Index

• Achilles, Theodore C., 114, 117n, 614
• Ainsworth, Thomas W., 191, 193, 194
• Air Force, U.S., headquarters established in Vietnam, 665–666, 678
• Alphand, Herve, 584–585, 611, 613, 727
• Alsop, Joseph, 72, 363
• Amory, Robert, 321, 607
• Anderson, Daniel V., 15n, 40n, 394n, 436n, 596n, 680n, 718n
• Anderson, Adm. George W., 328, 329–330
• Anspacher, John M., 128, 346n, 658, 704–706, 761–763
• Anthis, Brig. Gen. Roland H., 665–666, 678
• Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN)(see also Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces), 183, 307, 313, 368, 372, 404, 423, 710
  • Airborne battalions, 356, 357–358Border control plans, 405–406
  • Civic action program, 229, 372, 423
  • Defensive disposition, 3, 486–487
  • Families of soldiers, 372, 451
  • Intelligence capabilities, 401–404
  • Mobility improvements, need for, 427, 428, 441
  • Morale problem, 357, 369, 451
  • Special units for, 355–358
  • Training for, 278, 354–355
• Assistance programs, U.S. (See also Vietnam: U.S. commercial aid program, U.S. economic assistance, U.S. military assistance), 18, 509
  • Conditions on additional assistance, 385–388
  • Funding concerns, 359, 375
  • Senate hearings, 241–242
  • Taylor Mission recommendations, 505–509
• Australia, 344, 564, 609
  • Assistance to Vietnam, 102, 148–149, 732–733
• Bagley, Lt. Cmdr. Worth H., 310, 368n, 380, 532, 569–570, 683n, 702n, 754n
  • U.S. troop deployment in Vietnam, 555–557
• Ball, George W., 114, 117n, 255, 273, 322n, 343n, 375, 533, 572n, 613–614, 670, 736
  • Program of Action for Vietnam, 92n, 117 120 121 122 123
  • U.S. troop deployment in Vietnam, 547–548
• Barthelemy, Marcel, 584
• Battle, Lucius D., 47n, 310n, 337n, 595n, 681n
• Bell, David E., 359, 607n
• Bernau, Phyllis D., 359n, 588n
• Binh Xuyen sect, 182, 183
• Bissell, Richard M., Jr., 61, 321, 343n, 534
• Black, Col. Edwin F., 74, 77, 113, 244–246
  • Special Financial Group, 179, 180, 189–190
• Bohlen, Charles E., 727
• Bonesteel, Maj. Gen. Charles H., III, 74, 113, 118–120, 121, 122, 123
• Boun Oum, 413
• Bowles, Chester, 80n, 83, 87n, 92n, 117n, 308, 535, 540, 613, 670
  • Chuong, meeting with, 32–34
  • Neutral and independent Southeast
  • Asia proposal, 322–325, 701
  • Southeast Asia visit report, 700–701
• Boyle, Brig. Gen., 477, 527
• British Guinea, 545
• Brown, Brig. Gen. George S., 464n
• Brown, L. Dean, 584
• Brown, Winthrop G., 302, 477, 727n
• Brubeck, W.G., 337n
• Bryant, Col., 401, 404, 405
• Bui Van Long, 410
• Bundy, McGeorge, 13n, 16, 19, 46, 80n, 123, 243n, 252, 274, 337n, 362, 577n, 607n, 648n, 661n, 681n, 688n
  • Counterinsurgency operations, 310n, 663n
  • Military command structure, U.S., 606, 612, 673n, 766
  • Taylor Mission, 343, 345n, 427n, 443
  • Report, 576, 588, 598n, 603n, 612–614, 619n, 657, 717n
  • Vietnam, Republic of:
  • Flood relief task force, 442n, 457
  • Program of Action, 132–134
  • U.S. troop deployment, 595n, 605
• Bundy, William P., 321, 434–436, 532, 607n, 640n, 688n, 733
  • Honolulu Conference, 679n, 739
  • Military command structure, U.S., 652n, 702–703, 728, 745n
  • Taylor Mission, 345n, 572n
  • U.S. troop deployment in Vietnam, 328, 538n, 550n, 552–555, 558n, 571–572
  • Vietnam, Democratic Republic of, U.S. military action against, 233–234
• Burdett, William C., Jr., 35
• Burke, Adm. Arleigh A., 21, 83, 119
• Burma, 59, 324, 482, 594, 621
  • U.S. troop deployment in Vietnam, 595–596, 694–696
• Burris, Col. Howard L., 607n, 610n, 747
• Burrows, J.A., 762
• Butler, Michael, 267
• Buu Hoan, 169
• Cabell, Gen. Charles P., 532, 577n
• Cambodia, 49, 59, 482, 594
  • Communist forces in, 75, 79, 96, 413–414
  • U.S. military assistance, 101, 121–122
  • Vietnam, relations with, 48–50, 56–57, 173
  • U.S. policy, 32n, 101, 121, 200, 249
  • Vietnam border control, 36, 101, 137, 140–141, 454
• Campbell, Col. Albert W., 380
• Can Lao Party, 2, 21, 39, 48
• Canada, 393, 594
• Cao Dai sect, 182
• Castro, Fidel, 215
• Central Intelligence Agency, U.S., 17, 62, 215, 332, 345, 376n
  • Information report, 689–693
  • Monitoring of Communist insurgency, 195–196
• Central Intelligence Organization (CIO). See under Vietnam.
• Ceylon, 594
• Chapman, C., 668n, 718n
• Chatterjee, D.N., 191–195, 567
• Chau, Gen., 675
• Chayes, Abram J., 117, 474n, 629–631
• Chemical Corps, U.S., 663n
• Chiang Kai-shek, 145–146, 432, 530, 692
• China, People’s Republic of, 18, 56, 341, 474, 581
  • Military involvement in Vietnam, possible, 65, 248, 578–579, 607
  • U.S. communications with, 215–216
  • U.S. troop deployment in Vietnam, possible response to, 193, 194, 283, 248
  • Vietnam, Democratic Republic of, 382, 550, 567
• China, Republic of, 56
  • Military involvement in Vietnam, 91, 366, 432, 436
  • Trainers for Vietnamese forces, 432, 530–531, 648, 724, 733–734
  • Tree-cutting project in Vietnam, 523–524, 531
• Chuang. SeeTran Van Chuong.
• CINCPAC (See alsoFelt, Adm. Harry D.), 653–655, 722, 753, 757–758
• Civil Guard. See under Vietnam, Republic of.
• Claxton, Philander P., Jr., 24J.n
• Cleveland, Robert G., 15n, 40n, 93n, 116, 118, 121, 122, 241n, 718n
• Clifton, Brig. Gen. Chester V., 46–47, 198–199, 604n, 607n
• Clinton, J. W., 233n
• Coffin, Frank M., 172, 702–703
• Colby, William E., 22, 78, 128–129, 658n
  • ARVN intelligence capabilities, 402–404
  • Communist insurgency, 404, 406
  • Vietnam, Republic of, border control, 118, 119
• Cold War Task Force, 63
• Collins, Gen. J. Lawton, 49, 691
• Colombo Plan, 550
• Communist insurgency in Vietnam, 5, 404, 434, 449, 752
  • Cambodian bases, 75, 79, 96, 413–414
  • Casualty and combat rate, 483–485
  • Chinese participation, possible, 65, 248, 578–579, 607
  • CIA monitoring, 195–196
  • Economy of Vietnam, impact on, 399–400
  • Force strength, estimates of, 483–485
  • Future developments, assessment of, 274–275
  • History, 183–184, 637
  • Increase in incidents (1960), 1–2, 78, 93
  • Increase of September-October (1961), 309, 417
    • McGarr’s reports on, 354–355, 448–449
    • Open warfare, beginning of, 298–299
    • Reports of fighting, 292, 296–298, 305–306, 309–310
    • U.S. analysis of, 483–485
    • U.S. emergency actions, 306–308, 317–320, 347–348
  • Infiltration, strength, and numerical importance of, 448, 596–597, 661–662
  • Infiltration from Laos, 57, 94–95, 184, 243, 296–298, 302, 304–305, 311, 327, 329, 335, 406
  • Infiltrators, description of, 333–334
  • Kennedy letter to Khrushchev, 636–638
  • Local indigenous personnel, 173, 310, 333, 334
  • Montagnards role, 239, 297, 309–310
  • National Liberation Front governments, 94, 219
  • Number of forces, 93, 154, 483–485
  • Peasant opposition to, 528–529
  • Political activities, 2, 275, 483
  • Popular support within Vietnam, 2, 53
  • Regular forces used in, 292, 338, 354
  • SEATO resolution against, 60–61
  • Strategy, 2, 338, 481–482
  • Success, possible, 6, 60
  • Taylor Mission Report analysis, 481–486
  • Timetable, 358, 449
  • U.S. diplomats in Vietnam, attacks on, 203–204, 219, 275
  • U.S. documentation of. See Jorden Report on Communist Activities in Vietnam.
  • Weaknesses, 485–486
  • Weapons for, 334–335
• Communist prisoners, 528
• Defection of, 42, 51, 76–77, 110–111, 367
• Interrogation, 334, 403–405
• COMUS Vietnam. See under Military command structure, U.S.
• Congress, U.S. See Senate, U.S.
