126](#pg_126)
- Huynh Van Lang,
[153](#pg_153),
[727](#pg_727)
- ICC. See
[International Supervisory and Control
Commission](#in20).
- Inagaki, René-Georges,
[687](#pg_687)
- India,
[7](#pg_7),
[137](#pg_137),
[334](#pg_334)n
- Information and cultural programs, U.S.,
[52](#pg_52)–
[53](#pg_53),
[75](#pg_75)–
[76](#pg_76),
[241](#pg_241),
[271](#pg_271),
[412](#pg_412),
[420](#pg_420)–
[421](#pg_421)
- Internal security. See
[Civil Guard](#in5);
[Counter-insurgency
operations](#in10);
[Self-Defense Corps](#in21).
- Internal Security Council,
[600](#pg_600),
[623](#pg_623)
- International Cooperation Administration, U.S.,
[26](#pg_26),
[53](#pg_53),
[37](#pg_37)–
[38](#pg_38),
[367](#pg_367)
- International Education Exchange Service,
[53](#pg_53)
- International Supervisory and Control Commission (ICC):
- Civil Guard,
[130](#pg_130)–
[131](#pg_131)
- Communist insurgency, refusal to acknowledge,
[408](#pg_408)
- Counter-insurgency operations, interest in,
[287](#pg_287)
- Function of,
[210](#pg_210)
- Influence of,
[418](#pg_418)
- MAAG personnel ceiling,
[211](#pg_211)–
[212](#pg_212),
[272](#pg_272),
[334](#pg_334)–
[335](#pg_335),
[408](#pg_408),
[469](#pg_469)
- Temporary Equipment Recovery Mission, interest in,
[1](#pg_1)n
,
[2](#pg_2)–
[3](#pg_3),
[21](#pg_21),
[202](#pg_202)
- Termination of, U.S. position,
[136](#pg_136)–
[137](#pg_137)
- U.S. policies re,
[43](#pg_43),
[120](#pg_120),
[418](#pg_418)
- Vietnamese Air Force, jets for,
[66](#pg_66)–
[69](#pg_69)
- Irwin, John N., II,
[80](#pg_80),
[118](#pg_118)n
,
[135](#pg_135),
[172](#pg_172)n
,
[187](#pg_187),
[198](#pg_198)n
,
[288](#pg_288),
[328](#pg_328),
[387](#pg_387)–
[390](#pg_390),
[412](#pg_412)n
,
[489](#pg_489),
[498](#pg_498)n
,
[572](#pg_572)–
[575](#pg_575),
[621](#pg_621),
[640](#pg_640)–
[641](#pg_641)
- Japanese Reparations Agreements,
[380](#pg_380)
- Jenkins, Albert leS.,
[459](#pg_459)n
- Jet facility construction in Vietnam:
- Commercial cover for,
[67](#pg_67),
[106](#pg_106),
[188](#pg_188)
- Funding for,
[106](#pg_106)–
[107](#pg_107),
[187](#pg_187)–
[188](#pg_188)
- JCS position,
[108](#pg_108)–
[109](#pg_109),
[192](#pg_192),
[193](#pg_193)n
- Second facility, possible,
[105](#pg_105)–
[106](#pg_106),
[107](#pg_107)n
,
[187](#pg_187)–
[188](#pg_188)
- Vietnamese position,
[367](#pg_367)
- Johnson, U. Alexis,
[611](#pg_611)–
[613](#pg_613)
- Joint Chiefs of Staff, U.S.:
- Civil Guard,
[489](#pg_489)–
[492](#pg_492)
- Communist insurgency,
[345](#pg_345)
- Counter-insurgency operations,
[512](#pg_512)–
[514](#pg_514),
[547](#pg_547)–
[548](#pg_548),
[703](#pg_703)–
[704](#pg_704)
- Jet facility construction,
[108](#pg_108)–
[109](#pg_109),
[192](#pg_192),
[193](#pg_193)n
- MAAG personnel ceiling,
[275](#pg_275)–
[276](#pg_276)
- Political situation,
[549](#pg_549)
- Vietnamese Air Force,
[102](#pg_102)–
[103](#pg_103),
[108](#pg_108)–
[109](#pg_109),
[125](#pg_125)–
[126](#pg_126)
- Jonas, Gilbert,
[431](#pg_431)
- Katay Don Sasorith,
[8](#pg_8)
- Kattenburg, Paul M.,
[25](#pg_25)
- Kennan, George F.,
[502](#pg_502)
- Kent, Sherman,
[293](#pg_293),
[526](#pg_526)
- Khrushchev, Nikita S.,
[423](#pg_423)
- Knight, Robert H.,
[106](#pg_106)n
–
[107](#pg_107)n
,
[410](#pg_410)n
,
[439](#pg_439)n
,
[458](#pg_458),
[465](#pg_465)–
[466](#pg_466),
[670](#pg_670)n
,
[682](#pg_682)
- Kocher, Eric,
[3](#pg_3)n
,
[55](#pg_55)n
,
[71](#pg_71)–
[74](#pg_74),
[87](#pg_87),
[90](#pg_90)n
,
[136](#pg_136)–
[137](#pg_137),
[175](#pg_175)–
[176](#pg_176),
[196](#pg_196)n
- Korea, Republic of,
[438](#pg_438)
- U.S. policies re,
[459](#pg_459)–
[461](#pg_461)
- Vietnam, similarity of circumstances,
[461](#pg_461)–
[462](#pg_462)
- Kossamak, Queen of Cambodia,
[373](#pg_373)
- Kuomintang,
[155](#pg_155)–
[156](#pg_156)
- Ladejinsky, Wolf,
[69](#pg_69)–
[71](#pg_71),
[86](#pg_86)–
[88](#pg_88),
[90](#pg_90)n
,
[103](#pg_103)–
[105](#pg_105),
[188](#pg_188)–
[190](#pg_190),
[294](#pg_294)–
[296](#pg_296),
[400](#pg_400),
[450](#pg_450)–
[451](#pg_451),
[495](#pg_495),
[514](#pg_514)–
[518](#pg_518),
[591](#pg_591)n
,
[612](#pg_612),
[734](#pg_734)
- Lalouette, Roger,
[456](#pg_456)n
,
[483](#pg_483)n
,
[484](#pg_484),
[613](#pg_613)
- Lam Le Trinh,
[15](#pg_15),
[154](#pg_154),
[215](#pg_215)
- Lampert, Brig. Gen. J. B.,
[193](#pg_193)–
[194](#pg_194),
[349](#pg_349),
[387](#pg_387)n
- Lansdale, Col. Edward G.,
[442](#pg_442)
- Agroville program,
[411](#pg_411)
- Cambodia, Vietnamese attack on,
[439](#pg_439)n
,
[463](#pg_463)
- Civil Guard, military control of,
[26](#pg_26)–
[29](#pg_29),
[62](#pg_62),
[691](#pg_691)
- Counter-insurgency operations,
[320](#pg_320),
[324](#pg_324)n
–
[325](#pg_325)n
,
[338](#pg_338),
[570](#pg_570)–
[572](#pg_572)
- Anti-guerrilla training,
[206](#pg_206)–
[207](#pg_207),
[288](#pg_288)–
[289](#pg_289),
[337](#pg_337)–
[338](#pg_338),
[386](#pg_386)–
[387](#pg_387),
[410](#pg_410)–
[411](#pg_411)
- Centralized command,
[336](#pg_336)–
[337](#pg_337)
- Commando units,
[337](#pg_337),
[348](#pg_348),
[357](#pg_357)
- Peasants, efforts to win over,
[341](#pg_341),
[391](#pg_391)
- Possible involvement in,
[409](#pg_409),
[425](#pg_425)–
[426](#pg_426),
[440](#pg_440),
[443](#pg_443)n
,
[457](#pg_457)–
[459](#pg_459),
[462](#pg_462)–
[463](#pg_463)
- Psychological warfare,
[204](#pg_204)–
[206](#pg_206)
- Coup attempt, Nov. 1960,
[653](#pg_653)–
[654](#pg_654),
[659](#pg_659),
[667](#pg_667)–
[669](#pg_669)
- Draper Committee,
[138](#pg_138)n
- McGarr, briefing for,
[528](#pg_528)–
[536](#pg_536)
- Ngo Dinh Nhu, Madame,
[568](#pg_568)–
[569](#pg_569)
- Political reforms,
[579](#pg_579)–
[585](#pg_585)
- Political situation,
[279](#pg_279)–
[281](#pg_281)
- Self-Defense Corps,
[80](#pg_80)–
[81](#pg_81)
- Special National Intelligence Estimate, background information
for,
[526](#pg_526)–
[528](#pg_528)
- Vietnam visit, possible,
[691](#pg_691)–
[693](#pg_693),
[729](#pg_729)–
[730](#pg_730)
- Williams, retirement of,
[501](#pg_501)–
[502](#pg_502)
- Lao Dong Party,
[301](#pg_301),
[309](#pg_309)
- Laos:
- Army of,
[92](#pg_92),
[95](#pg_95)
- Communist insurgency from,
[361](#pg_361)–
[362](#pg_362),
[510](#pg_510)
- Economic situation,
[92](#pg_92),
[383](#pg_383)
- French presence in,
[99](#pg_99),
[543](#pg_543)n
–
[544](#pg_544)n
- Political situation,
[8](#pg_8)–
[9](#pg_9),
[98](#pg_98)–
[99](#pg_99)
- Vietnam, relations with,
[41](#pg_41)–
[42](#pg_42),
[119](#pg_119),
[543](#pg_543)–
[544](#pg_544),
[742](#pg_742)
- Lausche, Frank J.,
[226](#pg_226)
- Le Dinh Hue,
[244](#pg_244)
- Le Khac Quyen,
[247](#pg_247)
- Le Quang Tung, Lt. Col.,
[727](#pg_727)
- Le Truong Quat,
[624](#pg_624)
- Le Van Dong,
[153](#pg_153)–
[154](#pg_154),
[188](#pg_188)–
[189](#pg_189),
[228](#pg_228),
[294](#pg_294),
[561](#pg_561),
[726](#pg_726)
- Le Van Kim, Gen.,
[642](#pg_642)
- Le Van Ty, Gen.,
[64](#pg_64),
[65](#pg_65)n
,
[266](#pg_266)–
[267](#pg_267),
[315](#pg_315),
[353](#pg_353),
[393](#pg_393),
[633](#pg_633)n
,
[644](#pg_644)–
[646](#pg_646),
[666](#pg_666),
[722](#pg_722)
- LeMay, Gen. Curtis E.,
[704](#pg_704)
- Lemnitzer, Gen. Lyman Louis,
[345](#pg_345)–
[348](#pg_348),
[389](#pg_389)–
[390](#pg_390),
[501](#pg_501),
[682](#pg_682)
- Liberty and Progress Party,
[438](#pg_438)
- Lien Minh,
[530](#pg_530)–
[531](#pg_531)
- MAAG. See
[Military Assistance Advisory Group](#in22).
