Index

• Abrams, Gen. Creighton, 553, 555n , 570n
• Acheson, David C., 752–753
• Acheson, Dean G., 399, 532, 534
• Adermann, C. F., 44
• Aiken, George D., 371n , 387, 388, 398
• Aldrich, George H., 364n , 451–459, 505n , 851n
• Alexander, Clifford L., 276–277
• Alphand, Herve, 119, 121, 332–333
• Alsop, Joseph, 518
• Anand Panyarachun, 701
• Anderson, Robert, 162n
• ANZUS Treaty Organization:
  • Council meeting of 1964, 5–6
  • Council meeting of 1965, 6–8, 11–13
  • Council meeting of 1966, 36
  • Council meeting of 1967, 53–56
  • Council meeting of 1968, 112–114
  • Malaysia and Singapore defense issue, 70–71, 81
  • Mutual defense obligations, 3, 5
  • Security consultations, 114
  • Vietnam War, 12
• Arends, Leslie C., 123
• Arun Panupong, 807
• Asian and Pacific Council (ASPAC), 190
• Asian Development Bank, 145, 146, 165, 231
  • Capitalization of, 177–178, 205
  • Charter negotiations, 170–172
  • Concessional loan fund, 225–226
  • Inauguration of governors, 204
  • Prek Thnot Dam project, 206–207, 224, 225
• Asian regional institutions, 190–192
• Askew, Laurin B., 115
• Association of Southeast Asia (ASA), 191
• Australia (see also ANZUS Treaty Organization; U.K. withdrawal from East of Suez):
  • Asian relations, 35, 58–59
  • Cambodia:
    • Border disputes with Thailand and RVN, 448–450, 512–513
    • Cambodian-Australian relations, 418
  • Cambodian-U.S. relations and, 379–382, 435–437, 440–443, 466–468, 480–482
  • China, relations with, 2, 61
  • Cliffordʼs meetings with Gorton, 98–101
  • Gortonʼs performance as Prime Minister, 102
  • Gortonʼs U.S. visit, 92–101
  • Harrimanʼs meetings with Menzies, 17–18
  • Holtʼs U.S. visits, 30–35, 43, 57–63
  • Indonesia, relations with, 3
  • Interest equalization tax, 58, 61, 62–63, 64–65
  • Johnson-Holt correspondence, 20–22, 64–69
  • Johnsonʼs address to Australian Cabinet following Holtʼs death, 86–89
  • Johnsonʼs meetings with Gorton, 92–98, 520n , 521–525
  • Johnsonʼs meetings with Hasluck, 4–5, 76–78
  • Johnsonʼs meetings with Holt, 31n , 43, 44–47, 57–63
  • Johnsonʼs meetings with Menzies, 1–3
  • Johnsonʼs visits, 44–47, 86–89
  • McNamaraʼs meetings with Hasluck, 28–30, 72–76
  • McNamaraʼs meetings with Holt, 31–35
  • Prek Thnot Dam project in Cambodia, 207
  • Ruskʼs meetings with Gorton, 90–92
  • Ruskʼs meetings with Hasluck, 22–24, 69–72
  • Ruskʼs meetings with Holt, 60–61
  • Southeast Asia role, policy on, 103
  • Southeast Asia Treaty Organization, 168, 169, 192
  • Trade with U.S., 3, 5, 59, 61, 63, 64
  • U.S. Defense procurement from, 101
  • Viet Cong/NVA use of Cambodia, intelligence role re, 521–525
  • Vietnam War involvement, 2, 4–5, 13–14, 18–19, 20–22, 35, 47, 48–49, 58, 65, 66, 67–68, 74, 91
    • Johnsonʼs criticism of Australian effort, 76–78
  • Vietnam War policy, 17
• Australia-New Zealand-United States (ANZUS) Pact. See ANZUS Treaty Organization.
• Ayub Khan, Mohammad, 4
• Bacon, Ruth E., 183n , 187n , 229n
• Ball, George W., 31n , 32, 138, 152n , 238n , 256, 308, 355, 395n , 400, 668, 687n
  • Burma, 248
  • Cambodian-U.S. relations:
    • Bowles-Nong Kimny talks, 408
    • Congressional visits to Cambodia, 409
    • “Fresh ideas” program, 403–406
    • Presidential emissary proposal, 407–409
  • Southeast Asia Treaty Organization, 162–164
  • U.S./ARVN operations against VC/NVA forces in Cambodia:
    • JCS program for interdiction, 383–384
    • Johnsonʼs communications with Sihanouk re, 378–379
    • Self-defense measures, 356–358
  • Viet Cong/NVA use of Cambodia, ICC actions re, 369–370, 404, 408
  • Vietnam War, SEATO policy toward, 162–164
• Barbis, George M., 650
• Barbour, Robert E., 415
• Barnes, C. F., 44
• Barnett, Robert W., 64n , 76, 183n , 188, 201n , 222n , 859
• Barr, Joseph W., 177–178, 225–226
• Bator, Francis M., 152n , 170–172
• Beaumarchais, Jacques de, 297
• Bell, David E., 152, 170, 171, 613, 664n
• Bellman, Murray J., 527n
• Bennett, 527n , 552n , 562n , 565n , 569n
• Bennett, Josiah W., 206
• Berger, Samuel D., 19n , 49, 238–239, 249–252, 253n , 391n , 403n , 648n , 781, 798–799
• Bergesen, Alf E., 337
• Bhumibol Adulyadej, King of Thailand, 592, 684, 799, 845
  • Johnsonʼs meetings with, 777–779
  • Thai communist insurgency, 662–664
• Bhutto, Zulfikar Ali, 142, 167, 170
• Black, Cyril E., 194
• Black, Eugene R., 372
  • Asian Development Bank, 165
    • Capitalization of, 177, 178, 205
    • Charter negotiations, 170–172
    • Concessional loan fund, 226
  • Cambodia visit, 539–546, 565
  • Presidential emissary to Cambodia proposal, 398, 400, 405, 407–409, 410, 411–412
  • Southeast Asia economic development program:
    • Blackʼs appointment to, 152
    • Blackʼs meetings with Asian leaders, 179–180, 204–205, 230–231
    • Blackʼs progress report, 164–166
    • Prek Thnot Dam project, 179–180, 198–199, 200, 205, 224
  • Southeast Asian Educational Organization, 205, 207n
• Blair, William McC., Jr., 427, 428
• Blakers, G. E., 32, 34
• Blau, Clarence, 201
• Blouin, Rear Adm. F. J., 166n , 579–581
• Boggs, Hale, 123
• Bohlen, Charles E., 139n , 295, 319–321, 752
• Bonsal, Phillip W., 334n , 339, 341, 342n
• Boonchoo, Marshal, 671
• Bo Setkya, 248
• Bowles, Chester (see also Bowles Mission to Cambodia under Cambodian-U.S. relations), 399, 563
  • Bowles-Nong Kimny talks, 342–343, 405, 408, 410, 411–414
  • Cambodian-U.S. reconciliation issue, 510–511
• Bradley, Gen. Omar, 128, 130, 136
• Brooke, Edward, 443, 532
• Brooks, Sir Norman, 13
• Brower, Carleton C., 104n , 106n
• Brown, George, 50–53, 55, 56, 61, 64, 218, 449
• Brown, Winthrop G., 106n , 107, 110, 112, 114n , 530–536, 887, 893
• Bruce, David K. E., 162n , 181
• Bryant, Farris, 44
• Buffum, William B., 302n , 304n , 306n , 308n , 312n , 314n
• Bullitt, John C., 249n , 819, 821, 847
• Bunchana Atthakor, 597, 840, 863, 866, 870, 872
• Bunche, Ralph, 150
• Bundy, McGeorge, 4n , 123, 152n , 164n , 166n , 172n , 173n , 270, 276, 351, 355, 356n , 579n , 597n , 611n , 613, 614, 637, 645n , 664n
  • Australia, 13–14
  • Burma, 235–236
  • Cambodian neutrality issue, 264, 382
  • Cambodian-U.S. relations, 341, 349–350
  • Southeast Asia economic development program, 143, 146, 149–150, 158
  • U.S./ARVN operations against VC/NVA forces in Cambodia, 294, 347–348, 349
  • U.S. military presence in Thailand, 573
  • Vietnam War, 13–14, 135–138
• Bundy, William P., 1n , 4, 6n , 11n , 36, 43, 49, 53, 64n , 69, 86n , 106n , 107n , 112, 124, 139n , 160n , 162n , 176, 191, 203, 278n , 281n , 286n , 302n , 306n , 333n , 334n , 340n , 342n , 355, 356n , 369n , 377n , 394n , 427, 435n , 450n , 451, 466n , 480n , 495n , 505n , 512n , 521n , 525n , 541n , 563n , 565n , 579n , 597n , 601n , 636, 672, 683, 685, 712n , 715n , 739n , 740n , 743n , 749n , 764n , 774n , 819, 823n , 825n , 832n , 836n , 840n , 842n , 870, 872, 873
  • Australia, 60–61
  • Burma, 238, 249
  • Cambodia, 298, 360, 392, 448, 449n , 839
  • Cambodian neutrality issue, 345–347
  • Cambodian-U.S. relations, 296, 316, 317, 321, 329–330, 389–391, 440–442, 443
  • Neutralization of Southeast Asia, 194–197
  • Southeast Asia economic development program, 206–207
  • Southeast Asia Treaty Organization, 116, 117, 140–142, 183–184
    • Vietnam War policy, 10, 140–142, 163
  • Thai counterinsurgency program, 780–782, 846, 853
    • Helicopters for, 674–675, 757
  • Thai troop contribution to Vietnam War, 759–760, 787
    • U.S. military assistance to Thailand and, 642–643
  • Thailand, 575, 600, 612, 637, 852, 854, 857–860, 698, 700
    • Praphatʼs possible government takeover, 790–793
    • Ruskʼs meetings with Thanom, 851–854
    • Thanomʼs U.S. visit, 790, 791–792
    • U.S.-Thai relations, 625–626
  • U.K. withdrawal from East of Suez, 23–24, 95–98, 113
  • U.S./ARVN operations against VC/NVA forces in Cambodia, 358–360, 364–365, 519–521, 562–563
  • U.S. covert financial involvement in Thai elections, 650–651, 655n , 656, 781, 849, 892–893, 901–903
  • U.S. military assistance to Thailand, 632–633, 674–683
    • Delivery of equipment, 755–756
    • Fiscal year 1965 add-ons, 620, 624n , 625–626
    • Fiscal year 1967 program, 697–700
    • Fiscal year 1968 program, 755, 756
    • Political stability in Thailand and, 790–791, 792–793
    • U.S.-Thai relations and, 625–626, 645–646
  • U.S. military presence in Thailand, 813
    • Base occupancy and land cost arrangements, 581–583, 757–760, 853, 899
    • B–52 bombing campaigns originating from Thailand, 754–757, 760
    • Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA), 759, 776, 839–840, 851–852
  • Viet Cong/NVA use of Cambodia, 390–391, 522–525, 553
  • Vietnam War, 136
    • Cambodian conference as possible means of initiating settlement, 345–347
    • SEATO policy toward, 10, 140–142, 163
    • U.S.-Thai discussions re, 611–612, 613, 852–853
• Bunker, Ellsworth, 470, 492, 514–518, 519, 520, 524, 525
• Bunting, Edward J., 32
• Bunting, Sir John, 43, 44, 62n
• Burchinal, Lt. Gen. David A., 598–599
• Burdett, William C., 256
• Burke, John R., 525n , 851n
• Burma, 679