• Connally, John, 325
• Cottrell, Sterling J., 87n, 140n, 152n, 191n, 204, 205n, 228, 246, 252, 282, 346n, 532, 669n, 718n, 728n, 733n, 742, 755
  • Assistance programs, U.S., 505–511
  • Communist insurgency, 195, 306n
  • Counterinsurgency operations, 273n, 735n
  • Interdepartmental Task Force on Vietnam, 114, 134
  • RVNAF force increase, 177n, 187n, 202–203
  • Special Financial Group, 179, 180
  • Taylor Mission, 171, 343n, 364, 380, 388, 391, 399, 401
  • Report, 505–511, 615n, 716n, 717n, 737
• Counterinsurgency operations in Vietnam (see also Vietnam: Border control; Counterinsurgency Plan), 230, 232, 276, 313, 355, 404, 432, 447, 450, 473, 604, 758
  • Anti-guerrilla activities, 29, 61–62, 63, 622–623
  • Anti-guerrilla training (see also U.K. assistance below ), 15, 17, 18, 41, 211, 257, 273
    • Progress report on, 278–279
    • U.S. Special Forces for, 62–63, 273, 279, 369
  • Chinese Nationalist troops for, 91, 366, 432, 436
  • CINCPAC military campaign plan, 753, 757–758
  • Communist controlled areas, strategy re, 366
  • Cooperation between air and ground units, 211–212
  • Defoliants used’ in, 315, 319, 369, 639–642, 649, 663–664, 735–736, 749, 767–768
  • Effectiveness of, 218–219
  • Elimination of Communists from Vietnam, plan for, 256, 273, 275–278
  • Helicopters for, 61–62, 369–370
  • Inland waterways, control of, 38, 311
  • INR study on, 619–628
  • Interdiction of military support, 283–284, 311–312, 339, 465–466
  • “Jungle Jim” air units for, 339, 343, 366–367, 420, 741, 754
  • Laos, possible invasion of, 257, 273, 280–282, 312
  • Military . breakthrough proposal, 234–236, 237–239, 270
  • Naval operations, 234, 311, 754
    • Taylor Mission Report recommendations, 480, 592
    • U.S. assistance, 325–326, 329–330, 365–366, 492, 652, 751
  • Offensive against North, possible, 256–257, 273, 279–280
  • Peasant rights and property, respect for, 372, 623–624
  • Police forces, 620–621
  • Press coverage, 71, 679
  • Radio transmitters, attacks on, 312–313
  • RVNAF involvement, 3–4, 10–11, 244–245, 247, 260n
  • SEATO forces, 96, 124, 159, 317, 344, 564, 572
    • U.S. contingency plan, 330–332, 336–337, 340–342, 624–625
  • State-Defense disagreements on planning and strategy, 347–359
  • Sterilization operations, 209–210
  • Sweeps, 196, 205, 208–210, 219, 354
  • Timetable for conquest, 353–354
  • U.K. assistance for, 40–41, 102
    • Advisory Mission, 268, 300–301, 726
    • MAAG position, 166–167
    • Thompson Plan, 578, 699–700
    • U.S. support for, 122, 141, ISO, 175–176
    • U.S.-U.K. coordination problems, -698-700
• Counterinsurgency Plan (CIP), 67, 69, 351
  • Country Team-MAAG disagreements on, 349–350
  • Diem’s attitude toward, 4, 42n, 44, 47–51
  • Financing for, 6 53–54, 106
  • McGarr’s assessment of, 44–46
  • Military provisions, 10–11, 45–46, 48
  • Political measures, 8, 351–352
  • Psychological measures, 9–10, 11–12, 51
  • Security measures, 8–9
  • Text, 1–12
  • Ultimatum to Diem, U.S. consideration of, 72, 73n
  • U.S. assessments of, 13–14
  • U.S.-U.K. discussions, 35–36
  • Vietnamese position, 37–40
• Couve de Murville, Maurice, 267, 268, 727
• Craig, Brig. Gen. William H., 298, 305, 380, 389
• Cross, Charles T., 587, 718n Cuba, 610
• Cunningham, H. Francis, Jr., 40, 292, 296
• Dang Duc Khoi, 295, 704
• Dang Due Khoi, 52
• Day, Richard R., 652n De Gaulle, Gen. Charles, 254
• Decker, Gen. George H., 62, 470n, 749n
• Defense, U.S. Department of (see also Joint Chiefs of Staff, U.S.), 93n, 328
  • Counterinsurgency Plan, 14, 15, 347–359
  • Defoliant use in Vietnam, 640–641
  • Flood relief task force, 458–459
  • Military command structure in Vietnam, concept of, 720–723, 728–730
  • RVNAF force increase study, 202, 236–240
• Denson, J.B., 35
• Desai, M.J., 193, 540, 544, 548–550, 662, 681, 723
  • International conference on Vietnam, possible, 549, 567–568, 573
• Diehl, William, 179
• Diem. See Ngo Dinh Diem. Dillon, C. Douglas, 83, 586
• Dingman, Maj. James W., 380
• Dirksen, Everett M., 174
• Dixon, Sir Pierson, 267
• Douglas, William O., 172
• Dulles, Allen W., 13n, 15, 17, 18, 21, 82, 343n, 345, 362, 427n, 607
• Duong Van Minh, Maj. Gen., 80, 372, 409, 410, 450, 530, 710
  • CINCPAC military campaign plan, 753, 757
  • Diem, relationship with, 682, 753
  • Taylor Mission, 395–398
• Durbrow, Elbridge, 15, 25n, 44n, 52n, 81n, 83, 91, 127
  • Cambodia-Vietnam relations, 48–50, 56–57
  • Counterinsurgency Plan, 1n, 3n, 31, 37n, 40n, 42n, 89, 349–350
    • Discussion with Diem, 47–51
    • Ultimatum for Diem, 72, 73n
  • Political reforms, 26–28, 29–30, 70
  • Replacement, 19–20
  • RVNAF force increase, 69–70, 349
  • Vietnam, Republic of:
    • Elections, 31–32 .
    • Political reforms, 26–28, 29–30, 70
• Dutton, Frederick G., 614, 670
• Eisenhower, Dwight D., 16n, 634
• Ellender, Allen J., 696–697
• Emergency Operations Control System, 8–9
• Evaluation Center, U.S., 369, 401, 405
• Felt, Adm. Harry D., 21, 89, 126n, 129, 237, 296, 316, 424, 702, 753
  • Counterinsurgency operations, 465–466, 753, 757–758, 767–768
  • Honolulu Conference, 679, 739, 742
  • Military assistance, U.S., 66, 182–184, 434–436
  • Taylor Mission, 360n, 380
  • U.S. troop deployment in Vietnam, 362, 380, 605
• Fenner, “Dato,” 356
• Fine, Sherwood, 123
• Fitzgerald, Desmond, 74, 77, 113, 120–121, 122, 375n Flesch, Col. J.M., 77
• Ford Foundation, 31, 54
• Foreign Liaison Assistance Group (FLAG), 626
• Fourteen-Power Conference. See Geneva Conference of 1961. Fowler, Henry H., 83, 177n, 321, 375n, 609
• France, 120, 267–269, 581, 584–585, 611n, 613, 625, 727–728
• Fulbright, J. William, 241–242
• Furst, Walter, 177n, 187n, 375n
• Galbraith, John Kenneth, 545, 613, 644, 646
  • Vietnam, Democratic Republic of, representative, proposed meeting with, 671, 680–681
  • Vietnam, Republic of, 474–476, 541, 586n, 661, 773
• Gandhi, Indira, 540
• Gardiner, Arthur Z., 89, 169, 180, 285, 287, 290, 431, 600, 658n
  • Nolting’s assessment of, 326–327
• Gates, Thomas S., Jr., 12, 21
• Gavin, Gen. James M., 46, 267, 727
• Geneva Accords:
  • Article 16, 645n
  • Article 19, 159, 317n, 509, 646n
  • U.S. disengagement, 106, 107, 121, 123–124, 462, 609, 648
    • Allied notification, 160–162, 191–195
    • ICC informed, 628–629, 645–647
    • Legal opinion, 71, 117, 632–634
    • Public acknowledgement of, 556–557
    • Public relations considerations, 645–647
    • U.K. position, 727–728, 733
    • Vietnam, Democratic Republic of, blamed for, 361, 438, 718–719
    • Vietnam, Republic of, position, 161–162, 163
  • U.S.-Vietnam defense treaty and, 159, 317n
  • Vietnam bound to, 615–616, 632
• Geneva Conference of 1954, 149, 546, 637
• Geneva Conference of 1961, 300, 474, 603
  • U.S. strategy for, 94, 117–118, 121, 123–124, 248–249, 250–251, 322
• Geren, Paul, 179
• Gilpatric, Roswell L., 21, 123, 244, 532, 607n, 745n, 764n
  • Counterinsurgency operations, 122, 663–664
  • Presidential Task Force on Vietnam, 74, 78–80, 87
  • Program of Action for Vietnam, 82, 87–88, 92–93, 113, 115–116, 121
  • RVNAF force increase, 79, 120–121, 197–198, 236n, 288
  • Special Financial Group, 180, 189
  • Taylor Mission, 343–344, 345n, 572n
  • U.S. troop deployment in. Vietnam; 116-117, 118, 119, 120, 559
• Godel, William H., 228–229, 380, 390
• Greece, 119, 651
• Green, Warren, 179
• Greenhill, Dennis, 35
• Gromyko, Andrei A., 324
• Guerrilla war, U.S. policy, 662–663
• Hamilton, Fowler, 532, 607n, 614, 648, 675
• Hammarskjöld, Dag, 102
• Hand, Frank M., 80, 113
• Hansen, Kenneth R., 121, 359
• Harkins, Lt. Gen. Paul, 756, 766
• Harriman, W. Averell, 89, 91, 127, 267, 304, 383n, 613, 670, 671n, 725, 735n
  • Allied assistance to Vietnam, 732–733
  • Coup in Vietnam, possible, 363–364, 755
  • Geneva Accords, U.S. disengagement from, 733
  • Geneva Conference of 1961, 300, 301n, 322, 324, 340, 439
  • International conference on Vietnam, possible, 549, 568, 573, 580–582, 631