- McElroy, Neil H.,
[93](#pg_93)
- McGarr, Lt. Gen. Lionel C.,
[492](#pg_492),
[501](#pg_501)
- Briefing for,
[528](#pg_528)–
[536](#pg_536)
- Civil Guard, military control of,
[691](#pg_691)
- Communist invasion, possible,
[750](#pg_750)
- Coup attempt, Nov. 1960,
[635](#pg_635)–
[637](#pg_637),
[645](#pg_645)–
[648](#pg_648),
[650](#pg_650)–
[652](#pg_652),
[657](#pg_657)–
[660](#pg_660),
[663](#pg_663),
[668](#pg_668),
[676](#pg_676)–
[678](#pg_678)
- Diem, relations with,
[525](#pg_525)
- Durbrow, relations with,
[524](#pg_524)–
[525](#pg_525)
- Leadership alternatives to Diem,
[749](#pg_749)
- Political situation,
[556](#pg_556),
[564](#pg_564)–
[566](#pg_566)
- Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces force level increase,
[621](#pg_621),
[695](#pg_695)–
[696](#pg_696)
- McGee, Gale,
[274](#pg_274)n
,
[385](#pg_385),
[444](#pg_444)
- McIntosh, Frank,
[367](#pg_367)
- McKnown, Col. William K.,
[390](#pg_390)
- Macmillan, Harold,
[55](#pg_55)n
,
[58](#pg_58)
- Macomber, William B., Jr.,
[289](#pg_289)
- Manac’h, Etienne M.,
[483](#pg_483)–
[484](#pg_484)
- Mansfield, Michael J.,
[225](#pg_225)–
[226](#pg_226),
[273](#pg_273)–
[274](#pg_274),
[382](#pg_382),
[427](#pg_427),
[429](#pg_429),
[441](#pg_441),
[467](#pg_467),
[525](#pg_525)
- Maritain, Jacques,
[110](#pg_110)n
- Mau. See
[
Vu Van
Mau
](#in38).
- Mehlert, Calvin E.,
[109](#pg_109)n
- Mendenhall, Joseph A.,
[36](#pg_36),
[39](#pg_39)n
,
[55](#pg_55)n
,
[64](#pg_64),
[71](#pg_71)n
,
[73](#pg_73)n
,
[79](#pg_79)n
,
[127](#pg_127)n
,
[128](#pg_128)n
,
[134](#pg_134)n
,
[136](#pg_136)n
,
[147](#pg_147)n
,
[175](#pg_175)n
,
[217](#pg_217)n
,
[255](#pg_255)n
,
[300](#pg_300)n
,
[444](#pg_444),
[579](#pg_579)n
,
[589](#pg_589),
[625](#pg_625)n
,
[677](#pg_677)n
,
[722](#pg_722)n
,
[745](#pg_745)n
,
[746](#pg_746)n
- Coup attempt, Nov. 1960,
[660](#pg_660)–
[662](#pg_662)
- Menderes, Adnan,
[438](#pg_438)n
- Menon, Gopala,
[683](#pg_683)–
[684](#pg_684)
- Merchant, Livingston,
[447](#pg_447),
[498](#pg_498)n
,
[640](#pg_640)–
[641](#pg_641),
[682](#pg_682),
[711](#pg_711),
[751](#pg_751)–
[752](#pg_752)
- Michigan State University Vietnam Advisory Group,
[588](#pg_588)–
[589](#pg_589)
- Military assistance, U.S., to Vietnam,
[51](#pg_51)
- Administration of, Vietnamese position,
[251](#pg_251)–
[252](#pg_252)
- Civil commodities purchased with,
[235](#pg_235)–
[236](#pg_236)
- Communications equipment,
[94](#pg_94)–
[95](#pg_95)
- Communist insurgency, relation to,
[97](#pg_97)–
[98](#pg_98)
- Congressional interest in,
[273](#pg_273)–
[274](#pg_274)
- Defense, U.S. Department of, summary of,
[422](#pg_422)–
[423](#pg_423)
- Diem’s preference for,
[140](#pg_140)–
[141](#pg_141),
[181](#pg_181)–
[182](#pg_182)
- Economic situation, relation to,
[241](#pg_241)
- Equipment needs,
[91](#pg_91),
[93](#pg_93)–
[96](#pg_96)
- FY
1960,
[233](#pg_233)–
[236](#pg_236)
- FY
1961,
[422](#pg_422)
- Increase in:
- Reduction in,
[176](#pg_176)–
[177](#pg_177)
- Areas to be cut,
[277](#pg_277)
- Economic consequences of,
[207](#pg_207)–
[208](#pg_208),
[276](#pg_276)–
[277](#pg_277)
- Force levels, effects on,
[239](#pg_239)–
[240](#pg_240)
- Psychological effects of,
[139](#pg_139)–
[140](#pg_140),
[384](#pg_384)
- Vietnamese position,
[14](#pg_14)–
[15](#pg_15),
[361](#pg_361)–
[362](#pg_362)
- Williams’
position,
[373](#pg_373)
- State, U.S. Department of, control of,
[273](#pg_273)–
[274](#pg_274)
- Vietnamese-Cambodian relations and,
[193](#pg_193)
- Military Assistance Advisory Group (MAAG) (see also MAAG subheadings under other subjects):
- Army of the Republic of Vietnam reorganization,
[443](#pg_443)–
[444](#pg_444),
[471](#pg_471)–
[474](#pg_474)
- Audits of military expenditures,
[140](#pg_140)–
[141](#pg_141)
- Civil Guard:
- Counter-insurgency operations:
- Establishment of,
[45](#pg_45)
- Logistic advice by,
[57](#pg_57),
[468](#pg_468)
- Military assistance, increase in,
[554](#pg_554)–
[555](#pg_555)
- Personnel ceiling, establishment of,
[55](#pg_55)
- Personnel ceiling increase,
[3](#pg_3)
- Congressional interest in,
[441](#pg_441)–
[442](#pg_442),
[467](#pg_467)–
[469](#pg_469)
- Foreign governments, explanations for,
[57](#pg_57)–
[58](#pg_58)
- International Supervisory and Control Commission interest
in,
[211](#pg_211)–
[212](#pg_212),
[272](#pg_272),
[334](#pg_334)–
[335](#pg_335),
[408](#pg_408),
[469](#pg_469)
- Process of,
[467](#pg_467)–
[469](#pg_469)
- Subterfuges re,
[210](#pg_210)–
[211](#pg_211)
- Temporary Equipment Recovery Mission personnel for,
[212](#pg_212)–
[213](#pg_213)
- U.S. figures re,
[272](#pg_272)–
[276](#pg_276)
- U.S. plan for,
[211](#pg_211)–
[213](#pg_213)
- U.S. position,
[20](#pg_20)–
[23](#pg_23),
[36](#pg_36)–
[37](#pg_37),
[56](#pg_56)–
[58](#pg_58)
- Reduction in, possible,
[470](#pg_470)–
[471](#pg_471)
- Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces force level increase,
[695](#pg_695)–
[703](#pg_703)
- Stability of Diem government, proposals re,
[550](#pg_550)–
[560](#pg_560),
[564](#pg_564)–
[567](#pg_567)
- Temporary Equipment Recovery Mission, relation to,
[210](#pg_210)–
[211](#pg_211)
- Training responsibilities of,
[209](#pg_209)–
[210](#pg_210),
[324](#pg_324)
- Vietnamese attitude toward,
[444](#pg_444)
- Military budget, Vietnamese:
- Military forces in Vietnam. See
[Army of the Republic of Vietnam](#in1);
[Civil Guard](#in5);
[Republic of Vietnam Armed
Forces](#in24);
[Self-Defense Corps](#in21);
[Vietnamese Air Force](#in25).
- Military situation in Vietnam (see also
[Communist insurgency](#in26);
[Counter-insurgency operations](#in10)), U.S. policies re,
[50](#pg_50)–
[52](#pg_52),
[271](#pg_271)
- Miller, George P.,
[93](#pg_93)
- Minh. See
[
Duong Van Minh, Maj.
Gen
](#in36).
