Office of the Historian

I. U.S. Concern With the Coalition Government in Laos, January–August 19581

1. For previous documentation, see Foreign Relations, 1955–1957, vol. xxi, pp. 577 ff. A combined microfiche supplement to this volume and to volume xv will be published covering the East Asia-Pacific region, Cambodia, Laos, Burma, and Malaya.

189. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Laos

Washington, July 30, 1958—10:48 a.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751J.00/7–3058. Secret; Niact. Drafted by Parsons, cleared by Kocher, and approved by Robertson. Repeated to CINCPAC for POLAD.

191. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Laos

Washington, August 6, 1958—8:24 p.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751J.00/8–558. Secret; Priority; Limit Distribution. Drafted by Corcoran; cleared by Kocher, Jenkins, and Parsons; and approved by Robertson. Repeated to CINCPAC for POLAD.

193. Letter From the Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs (Dillon) to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs (Sprague)

Washington, August 20, 1958.

Source: Washington National Records Center, RG 330, OSD/ISA Files: FRC 62 A 1698, 091.3 Laos. Secret. The Department of State copy of this letter indicates that if was drafted by Corcoran and was reviewed and slightly revised by James M. Wilson of the Office of the Special Assistant for Mutual Security Coordination in conjunction with the Office of Southeast Asian Affairs. Robertson sent the draft letter to Dillon under cover of a memorandum of August 19 with the recommendation that it be signed and sent. According to a note on the Department of State copy, the original of this letter was handcarried to Sprague on August 20. (Department of State, Central Files, 751J.5–MSP/7–2958)