  • Military command structure, U.S., 728n, 746n
  • Taylor Mission, 612, 712n, 717n
• Hatcher, Andrew, 380
• Hays, Brooks, 614, 670
• Heavner, Theodore J.C., 346n, 596n, 615n, 679n, 680n
• Heinz, Rear Adm. Luther C., 40n, 43, 77, 121, 160n, 180n, 187n, 189n, 735n, 740, 764n
  • Taylor Mission, 380, 390
• Hickenlooper, Bourke B., 174
• Hiisman, Roger, 619–628, 681–683
• Ho Chi Minh, 194, 476, 485
• Ho Thong Minh, 49, 691
• Hoa Hao sect, 182, 398
• Hoang Thanh, 38
• Hoang Thuy Nam, Col., 393–394, 433, 457, 616
• Hohler, Henry A.F., 611, 698–700
• Home, Lord Alexander F.D., 268–269, 727–728
• Honolulu Conference, 732n, 739
  • Accounts of, 740–744
  • Decision to hold, 679–680
  • McGarr’s report on, 749–750
  • Official summary of, 739–740
  • Report to the NSC on, 746–747
• Hood, Lord Samuel, 35, 36, 611n, 726, 733
• Horgan, Rogers B:, 191, 195, 548, 567, 680n
• Howe, James W., 169, 380, 390
• Huyen Dinh La, 49
• Huynh Van Diem, 444
• India, 33, 568, 669
  • Geneva Accords, U.S. disengagement from, 191–195
  • ICC activities, 361, 399
  • Neutrality of,544-546
  • U.S. assistance to, 669–670
  • U.S. troop deployment in Vietnam, 192, 193–194, 540–541
  • Vietnam, Democratic Republic of, relationship with, 549, 671, 681, 723
• Indonesia, 482, 594, 621
• Interagency lunch group, 321n, 462
• Interdepartmental Task Force on Vietnam, 114–115, 134
• International conference on Vietnam, possible, 549, 563, 573, 594, 631
  • Cease-fire precondition, 64–65, 601–603
  • Indian position, 549, 567–568, 581, 594
  • U.K. position, 581, 594
  • U.S. position, 574, 580–582
• International Control Commission (ICC), 53, 125n
  • Investigations in Vietnam, 192–193, 361
  • Jorden Report presented to, 393, 609
  • Murder of Col. Nam, investigation of, 393–394, 616
  • U.S. disengagement from Geneva Accords, 628–629, 645–647
  • U.S. policy, 252–253
  • U.S. troop deployment in Vietnam, notification of, 438–439
  • Vietnamese protests to, 549–550, 636–637
• International Cooperation Administration, U.S. (ICA), 229
• International counter-guerrilla warfare school, 167
• International Monetary Fund (IMF), 170, 214, 226
• International Voluntary Service, 309
• Jacoby, Neil, 179
• Japan, 33
• Jenkins, Alfred LeS., 70–71
• Jenkins, Walter, 610n
• Johnson, Lady Bird, 135
• Johnson, Lyndon B., 13, 172, 179, 541, 586, 610
  • Southeast Asia visit, 68, 77, 84, 99–100, 116, 121, 166
    • Diem, meetings with, 135, 136–139
    • Reports, 147–157
    • Young’s assessments of, 143–146, 147–149
  • U.S. troop deployment in Vietnam, 155, 156
• Johnson, Robert H., 85n, 196, 201n, 228, 231n, 250n, 321, 599, 681n
  • Geneva Accords, U.S. disengagement from, 628–629
  • Kennedy’s U.N. speech, 293–295
  • Laos, 252–254
  • RVNAF force increase, 246–247
  • Taylor Mission, 368–374, 598–601
  • Vietnam, Republic of, 457–462, 639–641, 683–687
  • U.S. troop deployment, 598–599
• Johnson, U. Alexis, 117n, 172, 201n, 242n, 243, 300n, 306n, 314, 375n, 461, 607n, 669n
  • Chinese Nationalists for training of Vietnamese troops, 733–734
  • Counterinsurgency operations, 273n, 310n, 336, 640n, 663n
  • Desai, meeting with, 549–550, 662
  • Ellender’s visit to Vietnam, 696, 697–698
  • Flood relief task force, 436, 442, 459, 533
  • Geneva Accords, U.S. disengagement from, 160n, 718n
  • Military command structure, U.S., 673n, 702, 728n, 732n, 746n
  • Political reform program, U.S., 534n, 676n
  • Presidential Task Force on Vietnam, 74,80
  • Program of Action for Vietnam, 92n, 113
  • Taylor Mission, 172, 343n, 345n, 360n, 427, 430, 440n, 536–537, 558, 572n, 576, 583n, 586, 588, 594, 612, 615n, 619n, 629, 664n, 675, 712n
  • U.S. troop deployment in Vietnam, 206, 550n, 578
  • Vietnam, Democratic Republic of, U.S. military action against, 231–233
• Joint Action Program, 227n, 270, 274, 285, 287
  • Diem’s acceptance of, 220, 225–226 ,
  • Kennedy’s letter to Diem, 260–267
  • Outline of, 212–214
  • Special Financial Group letter, 221–223
  • U.S.-Vietnamese discussions on, 269–273
• Joint Chiefs of Staff, U.S. (JCS), 67, 70–71, 455, 465n, 543, 715
  • Counterinsurgency operations, 283–284
  • Military assistance to Vietnam, 66–67, 182
  • Military command structure in Vietnam, 589–590, 652–655
  • RVNAF force levels, 126–128, 237, 258
  • SEATO military involvement in Vietnam, 330–332
  • U.S. troop deployment in Vietnam, 118–119, 463, 543–544, 551, 559
• Joint military survey of the provinces, 473, 532
  • Initiation of, 712, 751
  • Objectives of, 426, 428
  • Proposal for, 440, 480, 492, 510, 566, 592
  • Province Chief problem addressed by, 455, 495–496
  • Survey teams, 444–445
• Joint U.S.-Japan Committee on Trade and Economic Affairs, 464n
• Jones, Roger W., 47n
• Jorden, William J., 282, 295–296, 310–314, 361, 380, 511–516
• Jorden Report on Communist activities in Vietnam, 282, 393, 594, 609
  • Allied consultation, 725–726
  • Declassification of material for, 128–129, 142
  • Publication, 338, 344, 361, 364, 556, 575, 582, 676, 725–726
  • Strategy for use of, 314–315
  • U.K. position, 587–588, 726
  • Vietnamese assistance for, 295–296
  • Writing of, 295–296
• “Jungle Jim” air units, 339, 343, 366–367, 420, 741, 754
• Junk Force, 108, 141, 234, 284, 365–366
• Kennedy, John F., 13, 21, 64, 72, 157, 214, 231n, 250n, 474n, 609, 661 [Page 776]
  • China, People’s Republic of, possible involvement in Vietnam, 578, 607
  • Communist insurgency, 173, 298, 304
  • Counterinsurgency operations, 17, 18, 29, 61, 663, 664n
  • Diem, communications with, 14–15, 18, 69, 81, 99, 121, 128, 136–138, 164, 199–200, 260–267
  • International conference on Vietnam, possible, 580, 601, 603
  • Johnson’s Southeast Asia visit, 84, 135, 166
  • Joint Action Program, 260–267
  • Khrushchev, relationship with, 158n, 603, 636–638
  • Lansdale as advisor to Diem, 688n, 719n
  • Laotian situation, 243, 252, 254, 545, 546, 604
  • Military command structure, V.S., 604, 673, 756, 766
  • Nehru, meetings with, 540, 544–546
  • RVNAF force increase, 14, 15n, 174, 198–200
  • Special Financial Group, 179, 259
  • Taylor Mission, 255, 256, 343n, 345–346, 362–363, 443, 465
  • Report, 532–533, 538, 576–578, 586, 593, 603–604, 612, 615–618, 675–676, 706n, 712–713, 716, 717, 724, 736–738
  • Thuan, meeting with, 171, 172–174
  • U.N. speech, 293–295, 299–300, 308
  • Vietnam, Democratic Republic of, U.S. military action against, 253–254
  • Vietnam, Republic of, 129–130, 173,200, 363n, 647
    • Presidential task force on, 18–19, 74
    • Program of Action, 82, 83, 91, 121, 131, 132–134
    • U.S. troop deployment in, 362–363, 430n, 538, 573, 595, 605
• Kennedy, Robert F., 243n, 577, 594, 687n
• Kent, Col. J.R., 236
• Khanh. See Nguyen Khanh, Brig. Gen. Khrushchev, Nikita S., 158, 215, 293–294, 299, 478, 603, 636–638
• Kien, Tuong, 49
• Kleine, Hermen, 179
• Komer, Robert W., 73n, 85–86, 123–124, 234–236
• Kong Le, 93, 126n, 413
• Krapf, Franz, 194
• Ky Quam Liem, Lt. Col., 45
• Labouisse, Henry R., 261, 265
• Ladejinsky, Wolf, 19, 33, 37, 190
• Landis, James, 77
• Lansdale, Brig. Gen. Edward G., 17, 18, 19, 72, 78, 114, 228
  • Diem, relationship with, 20–24, 432, 511, 687–688, 719n
  • RVNAF force increase, 236–240
  • Special Financial Group, 179, 180–181, 189–190
  • Taylor Mission, 343n, 380, 389, 411–416, 418–423, 522–532, 675–676
  • Thuan, relationship with, 171, 529–530
  • Vietnam, Democratic Republic of, U.S. military action against, 421–422
  • Vietnam, Republic of, 17–18, 118
    • Coup, possible, 25n, 764
    • Government, U.S. advisers to, 418–420, 522–523, 527
    • Presidential task force, 74, 78, 80
    • Program of Action, 92, 113, 116, 121
    • Visit to, 12, 13, 14, 20–21
• Lao Dong Party, 637
• Laos, 34, 78n, 257, 454
  • Communist infiltration, 57, 65, 94–95, 184, 243, 296–298, 302, 304–305, 311, 327, 329, 335, 406, 432, 482
  • Communist victory in, possible impact of, 18, 58, 59–60, 91, 238
  • Coup in, 93, 126n
  • International negotiations reo See Geneva Conference of 1961.