- Montagnards,
[46](#pg_46),
[83](#pg_83),
[308](#pg_308),
[416](#pg_416)
- Morse, Wayne,
[226](#pg_226)
- Moyer, Raymond,
[226](#pg_226)
- Murphy, Lt. Col. J. A.,
[339](#pg_339)
- Musolf, Lloyd D.,
[586](#pg_586)–
[589](#pg_589)
- Myers, Maj. Gen. Samuel L.,
[64](#pg_64)–
[65](#pg_65),
[342](#pg_342),
[400](#pg_400)n
,
[402](#pg_402),
[477](#pg_477)
- National Assembly, reform proposals re,
[577](#pg_577),
[583](#pg_583),
[601](#pg_601),
[624](#pg_624),
[686](#pg_686),
[736](#pg_736),
[740](#pg_740),
[747](#pg_747)
- National Economic Council,
[607](#pg_607),
[624](#pg_624),
[686](#pg_686),
[689](#pg_689)
- National Intelligence Estimates:
- National Police and Security Service,
[320](#pg_320)
- National Revolutionary Movement,
[12](#pg_12)–
[13](#pg_13),
[83](#pg_83),
[115](#pg_115)–
[116](#pg_116),
[166](#pg_166),
[244](#pg_244)–
[245](#pg_245),
[260](#pg_260)n
- National Security Council:
- Communist insurgency,
[585](#pg_585)–
[586](#pg_586)
- Documents:
- Meetings:
- Military takeovers,
[255](#pg_255)n
- Political situation in Vietnam,
[446](#pg_446)–
[447](#pg_447)
- Natsios, Nicholas A.,
[77](#pg_77)n
- Navy, Vietnamese,
[358](#pg_358)–
[359](#pg_359),
[554](#pg_554)
- Ngo Dinh Can,
[217](#pg_217)
- Alternative to Diem,
possible,
[724](#pg_724)
- Americans, contact with,
[19](#pg_19)–
[20](#pg_20)
- Can Lao Party,
[150](#pg_150)–
[152](#pg_152),
[163](#pg_163),
[165](#pg_165)–
[167](#pg_167),
[243](#pg_243)
- Communist insurgency,
[19](#pg_19),
[247](#pg_247)–
[249](#pg_249)
- Economic development,
[18](#pg_18)–
[19](#pg_19)
- Elections (1959),
[227](#pg_227)
- Peasants, concern for,
[195](#pg_195)
- Personal life,
[17](#pg_17)–
[18](#pg_18),
[246](#pg_246)–
[247](#pg_247)
- Policies of,
[4](#pg_4)–
[5](#pg_5)
- Political power of,
[90](#pg_90),
[117](#pg_117),
[248](#pg_248)–
[250](#pg_250)
- Ngo Dinh Diem:
- Advice received by,
[302](#pg_302),
[312](#pg_312),
[315](#pg_315)
- Agroville program,
[487](#pg_487)–
[489](#pg_489),
[506](#pg_506),
[590](#pg_590)–
[591](#pg_591),
[623](#pg_623)
- Army of the Republic of Vietnam reorganization,
[443](#pg_443)–
[444](#pg_444)
- Assistance programs, U.S. (see also
[Military assistance, U.S., ](#in3)below
),
[140](#pg_140),
[351](#pg_351)
- Cambodia:
- Can Lao Party,
[89](#pg_89),
[149](#pg_149)–
[151](#pg_151),
[155](#pg_155),
[165](#pg_165),
[167](#pg_167)–
[169](#pg_169),
[296](#pg_296),
[298](#pg_298),
[375](#pg_375)–
[377](#pg_377),
[434](#pg_434)–
[435](#pg_435),
[455](#pg_455)–
[456](#pg_456)
- Civil Guard:
- Command structure,
[678](#pg_678)
- Force level reductions,
[58](#pg_58)
- Military control of,
[24](#pg_24)–
[25](#pg_25),
[28](#pg_28),
[30](#pg_30)–
[34](#pg_34),
[60](#pg_60)–
[61](#pg_61),
[572](#pg_572)n
,
[597](#pg_597),
[689](#pg_689)–
[691](#pg_691)
- U.S. Operations Mission, problems with,
[503](#pg_503)–
[505](#pg_505)
- Communist insurgency,
[83](#pg_83),
[85](#pg_85),
[372](#pg_372)–
[373](#pg_373)
- Counter-insurgency operations:
- Anti-guerrilla training,
[283](#pg_283)–
[286](#pg_286),
[290](#pg_290),
[410](#pg_410)–
[411](#pg_411)
- Border patrols,
[454](#pg_454)–
[456](#pg_456)
- Centralized command,
[316](#pg_316),
[321](#pg_321)–
[322](#pg_322),
[340](#pg_340)
- Coastal surveillance,
[327](#pg_327)
- Commando units,
[325](#pg_325)–
[326](#pg_326),
[348](#pg_348)–
[349](#pg_349),
[373](#pg_373)–
[374](#pg_374),
[379](#pg_379)
- Communist bases, attacks on,
[369](#pg_369)–
[371](#pg_371)
- Equipment for,
[325](#pg_325)–
[326](#pg_326),
[328](#pg_328),
[350](#pg_350)–
[351](#pg_351),
[358](#pg_358)
- Hoa Hao, use of,
[295](#pg_295)
- Intelligence reports,
[374](#pg_374),
[378](#pg_378)–
[379](#pg_379)
- Intelligence system,
[590](#pg_590)–
[591](#pg_591)
- Jungle teams, use of,
[605](#pg_605)n
–
[606](#pg_606)n
- Lansdale to assist with,
[409](#pg_409)n
,
[425](#pg_425)–
[426](#pg_426),
[440](#pg_440),
[457](#pg_457)–
[459](#pg_459),
[462](#pg_462)–
[463](#pg_463)
- Military installations, inadequacy of,
[91](#pg_91)–
[92](#pg_92)
- Peasants,
[302](#pg_302)–
[303](#pg_303),
[313](#pg_313)–
[315](#pg_315),
[326](#pg_326)–
[327](#pg_327),
[341](#pg_341),
[351](#pg_351)–
[352](#pg_352)
- Training camps,
[371](#pg_371)–
[372](#pg_372)
- U.S. advisers in the field,
[203](#pg_203)–
[204](#pg_204)
- U.S.-Vietnamese joint effort,
[69](#pg_69)–
[70](#pg_70),
[71](#pg_71)n
- Village protection,
[371](#pg_371),
[378](#pg_378)
- (Coup attempt, Nov. 1960,
[634](#pg_634),
[649](#pg_649)–
[650](#pg_650),
[653](#pg_653),
[655](#pg_655)–
[657](#pg_657),
[665](#pg_665)–
[666](#pg_666),
[677](#pg_677)–
[678](#pg_678),
[682](#pg_682)–
[683](#pg_683),
[690](#pg_690),
[705](#pg_705)–
[708](#pg_708)
- Durbrow, relations with,
[193](#pg_193)–
[194](#pg_194),
[662](#pg_662)
- Economic development:
- Economic situation:
- Budget surplus,
[10](#pg_10)–
[12](#pg_12)
- Devaluation of piaster,
[181](#pg_181),
[519](#pg_519)n
- Government involvement in businesses,
[253](#pg_253)–
[254](#pg_254)
- Taxation,
[284](#pg_284),
[740](#pg_740)
- Eisenhower letters to,
[39](#pg_39)–
[40](#pg_40),
[578](#pg_578)–
[579](#pg_579),
[585](#pg_585),
[594](#pg_594)n
,
[609](#pg_609)–
[611](#pg_611)
- Elections (1959),
[231](#pg_231)–
[232](#pg_232)
- Farmers’ Associations,
[250](#pg_250)–
[251](#pg_251)
- Fishel letter to,
[426](#pg_426)–
[433](#pg_433)
- Foreign press treatment of,
[733](#pg_733)–
[734](#pg_734),
[739](#pg_739)–
[740](#pg_740)
- French, attitude toward,
[506](#pg_506)–
[507](#pg_507)
- Health of,
[93](#pg_93)
- Ladejinsky, relations with,
[103](#pg_103)–
[105](#pg_105)
- McGarr, relations with,
[525](#pg_525)
- Military assistance, U.S.:
- Military budget, Vietnamese contribution to,
[181](#pg_181)–
[182](#pg_182),
[254](#pg_254)
- Nhu, defense of,
[679](#pg_679)
- Personality of,
[114](#pg_114),
[142](#pg_142),
[587](#pg_587),
[742](#pg_742)–
[743](#pg_743)
- Political philosophy,
[258](#pg_258)
- Political reforms,
[595](#pg_595)–
[596](#pg_596),
[678](#pg_678),
[684](#pg_684)–
[685](#pg_685),
[740](#pg_740)–
[741](#pg_741)
- Political situation:
- Criticism by government officials,
[16](#pg_16)
- Deterioration of, reaction to,
[516](#pg_516)–
[518](#pg_518)
- Opposition. See
[Opposition to Diem
](#in27)under Political situation in
Vietnam.
- Peasants,
[189](#pg_189)–
[190](#pg_190),
[296](#pg_296)–
[297](#pg_297)
- Political support, efforts re,
[214](#pg_214)–
[217](#pg_217),
[214](#pg_214)–
[217](#pg_217),
[296](#pg_296)–
[297](#pg_297),
[515](#pg_515),
[522](#pg_522),
[545](#pg_545)n
- Popular attitudes toward,
[84](#pg_84)–
[85](#pg_85)
- Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces force level increase,
[254](#pg_254),
[328](#pg_328)–
[329](#pg_329),
[605](#pg_605)n
,
[621](#pg_621)–
[622](#pg_622),
[731](#pg_731)–
[732](#pg_732),
[739](#pg_739)
- Secretary of State for Southeast Asia proposal,
[70](#pg_70)–
[71](#pg_71)
- Self-Defense Corps,
[82](#pg_82)–
[84](#pg_84),
[150](#pg_150)–
[151](#pg_151)
- U.S. popular opinion re,
[86](#pg_86)–
[87](#pg_87)
- U.S. support for. See
[
Diem,
U.S. support for](#in28)
under Political situation in Vietnam.
