III. the Political Crisis and the December 1959 Coup, July–December 1959


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

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751J.00/11-135’9. Secret. Drafted by Chapman; cleared with Usher, Anderson, and Steeves; and approved by Parsons. Repeated to CINCPAC for POLAD.


293. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs (Parsons) to the Secretary of State

Source: Department of State, FE Files: Lot 61 D 6, Laos. Secret. Drafted by Usher and cleared by SEA and FE.


294. Memorandum From the Acting Director of the International Cooperation Administration (Saccio) to the Under Secretary of State (Dillon)

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751J.5–MSP/11–2059. Secret. A note on the source text indicates that Dillon saw the memorandum.


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

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751J.00/11–359. Top Secret; Limit Distribution; No Distribution Outside Department. Drafted by Chapman and Steeves; cleared with Anderson, Usher, Saccio, Bell, and Dillon; and approved by Parsons.


296. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs (Parsons) to the Secretary of State

Source: Department of State, SEA (Laos) Files: Lot 65 D 169, 312 UN Presence, 1959. Secret. Drafted by Chapman and cleared with Usher, Anderson, and Steeves. Herter initialed the source text.


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

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751J.00/11–3059. Top Secret; [distribution indicator not declassified].


298. Letter From the Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs (Parsons) to the Ambassador in Laos (Smith)

Source: Department of State, FE Files: Lot 61 D 6, Smith. Secret; Official–Informal. Cleared in draft by Henderson.


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

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751J.00/12–159. Top Secret; Priority; Limit Distribution; No Distribution Outside Department.


300. Memorandum From the Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs (Parsons) to the Secretary of State

Source: Department of State, SEA (Laos) Files: Lot 65 D 169, 300 General US Attitudes and Actions. Secret. Drafted by Erickson and concurred in by Anderson, Usher, and Chapman.


302. Letter From the Ambassador in Laos (Smith) to the Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs (Parsons)

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751J.00/12–1559. Top Secret; Eyes Only; Official–Informal. [1 page of text not declassified]


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

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751J.00/12–1559. Secret. Repeated to Paris, London, Bangkok, Saigon, Phnom Penh, and CINCPAC.


305. Memorandum for the Files by the Director of the Office of Southeast Asian Affairs (Anderson) and the Officer in Charge of Laos Affairs (Chapman)

Source: Department of State, EA (Laos) Files: Lot 68 D 77, Laos 1959. Top Secret.


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

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751J.00/12–1959. Top Secret; Niact; Eyes Only; No Distribution Outside Department. Drafted by Parsons and Steeves, cleared with SEA and Dillon, and approved by Parsons.


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

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751J.00/12–2159. Top Secret; Niact; Eyes Only; No Distribution Outside Department.


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

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751J.00/12–2259. Top Secret; Niact; Eyes Only; No Distribution Outside Department. Received at 1:22 p.m.


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

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751J.00/12–2259. Top Secret; Niact; Limit Distribution. Drafted by Chapman; cleared with Steeves, Anderson, and Parsons; and approved by Dillon. Repeated to London, Paris, Manila, Saigon, Bangkok, Phnom Penh, and CINCPAC for POLAD.


310. Memorandum of a Conversation, White House, Washington, December 23, 1959, 11 a.m.

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751J.00/12–2359. Secret. Drafted by Parsons. On a copy of this memorandum, ibid., Secretary’s Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 64 D 199, a marginal notation indicates that Dillon approved it on December 29.


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

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751J.00/12–2359. Secret; Niact; Limited Distribution. Repeated niact to CINCPAC for POLAD and to London, Paris, Saigon, Phnom Penh, and Bangkok. Received at 5:39 p.m.


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

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751J.00/12–2459. Top Secret; Priority; Limit Distribution. Also sent to CINCPAC for POLAD and repeated to London, Paris, Manila, Saigon, Bangkok, and Phnom Penh.


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

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751J.00/12–2759. Top Secret; Niact; Limit Distribution. Also sent to CINCPAC for POLAD and repeated priority to Bangkok, Saigon, Phnom Penh, Paris, and London. Received at 1:55 p.m.


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

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751J.00/12–2559. Secret; Niact; Limit Distribution. Drafted by Steeves, cleared with SEA and Merchant, and approved by Steeves. Repeated to London, Paris, Bangkok, Saigon, Phnom Penh, and CINCPAC for POLAD.


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

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751J.00/12–2859. Top Secret; Limit Distribution. Drafted by Steeves and Parsons, cleared by Anderson, and approved by Parsons. Repeated to CINCPAC for POLAD, Paris, London, Bangkok, Phnom Penh, and Saigon.


316. Paper Prepared by the Assistant White House Staff Secretary (Eisenhower)

Source: Eisenhower Library, Whitman File, Eisenhower Diaries. Top Secret.


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

Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751J.00/12–2959. Secret; Niact. Drafted by Chapman, cleared by SEA and WE, and approved by Parsons. Repeated to Paris, London, Bangkok, Saigon, Phnom Penh, and CINCPAC for POLAD.