  • Kennedy’s speech to U.N., 299–300
  • Neutral government for, 59, 191, 322, 585
    • Dangers for Vietnam due to, 301–302, 304, 383–384, 545
    • U.S.-Soviet agreement on, 299–300, 475–476, 638
  • Partitioning of, possible, 79, 251, 252–254, 303–304, 327
  • Southeast Asian position on communism in, 59, 411–413
  • Soviet influence in, 303–304
  • Thailand, relationship with, 144–145, 232, 331
  • U.S. military base in, proposed, 243–244
  • U.S. troop deployment in Vietnam, impact of, 551, 552–553, 558–559, 562–563, 571–572, 573, 606, 608
  • Vietnam, Democratic Republic of, policy, 549
  • Vietnamese operations in, 232, 257, 273, 280–282, 312, 422
• Le Duan, 637
• Le Van Kim, Brig. Gen., 395, 397, 398, 530,682
• Le Van Nghiem, Brig. Gen., 682
• Le Van Ty, Lt. Gen., 90, 395n, 530, 753
• Lebanon, 634
• Leddy, John M., 106, 113, 123
• Ledward, R.T.D., 160, 587
• Lemnitzer, Gen. Lyman L., 13, 19, 21, 172, 233, 243n, 300n, 347, 543n
  • Honolulu Conference, 739, 740–741, 746–747, 749
  • Military assistance, U.S., 66–67
  • RVNAF force increase, 126–128
  • SEATO military involvement in Vietnam, 330–332
  • Taylor Mission, 343n, 345n, 427n, 572–573, 591n
  • Vietnam, Republic of, 89–91, 129–130, 425, 534, 764
    • SEATO military involvement, 330–332
    • U.S. military assistance, 66–67, 589, 649, 652–653, 673n, 758–760, 765
    • U.S. troop deployment, 362–363, 430n, 463–464, 558, 577, 590, 608, 610
• Levy, Col. Robert M., 113, 180n, 189n, 236, 380
• Lilienthal, David, 475
• Lindquist, Robert S., 732n
• Lippman, Walter, 194
• Lucet, Charles, 267, 727
• McConaughy, Walter P., 77, 113, 117n, 121, 140n, 205n, 242, 252, 306n, 310, 320n, 577n, 607n, 613–614, 669n, 670, 718n
  • MAAG personnel increase, 160, 191–195
  • RVNAF force increase, 120, 177n, 201
  • Taylor Mission, 583n, 615n, 664n, 668n
  • Thuan-Kennedy meeting, 172–173
  • Vietnam, Republic of, 92n, 114, 171, 407, 436n, 534n
• McCone, John A., 607n
• McCrary, Col. Thomas A., 395
• McDermott, Edward A., 607n
• MacDonald, Malcolm, 267
• McGarr, Lt. Gen. Lionel C., 22, 31, 228, 316, 719
  • ARVN special units, 355–358
  • Communist insurgency, 296–298, 354–355, 448–449
  • Counterinsurgency operations, 61–62, 63 166–167, 208–210, 211, 244–245, 353–354, 447, 450, 700, 710, 753, 757, 767
  • Counterinsurgency Plan, 44–46, 349–352
  • Honolulu Conference, 679, 739, 749–750
  • Lemnitzer, report to, 470–474
  • Lemnitzer’s Saigon visit, 89–91
  • MAAG personnel increase, 129–130
  • McNamara, report to, 446–456
  • Military command structure, U.S., 606, 750, 759–760, 765
  • Nolting’s assessment of, 326–327
  • RVNAF command system, 45, 127, 207–208, 210–211, 448, 452–453, 455,473
  • RVNAF force increase, 126n, 167–168, 212, 348–351, 355, 447
  • Taylor Mission, 360n, 362n, 395, 397, 401–402, 404–406, 431, 453–455
  • Intelligence matters, conference on, 401–402, 404–406
  • Vietnam, Republic of, 24–25, 82, 197,658n, 688n, 753
    • Border control, 38, 405–406, 453–454, 472–473
    • Flood relief task force, 424–426, 454
    • Intelligence system, 401–402, 404–406, 450, 452
    • Joint military survey of the provinces, 426, 455, 473–474
    • Military assistance, U.S., 43–44
    • Presidential Task Force on Vietnam, 78–79
  • Taylor-Diem meeting, excluded from, 426–427
• McGhee, George C., 92n, 242n, 310n, 321, 475, 604, 607n, 612, 614, 661n, 670, 672
• Macmillan, Harold, 64
• McNamara, Robert S., 13, 21, 166n, 362, 539, 543, 656n
  • Counterinsurgency operations in Vietnam, 61–63, 283, 329, 330
  • Honolulu Conference, 679–680, 739, 740–741, 742–743
  • RVNAF force increase, 236n, 258
  • Special Financial Group, 180n, 189n
  • Taylor Mission, 343n, 363, 427n, 533, 538–540, 558, 572–573, 586, 603, 609–610, 675
  • Vietnam, Republic of, 74, 92n, 172
    • Coup, possible, 764n ,
    • Flood relief task force, 533, 560
    • Interdepartmental Task Force on Vietnam, 116n
    • U.S. Military command structure in, 589–590, 652, 673n, 702, 720–721, 743, 745–746
    • U.S. troop deployment in, 328, 430n, 551, 552, 559–561, 571, 577–578, 590, 608
      • Helicopter units, 463, 464n
      • International support for, 609–610
      • Position on, 533, 537 -540, 559–561
• Magathan, Wallace C., 728n
• Magsaysay, Ramon, 529
• Maitre Dzu, 410n
• Malaya, 59, 167, 202, 482
• Manach, Etienne M., 64, 727
• Manfull, Melvin L., 648n
• Mansfield, Mike, 467–470
• Mao Tse-tung, 481, 579
• Marshall, Gen. George C., 692
• Martin, Edwin W., 742–744
• Maung Maung, Col., 42
• Meany, George, 77
• Mendenhall, Joseph A., In, 89, 90, 136n, 139n, 285, 327n, 399, 408, 416–417, 428, 431, 658–660
• Menon, Gopala, 53, 193
• Michigan State University, 691
• Military Assistance Advisory Group,
• U.S. (MAAG) (see also McGarr, Lt. Gen. Lionel C.), 38, 90, 190, 266, 358, 423, 453, 455
  • Anti-guerrilla training by, 62–63, 278, 447
  • Counterinsurgency Plan, 42n, 48, 349–350
  • Diem, relations with, 14, 24–25
  • Intelligence activities, 401, 402, 405, 510
  • Intelligence training by, 353, 452
  • Master Training Plan, 318–320, 452–453, 497–498, 648
  • Personnel increase (see also U.S. disengagement under Geneva Accords), 68, 107–108, 125n, 129–130, 174, 191–195
  • Personnel limits, 63, 80
  • Platoon-level role for, 369
  • Reorganization of (see also Military command structure, U.S.), 481, 493
  • Research and development office, 228
  • RVNAF force increase, 51, 167–168, 245
  • Taylor Mission, recommendations, 517–518
  • U.K. assistance with counterinsurgency training, 166–167
  • Vietnam, Republic of, 266, 455
    • Border control, command authority for, 472–473
    • Flood relief task force” plan for, 453
• Military command structure, U.S., 592, 649
  • Air Force headquarters, establishment of, 665–666, 678
  • Commander, selection of, 604, 606, 612, 702, 703, 724, 756, 766
  • COMUS Vietnam, 594, 599, 651, 715, 720, 730
    • Command arrangements and relationships, 655, 722–723
    • Mission and functional responsibilities, 654–655, 721–722
    • State-Defense agreement on, 745–746, 756
  • Defense Department concept of, 720–723
    • State Department response to, 728–730
  • JCS position, 589–590, 652–655
  • Lemnitzer’s assessment of, 758–760
  • McGarr’s assessment of, 750, 759–760, 765
  • Nolting’s assessment of, 731–732, 743–744, 747–749
  • Taylor’s recommendations, 673–674
• Milton, Maj. Gen. Theodore R., 420
• Minh. See Duong Van Minh, Maj. Gen. Moffett, James D., 35
• Montagnards, 229, 373, 399, 445, 752
  • Border control, assistance in, 518–519, 521
  • Communist insurgency, role in, 239, 297, 309–310
• Morocco, 412
• Murrow, Edward R., 83, 586, 609, 641, 761–763
• Mutual Defense Assistance Control Act of 1951, 171
• Nam, Col. See Hoang Thuy Nam, Col.
• National Intelligence Estimates:
  • NIE 14.3/53-61, 282
  • NIE 50-61, 58–61
• National Security Action Memoranda:
  • No. 65, 274
  • No. 104, 362
  • No. 111, 656–657
    • Assessments of, 598–601
    • Draft version, 591–594
    • NSC meeting on, 607–610
• National Security Council, U.S. (NSC):
  • Meetings:
    • Honolulu Conference report, 746–747
    • Program of Action for Vietnam, 82–83, 88, 115n
    • Taylor Mission, 362–363, 607–610
    • U.S. troop deployment in Vietnam, 125
• Negotiated settlement in Vietnam. See International conference on Vietnam, possible.
• Nehru, B.K., 544
• Nehru, Jawaharlal, 160n, 438, 462, 475, 476
  • U.S. visit, 474n, 540–541, 544–546
• Neilson, N. Paul, 641–642
• Neutral and independent Southeast Asia,
• proposal for, 323–325, 701
• New York Times, 704
• New Zealand, 149, 564, 609
• Newsweek, 667, 762
• Ngo Dinh Can, 2, 410, 513
• Ngo Dinh Diem, 159, 268n, 371, 373, 445, 468, 530, 737n
  • ARVN special units, 356, 357
  • Bilateral defense treaty, 316–317, 383,392
  • Cambodia-Vietnam relations, 48–50
  • Confidence in the United States, 17,97, 99–100, 133, 218
  • Counterinsurgency operations, 62–63, 578, 699, 753, 757–758
  • Counterinsurgency Plan, 4, 17, 31, 42n, 47–51, 352
  • Countryside tours, 162, 216–217
  • Desai’s assessment of, 548–549
  • Economic situation, 225–226
  • Elections of 1961, 31–32, 68n, 70–71, 82,91
  • History as leader of Vietnam, 182–184
  • ICC, cooperation with, 549–550
  • Intelligence system, 402, 444, 651
  • Johnson, Lyndon B., meetings with, 135, 136–139
  • Joint Action Program, 212, 214, 220, 224–225, 269–273
  • Lansdale, relationship with, 20, 432, 511, 687–688, 719n
  • Laotian situation, 91, 145, 383–384
  • MAAG, relations with, 14, 24–25
  • Nhu, confidence in, 17–18
  • Philosophy of government, 217–218
  • Political opposition. See Opposition to Diem under Vietnam, Republic of: Political situation.