- Vietnamese Air Force,
[731](#pg_731)–
[732](#pg_732)
- Williams, retirement of,
[171](#pg_171),
[172](#pg_172)n
,
[445](#pg_445),
[501](#pg_501)
- Youth groups,
[732](#pg_732)–
[733](#pg_733)
- Ngo Dinh Luyen,
[116](#pg_116),
[148](#pg_148)–
[149](#pg_149),
[519](#pg_519)n
,
[724](#pg_724)
- Ngo Dinh Nhu:
- Alternative to Diem,
possible,
[724](#pg_724)
- Ambassadorship, proposed appointment to,
[577](#pg_577),
[579](#pg_579)n
,
[581](#pg_581)–
[582](#pg_582),
[592](#pg_592)–
[593](#pg_593),
[596](#pg_596),
[603](#pg_603)–
[604](#pg_604),
[684](#pg_684)–
[685](#pg_685)
- Cambodia,
[9](#pg_9)
- Vietnamese attack on,
[433](#pg_433)
- Can Lao Party,
[116](#pg_116),
[150](#pg_150),
[152](#pg_152)–
[155](#pg_155),
[157](#pg_157)–
[158](#pg_158),
[165](#pg_165),
[189](#pg_189),
[243](#pg_243)–
[244](#pg_244),
[297](#pg_297)–
[298](#pg_298)
- Communist insurgency,
[7](#pg_7)–
[8](#pg_8),
[25](#pg_25),
[215](#pg_215)
- Counter-insurgency operations,
[315](#pg_315)
- Coup attempt, Nov. 1960,
[635](#pg_635),
[637](#pg_637),
[643](#pg_643),
[663](#pg_663)
- Diem, relations with,
[297](#pg_297),
[679](#pg_679)
- Economic assistance, U.S.,
[141](#pg_141)
- Economic development,
[131](#pg_131)–
[134](#pg_134)
- Economic situation,
[5](#pg_5)–
[7](#pg_7)
- Elections (1959),
[227](#pg_227),
[229](#pg_229)
- Laos,
[8](#pg_8)–
[9](#pg_9),
[543](#pg_543)n
- Military, interest in,
[265](#pg_265)–
[266](#pg_266)
- Personalism philosophy,
[110](#pg_110)–
[112](#pg_112)
- Political situation, role in,
[7](#pg_7),
[90](#pg_90),
[117](#pg_117),
[258](#pg_258),
[622](#pg_622),
[624](#pg_624)
- Succession question,
[267](#pg_267)
- Ngo Dinh Nhu, Madame,
[568](#pg_568)–
[569](#pg_569),
[679](#pg_679)
- Ngo Khac Tinh,
[727](#pg_727)
- Ngo Trong Hieu,
[229](#pg_229)
- Nguyen Bao Toan,
[726](#pg_726)
- Nguyen Chanh Thi, Col.,
[633](#pg_633),
[642](#pg_642),
[644](#pg_644),
[658](#pg_658),
[665](#pg_665)–
[666](#pg_666)
- Nguyen Cong Vien,
[115](#pg_115)
- Nguyen Dinh Quat,
[161](#pg_161)
- Nguyen Dinh Thuan,
[23](#pg_23),
[400](#pg_400)n
,
[503](#pg_503)
- Agroville program,
[316](#pg_316),
[368](#pg_368),
[383](#pg_383)–
[384](#pg_384)
- Alternative to Diem,
possible
[724](#pg_724)
- Cambodia:
- Communist political activities in,
[24](#pg_24)–
[25](#pg_25)
- Vietnamese attack on,
[463](#pg_463)–
[464](#pg_464)
- Vietnamese relations with,
[191](#pg_191),
[364](#pg_364)
- Can Lao Party,
[154](#pg_154),
[295](#pg_295),
[377](#pg_377)n
,
[385](#pg_385),
[434](#pg_434)n
- Civil Guard, military control of,
[24](#pg_24)–
[25](#pg_25),
[78](#pg_78),
[387](#pg_387)n
–
[388](#pg_388)n
- Communist insurgency,
[176](#pg_176)–
[177](#pg_177)
- Counter-insurgency operations:
- Anti-guerrilla training,
[287](#pg_287),
[363](#pg_363)–
[364](#pg_364),
[406](#pg_406)n
- Commando units,
[348](#pg_348)
- Equipment for,
[365](#pg_365)–
[366](#pg_366),
[389](#pg_389)
- Peasants, alienation of,
[326](#pg_326)–
[328](#pg_328)
- Rural areas, control of,
[388](#pg_388)
- Coup attempt, Nov. 1960,
[632](#pg_632),
[634](#pg_634)–
[635](#pg_635),
[642](#pg_642),
[646](#pg_646),
[648](#pg_648),
[659](#pg_659),
[671](#pg_671)n
,
[680](#pg_680)
- Diem, attitude toward,
[495](#pg_495)–
[497](#pg_497),
[714](#pg_714),
[716](#pg_716)
- Economic development,
[236](#pg_236)–
[238](#pg_238),
[380](#pg_380)–
[381](#pg_381),
[519](#pg_519)–
[520](#pg_520)
- Economic situation,
[366](#pg_366)–
[367](#pg_367),
[381](#pg_381)–
[382](#pg_382)
- Elections (1959),
[232](#pg_232)–
[233](#pg_233)
- Laos,
[383](#pg_383)
- Military assistance, U.S.,
[361](#pg_361)–
[362](#pg_362),
[384](#pg_384)
- Personality of,
[533](#pg_533)
- Political reforms,
[684](#pg_684),
[686](#pg_686)–
[688](#pg_688)
- Political situation,
[215](#pg_215),
[385](#pg_385)–
[386](#pg_386)
- Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces force level increase,
[343](#pg_343),
[628](#pg_628)
- U.S. visit,
[349](#pg_349),
[352](#pg_352)n
,
[361](#pg_361)–
[369](#pg_369),
[380](#pg_380)–
[390](#pg_390),
[426](#pg_426),
[431](#pg_431)
- Williams, retirement of,
[501](#pg_501)n
- Nguyen Huu Chau, Col.,
[15](#pg_15)–
[16](#pg_16),
[29](#pg_29)–
[30](#pg_30),
[33](#pg_33),
[99](#pg_99)–
[100](#pg_100),
[114](#pg_114)–
[117](#pg_117),
[531](#pg_531)
- Nguyen Huu Hanh,
[16](#pg_16)
- Nguyen Khanh, Brig. Gen.,
[284](#pg_284),
[316](#pg_316),
[321](#pg_321)–
[322](#pg_322),
[337](#pg_337),
[349](#pg_349),
[637](#pg_637)–
[638](#pg_638),
[645](#pg_645),
[648](#pg_648),
[651](#pg_651)–
[652](#pg_652),
[658](#pg_658),
[662](#pg_662),
[690](#pg_690),
[722](#pg_722)
- Nguyen Ngoc Tho:
- Advice for Diem,
[312](#pg_312),
[315](#pg_315)
- Agroville program,
[487](#pg_487)
- Alternative to Diem,
possible,
[723](#pg_723)
- Cambodia, Vietnamese relations with,
[450](#pg_450)–
[451](#pg_451)
- Can Lao Party,
[377](#pg_377)n
- Counter-insurgency operations,
[188](#pg_188)–
[189](#pg_189),
[286](#pg_286),
[294](#pg_294)–
[295](#pg_295),
[349](#pg_349)
- Coup attempt, Nov. 1960,
[633](#pg_633)n
,
[636](#pg_636)n
,
[637](#pg_637),
[642](#pg_642)–
[643](#pg_643)
- Economic situation,
[519](#pg_519)n
- As Interior Minister, proposal re,
[577](#pg_577),
[580](#pg_580)–
[581](#pg_581),
[593](#pg_593)
- Michigan State University Group, relations with,
[588](#pg_588)
- Political reforms,
[591](#pg_591)n
- Political situation,
[16](#pg_16),
[115](#pg_115)
- Succession question,
[266](#pg_266)–
[267](#pg_267),
[517](#pg_517)
- Nguyen Phu Due,
[430](#pg_430)–
[431](#pg_431)
- Nguyen Thai,
[624](#pg_624),
[724](#pg_724)
- Nguyen Thanh Toai,
[154](#pg_154)
- Nguyen Thanh Nguyen,
[148](#pg_148)–
[149](#pg_149)
- Nguyen Thanh Phuong, Gen.,
[531](#pg_531)
- Nguyen Tran,
[269](#pg_269)
- Nguyen Van Ban,
[160](#pg_160)
- Nguyen Van Buu,
[19](#pg_19),
[88](#pg_88),
[116](#pg_116),
[152](#pg_152),
[159](#pg_159)–
[162](#pg_162),
[166](#pg_166),
[295](#pg_295),
[376](#pg_376)
- Nguyen Van Can,
[727](#pg_727)
- Nguyen Van Chau, Col.,
[154](#pg_154),
[727](#pg_727)
- Nguyen Van Dong,
[151](#pg_151),
[245](#pg_245)
- Nguyen Van Hinh, Gen.,
[530](#pg_530),
[534](#pg_534),
[726](#pg_726)
- Nguyen Van Le,
[562](#pg_562)
- Nguyen Van Tarn,
[726](#pg_726)
- Nguyen Van Tat,
[309](#pg_309)
- Nguyen Van Thuan,
[662](#pg_662)
- Nguyen Van Vuu,
[521](#pg_521)–
[522](#pg_522)
- Nhu. See
[
Ngo Dinh
Nhu
](#in39).