  • China, relations with, 240, 241, 244, 249–251, 253–254
  • Domestic and foreign policies, 236–238, 240, 241, 245–246, 249–251
  • Insurgency problem, 250–251, 253–254
  • Ne Winʼs mistrust of U.S., 234–235, 243–244
  • Ne Winʼs U.S. visit, 238–248
  • U.S. economic assistance, 244, 249–252
  • U.S. military assistance, 235–236, 244–245
• Bury, L. H. E., 44
• Butler, Richard A., 281, 286–287
• Byrne, Patricia M., 304n , 308n , 314n
• Byroade, Henry A., 234–238, 242–247
• Cambodia (see also Cambodian neutrality issue; Cambodian-U.S. relations; Cambodiaʼs seizure of U.S. landing craft; Khmer Serei; U.S./ARVN operations against VC/NVA forces in Cambodia; Viet Cong/NVA use of Cambodia), 16, 69, 89, 418, 679, 839
  • Border control program by UN, proposed, 303, 304–307, 314–316, 327–328, 330–332, 355–356, 360
  • Border disputes with Thailand and RVN, 268–269, 297–298, 299, 320, 401–402, 416, 504
    • Australian recognition of Cambodiaʼs borders, 512–513
    • Intelligence reports on, 547–549
    • U.S. declaration on Cambodiaʼs territorial integrity, proposed, 448–451, 505–507, 513, 546
  • China, relations with, 329–330, 351, 363, 417–418, 508
  • Domestic situation, 310–311, 418, 425–426
  • DʼOrlandiʼs meeting with Sihanouk, 400–403
  • DRV, relations with, 276, 278, 392–393, 448, 450, 508
  • Foreign policy, 361–364, 426
  • France, relations with, 311, 361–362, 363, 418
  • Prek Thnot Dam project, 179–180, 198–204, 205, 206–207, 222–225
  • Southeast Asia Treaty Organization, 169
  • Soviet Union, relations with, 363, 417
  • Vietnamese threat, 363, 548
• Cambodian neutrality issue:
  • Geneva conference proposal, 255–257, 267, 276–277, 283, 285, 286, 287, 304, 382–383
  • Intelligence reports on, 361–364
  • Quadripartite conference proposal, 260–266, 269–270, 277–278, 283–285, 286, 287, 292, 298–299
  • RVN position, 258–259, 282
  • Sihanoukʼs motives in advocating neutrality, 267–269, 288–289
  • Sihanoukʼs postponement of action, 293–294, 295
  • Thai position, 259, 282
  • U.S.-French consultations, 297–300
  • U.S. position, 281–285, 290n , 299
  • U.S.-Soviet consultations, 291–293
  • U.S.-U.K. consultations, 255–257, 281–287, 293–294, 344–345
  • Vietnam War negotiations at possible Cambodian conference, 345–347
• Cambodian Study Group, 444–447, 464–465, 550
• Cambodian-U.S. relations (see also Cambodiaʼs seizure of U.S. landing craft), 311–312, 394
  • Australian role in, 379–382, 435–437, 440–443, 466–468, 480–482
  • Blackʼs visit to Cambodia, 231, 539–546, 565
  • Bohlenʼs meeting with Sihanouk, 319–321
  • Bonsal-Son Sann talks, 334–336, 338–339
  • Bowles Mission to Cambodia, 496–503-505, 507–511, 523, 524
  • Bowles-Nong Kimny talks, 342–343, 405, 408, 410, 411–414
  • Break in relations, 333–334, 349
  • Complexity of, 534–536
  • Congressional visits to Cambodia, 371–372, 387–389, 398, 409, 410–411
  • “Custodian” for Cambodian Embassy in Washington, 554–555
  • Demonstrations at U.S. Embassy, 271–276
  • French involvement, 332–333
  • “Fresh ideas” program, 395–400, 403–406
  • Harrimanʼs proposed meeting with Sihanouk, 412–413, 416–417, 418
  • Intermediary channel to Sihanouk, 316–319, 329–330
  • Johnsonʼs letter to Sihanouk, 557–558, 563–564, 565–566
  • Kidderʼs appointment as Ambassador, 323–324
  • Mansfieldʼs assessment of, 371–372
  • Nong Kimnyʼs departure from U.S., 277–279
  • Opposition figures, U.S. contacts with, 350
  • Presidential emissary proposal, 389–391, 398–399, 400, 405, 407–409, 410, 411–412
  • Press coverage of Sihanouk in U.S., 325
  • Reconciliation issue, 413, 414, 421–422, 427, 428, 437, 502–503, 510–511, 515, 525–527, 560–561
  • SEACOORD recommendations, 514–516
  • Sihanoukʼs letter-to-the-editor, 341
  • Sihanoukʼs press interview, 495–496
  • Sihanouk visit to U.S., proposed, 296
  • Status report of December, 1964, 337–340
  • U.S. administrative responsibility for matters relating to Cambodia, 516
  • U.S. mission staff reductions, 336–337
• Cambodiaʼs seizure of U.S. landing craft, 552, 555, 569
  • Blackʼs visit to Cambodia and, 231, 539–540, 543, 544, 545, 546
  • Diplomatic measures to achieve release of personnel, 530–534, 536, 537, 563n
  • Release of personnel, 557–558, 563–564, 565n
  • U.S. position statement to Cambodia, 527–530
• Canada, 206–207
• Cannon, Howard, 126
• Caplan, Benjamin, 178
• Carter, Albert E., 650
• Carter, Gen. Marshall S., 613
• Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), 129, 232, 233, 253n , 310n , 425n , 431n , 484n , 553, 686n , 717n
  • Thai communist insurgency, 649–650, 695, 696–697, 868n , 879–881
  • Thai political scene in 1968, 905–914
• Chamnan Yuwabun, 695, 835, 844–845, 910
• Chantrea incident, 279–280, 283, 294–295
• Chan Youran, 271
• Charles, Prince of Wales, 86n
• Chau Seng, 271, 275
• Chen Yi, 614, 657, 764
• China, Peopleʼs Republic of, 4, 7, 41, 360, 657
  • Australia, relations with, 2, 61
  • Burma, relations with, 240, 241, 244, 249–251, 253–254
  • Cambodia, relations with, 329–330, 351, 363, 417–418, 508
  • Communist victory in Vietnam scenarios, 679–680
  • Neutralization of Southeast Asia, 195–196
  • Soviet Southeast Asia policy and, 173, 175
  • Vietnam War, 127, 130–131
• China, Republic of, 7
• Chitti Nawisathien, Gen., 589, 605, 608
• Chou En-lai, 237
• Christian, George, 470n , 473, 495n , 520n , 521, 536n , 541, 761
• Church, Frank, 128
• Clarac, Achille, 115, 170
• Clark, Edward, 44, 48–49, 62n , 86n , 89
• Clay, Lucius DuB., 130, 136
• Cleveland, J. Harlan, 150, 152n , 302–303, 304n , 306n , 308–310, 314n , 327n
• Clifford, Clark M., 66, 67, 68, 232, 520n , 541, 902
  • Australia, 98–101
  • Cambodiaʼs seizure of U.S. landing craft, 537, 552
  • Thai communist insurgency, 863
  • Thai counterinsurgency program, 863–864
  • Thailand, 860–866, 801n
  • Thai troop contribution to Vietnam War, 780, 862
  • U.K. withdrawal from East of Suez, 98–101
  • U.S./ARVN operations against VC/NVA forces in Cambodia, 477–478, 563
  • U.S. military assistance to Thailand, 861, 864
  • U.S. military presence in Thailand, 864–865
  • Viet Cong/NVA use of Cambodia, 536
  • Vietnam War, 861–862
• Clough, Ralph, 249n
• Cobb, J. O., 83–84
• Cohen, Louis A., 851n
• Colby, William E., 592, 613, 650–651, 695, 798–799
• Coleman, John C., 64n
• Colm, Peter W., 229n
• Commonwealth Prime Ministers conference (1964), 4
• Communist insurgency in Thailand. See Thai communist insurgency.
• Congress, U.S.:
  • Asian Development Bank, 178
  • Cambodian-U.S. relations, 371–372, 387–389, 398, 409, 410–411
  • Foreign Assistance Appropriations Act for FY 1967, 199, 200, 223, 224
  • Neutralization of Southeast Asia, 194, 196–198
  • Southeast Asian Educational Organization, 207n
  • Southeast Asia Treaty Organization, 219
  • U.S. military assistance to Thailand, 697n , 719, 720
  • U.S. military presence in Thailand, 776–777
  • Vietnam War, 126–128
• Conlon, Thomas F., 1n , 6, 8n , 11n , 18, 19n , 22, 379
• Conner, John T., 152n
• Cooper, Chester L., 146–148, 152n , 340n , 350n , 664–668
• Cooper, Frank, 49
• Corcoran, Thomas J., 330n , 334n , 342n , 527n , 530n , 534n , 541, 552n , 562n , 563n , 565n , 569n
• Corner, Frank H., 108, 109, 110–111, 112
• Correia, 327
• Couve de Murville, Maurice, 115–116, 118, 119, 121, 139n , 283, 287, 308, 415, 416
• Cambodian neutrality issue, 297–300
• Cowherd, Col. Robert M., 519n
• Creel, Robert C., 140n
• Cronk, E. M., 44, 497
• Crook, William H., 95
• Cuthell, David C., 1n , 11n , 650
• Dakleow Susilvorn, Capt., 628
• Daniel Boone reconnaissance operations. See under U.S./ARVN operations against VC/NVA forces in Cambodia.
• Dauge (French), 557–558, 565n
• Davis, Richard, 162n
• Dawee Chulasapya, Marshal, 118, 587, 589, 629, 737, 811, 882, 917–918
  • Thai counterinsurgency program, 628–630, 634
  • Thailand, 599
    • McNamaraʼs meetings with Dawee, 628–631, 746–747
    • Praphatʼs possible government takeover, 790, 791, 794, 796, 798–801
  • Thai troop contribution to Vietnam War, 815
  • U.S. military assistance to Thailand, 629, 630–631, 644
  • U.S. military presence in Thailand, 577, 578, 580, 608
• De Gaulle, Charles, 17, 131, 258, 295, 297, 298, 416, 418, 703
• De Silva, Peer, 670, 695, 765–766, 773, 782–785
• Dean, Lt. Gen. Fred M., 1n
• Dean, Sir Patrick, 344
• Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), 232, 233, 253n , 352, 553, 574, 686n
• Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV). See Vietnam, Democratic Republic of.
• Denney, George F., 425n
• Denny, George C., Jr., 433–434, 780n , 893n
• Depuy, Bill, 523–524, 553
• Deschamps, Noel St. Charles, 381, 417–419, 439–443, 449, 468, 531, 534
• Devine, James B., 840n , 851n , 860
• Dexter, John B., 8n , 342n , 636n
• Diem. See Ngo Dinh Diem.
• Dirksen, Everett M., 123, 127
• Dobrynin, Anatoliy F., 291–293, 294, 372–373, 408, 495
• DʼOrlandi (Italian), 401–403
• Drachnik, Capt. J. B., 579n , 628
• Duke, Angier Biddle, 95, 521n
• Dulles, John Foster, 703, 716
• Economic and social development in Southeast Asia. See Southeast Asia economic development program.
• Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East (ECAFE), 143, 148, 150–151, 154, 191, 222
• Edminister, David, 870, 872
• Eisenhower, Dwight D., 123, 128
• Eisenhower, Mamie, 240n
• Emrick, Maj. Gen. P. S., 602n
• Enthoven, Alain, 690, 710, 753n
• Evans, Allan, 650, 780n , 893n
• Evenou, Adm., 117
• Ewing, Richard T., 222n , 238n , 240n , 364n , 383n , 435n , 439n , 448–450
• Fairbairn, David, 44
• Fairhall, Allen, 38, 41, 42, 44, 90
• Falk, Richard A., 194
• Feldman, Mark B., 451n
• Feldman, Meyer, 392n
• Felt, Adm. Harry D., 573n , 591–592, 594, 596, 599
• Flickinger, D.C., 594n
• Flowerree, Charles C., 206, 569n
• Fluker, Robert J., 688–689
• Forrestal, Michael V., 136, 262n , 264, 327n
  • U.S./ARVN operations against VC/NVA forces in Cambodia, 279–280, 294–295
  • U.S. military presence in Thailand, 573, 579
• Fortas, Abe, 477, 520n
• Fowler, Henry, 65, 170, 171, 177n , 204
• Fox, Eric L., 334n
• France, 703, 704
  • Cambodia, 207, 330, 416
    • Cambodian-French relations, 311, 361–362, 363, 418
  • Cambodian neutrality issue, 259, 297–300
  • Cambodian-U.S. relations and, 332–333
  • Southeast Asia Treaty Organization, 115–122, 123, 139–140, 142, 166, 169, 170, 227, 230
  • U.S./ARVN operations against VC/NVA forces in Cambodia, 308, 415–416
• Francis, Al, 623
• Freeman, Orville, 2, 108, 152n
• Friedman, Al, 622
• Fuey Ungphakorn, 144
• Fukunaga, Kenji, 203
• Fulbright, J. William, 194, 196, 222, 387, 698, 872
  • Thai government, criticism of, 699–700, 702, 703, 714, 715, 724
• Furlonger, Robert W., 14, 18–20, 66, 112, 381
• Gandhi, Indira, 493, 510
• Garthoff, Raymond L., 293
• Gaud, William S., 200, 222n , 614, 615, 687n , 761, 774, 819
• Geneva Agreements (1954), 393
• Germany, Federal Republic of, 13
• Gillet, Robert, 297
• Gilmore (U.K.), 448, 449
• Gleysteen, William, 249n
• Glick, B. G., 569n
• Godley, G. McMurtrie, 562n , 563n , 569n , 783, 849n , 885, 894n , 902n , 915n
• Goh (Singapore), 55
• Goldberg, Arthur J., 201, 359
• Goldschmidt, Tex, 150, 151, 164n , 201
• Goldwater, Barry, 132, 133
• Goodwin, 164n
• Gordon, Kermit, 152n
• Gore-Booth, Sir Paul, 41
• Gorton, John G., 44, 90–101, 102, 520n , 521–525
• Graham, James, 555–556, 570
• Grandy, Gen. John, 36
• Great Britain. See United Kingdom.
• Green, Fred, 253n , 425n
• Green, Marshall, 139n , 255–256, 277n , 300, 327n , 330n , 336n , 604–605, 606
• Gromyko, Andrei, 12, 286, 287, 410, 412, 495
• Gruening, Ernest, 128
• Gussing, Niles, 316n
• Habib, Philip C., 448n , 451n , 492n , 523, 557, 780, 823n
  • U.S./ARVN operations against VC/NVA forces in Cambodia, 460–464
• Hadley, William J., 140n
• Halleck, Charles A., 123
• Halls, Michael, 181
• Halperin, Morton, 114n
• Hamilton, William C., 842n , 881n , 894n , 915n
• Hand, Lloyd N., 10
• Hannah, Norman B., 255n , 265n , 269n , 272, 800, 842n , 881n , 885, 892–893, 894n , 915n
• Harkins, Gen. Paul D., 129, 294, 295
• Harriman, W. Averell, 124n , 173, 255n , 258n , 262, 265n , 269n , 272, 387, 399, 451n , 495, 505n , 579n , 600n , 613, 664n , 871
  • Australia, 17–18
  • Burma, 248
  • Cambodia, 276, 416
  • Cambodian-U.S. relations, 334–336, 412–413, 416–417, 418
  • Southeast Asia economic development program, 147, 149
  • Thailand, 659–662, 839–840
  • U.S./ARVN operations against VC/NVA forces in Cambodia, 415–416, 488–490
• Hartman, Arthur A., 868, 873n , 879n
• Hasluck, Paul M. C., 7, 89, 90, 102, 435
  • ANZUS Treaty Organization, 5, 11–12, 36, 53–56, 112–114
  • Australia:
    • Cambodian-U.S. relations and, 379–380, 439–443
    • Johnsonʼs meetings with Hasluck, 4–5, 76–78
    • McNamaraʼs meetings with Hasluck, 28–30, 72–76
    • Ruskʼs meetings with Hasluck, 22–24, 69–72
    • Vietnam War involvement, 74, 76–78
  • Cambodiaʼs seizure of U.S. landing craft, 528, 531–532
  • Malaysia-Indonesia confrontation, 12
  • Southeast Asia Treaty Organization, 169, 217–218
  • U.K. withdrawal from East of Suez, 53–56, 69–74, 79–83, 113
    • Quadripartite discussions, 22–24, 29–30, 36–43, 49–53
  • U.S./ARVN operations against VC/NVA forces in Cambodia, 489
  • Vietnam War, 12, 28, 74–78
• Hayden, Carl, 387
• Heald, Henry, 179
• Healey, Denis, 22–23, 24, 26, 33, 51, 182
• Heath, Edward, 86n
• Helms, Richard M., 444, 471, 473, 520n , 522, 536n , 547, 566n , 656, 687n , 782, 879n , 902
  • Thai communist insurgency, 657–658
• Henty, Denham, 44
• Herbert, Eugene, 825n
• Herz, 512n , 525n
• Hewitt, Cyrus, 95, 98, 101, 521n
• Hickenlooper, Bourke B., 127, 133
• Hicks, Sir Edwin, 28, 30
• Hilsman, Roger, Jr., 258n , 262n , 264, 265n , 269n , 272, 278–279, 572, 573–575, 579n
• Hirschfeld, Thomas J., 272, 277n , 304n , 321n , 334n
• Hitchcox, Wilber W., 214n
• Ho Chi Minh, 46, 220
• Holdridge, 232–233
• Holt, Harold E., 2, 86n
  • Australia, 35, 61
    • Cambodian-U.S. relations and, 435–436, 437n , 441
    • Holtʼs U.S. visits, 30–35, 43, 57–63
    • Johnson-Holt correspondence, 20–22, 64–69
    • Johnsonʼs address to Australian Cabinet following Holtʼs death, 86–89
    • Johnsonʼs meetings with Holt, 31n , 43, 44–47, 57–63
    • McNamaraʼs meetings with Holt, 31–35
    • Ruskʼs meetings with Holt, 60–61
    • Trade with U.S., 61, 63
    • Vietnam War involvement, 19n , 20–22, 35, 47, 48, 66, 77n
  • U.K. withdrawal from East of Suez, 54–55, 57, 60–61, 62
  • Vietnam War, 32–34, 58
    • Australian involvement, 19n , 20–22, 35, 47, 48, 66, 77n
  • Holyoake, Sir Keith, 5n , 21, 86n , 442
    • ANZUS Treaty Organization, 5, 11–12, 36, 53–56, 112–114
    • New Zealand, 10–11, 85,104–111
    • Southeast Asia Treaty Organization, 10, 116, 218, 219
    • U.K. withdrawal from East of Suez, 36–43, 49–56, 113–114
    • Vietnam War, 10–12, 85, 105
• Hong Kong, 61
• Hoopes, Townsend, 617, 635, 775–777
• Hoover, Lawrence, Jr., 825n
• Hughes, Thomas L., 232, 253n , 300–302, 650, 686n , 780, 834–836, 893n
• Hull, Field Marshal Sir Richard Amyatt, 55
• Hulme, A. S., 44
• Humphrey, Hubert H., 34, 123, 387, 388–389, 470n , 659–664, 672
• Huot Sambath, 264, 271, 272n , 273n , 290n , 325
• Hutchin, Lt. Gen., 570n
• Hyland, Adm., 570n
• Ignatius, Paul, 866
• India, 13, 34–35 39–40, 168–169, 207
• Indonesia, 3, 35, 73, 205, 679
  • Malaysia, confrontation with, 12, 40, 167
• Inouye, Daniel, 398
• Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), 98n
• International Control and Supervision Commission (ICC), 303, 390–391, 397, 400, 401, 404, 408, 410, 412, 413, 492–493, 494, 495–496, 499–500, 507, 509–510, 515, 538–539
• Isham, Heyward, 213n
• Ivory Coast, 312, 330–331
• Jackson, Col. H. S., 598n
• Jacobson, Jake, 199n
• Jacobson, Jerome, 1n
• Jantzen, Robert J., 842, 850, 881n , 894n , 915n
• Japan, 29
  • Aid for Southeast Asia, 180, 231
  • Asian stability and, 34–35
  • New Zealand, relations with, 109
  • Southeast Asia economic development program, 165, 199
    • Prek Thnot Dam project in Cambodia, 203–204, 206, 222, 223, 224
• Jessup, Peter, 656
• Johnson, Lyndon B., 48n , 102n , 123, 173n , 295, 514, 520n , 645n , 739n , 779, 795
  • ANZUS Treaty Organization, 5
  • Asian Development Bank,, 170 177, 225
  • Australia, 17
    • Johnson-Holt correspondence, 20–22, 64–69
    • Johnsonʼs address to Australian Cabinet following Holtʼs death, 86–89
    • Johnsonʼs meetings with Gorton, 92–98, 520n , 521–525
    • Johnsonʼs meetings with Hasluck, 4–5, 76–78
    • Johnsonʼs meetings with Holt, 31n , 43, 44–47, 57–63
    • Johnsonʼs meetings with Menzies, 1–3
    • Johnsonʼs visits, 44–47, 86–89
    • Trade with U.S., 5, 64
    • Vietnam War involvement, 4–5, 13, 19n , 20–22, 65, 67–68, 76–78
  • Burma, 235, 236n , 239n , 240, 242, 248
  • Cambodia, 351, 355–356, 400
  • Cambodian-U.S. relations, 341, 371, 394, 411, 495–496
    • Blackʼs visit to Cambodia, 539, 541, 543, 545, 554, 565
    • Congressional visits to Cambodia, 387, 388
    • “Fresh ideas” program, 395, 396, 400n , 403
    • Johnsonʼs letter to Sihanouk, 557–558, 563–564, 565–566
    • Kidderʼs appointment as Ambassador, 323–324
    • Presidential emissary proposal, 389n , 407, 411
    • Reconciliation issue, 421, 428
    • Status report of December, 1964, 337
  • Neutralization of Southeast Asia, 131
  • New Zealand, 10–11, 85, 104–107
  • Southeast Asia economic development program, 149, 152, 164
    • Blackʼs meetings with Asian leaders, 179, 204, 230
    • Prek Thnot Dam project, 198, 199n , 200
    • U.S. Task Force, appointment of, 158–159
  • Southeast Asian Educational Organization, 207n
  • Southeast Asia Treaty Organization, 10, 124, 192, 212, 215–221
  • Thai counterinsurgency program, 859–860
  • Thailand, 600, 659, 794, 859
    • Johnsonʼs correspondence with Thanom, 597–598
    • Johnsonʼs meetings with Bhumibol, 777–779
    • Johnsonʼs meetings with Praphat, 600–601
    • Johnsonʼs meetings with Thanat, 611–613
    • Johnsonʼs meetings with Thanat and Pote, 712–714, 790, 792, 794–795, 801–803
    • Johnsonʼs meetings with Thanom, 737–738, 741–742, 832, 854–860, 870–873
    • Johnsonʼs visit, 741–742
    • Praphatʼs possible government takeover, 785, 795, 796
    • U.S. economic assistance, 600, 612–613
    • U.S.-Thai bilateral military planning, 597–598
  • Thai troop contribution to Vietnam War:
    • Equipping and training concerns, 832, 833, 836, 838
    • Speedup in deployment, 828, 829n , 832, 836, 838
    • 10,000-man commitment, 802–803, 808n , 873
  • U.K. withdrawal from East of Suez, 57, 62, 68, 95
  • U.S./ARVN operations against VC/NVA forces in Cambodia, 355, 492
    • Air strikes, proposed, 471, 472, 473, 476, 477, 478, 488
    • Cambodian villages and civilians as accidental victims, 279, 347–348
    • Johnsonʼs communications with Sihanouk re, 378–379
  • U.S. covert financial involvement in Thai elections, 656n , 902n
  • U.S. military assistance to Thailand, 760, 859
    • Fiscal year 1967 program, 720, 730, 732n , 738
  • Viet Cong/NVA use of Cambodia, 521, 524, 536, 537
  • Vietnam War:
    • Australian involvement, 4–5, 13, 19n , 20–22, 65, 67–68, 76–78
    • Johnson-McGeorge Bundy analysis of, 135–138
    • Johnson-Russell analysis of, 125–134
    • Johnsonʼs views on, 44–47, 219–221
    • Lippmannʼs views on, 138n
    • New Zealand involvement, 10–11, 85
    • Paris peace talks, 858–859, 871
    • SEATO policy toward, 10, 124
    • SEATO Treaty as basis for U.S. air strikes against DRV, 212
    • Summit conference among troop-contributing nations, 68–69
    • U.S.-Thai discussions re, 611–612, 613, 858–859, 871–872
• Johnson, Russell, 413
• Johnson, Tom, 104n , 470n , 473, 520n , 536n , 537n
• Johnson, U. Alexis, 203, 238n , 265n , 277n , 278, 281n , 395n , 403n , 577, 670, 674n , 694n , 704
  • Thailand, 697, 705–709, 713–714
• Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), 9, 552, 569n
  • Thai counterinsurgency program, 733–737
  • Thailand, 594–596, 598–599, 602–604, 607, 609–610
  • Thai troop contribution to Vietnam War, 833
  • U.K. withdrawal from East of Suez, 83–84
  • U.S./ARVN operations against VC/NVA forces in Cambodia, 364
    • Air strikes, proposed, 469, 475, 477
    • Cambodian personnel for, 419–421
    • Daniel Boone reconnaissance operations, 447n , 463
    • JCS program for interdiction, 352–355, 374–377, 383–384, 429–431, 550–551
    • Water-borne infiltration, focus on, 385–386
  • U.S. military assistance to Thailand, 622, 718, 730, 733–737
  • U.S. military presence in Thailand, 573, 581
• Jones, 795–796
• Jones, Jim, 494
• Jones, Marshall P., 336n
• Jones, William G., 314n
• Jorden, William J., 44n , 217n , 417–419, 421n , 450–451, 712n , 796n , 823n
• Kaiser, 181
• Kane, John M., 383n , 392n
• Kantol. See Norodom Kantol.
