10. Editorial Note

An undated talking paper, published in United States-Vietnam Relations, 1945-1967, Book 12, pages 428-439, was prepared for a briefing of President Kennedy by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Lemnitzer, scheduled for January 9, 1962. Neither President Kennedyʼs log nor General Lemnitzerʼs appointment book indicates that the two met on January 9 on the subject of South Vietnam. They did meet on January 6, but the subject at that meeting was Laos.