  • Political situation, 27, 29–30, 36, 48, 70, 416–417, 487
  • Program of Action for Vietnam, 136–138, 407–411, 661, 662, 683–687, 701
  • Research and development activities, 228, 229
  • RVNAF command system, 3, 127, 196, 205, 207–208, 210–211, 432
  • RVNAF force increase, 7, 139, 245, 349, 350
  • Special Financial Group, 137, 179, 225–226
  • Taylor Mission, 343n, 346, 361
    • Meetings with, 391–392, 428–429, 431–433
    • Report:
      • Kennedy, exchange of letters with, 593, 615–618, 712–713, 716, 717, 736–738
      • Negotiations re, 583, 606–607, 642–644, 649–651, 666–668, 676–677, 692–693, 706–707, 708–712
  • U.S. support of, 14–15, 18, 21–22, 25, 26, 327–328
  • Vietnam, Democratic Republic of, Vietnamese offensive against, 279–280
  • Vietnam, Republic of:
    • U.S.economic assistance, 139, 242n, 270–271, 272
    • U.S.troop deployment in, 138n, 145, 377–379, 383–384, 391–392, 429
• Ngo Dinh Luyen, 410, 513
• Ngo Dinh Nhu, 2, 23, 513, 529, 682
  • Anti-U.S. press campaign, 704–706
  • Diem’s confidence in, 17–18
  • Executive board chairman, proposed, 445–446
  • Government control by, possible, 685, 686
  • Lansdale, meeting with, 411–416
  • Taylor Mission, 664, 667
  • Vietnamese-American relations, 689–691
• Ngo Dinh Nhu, Madame, 2, 387, 513, 659, 682, 704
• Ngo Dinh Thuc, 513
• Ngo Trong Hieu, 292
• Nguyen Dinh Thuan, 21, 90, 162, 295, 316, 409, 432, 445, 528, 530
  • ARVN special units, 356, 357
  • Cambodia-Vietnam relations, 56–57, 173
  • Commercial aid program, U.S., 270–271, 286–287
  • Communist insurgency, 53, 173, 305
  • Counterinsurgency Plan, 31, 32, 37–40, 44, 48, 53–54, 230, 352
  • Lansdale’s assessment of, 529–530
  • Rusk, meeting with, 52–57
  • RVNAF force increase, 38, 54–55, 69–70, 169–171, 174, 185–186, 189n, 230, 245
  • RVNAF officer training, 432, 473
  • RVNAF reorganization, 37–38
  • Taylor Mission, 391, 431–432
    • Report implementation, 667, 693
      • Negotiations re, 649–651, 706–707, 708–712
      • Progress on, 750–752
  • Vietnamese-U.S. Military Board, 419–420
  • Washington visit, 68, 164, 168
    • Kennedy, meeting with, 171, 172–174
    • Summary of, 171–172
  • Vietnam, Republic of, 163, 444, 530, 546, 752
    • Economic assistance, U.S., 55–56, 89
    • Economic situation, 38, 171, 286
    • joint Action Program, 272–273, 285–288
    • Joint military survey of the provinces, 445, 751
    • National Internal Security Council, 39–40, 751–752
    • Political situation, 29n, 38–39, 52–53, 70, 272, 445–446
    • Rice shortage, 230–231
  • Nguyen Duc Thang, Col., 530
  • Nguyen Khanh, Brig. Gen., 69, 180, 190, 210, 245
  • Nguyen Ngoc Tho, 49, 335, 339–400, 409, 546
  • Nguyen Thanh Lap, 444
  • Nguyen Van Tham, 32
  • Nhu. See Ngo Dinh Nhu. Nickel, E.J., 128–129
  • Nitze, Paul H., 13, 21, 80, 113, 320n, 321, 325–326, 552, 573, 577n, 607n, 745n
  • Nolting, Frederick E., Jr., 57, 207n, 231n, 326–327, 411n, 755n
    • Appointment as Ambassador, 46–47, 68, 72–73
    • Assassination attempt on, 203–204
    • Bilateral defense treaty, 316–317
    • Communist insurgency, 274–275,333-335, 347n
      • Increase of September-October, 305–306, 309–310, 317–320
    • Counterinsurgency operations, 218–219, 275–279
    • U.K. assistance for, 40n, 166, 698–700
    • Diem, assessments of, 217–218, 327–328
    • Geneva Accords, U.S. disengagement from, 645–647
    • Honolulu Conference, 739, 743–744
    • Johnson Southeast Asia visit, 135,139n, 152n
    • Joint Action Program, 220, 225–227, 266, 269–273, 285–288
    • Laotian situation, 280–282, 301–304, 327, 383–384
    • Military command structure, U.S., 731–732, 743–744, 747–749
    • Replacement of, proposed, 469, 475, 685–686
    • RVNAF command system, 219–220
    • RVNAF force increase, 169–171,185-187, 189n
    • Taylor Mission, 343n, 346, 399–400, 440, 542–543
      • Diem, meetings with, 428, 431
      • Report, implementation of, 583, 611, 618–619, 694
      • Diem, negotiations with, 642–644, 649–651, 666–668, 706–707, 708–712
      • Progress on, 750–752
    • U.S. visit, preparation for, 761–763
    • Vietnam, Democratic Republic of, Vietnamese offensive against, 279–280
    • Vietnam, Republic of, 164, 400
      • Air Force, U.S., headquarters in, 665–666
      • Countryside tours, 162, 216–217
      • Ellender visit, 696–698
      • Flood, 335–336, 406–407
      • Joint military survey of the provinces, 444–445, 751
      • “Jungle Jim” air units, 366–367
      • Program of Action, 87–88
      • U.K. assistance, 175–176
      • U.S. commercial aid program, 270, 286–287, 289–291
      • U.S. economic assistance, 271, 272
      • U.S. troop deployment, 163, 384–386, 456–457
  • Northwest Frontier Force (see also Ranger units), 624, 712, 715, 752
    • Initial proposal for, 428, 441, 453
    • Mission, 520–522, 523
  • Nu, V, 595–596, 612n, 613, 694
  • Nuclear weapons, 538n, 544
  • Operation Millpond, 78n
  • Ormsby-Gore, Sir David, 587–588, 613, 668, 733
  • Owen, Henry, 216
  • Pakistan, 280, 609
  • Palmer, Gen. Williston B., 43
  • Parker, Maj. Gen. T.W., 321, 740–741
  • Parsons, J. Graham, 13–14, 15n, 19–20, 32n, 40n
  • Pathet Lao, 58, 65, 232
  • Peck, Edward, 267
  • Personalism philosophy, 217, 272
  • Peterson, Avery F., 241n
  • Pezzullo, Lawrence, 669n
  • Pham Huy Quat, 692
  • Pham Khac Suu, 387
  • Pham Ngoc Thach, 671, 680–681, 723
  • Pham Van Dong, Col., 682
  • Phan Quang Dan, 387
  • Philippines, 64, 102, 149, 609
  • Phoumi Nosavan, Gen., 191, 252, 253, 281, 314, 413
  • Pinay, Antoine, 49
  • Poland, 361, 393, 594
  • Presidential Program for Vietnam, 140–143
  • Presidential Task Force on Vietnam (see also Program of’ Action To Prevent Communist Domination of South Vietnam), 18–19, 74–80, 87, 115–123
  • Prisoners of war. See Communist prisoners.
