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288. Telegram From the Department of State to the Embassy in Vietnam1

Washington, November 28, 1961, 7:37 p.m.

698. State-Defense-USIA. Supersedes all previous messages.

Do not give other than routine cooperation to correspondents on coverage current military activities in Vietnam. No comment at all on classified activities.

Rusk
  1. Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751K.00/11-2861. Confidential; Niact. Drafted by Tubby; cleared by Tubby with Sylvester (Defense), Wilson (USIA), Salinger (White House), and Heavner; and signed by Tubby for the Secretary.↩