- Nitze, Paul H.,
[502](#pg_502)
- Nixon, Richard M.,
[501](#pg_501)
- O’Connor, Jeremiah J.,
[451](#pg_451)
- O’Daniel, Lt. Gen. John Wilson,
[430](#pg_430),
[531](#pg_531)
- O’Donnell, Rear Adm. Edward J.,
[124](#pg_124),
[204](#pg_204),
[209](#pg_209),
[272](#pg_272)–
[274](#pg_274),
[338](#pg_338),
[342](#pg_342)n
,
[366](#pg_366),
[386](#pg_386),
[391](#pg_391),
[425](#pg_425),
[489](#pg_489)–
[492](#pg_492),
[570](#pg_570),
[572](#pg_572)n
,
[579](#pg_579),
[692](#pg_692)
- Opal, Chester H.,
[77](#pg_77)n
- Operations Coordinating Board:
- Operations Plan for Vietnam:
- “Possible Actions To Improve the Situation in Vietnam” (June 1960),
[498](#pg_498)–
[500](#pg_500)
- Oram, Harold,
[430](#pg_430)–
[431](#pg_431),
[734](#pg_734)
- Pakis, Sue S.,
[640](#pg_640)n
- Pakse–Kontum highway,
[236](#pg_236)n
,
[252](#pg_252)–
[253](#pg_253)
- Palmer, Lt. Gen. Williston B.,
[590](#pg_590)
- Paracel Islands,
[158](#pg_158)–
[159](#pg_159)
- Parker, Guy J.,
[255](#pg_255)n
- Parkes, Roderick W.,
[33](#pg_33),
[306](#pg_306)
- Parsons, J. Graham,
[69](#pg_69),
[100](#pg_100)
- Assistance programs, U.S.,
[225](#pg_225)–
[227](#pg_227),
[351](#pg_351)
- Cambodia, Vietnamese relations with,
[190](#pg_190)–
[191](#pg_191),
[362](#pg_362)–
[363](#pg_363)
- Counter-insurgency operations,
[396](#pg_396),
[465](#pg_465)–
[466](#pg_466),
[524](#pg_524)
- Coup attempt, Nov. 1960,
[633](#pg_633)n
,
[654](#pg_654)–
[655](#pg_655),
[679](#pg_679)–
[681](#pg_681)
- Diem, U.S. support for,
[594](#pg_594)n
- Economic situation,
[363](#pg_363),
[523](#pg_523)n
- Lansdale visit to Vietnam, possible,
[692](#pg_692)
- MAAG personnel ceiling,
[212](#pg_212),
[272](#pg_272)
- Political reforms,
[624](#pg_624)
- Political situation,
[40](#pg_40)n
,
[385](#pg_385),
[484](#pg_484)–
[485](#pg_485),
[564](#pg_564),
[608](#pg_608)
- Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces force level increase,
[626](#pg_626),
[694](#pg_694),
[711](#pg_711)
- Thuan’s U.S. visit,
[352](#pg_352)n
,
[361](#pg_361)–
[363](#pg_363),
[384](#pg_384)–
[386](#pg_386)
- Vietnamese Air Force,
[198](#pg_198)n
- Williams, retirement of,
[170](#pg_170),
[492](#pg_492)–
[493](#pg_493)
- Pathet Lao,
[510](#pg_510)
- People’s Army of Vietnam,
[309](#pg_309)–
[310](#pg_310)
- People’s Committee Against Rebels and Communists,
[670](#pg_670)n
–
[671](#pg_671)n
,
[680](#pg_680)
- People’s Liberation Movement,
[310](#pg_310)
- Personalism philosophy:
- Peterson, Avery F.,
[365](#pg_365)–
[366](#pg_366),
[368](#pg_368)
- Pham Dang Lam,
[116](#pg_116)
- Pham Quang Dan,
[725](#pg_725)
- Pham Thu Duong,
[154](#pg_154)
- Pham Van Dong,
[301](#pg_301),
[309](#pg_309),
[423](#pg_423)
- Pham Van Nhu,
[154](#pg_154)
- Pham Xuan Chieu, Gen.,
[348](#pg_348),
[642](#pg_642)
- Phan Khac Suu,
[230](#pg_230),
[435](#pg_435),
[725](#pg_725)
- Phan Quang Dan,
[227](#pg_227)–
[228](#pg_228),
[230](#pg_230)–
[232](#pg_232),
[268](#pg_268)–
[269](#pg_269),
[608](#pg_608),
[644](#pg_644)
- Philippines,
[28](#pg_28)–
[29](#pg_29)
- Pho Proeung,
[455](#pg_455)n
- Picher, Lt. Gen. Oliver S.,
[126](#pg_126)
- Political reforms in Vietnam:
- Asian ambassadors’ position,
[683](#pg_683)–
[684](#pg_684)
- Coup attempt of Nov. 1960, effects of,
[658](#pg_658)–
[659](#pg_659)
- Diem’s position,
[595](#pg_595)–
[596](#pg_596),
[606](#pg_606)–
[609](#pg_609),
[612](#pg_612)–
[613](#pg_613),
[622](#pg_622)–
[625](#pg_625),
[678](#pg_678),
[740](#pg_740)–
[741](#pg_741)
- Effectiveness of,
[708](#pg_708)
- “Frank and friendly” talk with Diem re,
[576](#pg_576)–
[578](#pg_578),
[580](#pg_580),
[591](#pg_591)n
–
[592](#pg_592)n
- Institution of,
[686](#pg_686)
- Memorandum for Diem (Dec.
1960),
[745](#pg_745)–
[748](#pg_748)
- MAAG position,
[555](#pg_555)–
[556](#pg_556)
- Propaganda efforts re,
[578](#pg_578),
[584](#pg_584)
- Proposals:
- Can Lao Party, surfacing of,
[577](#pg_577),
[582](#pg_582)–
[583](#pg_583),
[593](#pg_593),
[600](#pg_600)
- Censorship, relaxation of,
[578](#pg_578),
[584](#pg_584),
[601](#pg_601),
[624](#pg_624),
[686](#pg_686),
[736](#pg_736),
[747](#pg_747)–
[748](#pg_748)
- National Assembly debates and investigations,
[577](#pg_577),
[583](#pg_583),
[601](#pg_601),
[624](#pg_624),
[686](#pg_686),
[736](#pg_736),
[740](#pg_740),
[747](#pg_747)
- National Defense Minister, appointment of,
[577](#pg_577),
[581](#pg_581),
[593](#pg_593),
[600](#pg_600)
- Nhu appointment to
ambassadorship,
[577](#pg_577),
[579](#pg_579)n
,
[581](#pg_581)–
[582](#pg_582),
[592](#pg_592)–
[593](#pg_593),
[596](#pg_596),
[603](#pg_603)–
[604](#pg_604),
[684](#pg_684)–
[685](#pg_685)
- Opposition party members appointed to cabinet,
[577](#pg_577),
[582](#pg_582),
[600](#pg_600),
[624](#pg_624)
- Peasants, efforts re,
[578](#pg_578),
[584](#pg_584),
[593](#pg_593)–
[594](#pg_594),
[602](#pg_602),
[624](#pg_624),
[688](#pg_688)–
[689](#pg_689),
[736](#pg_736),
[748](#pg_748)
- Press conferences,
[748](#pg_748)
- Public declarations of property by officials,
[577](#pg_577)–
[578](#pg_578),
[583](#pg_583),
[601](#pg_601)
- Text of,
[589](#pg_589)–
[604](#pg_604)
- Tho as Interior
Minister,
[577](#pg_577),
[580](#pg_580)–
[581](#pg_581),
[593](#pg_593)
- Tuyen, transfer
of,
[577](#pg_577),
[582](#pg_582),
[592](#pg_592)–
[593](#pg_593),
[596](#pg_596),
[603](#pg_603)–
[604](#pg_604)
- Youth programs,
[607](#pg_607)–
[609](#pg_609),
[625](#pg_625),
[732](#pg_732)–
[733](#pg_733)
- Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces troop increase tied to,
[694](#pg_694),
[710](#pg_710)–
[711](#pg_711),
[720](#pg_720)–
[721](#pg_721)
- State, U.S. Department of, position,
[147](#pg_147)n
–
[148](#pg_148)n
,
[735](#pg_735)–
[737](#pg_737),
[745](#pg_745)–
[748](#pg_748)
- U.S. assistance programs tied to,
[672](#pg_672)–
[676](#pg_676),
[685](#pg_685)
- U.S. position,
[118](#pg_118)
- Political situation in Vietnam (see also
[Can Lao Party](#in29);
[Coup,
possible](#in30);
[Coup attempt](#in31), Nov. 1960;
[Elections](#in32) (1959);
[Political reforms](#in33)):
- Assistance programs, U.S., importance of,
[268](#pg_268)
- Authoritarian emphasis,
[40](#pg_40)n
,
[255](#pg_255),
[257](#pg_257)–
[259](#pg_259),
[385](#pg_385)–
[386](#pg_386)
- Cabinet ministers,
[427](#pg_427)
- Civil rights,
[105](#pg_105)
- Communist parties, outlawing of,
[257](#pg_257)
- Corruption,
[312](#pg_312)n
- Democracy, movement toward,
[260](#pg_260)–
[261](#pg_261),
[264](#pg_264)
- Deterioration of,
[541](#pg_541)
- Diem, U.S.