• Karnow, Stanley, 495
• Katz, Julius L., 64n
• Katzenbach, Nicholas deB., 72n , 100n , 488n , 520n , 527, 879n
  • New Zealand, 104–107
  • Thai counterinsurgency program, U.S. reevaluation of, 846–849, 878–879
  • Thailand, 713–714, 752, 777–779
  • U.S./ARVN operations against VC/NVA forces in Cambodia, 444, 445n , 550
    • Daniel Boone reconnaissance operations, 463, 465, 562
    • Diplomatic measures in support of, 460, 461n
  • Viet Cong/NVA use of Cambodia, 524–525
• Kaul, Triloki Nath, 510
• Kennedy, John F., 136, 193, 593
• Kennedy, Robert F., 100n , 840, 872
• Kent, Sherman, 649–650
• Khanh. See Nguyen Khanh .
• Khmer Serei, 267n , 316, 317, 338, 420
  • Thai-RVN support for, 377–378, 387n , 397–398, 400, 404–405, 904–905
• Khrushchev, Nikita S., 173, 291, 561, 684, 705
• Khuang Aphaiwong, 835, 917
• Kidder, Randolph A., 316, 320, 323–325
• Kimball, John W., 312n , 327n , 330n
• King, Samuel, 95
• Kirnassovsky, Boris Yefimovich, 174
• Kiselyak, Charles A., 206
• Kitchen, Jeffrey C., 8n , 36, 56
• Klausner, Bill, 638
• Knaur, P. R., 579n
• Knorr, Klaus, 194
• Kohler, Foy D., 781
• Komer, Robert W., 19n , 152n , 239n , 276n , 387–389, 394, 600n , 611n , 613, 664n
• Kong Le, Gen., 268
• Konthi Suphamongkhon, 115–118, 124, 712
• Koren, Henry L. T., 256, 258n , 339, 656
• Kotschnig, Walter M., 201n
• Koun Wick, 349n
• Kou Roun, 310
• Kreisburg, Paul H., 194n , 197
• Kriangsak Chomanom, Lt. Gen., 861, 862, 863, 864, 865, 866, 907
• Krit Siwara, Gen., 605, 882
• Kuchel, 123
• Kuhler, 444n
• Kuhn, Commander, 106n
• Ky. See Nguyen Cao Ky.
• Lacey, John A., 451n , 460n , 480n , 492n
• Lakeland, Albert A., 342n
• Laking, G. R., 10, 36, 109, 113–114
• Lang, William E., 743n
• Laos, 118, 128, 168, 299, 366, 567, 679
  • Cambodian neutrality issue, 267–269
  • Soviet policy toward, 174–175, 176–177
  • Thai military intervention. See under Thailand.
• Larking, G.R., 114n
• Lausche, Frank J., 196
• Lawler, Peter J., 44
• Lee Kuan Yew, 23–24, 51, 73, 86n , 191
• LeMay, Gen. Curtis E., 133, 598
• Leonhart, William, 519n , 527n
• Liang Chayakarn, 835
• Lindley, Ernest K., 203, 209
• Lindquist, Robert S., 95
• Linen, James, 238
• Lippmann, Walter, 137–138, 659
• Lodge, Henry Cabot, 128–130, 133, 355, 367, 377, 378
• Loftus, S. A., Jr., 584
• Lon Nol, Gen., 310, 535
• Lopez, Fernando, 117, 121–122
• Lucet, Charles, 415–417
• Macapagal, Diosdado, 193
• MacArthur, Douglas A., 139n , 194n , 196
• McCain, Adm. John S., 555, 566–568, 570–571, 899n
• McCloy, John J., 57n
• McConaughy, Walter, 664
• McCone, John A., 123, 295, 613, 614
  • Cambodian-U.S. relations, 317, 318
• McConnell, Gen., 794, 796
• McCormack, John, 123
• McCown, Gen., 810
• McDonald, David L., 352–355, 419–421
• MacDonald, Ronald, 65n
• McEwen, J., 44, 86, 89, 90
• McKillip, David H., 332n
• McMahon, William, 44, 65, 74
• McNamara, Robert S., 123, 356n , 469n , 520n , 593, 637n , 674n , 697n , 755, 794, 840n
  • Australia, 28–30-35, 72–76
  • Cambodia, 355–356, 496
  • Thai communist insurgency, 629, 657
  • Thai counterinsurgency program, 628–630, 690, 733
  • Thailand, 601n , 796, 807
    • Coup concerns, 609, 610n
    • Laos, military intervention in, 591, 592, 628
    • McNamaraʼs meetings with Dawee, 628–631, 746–747
    • Military forces, 592, 630
    • U.S.-Thai bilateral military planning, 592, 593, 595
  • Thai troop contribution to Vietnam War:
    • Equipping and training concerns, 833–834, 838
    • 10,000-man commitment, 797–798, 802–803, 805n , 806n , 807, 808n , 814, 815n , 816n , 817n , 818n
    • U.S. military assistance to Thailand and, 642–643, 644
  • U.K. withdrawal from East of Suez, 29–30, 72–74, 83
  • U.S./ARVN operations against VC/NVA forces in Cambodia, 355, 364, 385, 419
    • Air strikes, proposed, 470, 471, 475, 476
    • Daniel Boone reconnaissance operations, 464, 465n
    • JCS program for interdiction, 352, 374–377, 383, 429
  • U.S. military assistance to Thailand 629–631, 644, 645n , 733
    • Fiscal year 1965 add-ons, 620, 622, 624
    • Fiscal year 1967 program, 694, 720–725, 730
  • U.S. military presence in Thailand, 627, 753–754, 760n , 775, 777n
  • Vietnam War, 33–34, 74, 126, 129, 132, 133, 136, 138
    • Status reports, 28, 32–34, 75–76
• McNaughton, John T., 28n , 32, 33, 34, 610n , 628, 644, 648n , 687n , 733, 754, 755, 792
  • U.S. military assistance to Thailand, 584, 635, 674, 733
    • Counterinsurgency orientation, 631, 632, 634–635, 644–645
    • Fiscal year 1965 add-ons, 620–621, 626, 634–635
    • Fiscal year 1967 program, 697–698
• Macomber, William B., Jr., 532
• McReynolds, Frances, 14
• Malai Huvanandana, 600
• Malaysia (see also under U.K. withdrawal from East of Suez), 7, 205, 679
  • Indonesia, confrontation with, 12, 40, 167
  • Southeast Asia Treaty Organization, 116–117, 168
• Malik, Adam, 191
• Manacʼh, Etinne Manoel, 557, 558
• Manhard, Philip W., 8n , 139n , 213n
• Mann, Thomas C., 152, 170
• Mansfield, Mike, 123, 127, 131, 135, 246, 399, 495, 532, 536, 537n , 659, 705
  • Cambodian-U.S. relations, 371–372, 378–379, 382, 387
  • Viet Cong/NVA use of Cambodia, 538–539
• Marcos, Ferdinand, 46, 86n , 193, 228, 427, 428
• Marcy, Carl, 196, 197–198, 209n , 410
• Marks, Leonard H., 444, 520n , 664n , 856–857
• Martin, Graham A., 164, 190, 264, 628, 683, 685, 688, 705, 764n
  • Southeast Asia Treaty Organization, 116, 117, 118, 208–209
  • Thai communist insurgency, 613, 614
  • Thai counterinsurgency program, 614–615, 629–630, 639, 661
    • “Czar” for coordination of, 782, 783, 784
    • Helicopters for, 671–673, 674, 757
  • Thailand, 591–592
    • Coup concerns, 573, 575–576
    • Economic situation, 761–763
    • Humphreyʼs visit, 662, 672
    • Johnsonʼs visit, 742n
    • Khmer Serei, support for, 377, 378n
    • Mutual security treaty with U.S., proposed, 698, 711–712
    • Praphatʼs possible government takeover, 786, 790, 791, 796
    • Thanom government, 589–590
    • U.S.-Thai bilateral military planning, 592–593, 614
    • U.S.-Thai relations, 590–591, 608
  • Thai troop contribution to Vietnam War, 642–643, 644
  • U.S. covert financial involvement in Thai elections, 650–652, 656, 781, 887–889, 892–893
  • U.S. military assistance to Thailand, 644, 646, 648n , 756
    • Delivery of equipment, 630–631, 755–756
    • Economic situation in Thailand and, 761–763
    • Fiscal year 1965 add-ons, 634–635
    • Fiscal year 1967 program, 699, 710–712, 718, 722, 726–730
    • Fiscal year 1968 program, 745–749, 756
    • Fiscal year 1969 program, 748, 749, 751n
    • Increased assistance, proposals for, 615, 619
    • Reforms in Thai military required by U.S., 636, 647
    • Reorientation of U.S. policy, need for, 615–618
  • U.S. military presence in Thailand, 627, 661–662
    • B–52 bombing campaigns originating from Thailand, 755–757
    • Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA), 686, 743, 776
    • Support facilities for troops, 618–619
    • Troop deployments for purpose of deterrence, proposed, 577–578, 582, 607–609
• Martin, Paul, 207n , 370
• Meeker, Leonard C., 209–213, 306n , 505–507
• Mekong River Convention (1955), 393
• Mendenhall, Joseph A., 139n , 140n , 160n , 162n , 166n , 314n
• Menzies, Sir Robert G., 1–3, 13–14, 17–18, 77, 87
• Meyer, Maj. Gen. John C., 385–386
• Miki, Takeo, 203
• Miller, Paul M., 1n
• Milton, Gen., 606
• Mobley, J. H., 550n
• Mongkhon Na Nakhon, 657
• Moody, C. G., Jr., 615
• Moore, Jonathan, 621–624, 625n , 650
• Moore, Robert W., 110, 112
• Moorsteen, Richard H., 527n
• Morocco, 308, 312, 330–331
• Morris, Robert J., 11n
• Morse, Wayne, 127–128, 209n , 659, 702, 704, 728–729
• Motono, Moriyuki, 203
• Moyers, Bill, 719, 726
• Murray, Peter, 293
• Narasimhan, 151, 207
• National Intelligence Estimates:
  • NIE 50–68, 232–233
  • NIE 52–66, 686–687
  • NIE 52–68, 868–869
  • NIE 57–56, 425–426
• National Security Action Memoranda:
  • No. 329, 158–159
• National Security Agency (NSA), 232, 233, 253n , 425n , 431n , 484n , 686n , 868n
• National Security Council (NSC), 295
• Nazzaro, Gen., 570n
• Netherlands, 207
• Neubert, J. W., 317
• Neutralization of Southeast Asia (see also Cambodian neutrality issue), 118, 119, 131, 194–198
• Ne Win, Gen., 237
  • Burma, 236n , 238–248
    • Domestic and foreign policies, 236–238, 240, 245–246
    • Ne Winʼs mistrust of U.S., 234–235, 243–244
    • Vietnam War policy, 243
• Ne Win, Madame, 240, 248
• New Zealand (see also ANZUS Treaty Organization; U.K. withdrawal from East of Suez), 35, 109, 582
  • Johnsonʼs meetings with Holyoake, 10–11, 85, 104–107
  • Ruskʼs meetings with Holyoake, 107–111
  • Southeast Asia Treaty Organization, 168, 169, 192
  • Special treatment from U.S., expectation of, 110–111
  • Trade with U.S., 85, 105–106, 108–109
  • U.S. defense procurement from, 106–107, 110