  • Program of Action To Prevent Communist Domination of South Vietnam (see also Southeast Asia Politico-Military Plan):
    • Assessments of, 84–88, 131–132
    • Communications activities, 110–111
    • Diem’s acceptance of, 136–138
    • Diem’s confidence in the U.S., focus on, 97, 99–100, 133
    • Economic objectives, 97–98, 102–106, 109–110, 133, 142
    • Funding proposals, 111–113
    • International relations of Vietnam, improvement of, 97, 101–102
    • Kennedy decisions, 132–134
    • Kennedy letter to Diem, 121, 136–138
    • NSC discussion, 82–83, 88
    • Organizational arrangements, 113–115, 116, 133
    • Political objectives, 96–97, 99–101, 102, 133, 140–141
    • Political reforms, 97, 100–101
    • Presidential Program derived from, 140–143
    • Proposed actions, 106–109, 141–142, 133
      • State Department draft, 93–115
      • Task Force discussion of, 115–123
  • Pushkin, Georgi M., 300, 301n, 324, 340
  • Rahman, Tunku Abdel, 56
  • Randall, Clarence, 548
  • Ranger units (see also Northwest Frontier Force), 41, 278, 355–356, 357–358, 445, 472, 480, 518–522
  • Rathjens, George W., 380, 390
  • Redick, Joseph, 21
  • Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces (RVNAF) (see also Air Force and Navy under Vietnam, Republic of; Army of the Republic of, Vietnam), 239, 485, 497
    • Command system:
      • Diem’s control of, 3, 196, 205, 207–208, 219–220, 710
      • Military chain of command, 45, 56, 127, 210–211, 710, 741
      • Parallel U.S. chain of command , proposal, 496, 621–622, 654–655, 721
      • Province Chief problem, 396–397, 448, 455, 472, 487, 495–496, 621
      • U.K. recommendations, 698–700
      • U.S. reform proposals, 504, 535
      • Vietnamese reorganization plans, 3–4
    • Consolidation of services, 37–38
    • Counterinsurgency operations, level of involvement in, 3–4, 10–11, 244–245, 247, 260n
    • Desertion rate, 173–174
    • Diem’s fears of coup, impact of, 755–756
    • Force increase by 20,000, 7, 14, 38, 51, 54–55, 69, 120–121
      • Country Team-MAAG disagreement on, 348–349, 350
      • Funding, 15n, 31, 126–128, 167–171, 174, 177–178, 181, 185–188, 189n, 199–200, 230, 350
      • Implementation of, 203, 212, 237, 247, 348–351, 355, 447
      • For rotation purposes, 10–11, 79
    • Force increase to 200,000, 230, 447
      • JCS position, 237, 258
      • Planning for, 245, 260–261, 264, 270
      • Sufficiency of, questions re, 288–289
      • Taylor Mission study, 370, 498
      • U.S. endorsement of, 197–198, 246–247, 260, 264
      • U.S. prerequisites for, 196–197
    • Force increase to 270,000, 139, 223, 258, 264, 488
      • Defense Department study on, 202, 236–240
      • Kennedy position, 198–199, 200
      • Rationale, 202–203, 237–240
      • Vietnamese request for, 164, 173, 174
    • Indigenous trainers for, 453, 473
    • Logistic support for, 378–379
    • MAAG training program, 452–453, 497–498
    • Mobility issue, 480, 496, 566
    • Offensive orientation, program to develop, 495–499
    • Officer training, 432, 473
    • Political Commissar System, 69–70
    • Taylor Mission Report recommendations, 503–505
    • U.S. combat unit for training of, 376–378
• Rice, Edmund, 755n Rice, Edward E., 40n Robinson, Jim, 704
• Rostow, Walt W., 13n, 16, 37, 68–69, 80n, 135, 201–203, 207n, 244–246, 248, 252, 321, 411n, 412, 544, 607n, 614, 671, 673n, 719
  • Berlin crisis, relation to Vietnam, 214–216
  • China, People’s Republic of, possible involvement in Vietnam, 578–579
  • Communist insurgency, 195–196, 298–299, 406, 661–662
  • Counterinsurgency operations, 61–63, 122, 196, 234, 353, 465
  • Defoliants used for, 639, 640n, 642, 663n
  • Diem’s replacement, contingency plan for, 661, 662
  • Geneva Accords, U.S. disengagement from, 71, 628
  • Guerrilla war as legitimate war, 662–663
  • International conference on Vietnam, possible, 601–603
  • Joint Action Program, 260–261
  • Jorden Report, 314–315
  • Kennedy U.N. speech, 293, 299–300
  • Nolting as Ambassador to Vietnam, 47, 72–73
  • RVNAF force increase, 201n, 246, 260–261
  • Special Financial Group, 259–260
  • Taylor Mission, 343n, 360n, 368, 389, 477n, 576, 588, 619n
    • Diem, meetings with, 391–392, 428, 431
    • Intelligence matters, conference on, 403, 404, 405
    • Subjects for exploration, 256–257
    • Vietnam, Democratic Republic of, U.S. military action against, 192, 231–233, 381–382
    • Vietnam, Republic of, 72, 74, 172, 228, 240–241, 315, 573, 647–649, 675,676n
      • Flood relief task force, 457n, 533
      • Political situation, 157–158, 755–756
      • Program of Action for, 85, 113, 131–132
      • Status report, 647–649
      • U.S. troop deployment in, 117–118, 119, 120, 206–207, 573–575, 577, 598
• Roux, Jacques, 267
• Royal Laotian Army (FAL), 243
• Ruff, Samuel O., 64
• Rusk, Dean, 13, 34, 117n, 166, 233n, 324n, 362, 543n, 548
  • Counterinsurgency operations, 663–664
  • Geneva Accords, U.S. disengagement from, 160n, 718n
  • International conference on Vietnam, possible, 567–568, 580
  • Kennedy letter to Diem, 14–15, 18
  • Laotian situation, 253, 322, 585, 608
  • Military command structure, U.S., 673n, 720, 745–746
  • Nehru visit, 541, 544
  • Press conferences, 124, 638–639
  • RVNAF force increase, 197, 288–289
  • Senate testimony, 241–242
  • Taylor Mission, 343n, 536, 557–558
    • Report, implementation of, 603, 607, 629
      • Allies, consultations with, 584–585, 587–588, 611n, 668–669, 727–728
      • Diem, U.S. negotiations with, 583
      • Kennedy administration meetings, 572–573, 586, 588, 675
      • Kennedy-Diem exchange of letters, 615n, 712n
  • Thuan, meetings with, 52–57, 172
  • Vietnam, Democratic Republic of, U.S.
    • military action against, 608, 613
  • Vietnam, Republic of, 274, 359, 688n
    • Political situation, 267–269, 670, 681
    • Program of Action for, 87, 92
    • U.S. diplomatic personnel in, 18, 19–20, 326n
    • U.S. economic assistance, 55–56
    • U.S. military assistance, 394–395
    • U.S. troop deployment, 125, 206, 430, 577, 672
      • Burmese concerns, 694–696
      • Cost, 254–255
      • France, discussion with, 584–585
      • International support for, 608, 609
      • Position on, 464, 550–552
  • Russell, J.W., 267
  • Russell, Adm. James S., 71
  • Russell, Richard B., 577
  • Saigon Mai, 49–50
  • Saigon Trade Fair of 1962, 111, 174
  • Salans, Carl F., 718n
  • Salinger, Pierre, 636n, 679n
  • Sarit, Thanarat, 143–145, 281
  • Schlesinger, Arthur M., Jr., 295n, 322n
  • Sects. See specific names.
  • Senate, U.S., 241–242, 467–470
  • Shepard, Tazewell T., 687n
  • Sheppard, William, 113
  • Sibley, Brig. Gen. Alden K., 45, 168
  • Sihanouk, Prince Norodom, 36, 49–50, 173, 268, 439, 549
  • Silver, Warren, 230, 262n, 439, 648n
  • Smith, Bromley, 198–199, 457n, 591n, 607n, 681n, 724n
  • Smith, David R., 380, 390
  • Smith, Stephen, 135, 152n
  • Smith, Walter Bedell, 490
  • Sorenson, Theodore C., 84–85, 607n
  • Sorenson, Thomas C., 74, 113, 641n
  • Souphanouvong, Prince, 65, 568
  • Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty (Manila Pact), 96
  • Southeast Asia Politico-Military Plan, 125, 216, 224–225, 248, 250–251, 252, 268n
  • Southeast Asia Treaty Organization SEATO):
    • Council meeting, 34, 60–61, 64
    • Military intervention in Vietnam, possible, 96, 124, 159, 317, 344, 564, 572
      • U.K. position, 344, 625
      • U.S. contingency planning for, 330–332, 336–337, 340–342, 624–625
    • Plan 5, 243, 315, 331, 574
    • Plan 5 Plus, 336, 337n, 339, 340
    • U.S. troop deployment in Vietnam, notification of, 438–439
  • Souvanna Phouma, Prince, 304, 384, 413, 568, 606
  • Soviet Union, 215, 321, 323, 341, 474, 565, 572
    • International conference on Vietnam, interest in, 580–582, 594
    • Laotian situation, 300n, 303–304
    • Southeast Asia, role in, 293–295
    • U.S. troop deployment in Vietnam, notification of, 565, 572
    • Vietnam, Democratic Republic of:
      • Relations with, 301n, 567
      • U.S. military action against, 195, 382
  • Special Action Program. See Joint Action Program.
  • Special Financial Group (SFG), 137, 151, 168, 179, 259
    • Diem’s meeting with, 225–226
    • Joint Action Program outline, 212–214
    • Letter to Kennedy and Diem, 221–223
    • Press conference, 180–181
    • Proposal for, 105–106, 109–110, 142, 179
    • Recommendations (see also Joint Action Program), 255n, 256
    • Report, 181, 189–190, 259–260
    • Vietnam visit, 180–181
  • Special Forces, U.S., 62–63, 273, 279, 369, 422
  • Special National Intelligence Estimates:
    • SNIE 10-3-61, 332
    • SNIE 10-4-61, 578–579
  • Staley, Eugene A., 179, 180–181, 213, 221n, 246
  • Staley Financial Group. See Special Financial Group.