support for (see also
[Leadership alternatives to Diem
](#in40) and
[Opposition to Diem
](#in27), below),
[77](#pg_77),
[447](#pg_447),
[461](#pg_461)–
[462](#pg_462),
[483](#pg_483)n
,
[484](#pg_484),
[495](#pg_495)–
[497](#pg_497)
- Defense, U.S. Department of, proposals,
[549](#pg_549)
- Eisenhower letter
of support,
[578](#pg_578)–
[579](#pg_579),
[585](#pg_585),
[594](#pg_594)n
,
[609](#pg_609)–
[611](#pg_611)
- MAAG proposals,
[550](#pg_550)–
[560](#pg_560),
[564](#pg_564)–
[567](#pg_567)
- Revocation of support, possible,
[672](#pg_672)–
[676](#pg_676)
- Economic development and,
[15](#pg_15)–
[16](#pg_16),
[191](#pg_191),
[262](#pg_262)–
[263](#pg_263)
- Elections, U.S. position re,
[41](#pg_41)
- “Forced march” concept,
[258](#pg_258)–
[259](#pg_259)
- Foreign press coverage,
[733](#pg_733)–
[734](#pg_734)
- Foreign travel restrictions,
[270](#pg_270),
[602](#pg_602)
- French position,
[456](#pg_456),
[483](#pg_483)–
[485](#pg_485),
[541](#pg_541)–
[543](#pg_543)
- History of,
[741](#pg_741)–
[742](#pg_742)
- Leadership alternatives to Diem,
[256](#pg_256),
[266](#pg_266)–
[268](#pg_268),
[517](#pg_517)
- Can Lao factions,
[726](#pg_726)–
[727](#pg_727)
- Catholics,
[727](#pg_727)
- CIA report re,
[721](#pg_721)–
[728](#pg_728)
- Exiles,
[726](#pg_726)
- Government figures,
[723](#pg_723)–
[724](#pg_724)
- Military officers,
[722](#pg_722)–
[723](#pg_723)
- Ngo family,
[724](#pg_724)
- Oppositionists,
[725](#pg_725)–
[726](#pg_726)
- Sects,
[727](#pg_727)
- State, U.S. Department of, position,
[751](#pg_751)
- U.S. search for,
[464](#pg_464),
[744](#pg_744),
[749](#pg_749)
- Military, role of,
[256](#pg_256),
[265](#pg_265)–
[266](#pg_266)
- Minorities, role of,
[416](#pg_416)
- Neutralism option,
[7](#pg_7)
- NSC consideration of,
[446](#pg_446)–
[447](#pg_447)
- Opposition parties,
[81](#pg_81),
[143](#pg_143),
[168](#pg_168),
[452](#pg_452)
- Diem’s assessment
of,
[507](#pg_507)–
[508](#pg_508)
- Letter to Diem,
[404](#pg_404)–
[406](#pg_406)
- Press conference by,
[435](#pg_435)
- Strength of,
[438](#pg_438)
- Opposition to Diem,
[531](#pg_531)–
[532](#pg_532),
[743](#pg_743)–
[744](#pg_744)
- Demonstrations,
[540](#pg_540)–
[541](#pg_541)
- French and British concerns,
[456](#pg_456)
- Government officials, criticism by,
[715](#pg_715)–
[716](#pg_716)
- Intellectuals,
[256](#pg_256),
[261](#pg_261),
[268](#pg_268)–
[270](#pg_270),
[427](#pg_427)–
[428](#pg_428),
[432](#pg_432)–
[433](#pg_433),
[541](#pg_541)–
[542](#pg_542)
- Peasants, discontent among,
[189](#pg_189)–
[190](#pg_190),
[194](#pg_194)–
[195](#pg_195),
[294](#pg_294),
[296](#pg_296)–
[299](#pg_299)
- Political arrests,
[587](#pg_587)
- Political parties, open recognition of,
[279](#pg_279)–
[281](#pg_281)
- Popular support, Diem’s
efforts re,
[214](#pg_214)–
[217](#pg_217),
[261](#pg_261),
[296](#pg_296)–
[297](#pg_297),
[515](#pg_515),
[522](#pg_522),
[545](#pg_545)n
- Public order and security,
[259](#pg_259)
- Sects,
[530](#pg_530)–
[531](#pg_531)
- Trade unions,
[262](#pg_262),
[561](#pg_561)
- U.S. policies re,
[46](#pg_46)–
[47](#pg_47),
[123](#pg_123)–
[124](#pg_124),
[256](#pg_256)–
[257](#pg_257),
[269](#pg_269)–
[271](#pg_271),
[413](#pg_413)–
[414](#pg_414)
- U.S. role, popular expectations re,
[744](#pg_744)
- U.S.-French discussions,
[541](#pg_541)–
[543](#pg_543)
- Public relations effort by Vietnam,
[430](#pg_430)–
[431](#pg_431),
[734](#pg_734)
- Radio Hanoi,
[206](#pg_206)
- Rahman, Tunku Abdul,
[5](#pg_5)
- Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces (RVNAF) (see also
[Army of the Republic of Vietnam](#in1);
[Civil Guard](#in5);
[Self-Defense Corps](#in21);
[Vietnamese Air Force](#in25)):
- Force level increase:
- Air support,
[699](#pg_699)
- Combat and logistic units, correction of imbalance,
[699](#pg_699)
- Diem’s position,
[254](#pg_254),
[621](#pg_621)–
[622](#pg_622),
[695](#pg_695)–
[696](#pg_696),
[731](#pg_731)–
[732](#pg_732),
[739](#pg_739)
- Durbrow’s position,
[392](#pg_392),
[566](#pg_566)–
[567](#pg_567),
[626](#pg_626)–
[631](#pg_631),
[749](#pg_749)–
[750](#pg_750)
- Felt’s position,
[328](#pg_328)–
[329](#pg_329),
[621](#pg_621)
- French position,
[613](#pg_613)
- Intelligence capability, increase in,
[699](#pg_699)
- Laos border concerns,
[605](#pg_605)n
- MAAG position,
[695](#pg_695)–
[703](#pg_703)
- Opposing argument,
[566](#pg_566)–
[567](#pg_567),
[626](#pg_626)–
[631](#pg_631)
- Political reforms tied to,
[694](#pg_694),
[710](#pg_710)–
[711](#pg_711),
[720](#pg_720)–
[721](#pg_721)
- Rotation purposes,
[553](#pg_553)–
[554](#pg_554),
[557](#pg_557)–
[559](#pg_559),
[564](#pg_564)–
[565](#pg_565),
[698](#pg_698)–
[699](#pg_699)
- State, U.S. Department of, position,
[711](#pg_711)–
[713](#pg_713),
[720](#pg_720)–
[721](#pg_721),
[737](#pg_737)–
[738](#pg_738)
- Surveillance purposes,
[699](#pg_699)
- Training time requirements,
[702](#pg_702)
- Reduction in, U.S. position re,
[172](#pg_172)–
[173](#pg_173),
[185](#pg_185)–
[186](#pg_186)
- Reorganization of, proposed,
[142](#pg_142)–
[144](#pg_144)
- Reunification of Vietnam:
- Can’s position,
[248](#pg_248)
- U.S. position,
[41](#pg_41),
[202](#pg_202)
- Vietnam, Democratic Republic of, position,
[39](#pg_39),
[301](#pg_301),
[309](#pg_309),
[423](#pg_423)
- Vietnamese declaration re,
[39](#pg_39)
- Revolutionary Workers’ Party. See
[Can Lao Party](#in29).
- Rhee, Syngman,
[438](#pg_438)n
,
[460](#pg_460)
- Rice exports,
[76](#pg_76),
[128](#pg_128),
[242](#pg_242),
[381](#pg_381)
- Riddleberger, James W.,
[225](#pg_225)
- Riley, Vice Adm. H. D.,
[178](#pg_178)–
[180](#pg_180),
[182](#pg_182),
[200](#pg_200)–
[201](#pg_201)
- Road construction in Vietnam,
[12](#pg_12)–
[13](#pg_13),
[214](#pg_214),
[216](#pg_216),
[236](#pg_236)n
,
[252](#pg_252)–
[253](#pg_253),
[350](#pg_350)–
[351](#pg_351),
[505](#pg_505)–
[507](#pg_507)
- Robbins, Capt. B.A., Jr.,
[36](#pg_36)–
[38](#pg_38)
- Robertson, Walter S.,
[23](#pg_23)n
,
[104](#pg_104)
- Anderson Committee visit to Vietnam,
[138](#pg_138)
- Assistance programs, U.S.,
[101](#pg_101)–
[102](#pg_102),
[127](#pg_127)–
[128](#pg_128)
- Civil Guard,
[24](#pg_24),
[128](#pg_128)–
[131](#pg_131)
- Communist insurgency,
[71](#pg_71)
- Economic situation,
[173](#pg_173)–
[174](#pg_174),
[186](#pg_186)
- International Supervisory and Control Commission, termination of,
[136](#pg_136)
- Jet facility construction,
[107](#pg_107)n
- MAAG personnel ceiling,
[20](#pg_20)–
[23](#pg_23),
[55](#pg_55)–
[58](#pg_58)
- Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces force level reduction,
[172](#pg_172)–
[173](#pg_173),
[185](#pg_185)–
[186](#pg_186)
- Temporary Equipment Recovery Mission,
[20](#pg_20)–
[23](#pg_23)
- Robinson, James,
[733](#pg_733)
- Roseman, Alvin,
[366](#pg_366)–
[368](#pg_368)
- Rousseau, James T.,
[82](#pg_82)n
,
[156](#pg_156),
[300](#pg_300)n
- Roux, Jacques,
[541](#pg_541)n
- RVNAF. See
[Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces](#in24).