  • Vietnam War involvement, 7, 10–11, 85, 105
• Ngo Dinh Diem, 129, 320, 362–363
• Nguyen Cao Ky, 378, 401, 418
• Nguyen Khanh, 123, 132, 258, 281, 285
• Nguyen Van Thieu, 86n
• Nhiek Tioulong, Gen., 508, 511
• Niblock, Thomas C., 160n , 222n
• Nitze, Paul H., 111n , 495, 550, 559, 861, 865, 866, 902
• Nixon, Richard M., 131, 132, 133
• Nkrumah, Kwame, 18
• Noble, Marshall H., 213n
• Nong Kimny, 262, 324, 511, 527, 563n
  • Bowles-Nong Kimny talks, 342–343, 405, 408, 410, 411–414
  • Cambodiaʼs seizure of U.S. landing craft, 528, 529, 532
  • Departure from U.S., 277–279
• Norodom Kantol, 381n
• Norodom Phurissia, 557n , 558n
• North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), 703, 716
• Nu, U, 246
• Nuclear proliferation, 13, 39–40, 91–92
• Nuechterlein, Donald E., 72, 78n , 98
• Nyun, U, 143
• Ochs, 337
• Ohn Khin, U, 244
• Opium production, 752–753
• Ormsby-Gore, Sir David, 256–257, 293–294
• Orwat, Gen., 873
• Outlaw, Col., 776
• Owen, William M., 701
• Pakistan, 4, 207
  • Southeast Asia Treaty Organization, 139, 142, 166, 167, 168–169, 170, 227, 230
• Paliser, Michael, 181
• Paranjpe, 509
• Park Chung Hee, 86n
• Peace Corps, 613
• Pearson, Lester B., 150, 492, 495
• Pedersen, 151
• Pell, Claiborne, 398
• Penn Nouth, 532, 557
• Perkin, Graham, 65n
• Perry, Douglas R., 440n , 460n , 463n , 492n , 512n
• Peters, Charlotte, 329
• Petty, John R., 859, 870
• Phan Huy Quat, 116, 121, 281, 285, 346
• Phayom Chulanond, 657
• Phibun Songkhram, 605
• Philippines, 170, 193, 228, 230
• Phillips, Richard I., 203
• Phoumi Nosavan, Gen., 118, 599
• Phra Pi Montham, 910
• Pichai Kunlawanit, 882
• Pickering, Laurence G., 124, 573n , 597n , 600, 604n , 606n , 613, 625n , 628, 636n , 642n , 651, 715n , 749n , 777n
  • Thailand visit and report, 637–642
  • Thai Working Group report, 764–773
• Pinckney, 337
• Plimpton, Francis T. P., 150–151
• Plimsoll, Sir James, 24, 28, 54, 112, 442
• Poats, Rutherford M., 143, 152n , 153n , 160n , 183n , 200, 201n , 761, 873
• Pompidou, Georges, 118
• Pont, James K., 31
• Pote Sarasin, 589, 648n , 792, 807, 712, 737, 740, 781, 786, 859, 870, 872, 882
  • Thailand, 799, 801n , 807
    • Johnsonʼs meetings with Thanat and Pote, 712–714, 790, 792, 794–795, 801–803
    • Mutual security treaty with U.S., proposed, 713–714, 715–717
    • Political scene in 1968, 835, 909, 915–919
    • Ruskʼs meetings with Pote, 715–717
    • U.S.-Thai bilateral military planning, 592–593
  • U.S. military presence in Thailand, 813–814, 865
  • Vietnam War, 813
• Powell, Herbert B., 36
• Praphat Charusathien, Gen. (Prapass Charusathiara), 377, 589, 646, 692, 882
  • Thai counterinsurgency program, 639, 660–661, 684, 768
  • Thailand, 600–601, 604, 605
    • Political scene in 1968, 835, 909–910
    • Praphatʼs possible government takeover, 785–786, 790–793, 794, 795–796, 798–801
    • Westmorelandʼs meetings with Praphat, 904–905
  • Prasert, 882, 896
  • Prek Thnot Dam project, 179–180, 198–204, 205, 206–207, 222–225
  • Pridi Phanomyong, 835, 910, 911
  • Puey, 896
  • Quadripartite discussions. See under U.K. withdrawal from East of Suez.
  • Quat. See Phan Huy Quat.
  • Raborn, William F., Jr., 375n , 664n , 668–670
  • Ramos, Narciso, 218, 427
  • Ramundo, Col., 825n
  • Razak, Tun Abzul, 55, 86n
  • Read, Benjamin H., 4n , 57n , 64n , 76n , 77n , 92n , 194n , 197–198, 215n , 395n , 450, 492n , 512, 672
  • Reichner, Col. H. H., 594n , 602n
  • Reischauer, Edwin O., 165, 180
  • Renouf, Alan, 4
  • Republic of Vietnam (RVN). See Vietnam, Republic of.
  • Rhodesia, 18
  • Ritchie, A. E., 206–207, 369–370, 481
  • Roberts, George, 1n
  • Roberts, Peter, 206
  • Robertson, Robert H., 18, 448, 449
  • Roche, John P., 421–422, 850
  • Rockefeller, Nelson, 131, 132, 133
  • Ropa, Donald W., 188–189, 350n
  • Rostow, Walt W., 43, 44, 48n , 64n , 76, 77n , 85n , 86n , 165, 188, 194n , 196, 197, 417, 466n , 470n , 480n , 488n , 514, 520n , 541, 566n , 794, 801n , 832n , 867, 870, 872
    • Australia, 66, 92–94, 102
      • Johnsonʼs meetings with Holt, 57–59, 62–63
    • Burma, 248
    • Cambodia, 400 512, 547
    • Cambodian-U.S. relations, 395, 410, 421n
      • Blackʼs visit to Cambodia, 539–540, 543–546
      • Bowles Mission to Cambodia, 496–497
      • Bowles-Nong Kimny talks, 411–412
      • “Custodian” for Cambodian Embassy in Washington, 554–555
      • Presidential emissary proposal, 389, 407n , 411–412
      • Sihanoukʼs press interview, 495–496
    • Southeast Asia economic development program, 143–145
      • Blackʼs meetings with Asian leaders, 204–205, 230–231
      • Prek Thnot Dam project, 198–199, 200, 205
    • Southeast Asian Educational Organization, 207n
    • Southeast Asia Treaty Organization, 215–217
    • Thailand, 712–713, 742n , 785–786, 857
    • Thai troop contribution to Vietnam War, 796, 808n , 828–829, 838, 840
    • U.K. withdrawal from East of Suez, 93–94
    • U.S./ARVN operations against VC/NVA forces in Cambodia, 472, 473, 476–477, 482, 492–494, 544
    • U.S. covert financial involvement in Thai elections, 902
    • U.S. military assistance to Thailand, 730–732
    • U.S. military presence in Thailand, 760–761
    • Viet Cong/NVA use of Cambodia, 518, 521–522, 524, 553
  • Rowan, Carl, 615
  • Roxas, Sixto, 144
  • Roy, J. Stapleton, 176n
  • Ruser, Claus, 846n , 873
  • Rusk, Dean, 5n , 6n , 8n , 43, 64, 104n , 124n , 138n , 214n , 229n , 279n , 333n , 356n , 428n , 469n , 566n , 597n , 600n , 611n , 612, 637n , 645n , 764n , 794, 801n
    • ANZUS Treaty Organization, 3, 5, 11–13, 36, 53–56, 112–114
    • Asian regional institutions, 190–192
    • Australia, 1–3, 17, 22–24, 30–31, 60–61, 69–72, 90–92
      • Vietnam War involvement, 2, 18–19, 91
    • Burma, 234, 238, 240–241, 242, 248
    • Cambodia:
      • Border control program by UN, proposed, 304–307, 314–316, 327–328, 330, 332n
      • Border disputes with Thailand and RVN, 298, 299, 505
      • Opposition figures, Thai-RVN support for, 377–378
    • Cambodian neutrality issue:
      • Geneva conference proposal, 255, 256–257, 276, 283, 285, 286, 287, 304
      • Quadripartite conference proposal, 262–263, 265, 269–270, 277–278, 283–285, 286, 287, 292, 298–299
      • RVN position, 258–259, 282
      • Sihanoukʼs postponement of action, 293–294, 295
      • Thai position, 259, 282
      • U.S.-French consultations, 297–300
      • U.S. position, 281–285, 290n , 299
      • U.S.-Soviet consultations, 291–293
      • U.S.-U.K. consultations, 255, 256–257, 281–287, 293–294, 344–345
      • Vietnam War negotiations at possible Cambodian conference, 345
    • Cambodian-U.S. relations, 296, 349n , 395, 496, 534
      • Australian role in, 379–382, 435–438, 439–443
      • Blackʼs visit to Cambodia, 541–542
      • Bowles-Nong Kimny talks, 342–343
      • Demonstrations at U.S. Embassy, 272–274
      • French involvement, 332–333
      • Intermediary channel to Sihanouk, 317, 318–319, 321, 323
      • Johnsonʼs letter to Sihanouk, 563–564, 565–566
      • Nong Kimnyʼs departure from U.S., 277–278
      • Reconciliation issue, 427, 438, 525–527
      • U.S. mission staff reductions, 336–337
    • Cambodiaʼs seizure of U.S. landing craft, 527–530, 552, 563–564, 569
      • Diplomatic measures to achieve release of personnel, 530, 536, 537n
    • Malaysia-Indonesia confrontation, 12
    • Neutralization of Southeast Asia, 118, 119, 194
    • New Zealand, 107–111
    • Nuclear proliferation, 13, 39–40, 91–92
    • Southeast Asia economic development program, 160
      • Prek Thnot Dam project, 200, 201–202, 203–204, 207n , 222–225
    • Southeast Asia Treaty Organization:
      • Council meeting of 1964, 115–122, 123
      • Council meeting of 1965, 140, 166–170
      • Council meeting of 1966, 190–193
      • Council meeting of 1968, 227–228
      • Economic and social development programs, 160–161, 183
      • French withdrawal issue, 139–140
      • Johnsonʼs meeting with SEATO delegates, 215, 217
      • U.K. policy toward, 181–183, 192–193
      • Vietnamese participation, 116, 167–168, 170
      • Vietnam troop contributorsʼ conference as alternative to, 208n
      • Vietnam War airstrikes and, 209, 211–212, 213
      • Vietnam War policy, 119–122, 140, 162–164, 166–168, 192
    • Thai communist insurgency, 227–228
    • Thai counterinsurgency program, 683–684, 855–856
    • Thailand, 591–592, 794, 834, 856, 859
      • Coup concerns, 604, 610n
      • Johnsonʼs meetings with Thanom, 854–856
      • Mutual security treaty with U.S., proposed, 701–705, 715–717, 742n
      • Political liberalization issue, 740–741
      • Praphatʼs possible government takeover, 790, 795–796
      • Ruskʼs meetings with Pote, 715–717
      • Ruskʼs meetings with Thanat, 190–192, 683–685, 701–705, 839n
      • Ruskʼs meetings with Thanom, 587–588, 851–854, 869–870