  • Steeves, John M., 15n, 40n, 64–65, 231n, 233n, 244, 248, 250–251, 253, 267n, 407, 596
  • Steinhauser, Lt. Col. Thomas C., 380
  • Stevenson, Adlai E., III, 102, 195, 322n
  • Stewart, Charles C.B., 175, 176n
  • Sûreté, 444, 620, 648
  • Swezey, Anthony C., 241n
  • Talbot, Phillips, 544, 548, 567
  • Tanham, George, 439, 461
  • Taylor, Gen. Maxwell D. (see also Taylor Mission to Southeast Asia), 78n, 185, 207n, 383n, 411, 442, 444n, 656n, 681n
    • Communist insurgency, 298, 304–305
    • Counterinsurgency measures, 314, 336–337, 699
    • Geneva Conference of 1961, 248–249
    • Laos, 243–244
    • Military command structure, U.S., 649, 652n, 673–674, 728
    • RVNAF force increase, 203, 223, 236
    • Southeast Asia Politico-Military Plan, 216, 224–225, 248
    • Vietnam, Democratic Republic of, U.S. military action against, 224, 231–233, 381
    • Vietnam, Republic of:
      • SEATO military involvement, 336–337
      • U.K. advisory mission, 300–301
      • U.S. troop deployment, 337, 456n, 555, 569, 573n, 577–578
  • Taylor Mission to Southeast Asia:
    • Countryside tour, 416
    • Diem, meetings with, 391–392, 428–429, 431–433
    • Embassy in Vietnam, instructions to, 360–362
    • Instructions for, 343–344, 345–346, 360–362
    • Intelligence matters, conference on, 401–406
    • Members of, 343n, 380
    • Minh, meeting with, 395–398
    • Nhu’s assessment of, 691
    • Press coverage, 361–362
    • Psychological impact in Vietnam, 412
    • Public announcement of, 343n
    • Recommendations of (see also Report below ), 428–430, 440–442, 443, 465
      • McGarr’s analysis of, 453–455
      • State Department position, 461
    • Report (see also Recommendations of above):
      • Assets of the Republic of Vietnam, 488–489
      • Communist strategy, evaluation of, 481–486
      • Cottrell’s memorandum, 505–511
      • Cover letter, 477–479
      • Crisis of confidence in Vietnam, 486–488, 512–513
      • Discussions on, 532–534, 537
      • Economic assistance recommendations, 481, 500–501, 516
      • General conclusions, 479
      • Implementation, 611, 694
      • Administration meetings on, 572–573, 576–578, 586, 588, 675–676
      • Allies, U.S. consultations with, 584–585, 587–588, 611n, 613, 727–728
      • Diem, U.S. negotiations with, 583, 606–607, 642–644, 649–651, 666–668, 676–677, 692–693, 706–707, 708–712, 743
      • INR study, 619–628
      • Kennedy-Diem exchange of letters, 593, 615–618, 644, 712–713, 716, 717, 736–738
      • Kennedy’s queries on, 603–604
      • Legal study, 629–635
      • National Security Action Memorandum on, 591–594, 598–601, 607–610, 656–657
      • Progress on, 718, 724, 750–752, 754
      • State Department program for, 561–565, 569–573, 575, 587–588, 611n, 613, 668–669, 727–728
      • U.S. press coverage, 664–665, 670, 751
      • U.S.-Vietnam Memorandum of Understanding, 713–716
      • Vietnamese anticipation of, 618–619
      • Vietnamese mobilization program for, 565–566, 571, 593, 617
      • Vietnamese press campaign against, 644n, 666–667, 670, 689–690, 704–706
      • Washington-based management of, 612, 725
    • Jorden’s memorandum, 511–516
    • Kennedy administration meetings on, 557–558
    • Lansdale’s memorandum, 522–532
    • McNamara’s assessment of, 538–540
    • Military assistance and MAAG recommendations re, 517–518
    • Military Committee report, 503–505
    • Political situation, analysis of, 511–516
    • Ranger units for border control, 480, 518–522
    • Strategy:
      • Economic recommendations, 500–501
      • Flood relief task force, 501–502
      • Offensive orientation for the military, 489, 495–499
      • Quick response to the crisis, 489, 490–491
      • Research and development activities, 489, 499–500
      • U.S. advisers in Vietnamese Government, 489, 493–495
      • U.S. military reserve, raising of, 503
      • U.S.-Vietnamese partnership, 489, 491–494
    • Sub-limited war proposal:
      • “Human defoliation” project, 522–524, 531
      • Operations task force, 526–527
      • Rationale for, 524–525
      • U.S. advisers in Vietnamese Government, 522–523, 527
      • U.5.-Vietnamese military encadrements, 525, 526–528
    • Taylor’s recommendations, 479–481
    • U.S. assistance programs, recommendations re, 505–509
  • Return to Washington, 477n
  • Subjects for exploration, 256–257
    • Economic, 370–371, 390
    • Military, 365–367, 368–370, 376–379, 389–390
    • Political-social-psychological, 364–365, 371–374, 388
    • Unconventional warfare, 389–390, 418–423
    • U.S. troop deployment in Vietnam, 362–363, 376–379
  • Taylor’s reports from Vietnam, 427–430
  • Tho, meeting with, 399–400
• Templer, Field Marshal Sir Gerald, 300–301
• Thailand, 59, 64, 125, 215, 281, 609, 625
  • Communist strategy for, 304, 482
  • Defense budget, 143–144
  • Foreign policy, 322–323
  • Laos and, 144–145, 232, 331
  • Taylor Mission visit to, 257, 478
  • U.S. assistance, 232, 249, 251, 255
• Tho. See Nguyen Ngoc Tho.
• Thoi Bao, 664n, 666, 670, 705
• Thompson, Robert G.K., 176n, 196, 268, 300–301, 315, 367, 578, 698–700, 755, 765
• Thuan. See Nguyen Dinh Thuan.
• Tiao Somsanith, Prince, 126n
• Time magazine, 667, 751
• Timmes, Gen. Charles, 401
• Tito, Josip Broz, 119
• Togoland, 374
• Toussaint, Paul A. 713n
• Tran Chanh Thanh, 169, 285, 287
• Tran Dinh De, 456
• Tran Kim Tuyen, 295
• Tran Qui Buu, 410n
• Tran Tam, 295
• Tran Thien Khiem, Col., 530
• Tran Van Chuong, 32–34, 64–65, 669–670
• Tran Van Dinh, 410
• Tran Van Do, 456
• Tran Van Don, Gen., 397, 530
• Tran Van Minh, Gen., 530, 752
• Tran Van Tho, 335, 689, 704, 704–705
• Trapnell, Lt. Gen. Thomas J.H., 62, 66
• Treasury, U.S. Department of, 93n
• Trimble, William C., 439
• Troop deployment, U.S. See U.S. troop deployment under Vietnam, Republic of.
• Trueheart, William C., 611, 700, 737–738
• Truong Vinh Le, 409
• Tubby, Roger W., 679n
• Ty. See Le Van Ty, Lt. Gen.
• Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. See Soviet Union.
• United Arab Republic, 594
• United Kingdom (see alsoUK. subheadings nder other othersubjects), 64, 125n, 254, 564
• United Nations, 475
  • Charter, 634–635
  • Kennedy speech to, 293–295, 299–300, 308
  • Observers in Vietnam, 96, 101–102, 122, 315, 341, 338–339, 341–342, 361, 475
  • U.S. troop deployment in Vietnam, notification of, 438–439
  • Vietnam situation addressed in, 203, 315, 321, 341–342
• U.S. Information Agency (USIA), 761–763
• U.S. Operations Mission (USOM), 265–266, 510, 691, 703, 761
• U.S. troop deployment in Vietnam. See under Vietnam, Republic of. Usher, Richard E., 241n, 267n
• Van Fleet, Gen. James A., 651
• Viet Congo. See Communist insurgency in Vietnam.
• Vietnam, Democratic Republic of (DRV), 93, 549, 579, 581
  • China, People’s Republic of, relations with, 550, 567
  • Communist infiltration from, 596–597, 661–662
  • Goal, 52–53, 93
  • India, meetings with, 671, 681, 723
  • Military capabilities, 7, 8, 238
  • Situation in, 18, 148, 173
  • Soviet Union, relations with, 301n, 567
  • U.S. military policy, 192, 224, 254, 466, 672
    • Contingency plan for, 232, 253–254, 608, 613
    • Lansdale’s proposals, 421–422
    • Legal considerations, 634–635
    • Naval and air harassment, 253, 381–382, 465–466
    • Naval blockade, 233–234
    • Soviet-Chinese reactions to, 195, 382
    • Warnings of, 251, 539
• Vietnam, Republic of, 39, 105, 361n, 402, 417, 648, 692, 711
  • Agriculture, 104–105, 373
  • Air Force, 307–308, 420
  • Berlin crisis, relation to, 214–216, 227n, 234, 249
  • Kennedy’s U.N. speech, 293–295
  • Bilateral defense treaty with U.S., 316–317, 383, 392, 509
  • Border control, 41, 79, 86, 118, 315, 331, 445, 523
    • ARVN plans, 405–406
    • Cambodian cooperation, 36, 101, 137, 140–141
    • MAAG command authority, 472–473
    • Montagnards, assistance from, 518–519, 521
    • Photographic and visual. reconnaissance, 308n, 320
    • Political actions, 137, 358, 453–454
    • Ranger units, 41, 355–356, 357–358, 445, 472
    • Taylor Mission recommendations, 480, 518–522
  • Central Intelligence Organization (CIO) (see also Intelligence system below ), 48, 127, 175, 220, 353, 366, 372, 399, 402, 444, 452, 492, 495
  • Civil Guard, 3, 7, 15n, 278, 307, 313, 366, 397, 399, 737n
    • Build-up, 265, 743
    • Creation, 349, 691
    • Military control, 9, 447, 452
    • Training by Chinese Nationalists, 432, 733–734
    • Training program, U.S., 370, 452–453, 498, 592, 600, 741
    • U.S. military assistance, 67, 108, 141
  • Confidence-building program, U.S., 429, 431, 441
  • Countryside, U.S. observation of, 155, 156, 162, 216–217, 416
  • Coup, possible, 19, 25n, 59, 417, 764
    • Diem fear of, 753, 755–756
    • Harriman assessment of, 363–364
    • Military plotting, 681–683, 707–708
    • Nolting assessment of, 707–708
    • Political reforms, 627–628
    • U.S. contingency plan, 131, 683–687
  • Crises of confidence, 427, 433–434, 457, 542, 618
    • Taylor Mission analysis of, 486–488, 512–513
  • Defoliant use in, 432
    • Counterinsurgency operations, 315, 319, 369, 639–642, 649, 663–664, 735–736, 749, 767–768
    • Development of, 228, 229
  • Economic situation, 4–5, 286, 488
    • Communist insurgency, impact on, 399–400
    • Piastre devaluation, 54, 109, 285, 291n
    • Piastre-dollar exchange rate, 214, 225–226, 261, 263
    • Taxation, 5, 34, 38, 54, 109, 171, 214