- Saccio, Leonard J.,
[93](#pg_93),
[118](#pg_118)n
,
[289](#pg_289)
- Salan, Gen. Raoul,
[535](#pg_535)
- Sam Sary,
[433](#pg_433),
[497](#pg_497)
- Sarris, Louis G.,
[717](#pg_717)n
- Savang Vatthana, Crown Prince of Laos,
[8](#pg_8)
- Scott, Rob,
[70](#pg_70)
- Sects (see also
[Binh Xuyen](#in34);
[Hoa Hao](#in35))
[480](#pg_480),
[530](#pg_530)–
[531](#pg_531),
[562](#pg_562),
[727](#pg_727)
- Seelye, Alfred,
[586](#pg_586)
- Self-Defense Corps in Vietnam:
- Casualties,
[318](#pg_318)–
[319](#pg_319)
- Diem’s interest in,
[82](#pg_82)–
[84](#pg_84),
[150](#pg_150)–
[151](#pg_151)
- Elimination of, proposed,
[80](#pg_80)–
[81](#pg_81)
- U.S. funding,
[177](#pg_177)
- U.S. policies re,
[415](#pg_415)
- Service des Etudes Politiques et Sociales,
[152](#pg_152)–
[153](#pg_153)
- Shuff, Charles H.,
[81](#pg_81)n
,
[102](#pg_102),
[125](#pg_125)–
[127](#pg_127),
[175](#pg_175),
[176](#pg_176)n
,
[192](#pg_192)–
[193](#pg_193)
- Sihanouk, Norodom, Prince,
[9](#pg_9),
[24](#pg_24)–
[25](#pg_25),
[191](#pg_191),
[364](#pg_364),
[496](#pg_496)–
[497](#pg_497),
[529](#pg_529)
- Smith, James H., Jr.,
[128](#pg_128),
[130](#pg_130)–
[131](#pg_131)
- Smith, Bromley,
[118](#pg_118)n
,
[412](#pg_412)n
,
[498](#pg_498)n
- Son, Major,
[646](#pg_646)n
–
[647](#pg_647)n
,
[648](#pg_648),
[651](#pg_651)
- Souphanouvong, Prince,
[9](#pg_9)
- Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty,
[45](#pg_45)
- Southeast Asia Treaty Organization,
[83](#pg_83)–
[84](#pg_84),
[416](#pg_416)–
[417](#pg_417)
- Vietnamese participation in,
[415](#pg_415)
- Special Forces, U.S.,
[206](#pg_206),
[218](#pg_218),
[281](#pg_281)–
[282](#pg_282),
[287](#pg_287)–
[289](#pg_289),
[290](#pg_290),
[322](#pg_322)–
[324](#pg_324),
[346](#pg_346)–
[347](#pg_347),
[354](#pg_354),
[393](#pg_393),
[407](#pg_407)n
- Special National Intelligence Estimates:
- Sprague, Mansfield D.,
[27](#pg_27),
[40](#pg_40)n
- Sriyanon Phao,
[8](#pg_8)
- Staats, Elmer B.,
[40](#pg_40)n
- Steeves, John M.,
[65](#pg_65)–
[66](#pg_66),
[342](#pg_342)n
,
[387](#pg_387)n
,
[448](#pg_448)n
,
[457](#pg_457)–
[458](#pg_458),
[737](#pg_737)–
[738](#pg_738)
- Sterling Oil Company,
[295](#pg_295)
- Stevenson, Adlai,
[502](#pg_502)
- Stump, Adm. Felix B.,
[29](#pg_29)n
,
[445](#pg_445)
- Sûreté,
[214](#pg_214),
[216](#pg_216)
- Taggart, Glen L.,
[586](#pg_586)
- Taiwan. See
[China, Republic of](#in41).
- Taiwan Straits crisis,
[82](#pg_82)n
,
[92](#pg_92),
[94](#pg_94)
- Taylor, Gen. Maxwell D.,
[91](#pg_91)–
[92](#pg_92),
[93](#pg_93),
[109](#pg_109),
[125](#pg_125),
[170](#pg_170)–
[171](#pg_171)
- Technical assistance programs, U.S., in Vietnam
[48](#pg_48)–
[49](#pg_49),
[122](#pg_122)–
[123](#pg_123),
[240](#pg_240)–
[241](#pg_241),
[417](#pg_417)
- Temporary Equipment Recovery Mission (TERM):
- Communist propaganda re,
[467](#pg_467)–
[468](#pg_468)
- Function of,
[467](#pg_467)
- International Supervisory and Control Commission interest in,
[1](#pg_1)n
,
[2](#pg_2)–
[3](#pg_3),
[21](#pg_21),
[202](#pg_202)
- Logistic advice by,
[468](#pg_468)
- Military Assistance Advisory Group, relation to,
[210](#pg_210)–
[211](#pg_211)
- Termination of,
[20](#pg_20)–
[23](#pg_23),
[202](#pg_202),
[211](#pg_211)–
[213](#pg_213),
[335](#pg_335),
[442](#pg_442)
- Training function of,
[55](#pg_55)–
[56](#pg_56),
[210](#pg_210)
- TERM. See
[Temporary Equipment Recovery Mission](#in42).
- Thai Quang Hoang, Gen.,
[633](#pg_633)n
,
[658](#pg_658),
[722](#pg_722)
- Thailand:
- Army of,
[95](#pg_95)
- Police force of,
[27](#pg_27),
[29](#pg_29)
- Vietnam, Democratic Republic of, relations with,
[510](#pg_510)–
[511](#pg_511)
- Vietnamese attack on Cambodia,
[449](#pg_449)n
- Vietnamese refugees in,
[190](#pg_190)–
[191](#pg_191),
[510](#pg_510)–
[511](#pg_511)
- Thanh. See
[
Tran Chanh
Thanh
](#in43).
- Tho. See
[
Nguyen Ngoc
Tho
](#in44).
- Thuan. See
[
Nguyen Dinh
Thuan
](#in45).
- Tinh Than Spirit Group,
[148](#pg_148)
- Toland, Lt. Col. Butler B.,
[638](#pg_638)–
[639](#pg_639)
- Ton That Dinh,
[723](#pg_723)
- Ton That Huon,
[160](#pg_160),
[245](#pg_245)
- Ton That Thien,
[726](#pg_726)
- Training Relations Instruction Mission,
[209](#pg_209)
- Tran Chanh Thanh,
[148](#pg_148),
[154](#pg_154)–
[155](#pg_155),
[232](#pg_232)–
[233](#pg_233),
[306](#pg_306)
- Tran Cuu Thien,
[485](#pg_485),
[487](#pg_487)–
[489](#pg_489)
- Tran Huu The,
[111](#pg_111)–
[112](#pg_112)
- Tran Kim Tuyen:
- Alternative to Diem,
possible,
[727](#pg_727)
- Can Lao Party,
[146](#pg_146),
[152](#pg_152)–
[153](#pg_153),
[156](#pg_156),
[158](#pg_158)–
[159](#pg_159)
- Personalism philosophy,
[112](#pg_112)
- Transfer of, proposed,
[577](#pg_577),
[582](#pg_582),
[592](#pg_592)–
[593](#pg_593),
[596](#pg_596),
[603](#pg_603)–
[604](#pg_604)
- Tran Le Quang,
[154](#pg_154)
- Tran Ngoc Lien,
[409](#pg_409)n
,
[724](#pg_724)
- Tran Quoc Buu,
[148](#pg_148),
[561](#pg_561),
[726](#pg_726)
- Tran Sanh Buu,
[230](#pg_230)
- Tran Trung Dung,
[16](#pg_16),
[28](#pg_28),
[148](#pg_148),
[154](#pg_154)–
[155](#pg_155),
[291](#pg_291),
[348](#pg_348),
[393](#pg_393),
[399](#pg_399)–
[400](#pg_400)
- Tran Van Chuong,
[87](#pg_87),
[116](#pg_116),
[365](#pg_365),
[430](#pg_430)–
[431](#pg_431),
[679](#pg_679)–
[681](#pg_681)
- Tran Van Dinh,
[726](#pg_726)
- Tran Van Do,
[148](#pg_148),
[149](#pg_149),
[725](#pg_725)
- Tran Van Don, Gen.,
[348](#pg_348),
[533](#pg_533),
[722](#pg_722)
- Tran Van Huu,
[726](#pg_726)
- Tran Van Lam,
[726](#pg_726)
- Tran Van Ngan,
[230](#pg_230)
- Tran Van Soai,
[531](#pg_531)
- Tran Van Tho,
[727](#pg_727)
- Tran Van Trai,
[158](#pg_158)–
[159](#pg_159),
[727](#pg_727)
- Tran Van Tung,
[116](#pg_116)
- Tran Van Van,
[330](#pg_330),
[345](#pg_345),
[725](#pg_725)
- Trigg, William R., III,
[486](#pg_486)
- Trimble, William C.,
[720](#pg_720)
- Trinh Minh The,
[530](#pg_530)
- Truong Chinh,
[423](#pg_423)
- Truong Vinh Le,
[151](#pg_151),
[165](#pg_165),
[608](#pg_608),
[624](#pg_624),
[723](#pg_723)–
[724](#pg_724)
- Turkey,
[438](#pg_438),
[461](#pg_461)
- Turner, Ralph,
[586](#pg_586)
- Tuyen. See
[
Tran Kim
Tuyen
](#in47).