      • U.S. economic assistance, 774–775
      • U.S.-Thai bilateral military planning, 587–588
    • Thai troop contribution to Vietnam War, 642, 644, 739–740, 836–837
    • U.K. withdrawal from East of Suez, 15, 53–56, 60–61, 69–72, 92, 113
      • Quadripartite discussions, 16, 22–24, 36–43, 49–53
    • U.S./ARVN operations against VC/NVA forces in Cambodia, 374, 569
      • Air strikes, proposed, 470–471, 473, 474, 475, 476, 519
      • Authorization for actions, 364, 368–369
      • Cambodian villages and civilians as accidental victims, 283, 348
      • UN actions re, 302, 312, 327–328
    • U.S. covert financial involvement in Thai elections, 656n
    • U.S. military assistance to Thailand, 645, 648, 674, 749–751
      • Fiscal year 1967 program, 694, 697, 718–725, 730
      • Reforms in Thai military required by U.S., 636–637, 648–649
    • U.S. military presence in Thailand, 572, 627, 760n , 854
      • B–52 bombing campaigns originating from Thailand, 754, 760n , 761n
      • Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA), 685–686, 743–745, 825–828, 856
    • Viet Cong/NVA use of Cambodia, 433, 435–437, 526
  • ICC actions re, 369, 381, 404, 538
  • U.S.-Cambodian communications re, 466–468, 480–482
• Vietnam War, 12, 128, 345, 855
  • Australian involvement, 2, 18–19, 91
  • SEATO policy toward, 119–122, 140, 162–164, 166–168, 192
  • SEATO Treaty as basis for U.S. air strikes against DRV, 209, 211–212, 213
  • Status reports, 19–20, 183
• Russell, Richard, 125–134
• Saburo, Okita, 144
• Saeng Phatthanothai, 915
• Saiyud, Gen., 907
• Saiyuth, Gen., 695
• Salans, Carl F., 140n , 166n , 209n , 213n , 262n , 297, 314n , 342n , 505n , 825n
• Sambath. See Huot Sambath.
• Samran, Gen., 907
• Sanderson, Fred H., 106n
• Sang Patanothai, 835, 910
• Sanong, 916
• Sarit Thanarat, 268, 589
• Sarris, Louis G., 232n
• Sato, Eisaku, 180, 203–204
• Sawaeng Senanarong, Lt. Gen., 648n , 737, 781, 860, 870, 872, 882, 915
• Scammon, Dick, 850
• Scherger, Air Chief Marshal, 12
• Schmitz, Charles A., 530n
• Schnittker, John, 62n
• Schultze, Charles L., 170, 171, 207n
• Schwebel, Stephen M., 314n
• SEATO. See Southeast Asia Treaty Organization.
• Seignious, Brig. Gen. John, 36
• Seith, Gen., 891
• Seni, 918
• Senior Interdepartmental Group (SIG), 668–670, 867–868, 873–879
• Seydoux, Roger, 303, 308
• Shaplen, Robert, 412–413
• Sharp, Adm. U. S. Grant, 9, 36, 91, 366, 422, 447n , 469, 478n , 491n , 602–604, 607
• Shenstone, Michael, 206
• Shepard, Rear Adm., 569n
• Shepherd, Jack, 49, 108, 112
• Sherrer, Maj. Gen. Edward C. D., 399
• Shriver, Robert Sargent, Jr., 557–558
• Shumate, William M., 64n
• Sieverts, Frank A., 166n
• Sihanouk, Prince Norodom, 16, 69, 89, 904
  • Cambodia, 311, 363, 387n
    • Border control program by UN, proposed, 330n , 356, 360
    • Border disputes with Thailand and RVN, 297–298, 320, 401–402, 448, 547–549
    • China, relations with, 329–330, 363
    • Domestic situation, 310–311, 425–426
    • DʼOrlandiʼs meeting with Sihanouk, 401–403
    • DRV, relations with, 392–393, 448, 450
    • Foreign policy, 361–364, 426
    • Soviet Union, relations with, 363, 417
  • Cambodian neutrality issue, 291
    • Geneva conference proposal, 255, 256, 257, 304
    • Quadripartite conference proposal, 260, 262, 264, 266, 269
    • Sihanoukʼs motives in advocating neutrality, 267–269, 288–289
    • Sihanoukʼs postponement of action, 293–294, 295
  • Cambodian-U.S. relations, 296, 311–312, 323–326, 335, 341, 438n
    • Blackʼs visit to Cambodia, 539, 540, 545, 565
    • Bohlenʼs meeting with Sihanouk, 319–321
    • Bowles Mission to Cambodia, 507, 508, 523, 524
    • Demonstrations at U.S. Embassy, 274, 275–276
    • Harrimanʼs proposed meeting with Sihanouk, 412–413, 416–417, 418
    • Intermediary channel to Sihanouk, 316–319, 321–323, 329–330
    • Johnsonʼs letter to Sihanouk, 557–558, 563–564, 565–566
    • Mansfieldʼs assessment of, 371–372
    • Presidential emissary proposal, 408–409
    • Reconciliation issue, 414, 421–422, 427, 428, 510–511
    • Sihanoukʼs press interview, 495–496
  • Cambodiaʼs seizure of U.S. landing craft, 527–528, 531
    • Release of personnel, 557–558, 565n
  • Deschampsʼs assessment of, 417–419
  • Khrushchev and, 561
  • Prek Thnot Dam project, 206–207, 223
  • Southeast Asia Treaty Organization, 169
  • U.S./ARVN operations against VC/NVA forces in Cambodia, 378–379, 415–416, 544
    • Sihanoukʼs tacit approval of, 495–496, 501, 524
  • Viet Cong/NVA use of Cambodia, 359, 374, 567
    • Cambodian policy toward, 453–455, 484–485, 487–488
    • ICC actions re, 401, 413, 507
    • Sihanoukʼs acknowledgment of VC/NVA presence, 417, 438n , 526, 535
  • Vietnam War, Sihanoukʼs views on, 321, 325, 392, 418
• Singapore (see also U.K. withdrawal from East of Suez), 191, 679
• Sirik Matak, Prince, 310, 441
• Sisco, Joseph J., 201, 302n , 306n , 312–313, 327n , 330–332
• Smith, Bromley, 295, 450n , 537, 565n
• Smith, Joseph, 656
• Smith, R. J., 518
• Smith, Robert, 178
• Smith, Col. Truman, 673
• Soe Tin, 237
• Solbert, Peter, 579, 613, 622, 648n
• Sompong Sucharitkul, 190, 683, 685, 831
• Sonn, 304
• Son Ngoc Thanh, 350
• Son Sann, 334n , 339, 449, 505, 507–508, 509, 511, 535
• Souphanouvong, Prince, 345
• Southeast Asia After Vietnam report, 232–233
• Southeast Asia Coordinating Committee (SEACOORD), 514–518
• Southeast Asia economic development program (see also Asian Development Bank), 152, 160, 241
  • Blackʼs meetings with Asian leaders, 179–180, 204–205, 230–231
  • Blackʼs progress report, 164–166
  • Prek Thnot Dam project, 179–180, 198–204, 205, 206–207, 222–225
  • Proposal for, 143–150
  • Purpose and organization, 146–147, 152–157
  • Thantʼs attitude toward, 150–151
  • U.S. Task Force, appointment of, 158–159
• Southeast Asian Educational Organization, 205, 207
• Southeast Asian Ministerial Conference on Economic Development, 180
• Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO), 117, 160, 703, 716
  • Council meeting of 1964, 115–122, 123
  • Council meeting of 1965, 140–142, 166–170
  • Council meeting of 1966, 187–188, 190–193
  • Council meeting of 1967, 214–221
  • Council meeting of 1968, 227–230
  • Economic and social development programs, 160–161, 183–186
  • French withdrawal issue, 139–140
  • Johnsonʼs meeting with SEATO delegates, 215–221
  • U.K. policy toward, 181–183, 192–193
  • Vietnamese participation, 115–116, 167–168, 170
  • Vietnam troop contributorsʼ conference as alternative to, 208–209
  • Vietnam War airstrikes and, 209–213
  • Vietnam War policy, 10, 119–122, 124, 140–142, 162–164, 166–168, 192
• Souvanna Phouma, Prince, 174, 448, 583, 591, 599
  • Cambodian neutrality issue, 266, 267–269
• Soviet Union:
  • Cambodia, 330, 363, 417
  • Cambodian neutrality issue, 255–257, 284, 286, 287, 291–293, 294
  • DRV, relations with, 173, 175
  • Southeast Asia economic development program
  • Southeast Asia policy, 165, 173–177
  • U.S./ARVN operations against VC/NVA forces in Cambodia, 312–313, 372–373
  • Vietnam War policy, 12, 75–76, 132
• Spear, Moncrieff J., 788, 799, 807, 823n , 825n , 836n , 849n , 851n , 854n , 869, 870, 872, 873, 893, 915n
• Special Group (CI), 613–615, 658, 664
• Special National Intelligence Estimates:
  • SNIE 51–68, 253–254
  • SNIE 57/1–67, 484–488
  • SNIE 57–67, 431–434, 453
• Spiers, Ronald I., 181
• Spivack, Herb, 266, 271–272, 274–276, 288–290, 310–312, 334n , 411
• Sprouse, Philip D., 258n , 260–261, 264, 320
• Steadman, Richard C., 98n , 112, 114n , 480n , 688–689, 756, 804, 807, 823n , 832
  • Thailand visit and report, 809–812
• Steakley, Col. Ralph D., 656
• Stevenson, Adlai E., 304, 306, 313, 360
• Stewart, Ian L. G., 49, 55, 442
• Stewart, Michael, 15, 162, 164, 169, 181, 192, 344, 370, 404, 408, 410, 412, 702
  • U.K. withdrawal from East of Suez, 36–43
• Stilwell, Gen. Richard, 646, 648n , 661, 662, 718, 722, 750, 756, 781, 783
• Stuart, Richard K., 650–651, 781, 782, 892–893
• Subandrio, 3
• Sukarno, 12
• Sukich Nimmanheminda, 600, 611, 701, 712n
• Sullivan, William H., 173–175, 176, 277n , 294, 306n , 438n
• Symington, James, 43, 44, 779
• Symington, Stuart, 387
• Taft, Robert, 703
• Tange, Sir Arthur, 4
• Taylor, Gen. Maxwell D., 66, 67, 68, 294, 295, 345–346, 348, 520n , 536n , 541, 592, 593, 612
  • Thai troop contribution to Vietnam War, 780, 788–789
  • U.S.-Thai bilateral military planning, 595–596
• Thai Communist insurgency, 227–228, 616, 629, 638, 660, 691, 820, 863, 875–876, 879–881, 889–892, 904
  • Bhumibolʼs assessment of, 662–664
  • Intelligence reports on, 649–650, 657–658, 686–687, 695, 696–697, 868–869
  • Special Group (CI) discussions re, 613–614
  • Thai Working Group report on, 764–766
• Thai counterinsurgency program, 664–668, 693, 717–718, 742, 768–770, 799