    • Taylor Mission study of, 370–371, 390
  • Elections of 1961, 8, 31–32, 50, 68n, 70–71, 82, 91
  • Flooding in:
    • Damage, 335–336
    • Economic impact, 433, 647
    • Government relief efforts, 346–347, 365, 387, 400, 424, 444, 613
    • Initial reports, 335–336
    • U.S. relief efforts, 424–425, 436, 460–462, 560, 584, 592
    • Allied cooperation, 437–438
    • Flood relief task force, 406–407, 426, 442, 454, 458–460
    • Taylor Mission recommendations, 428–429, 441, 480, 501–502
  • Free world assistance, 148–149
  • Government change in Vietnam, U.S. contingency plans for, 407–411, 661, 662, 683–687
  • “Human defoliation” project, 523–524, 531
  • Intelligence system (see also Central Intelligence Organization above), 4, 312, 450, 455
    • ARVN capabilities, 401–404
    • Reorganization, 444, 480, 565–566, 592, 651
    • Taylor Mission recommendations, 401–406, 428, 440
  • Land reforms, 33, 42
  • Leadership change in Vietnam, U.S. contingency plans for, 407–411, 661, 662, 683–687
  • Military budget, 5, 109
  • Military encadrements, 525, 526–528
  • National Assembly, 39, 50, 157, 214, 387, 456, 513
  • National Emergency Council, 512, 515, 535, 546–547
  • National Internal Security Council (NISC), 22, 352, 508
    • Meetings, 751–752
    • Provincial-level councils, 50–51
    • Reactivation of, 709, 714
    • Reforms, 39–40, 411, 658
  • Navy, 488, 499, 741
  • “Partnership of the United States and Vietnam” concept (see also Taylor Mission to Southeast Asia: Report: Implementation), 489, 491–494
  • Phuoc Thanh, Communist capture of, 305–306
  • Plaine des lonces, battle of, 230
  • Police forces, 620–621
  • Political communications program, 102–103
  • Political reform program, U.S., 630
  • National Emergency Council, 512, 515, 535, 546–547
  • Organizational reforms, 658–659
  • Popular support for Diem, focus on, 494–495, 659–660, 668
  • U.S. advisers in Vietnamese Government, 565, 592
    • Diem’s attitude toward, 709–710, 711–712
    • Purpose of, 418–420, 493–494, 515–516
    • Sub-limited war proposal and, 522–523, 527
    • Taylor Mission Report recommendations, 480, 489, 493–494
    • U.S. clarification of intentions, 676–677
    • U.S. pressures on Diem, effectiveness of, 534–535, 546–547
    • U.S.-Vietnamese understanding re, 715–716
  • Political reforms, 48, 619
    • Communication between government and people, 102–103
    • Communist insurgency as obstacle to, 52–53
    • As condition for increased U.S. assistance, 385–388
    • Coup averted through, 627–628
    • Democratic reforms, 26–27
    • Diem’s announcement of, 29–30, 36, 70
    • Educated classes, focus on, 387–388, 659–660
    • Executive board proposal, 445–446
    • Minh’s position on, 396–397
    • Opposition parties, creation of, 23, 364–365, 388
    • Popular demand for, 513–514
    • Popular support for Diem, 154–155, 157, 235–236, 271–272, 387
    • Press coverage of National Assembly, 39, 50
    • Program of Action for Vietnam, 97, 100–101
    • Progress on, 30, 38–39, 245–246
    • Province-level focus, 627–628
    • Taylor Mission Report recommendations, 515–516
    • U.S. policy, 8, 27–28, 35, 364–365, 411
    • Political situation, 21, 153, 338, 396, 417, 487, 513, 527
      • Cochin-Chinese absent from government, 268, 269
      • Criticism of Diem by Vietnamese officials, 618–619
      • Defections, 153–154
      • Leadership change, U.S. contingency plans for, 407–411, 661, 662, 683–687
      • Opposition to Diem, 2, 22–23, 27–28, 154, 508
      • Overthrow of Diem, possible means of, 416–417
      • State of emergency, 392, 397
      • Taylor Mission Report analysis of, 511–516
    • Psychological operations, 531–532
    • Radio-TV broadcasts from Vietnam, 373–374, 420
    • Research and development activities, 142, 228–229, 317–320, 390, 423, 489, 499–500
    • Rice shortage, 230–231, 371
    • Road construction, 105, 371
    • Rural Reconstruction Teams, 494
    • Self Defense Corps, 307, 397, 399, 448
      • Build-up of, 265, 743
      • Training by Chinese Nationalists, 432, 531, 648, 724, 733–734
      • Training program, U.S., 370, 592, 600, 741
      • Training under MAAG supervision, 366, 452–453
    • State of Emergency, 392, 397
    • Task Force Teams for rural areas, 103–104, 109
    • U.K. assistance, 175–176, 732–733
    • U.S. commercial aid program, 213–214, 261–262
      • Level of supporting assistance, 226, 289–291
      • U.S.-Vietnamese discussions, 270–271, 286–287
    • U.S. diplomats in, 156–157, 203–204, 219, 275
    • U.S. economic assistance (see also Commercial aid program, U.S.; Joint Action Program), 139, 648
      • Buy American policy, 54, 55, 89
      • Long-range development program, 55–56, 104–105, 123, 133, 14 2, 164, 213, 262, 266
      • Program of Action recommendations, 111–113, 156, 648
      • Taylor Mission recommendations, 481, 500–501, 516
    • U.S. military assistance (see also Military Assistance Advisory Group, U.S.), 113, 139, 156, 435
      • Air lift equipment, 592, 600, 652
      • Aircraft, 394–395, 431, 435
      • Civil Guard, support for, 67, 108, 141
      • Felt’s recommendations, 434–436
      • Increase, U.S. proposal for, 82–83
      • JCS recommendations, 66–67
      • “Jungle Jim” air units, 339, 343, 366–367n, 420, 741, 754
      • Radar surveillance equipment, 108, 141
      • Successes of, 182–184
      • Taylor Mission recommendations, 517–518
      • Witholding of, possible, 43–44
    • U.S. troop deployment, 96, 117–118, 119, 125, 141, 145, 328, 337, 377, 400, 508, 539, 571, 575, 591, 615n, 662
      • Alternatives, 551, 563–564, 569
      • Ball position, 547–548
      • Bilateral arrangement, 106–107, 133, 158–159
      • Burmese position, 595–596
      • U.S. response to, 694–696
      • Chinese position, 117, 193, 194, 248, 283
      • Combat engineer battalions, 377–378
      • Combat troops used for training, 163, 376–378
      • Cost, 254–255
      • Deterrent to DRV aggression, 206–207
      • Diem position, 138n, 145, 383–384, 391–392, 429
      • External attacks, used against, 86, 384–385
      • Forces from other nations, 564, 570, 572
      • French position, 584–585
      • Helicopter units, 431, 461–462, 463–464, 496, 542
      • Indian position, 192, 193–194, 540–541
      • Vietnam, Republic of-Continued
      • U.S. troop deployment-Continued
      • International bodies, notification of, 438–439
      • International law and, 634–635
      • International position, 145, 609–610
      • JCS position, 118–119, 463, 543–544, 551
      • Johnson position, 155, 156
      • Kennedy position, 547–548, 607–608
      • Laotian situation, impact on, 551, 552–553, 558–559, 562–563, 571–572, 573, 606, 608
      • Legal measures for. See U.S. disengagement under Geneva Accords.
      • Legal study, 629–635
      • Limited combat units, 605–606
      • Logistic units, 378–379, 380
      • McNamara position, 533, 537, 538–540, 559–561
      • Mansfield position, 467–470
      • Maximum forces required, 539, 551, 560, 562
      • Non-combat forces (see also Flood relief task force under Flooding in above ), 626–627
      • “Possible outcomes” study, 552–555
      • Preconditions for Diem, 385, 437
      • Preliminary studies, 133, 328
      • Prepositioning of troops in Pacific areas, 590, 591
      • Psychological effect, 392, 556–557
      • Public announcements, 556–557
      • Rusk position, 464, 550–552
      • Senate, U.S., position, 467–470
      • 17th parallel, placement on, 565, 570, 573–575
      • Southeast Asian leaders attitude toward, 145
      • Soviets, notification of, 565, 572
      • State Department program for, 561–565
        • Assessments of, 569–573, 575
        • Kennedy administration meetings on, 576–578
      • Taylor Mission:
        • Instructions, 362–363, 376–379
        • Recommendations, 428–430, 441, 465, 481, 490–491
      • Timetable for, 490–491
      • U.S. commitment, 556, 559–561, 564, 598–599
      • U.S. “presence,” establishment of, 124, 344
      • U.S. public response to, 610, 672
      • Vietnamese support fOf, 141, 456–457, 528
      • Warning to Communists re, 551–552, 556–557
    • U.S.-Vietnamese Military Board, 419–420
    • Village alarm system, 229, 371
    • Village council elections, 50
• Vo Nguyen Giap, Gen., 53
• Vo Van Hai, 410
• Voss, Earl, 664
• Vu Quoc Thuc, 180, 213, 221n, 457
• Vu Van Mau, 667
• Vu Van Thai, 665, 682
• Vui Van Luong, 39
• Wade, Robert H.B., 233n
• Washington Evening Star, 664
• Washington Post, 665, 670
• Weil, T. Eliot, 680n
• Weiss, Seymore, 121, 122
• Wheeler, Lt. Gen. Earle G., 591n, 749n
• White, Byron R., 607n
• White, Gen. Isaac D., 31
• White, Ivan B., 35
• White paper on Vietnam. See Jorden Report on Communist activities in Vietnam.
• Wiggin, C.D., 35
• Williams, Haydn, 122, 306n, 434
• Williams, Gen. Samuel T., 687
• Wilson, Donald, 343n, 373, 641n, 679n, 763
• Wood, Chalmers B., 15n, 19n,. 32n, 35, 40n, 64, 160n, 172, 187n, 201, 205n, 230, 231n, 262n, 288n, 306n, 346n, 353, 394n, 534n, 584, 669n, 680n, 725, 735n
  • Communist insurgency in Vietnam, 195–197, 596–597
  • Taylor Mission, 364–367
  • Vietnam, Republic of:
    • Flood relief task force, 436–440, 459
    • Interdepartmental Task Force, 114, 134
• Y, Col., 48, 353, 366
• Young, Kenneth, 18, 80, 87, 117, 118, 120, 121, 166, 167, 255, 302
• Johnson’s Southeast Asia visit, 143–146, 147–149
• Yugoslavia, 594