- Twining, Gen. Nathan F.,
[548](#pg_548)
- Ty. See
[
Le Van Ty,
Gen
](#in46).
- United Kingdom,
[136](#pg_136),
[456](#pg_456)
- Vietnam, relations with,
[418](#pg_418)–
[419](#pg_419)
- U.S. assistance to Vietnam. See
[Assistance programs, U.S.](#in47);
[Economic assistance, U.S.](#in2);
[Military
assistance, U.S.](#in3);
[Technical assistance
programs, U.S.](#in4)
- U.S. personnel overseas, attitudes toward,
[44](#pg_44),
[421](#pg_421)–
[422](#pg_422)
- Usher, Richard E.,
[331](#pg_331)–
[333](#pg_333),
[342](#pg_342)n
,
[387](#pg_387)n
,
[390](#pg_390),
[392](#pg_392),
[412](#pg_412)n
- Valeo, Francis,
[251](#pg_251)–
[254](#pg_254),
[385](#pg_385)n
- Van Houten, Maj. Gen. John G.,
[171](#pg_171)
- Viet Cong (see also
[Communist insurgency in Vietnam](#in26)),
[537](#pg_537)n
- Vietnam, Democratic Republic of,
[417](#pg_417)
- China, People’s Republic of, relations with,
[92](#pg_92),
[511](#pg_511)
- Economic situation,
[511](#pg_511)–
[512](#pg_512)
- Foreign policy,
[509](#pg_509)–
[510](#pg_510)
- Political situation,
[203](#pg_203),
[511](#pg_511)
- Reunification policy,
[39](#pg_39),
[301](#pg_301),
[309](#pg_309),
[423](#pg_423)
- Sino-Soviet bloc, relations with,
[511](#pg_511)
- Thailand, relations with,
[510](#pg_510)–
[511](#pg_511)
- Vietnam Airport Program,
[106](#pg_106)
- Vietnam Radio Network,
[367](#pg_367)
- Vietnamese Air Force (VNAF):
- Counter-insurgency operations, role in,
[323](#pg_323)
- Helicopters for,
[554](#pg_554)
- Jet trainers for,
[197](#pg_197)
- Jets for:
- Defense, U.S. Department of, position,
[73](#pg_73)
- Geneva Accords, conflict with,
[65](#pg_65)–
[66](#pg_66),
[198](#pg_198)n
- International Supervisory and Control Commission
opposition to,
[66](#pg_66)–
[69](#pg_69)
- JCS position,
[102](#pg_102)–
[103](#pg_103),
[108](#pg_108)–
[109](#pg_109)
- Maintenance capabilities,
[197](#pg_197)
- Propeller-driven aircraft for:
- Advantages of,
[196](#pg_196)–
[198](#pg_198)
- Chronology of events through Jan. 1959,
[124](#pg_124)–
[127](#pg_127)
- Defense, U.S. Department of, position,
[63](#pg_63)–
[64](#pg_64),
[74](#pg_74),
[135](#pg_135)–
[136](#pg_136),
[196](#pg_196)n
,
[359](#pg_359)
- Delivery of,
[389](#pg_389)
- State, U.S. Department of, position,
[198](#pg_198)n
- U.S. approval of,
[250](#pg_250)
- Vietnamese position,
[103](#pg_103),
[176](#pg_176)n
- Spare parts problems,
[65](#pg_65)–
[66](#pg_66)
- Transport aircraft for,
[336](#pg_336),
[554](#pg_554)
- Vietnamese Oil Company,
[159](#pg_159)–
[160](#pg_160)
- Village Defense Corps,
[37](#pg_37)–
[38](#pg_38)
- Villahermosa, Don Paolo Manca di,
[157](#pg_157)–
[158](#pg_158)
- VNAF. See
[Vietnamese Air Force](#in25).
- Vo Nguyen Giap, Gen.,
[309](#pg_309)
- Vo Nhu Nguyen,
[153](#pg_153)
- Vo Van Hai,
[296](#pg_296),
[450](#pg_450),
[659](#pg_659),
[662](#pg_662)–
[663](#pg_663),
[666](#pg_666),
[714](#pg_714),
[716](#pg_716),
[727](#pg_727)
- Voice of America,
[52](#pg_52)
- Vu Tinh Huan,
[116](#pg_116)
- Vu Van Mau,
[96](#pg_96)–
[102](#pg_102),
[190](#pg_190),
[433](#pg_433)n
,
[608](#pg_608),
[733](#pg_733)
- Vu Van Thai,
[142](#pg_142),
[352](#pg_352)n
,
[361](#pg_361),
[364](#pg_364)–
[366](#pg_366),
[368](#pg_368)–
[369](#pg_369),
[377](#pg_377)n
,
[426](#pg_426),
[518](#pg_518),
[520](#pg_520)
- Vuong Van Dong, Lt. Col.,
[632](#pg_632),
[637](#pg_637)–
[638](#pg_638),
[642](#pg_642),
[644](#pg_644),
[646](#pg_646)–
[647](#pg_647),
[658](#pg_658),
[665](#pg_665)–
[666](#pg_666),
[690](#pg_690)
- Walton, Frank E.,
[218](#pg_218),
[503](#pg_503)–
[508](#pg_508)
- Weinel, Captain,
[63](#pg_63)
- Wellons, Alfred E.,
[717](#pg_717)n
- White, Lt. Gen. Isaac D.,
[290](#pg_290),
[329](#pg_329),
[443](#pg_443),
[638](#pg_638)
- Williams, F. Hayden,
[386](#pg_386)
- Williams, John,
[228](#pg_228)
- Williams, Lt. Gen. Samuel T.,
[181](#pg_181)n
,
[508](#pg_508)n
- Army of the Republic of Vietnam:
- Assistance programs, U.S.,
[226](#pg_226)
- Cambodia, Vietnamese attack on,
[463](#pg_463)–
[464](#pg_464)
- Civil Guard,
[77](#pg_77)–
[79](#pg_79)
- Communist insurgency,
[176](#pg_176),
[342](#pg_342)–
[344](#pg_344),
[469](#pg_469)–
[470](#pg_470)
- Counter-insurgency operations,
[91](#pg_91)–
[92](#pg_92)
- Anti-guerrilla training,
[291](#pg_291)–
[293](#pg_293),
[355](#pg_355),
[358](#pg_358)–
[360](#pg_360)
- Centralized command,
[321](#pg_321)–
[322](#pg_322),
[324](#pg_324)
- Commando units,
[323](#pg_323)–
[324](#pg_324),
[343](#pg_343),
[348](#pg_348)–
[349](#pg_349),
[373](#pg_373)–
[374](#pg_374)
- Communist bases, attacks on,
[370](#pg_370)
- Equipment for,
[321](#pg_321)–
[323](#pg_323),
[328](#pg_328),
[351](#pg_351)
- Lansdale to assist with,
[425](#pg_425)
- Misunderstanding with Durbrow re,
[397](#pg_397)–
[404](#pg_404),
[474](#pg_474)–
[483](#pg_483)
- Pacification timetable,
[372](#pg_372)
- Sweep operations,
[320](#pg_320)–
[321](#pg_321)
- Training camps,
[372](#pg_372)
- U.S. advisers in the field,
[178](#pg_178)–
[179](#pg_179),
[182](#pg_182)–
[183](#pg_183),
[199](#pg_199)–
[200](#pg_200),
[203](#pg_203)–
[204](#pg_204)
- Village protection,
[371](#pg_371)
- Diem’s health,
[93](#pg_93)n
- Durbrow, relations with,
[444](#pg_444)–
[445](#pg_445)
- Jet facility construction,
[106](#pg_106)
- Leadership alternatives to Diem,
[464](#pg_464)
- Military assistance, U.S.,
[193](#pg_193),
[251](#pg_251)–
[252](#pg_252),
[276](#pg_276)n
,
[278](#pg_278)n
,
[373](#pg_373)
- Military Assistance Advisory Group:
- Retirement of,
[170](#pg_170)–
[172](#pg_172),
[344](#pg_344),
[445](#pg_445),
[492](#pg_492)–
[493](#pg_493),
[501](#pg_501)–
[502](#pg_502)
- Self-Defense Corps,
[81](#pg_81)n
- Vietnamese Air Force,
[176](#pg_176)n
- Vietnamese attitude toward,
[569](#pg_569)
- Witman, William, II,
[117](#pg_117)
- Wolf, Charles, Jr.,
[138](#pg_138)n
,
[141](#pg_141)
- Wood, Chalmers B.,
[88](#pg_88),
[90](#pg_90),
[144](#pg_144)n
,
[148](#pg_148),
[217](#pg_217),
[272](#pg_272)n
,
[332](#pg_332),
[334](#pg_334),
[338](#pg_338),
[341](#pg_341),
[383](#pg_383),
[385](#pg_385),
[390](#pg_390)–
[392](#pg_392),
[412](#pg_412)n
,
[448](#pg_448)n
,
[451](#pg_451)n
,
[457](#pg_457)n
,
[483](#pg_483)n
,
[493](#pg_493)n
,
[591](#pg_591)n
,
[604](#pg_604)n
,
[679](#pg_679)n
,
[681](#pg_681),
[705](#pg_705)–
[707](#pg_707),
[711](#pg_711)n
,
[735](#pg_735)n
,
[745](#pg_745),
[751](#pg_751)n
- Young, Kenneth T.,
[36](#pg_36),
[385](#pg_385)n
- Youth programs in Vietnam,
[607](#pg_607)–
[608](#pg_608),
[625](#pg_625),
[732](#pg_732)–
[733](#pg_733)
- Zablocki, Clement J.,
[226](#pg_226)
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