  • Accomplishments of, 692, 819, 859–860
  • Border security, 752–753
  • Civil component, 669, 677–678
  • Communications, 628–629
  • “Czar” for coordination of, 668, 669–670, 695, 773, 782–785
  • De Silvaʼs report on, 782–785
  • Helicopters for, 181, 182, 660–661, 671–673, 674–675, 682–683, 757, 769, 811, 863–864
  • Integrated 09–10 security operations, 766–767
  • Intelligence reports on, 780–781
  • “Maximum effort” issue, 683–684
  • Police program, 639, 666–667, 677, 768, 848
  • Project 22, 625n , 629–630, 632, 634, 636, 676
  • Road construction, 638–639, 864, 866
  • Rural development program, 639, 662, 767–768, 848
  • Special Group (CI) discussions re, 614–615
  • Thai Working Group report on, 766–770
  • U.S. equipment for (see also Helicopters above), 629, 658, 660–661, 689, 853, 855–856
  • U.S. policy statement on, 733–737
  • U.S. reevaluation of, 846–849, 878–879
  • U.S. reporting requirements, 690–694
• Thailand (see also Thai Communist insurgency; Thai counterinsurgency program; Thai troop contribution to Vietnam War; U.S. covert financial involvement in Thai elections; U.S. military assistance to Thailand; U.S. military presence in Thailand; Border subheadings under Cambodia), 33, 205, 640, 653, 801n , 865
  • Balance of payments program, 852, 856, 859
  • Bangkok municipal elections of 1968, 907–908
  • Cambodian neutrality issue, 259, 263, 264, 269–270, 282
  • Cliffordʼs meetings with Thanom, 860–866
  • Coup concerns (see also Praphatʼs possible government takeover below), 573–576, 604–605, 609–610, 878
  • Economic situation, 590, 600, 717, 761–763, 819–823, 878, 912–913
  • Fulbrightʼs criticism of government, 699–700, 702, 703, 714, 715, 724
  • Humphreyʼs visit, 659–664, 672
  • Johnsonʼs correspondence with Thanom, 597–598
  • Johnsonʼs meetings with Bhumibol, 777–779
  • Johnsonʼs meetings with Praphat, 600–601
  • Johnsonʼs meetings with Thanat, 611–613
  • Johnsonʼs meetings with Thanat and Pote, 712–714, 790, 792, 794–795, 801–803
  • Johnsonʼs meetings with Thanom, 737–738, 741–742, 832, 854–860, 870–873
  • Johnsonʼs visit, 741–742
  • U. A. Johnsonʼs meetings with Thanat, 705–709
  • Khmer Serei, support for, 377–378, 387n , 397–398, 400, 404–405, 904–905
  • Laos, military intervention in (see also U.S.-Thai bilateral military planning below), 591–592, 598–599, 628
  • McNamaraʼs meetings with Dawee, 628–631, 746–747
  • McNamaraʼs meetings with Praphat, 601n
  • McNamaraʼs meetings with Thanat and Pote, 807
  • Military forces, 585, 589, 592, 630, 632–633, 640, 863
  • Mutual security treaty with U.S., proposed, 698, 700, 701–709, 711–712, 713–714, 715–717, 742n
  • Opium production, 752–753
  • Pickeringʼs visit and report, 637–642
  • Political liberalization issue, 740–741
  • Political scene in 1968 (see also U.S. covert financial involvement in Thai elections), 834–836, 875, 905–919
  • Praphatʼs possible government takeover, 785–786, 790–793, 794, 795–796, 798–801
  • Ruskʼs meetings with Pote, 715–717
  • Ruskʼs meetings with Thanat, 190–192, 683–685, 701–705, 839n
  • Ruskʼs meetings with Thanom, 587–588, 851–854, 869–870
  • Senate of, 883, 907
  • Southeast Asia Treaty Organization, 117–118, 160–161, 168, 169, 230
  • Steadmanʼs visit and report, 809–812
  • Thanom government, 589–590, 717–718
  • Thanomʼs U.S. visit, 790, 791–792, 794, 851–866, 869–873
  • Ungerʼs appointment as Ambassador, 789n
  • United Kingdom, relations with, 702
  • U.S. economic assistance, 600, 612–613, 770–771, 774–775, 819–823
  • U.S. information programs, 615, 772–773, 856–857
  • U.S. press coverage of Thai leaders, 699–700, 840, 854, 857
  • U.S.-Thai bilateral military planning (see also Project 22 under Thai counterinsurgency program), 587–588, 592–598, 599, 602–604, 606–607, 614
  • U.S.-Thai relations, 590–591, 608, 625–626, 640, 645–646, 812, 874–875
  • Vietnamʼs fall to Communists, possible impact of, 678–680
  • Westmorelandʼs meetings with Praphat, 904–905
• Thai troop contribution to Vietnam War, 676, 759–760
  • Equipping and training concerns, 832, 833–834, 836–837, 838, 840–841, 862–863
  • Financial implications, 787–788
  • Marine forces for, 739–740
  • Speedup in deployment, 828–829, 832, 836–837, 838
  • 10,000-man commitment, 780, 787–789, 796–798, 802–808, 809–810, 814–818, 873
  • U.S. military assistance to Thailand and, 642–643, 644
• Thai Working Group, 764–773
• Thanat Khoman, 208, 526, 588, 626, 672, 694, 737, 739n , 792, 850, 859, 869, 870, 872, 896
  • Asian regional institutions, 190–192
  • Cambodia, 263, 270, 839
  • Southeast Asia Treaty Organization, 117, 122, 169, 190–192, 218
  • Thai counterinsurgency program, 672, 684
  • Thailand, 611–613, 659, 662, 705–709, 740–741, 807, 840, 909, 918
    • Johnsonʼs meetings with Thanat and Pote, 712–714, 790, 792, 794–795, 801–803
    • Mutual security treaty with U.S., proposed, 698, 700, 701–709, 711–712, 714
    • Ruskʼs meetings with Thanat, 190–192, 683–685, 701–705, 839n
  • Thai troop contribution to Vietnam War, 802, 803, 807, 862–863
  • U.S. military presence in Thailand, 578, 580, 608, 627, 662, 707
    • Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA), 685–686, 830n , 831, 839–840, 864, 866
  • Vietnam War, 611–612, 613
• Thanh, 526
• Thanom Kitticachorn, 86n , 574, 628, 653, 671, 692, 781, 863, 882
  • Southeast Asia Treaty Organization, 117, 118
  • Thai counterinsurgency program, 660, 859–860
  • Thailand, 604–605, 659, 800, 859, 863, 866, 865, 883, 909
    • Cliffordʼs meetings with Thanom, 860–866
    • Johnsonʼs correspondence with Thanom, 597–598
    • Johnsonʼs meetings with Thanom, 737–738, 741–742, 832, 854–860, 870–873
    • Johnsonʼs visit, 741–742
    • Khmer Serei, support for, 377, 378n
    • Mutual security treaty with U.S., proposed, 698, 714, 742n
    • Ruskʼs meetings with Thanom, 587–588, 851–854, 869–870
    • Thanom government, 589–590, 717–718
    • Thanomʼs U.S. visit, 790, 791–792, 794, 851–866, 869–873
    • U.S.-Thai bilateral military planning, 587–588, 592–593, 597
  • Thai troop contribution to Vietnam War, 832, 862, 873
  • U.S. military assistance to Thailand, 648n , 738, 859, 861
  • U.S. military presence in Thailand, 580, 582, 608, 707
  • Vietnam War, 858–859, 871–872
• Thanpuying Vichitra Thanarat, 605
• Thant, U:
  • Cambodia, 303, 313, 360
  • Southeast Asia economic development program, 143, 146, 147, 149, 150–151, 165, 179, 201–202, 223
• Thawi Chulasap, Air Marshal, 605, 606–607
• Thay Sok, 554–555
• Thep Chotinuchit, 835, 911
• Thi Han, U, 238
• Thomas, William W., Jr., 851n
• Thompson, Llewellyn E., 291, 372–373, 408, 495, 560–561, 613, 655n , 656
• Thomson, George, 344
• Thomson, James C., Jr., 600n , 650
  • Cambodian neutrality issue, 382–383
  • Cambodian-U.S. relations, 337–340, 350, 396–400, 410–411
• Thrasher, Edward J., 1n , 6
• 303 Committee, 651, 652–656, 782, 901
• Tim Dong, 271
• Tito, Marshal, 508
• Tolbert, H. G., Jr., 197
• Toon, Malcolm, 176–177
• Toumanoff, Vladimir I., 176n
• Tran Van Do, 46, 218, 220
• Trench, Nigel, 255, 256
• Trend, Sir Burke, 181, 344
• Trent, M.V., 530n , 534n
• Trued, Merlyn, 178
• Trueheart, William C., 160n , 238n , 269n , 272, 277n , 296n , 304n , 314n , 316, 317, 321n , 323–326, 332n , 334n , 336n , 342n , 377n , 392–393, 403n , 597n , 606–607, 613, 624n , 648n , 650, 674n , 780–782, 893n
• Truman, Harry, 704
• Tunku Abdul Rahman, 261
• Tyler, William R., 139n , 332n , 344
• U.K. withdrawal from East of Suez, 15, 54, 57, 60–61, 62, 92, 181, 182
  • ANZUS discussions re, 53–56
  • Australian position, 54–55
  • Australian-U.S. discussions re, 22–24
  • Malaysia and Singapore defense issue, 51, 55, 68
  • ANZUS and, 70–71, 81, 113–114
  • Australian policy statement, 79–83
  • U.S. support for Australian forces, 69–74, 78–79, 83–84, 93–94, 95–101
  • Quadripartite discussions, 7–9, 16, 22–27, 29–30, 36–43, 49–53
  • Rationale for, 50, 52, 56
• Underhill, Francis T. 780
• Unger, Leonard, 227, 264, 267–269, 381, 444–445, 497, 582, 599, 870, 872, 873
  • Thai communist insurgency, 875–876, 889–892
  • Thai counterinsurgency program, 819
  • Thailand, 794, 819–823, 865, 878
  • Political scene in 1968, 875, 915–919
  • Praphatʼs possible government takeover, 793, 794, 796, 800–801
  • Ungerʼs appointment as Ambassador, 789n
  • U.S. economic assistance, 819–823
  • U.S.-Thai relations, 874–875
  • Thai troop contribution to Vietnam War, 787–788, 804, 810, 814, 815
  • U.S. covert financial involvement in Thai elections, 781, 902, 903n
    • Renewal of request for funds, 842–845, 849n , 881–885, 894–897
    • Ungerʼs recommendations, 849–850, 898
    • U.S. consideration of renewed request, 885–886, 893
  • U.S. military assistance to Thailand, 810, 861
  • U.S. military presence in Thailand, 813–814, 865, 877–878, 889–892, 899–901
    • Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA), 830–832, 864, 877
  • Vietnam War, 789, 813
• United Kingdom (see also U.K. withdrawal from East of Suez), 33–34, 582, 702, 704
  • Cambodian neutrality issue, 255–257, 281–287, 293–294, 259, 344–345
  • Cambodiaʼs border disputes with Thailand and RVN, 448–450
  • Southeast Asia Treaty Organization, 142, 162–164, 166–167, 168, 169, 181–183, 192–193, 227, 230
• United Nations (see also Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East), 131
  • Cambodian border patrol program, proposed, 303, 304–307, 314–316, 327–328, 330–332, 355–356, 360
  • Southeast Asia economic development program and, 143, 148, 150–151, 165
  • U.S./ARVN operations against VC/NVA forces in Cambodia, 302–303, 308–310, 312–313, 324n ,, 327–328
• United States Intelligence Board (USIB), 232–233, 253n , 352, 425n , 431n , 445, 462, 484n , 493, 686n , 868n
• U.S./ARVN operations against VC/NVA forces in Cambodia, 290, 324, 360, 489, 559–560, 566–569
  • Air strikes, proposed, 366–367, 469–480, 488–492, 519–521
  • Authorization for actions, 364–365, 368–369
  • Cambodian personnel for, 419–421
  • Cambodian Study Group recommendations, 444–447, 464–465
  • Cambodian villages and civilians as accidental victims, 279–280, 283, 294–295, 332n , 347–348, 349, 415–416, 526n
  • Daniel Boone reconnaissance operations, 430, 444–445, 447, 452, 455–456, 457, 458, 461, 463–465, 496, 516–517, 544, 559–560, 562–563
  • Diplomatic measures in support of, 458–459, 460–462, 492–494
  • Graham group investigation re, 555–556, 570
  • JCS program for interdiction, 352–355, 374–377, 383–384, 429–431, 550–551
  • Johnsonʼs communications with Sihanouk re, 378–379
  • Legal analysis of, 451–459
  • Logistic systems, focus on, 570–571
  • MACV study group recommendations, 424–425
  • Nonmilitary alternatives, 482–483
  • Political costs, 457–458, 483
  • Prisoner-taking, 562–563
  • SEACOORD recommendations, 516–518
  • Self-defense measures, 355, 356–360, 372–373, 456–457
  • Sihanoukʼs tacit approval of, 495–496, 501, 524
  • U.N. actions re, 302–303, 308–310, 312–313, 327–328
  • U.S.-Cambodian communications re, 501–502
  • Water-borne infiltration, focus on, 385–386
• U.S. covert financial involvement in Thai elections, 781–782
  • Authorization for, 656n , 901–903
  • Initial request for funds, 650–651
  • Renewal of request for funds, 842–845, 849n , 881–885, 894–897
  • Ungerʼs recommendations, 849–850, 898
  • U.S. consideration of renewed request, 885–889, 892–893
  • U.S. proposal in support of, 652–656
• U.S. Information Agency (USIA), 129, 615, 772–773
• U.S. military assistance to Thailand (see also Thai troop contribution to Vietnam War), 629, 756, 866
  • Basic policy choices for U.S., 674–683
  • Construction projects, 635, 675–676
  • Counterinsurgency orientation, 631–635, 644–645, 648
  • Delivery of equipment, 630–631, 755–756
  • Economic situation in Thailand and, 761–763
  • Fiscal year 1965 add-ons, 620–626, 634–635
  • Fiscal year 1966 program, 621, 631–635, 636–637, 642–649
  • Fiscal year 1967 program, 662, 688–689, 694, 697–700, 710–712, 718–732, 738
  • Fiscal year 1968 program, 745–751, 755, 756, 804–805, 810–811, 818
  • Fiscal year 1969 program, 748, 749, 750–751, 804–805, 810–811, 818, 864
  • Frigate for Thai Navy, 859, 861
  • Increased assistance, proposals for, 584–586, 615, 619
  • Political stability in Thailand and, 790–791, 792–793
  • Reforms in Thai military required by U.S., 636–637, 647, 648–649
  • Reorientation of U.S. policy, need for, 615–618
  • Thai attitude toward, 623–624
  • Thai Working Group report on, 771–772
  • U.S. policy statement re, 733–737
  • U.S.-Thai relations and, 625–626, 645–646
• U.S. military presence in Thailand, 627, 641, 865, 877
  • Anti-American backlash, 913–914
  • Authority to conduct operations outside Thailand, 661–662, 707
  • Base occupancy and land cost arrangements, 757–760
  • B–52 bombing campaigns originating from Thailand, 616, 754–757, 760–761, 812, 823–824
  • Communist attacks on U.S. facilities, 889–892
  • Excess personnel concerns, 753–754
  • Ground combat forces, Thai rejection of, 813–814
  • Phase-down in post-Vietnam period, 853, 854, 867, 899–901
  • Rural areas, impact on, 640–641
  • Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA), 685–686, 743–745, 759, 775–777, 825–828, 830–832, 839–840, 851–852, 856, 864, 866, 877
  • Support facilities for troops, 618–619
  • Thai attitude toward, 676–677, 877–878
  • Thai role in military initiatives and, 641–642
  • Troop deployments for purpose of deterrence, proposed, 572–573, 577–583, 607–609
• Valenti, Jack, 645n
• Vance, Cyrus R., 444, 470n , 520n , 557, 613, 620n , 656, 664n , 668, 674n , 687n , 697n , 871
• Vargas, Jesus, 183–184, 185, 186, 188, 217, 218, 227–228
• Viet Cong/NVA use of Cambodia (see also U.S./ARVN operations against VC/NVA forces in Cambodia), 403, 435–438, 439–443, 521–525, 567, 905
  • Aerial pictures of, 536–537
  • Blackʼs consultations with Cambodians re, 539, 540, 542–543, 544, 545–546
  • Cambodian policy toward, 352, 435–438, 453–456, 484–485, 487–488, 500–501, 535–536
  • ICC actions re, 369–370, 381, 390–391, 397, 400, 401, 404, 408, 410, 412, 413, 492–493, 494, 495–496, 499–500, 507, 509–510, 515, 538–539
  • Intelligence reports on, 300–302, 352, 359, 373–374, 431–434, 484–488, 518–519
  • Significance of Cambodia to Vietnamese Communist war effort, 431–434, 484–488, 553–554, 555–556
  • Sihanoukʼs acknowledgment of VC/NVA presence, 417, 438n , 526, 535
  • U.S.-Cambodian communications re, 466–468, 480–482
  • Westmorelandʼs assessment of, 422–424
  • Vietnam, Democratic Republic of (DRV) (see also Viet Cong/NVA use of Cambodia), 173, 175, 276, 278, 392–393, 448, 450, 508
  • Vietnam, Republic of (RVN) (see also Border subheadings under Cambodia), 121, 228
  • Cambodian neutrality issue, 258–259, 263, 264, 269, 282
  • Khmer Serei, support for, 377–378, 387n , 397–398, 400, 404–405
  • Southeast Asia Treaty Organization, 115–116, 167–168, 170
• Vietnam War (see also Thai troop contribution to Vietnam War; U.S./ARVN operations against VC/NVA forces in Cambodia; Viet Cong/NVA use of Cambodia), 12, 17, 59, 138n , 659, 789
  • Australian involvement, 2, 4–5, 13–14, 18–19, 20–22, 35, 47, 48–49, 58, 65, 66, 67–68, 74, 76–78, 91, 435–438, 439–443
  • Burmese policy toward, 241, 243
  • Cambodian conference as possible means of initiating settlement, 345–347
  • China and, 127, 130–131
  • Communist victory scenarios, 678–680
  • Johnson-McGeorge Bundy analysis of, 135–138
  • Johnson-Russell analysis of, 125–134
  • Johnsonʼs views on, 44–47, 219–221
  • New Zealand involvement, 7, 10–11, 85, 105
  • Paris peace talks, 858–859, 861–862, 871
  • Post-war situation in Southeast Asia, U.S. estimate re, 232–233
  • SEATO policy toward, 10, 119–122, 124, 140–142, 162–164, 166–168, 192
  • SEATO Treaty as basis for U.S. air strikes against DRV, 209–213
  • Sihanoukʼs views on, 321, 325–326, 392, 418
  • Soviet policy toward, 12, 75–76, 132
  • Status reports, 19–20, 28, 32–34, 75–76, 183
  • Summit conference among troop-contributing nations, 58, 68–69, 74–75
  • U.K. policy toward, 33–34
  • U.S.-Thai discussions re, 611–612, 613, 663, 737–738, 813, 852–853, 855, 858–859, 861–862, 871–872
• Vu Van Mau, 170
• Walker, Gordon, 344, 346
• Waller, John, 656
• Waller, Sir John Keith, 13, 15, 22, 28, 32, 43, 44, 49, 69, 72, 76, 89, 93, 95, 98, 112, 114n , 379–382, 480, 481, 521n
• Walsh, John P., 69n
• Walston, Lord, 401
• Wan, Prince, 845
• Warnke, Paul C., 72, 78–79, 464–465, 550–551, 559n , 562, 807, 809, 863, 865
  • Thai troop contribution to Vietnam War, 803–806, 814–818, 840–841
• Watanabe, Makoto, 203
• Watson, Marvin, 44
• Watters, Richard A., 160n
• Westmoreland, Gen. William C., 129, 228, 359, 497, 522n , 524, 607n , 627, 672, 739
  • Thailand, 904–905
  • U.S./ARVN operations against VC/NVA forces in Cambodia, 348, 424–425
    • Air strikes, proposed, 366–367, 469–470, 474, 478, 491–492, 519–520
  • Viet Cong/NVA use of Cambodia, 422–424, 905
• Wheeler, Gen. Earle G., 78, 355, 356n , 422n , 469n , 524, 541, 753, 613, 664n , 840n
  • Thai counterinsurgency program, 734–737
  • Thailand, coup concerns in, 609–610
  • U.S./ARVN operations against VC/NVA forces in Cambodia, 563, 566, 570
    • Air strikes, proposed, 470, 471, 473, 474–475, 476, 477, 478–480, 491, 520
    • Daniel Boone reconnaissance operations, 559–560, 563
    • Emergency extractions of teams under fire, 559–560
    • Graham group investigation re, 555–556
    • JCS program for interdiction, 429–431
  • U.S. military assistance to Thailand, 734–737
  • Viet Cong/NVA use of Cambodia, 536–537
• White, John P., 222n
• Whiting, Allen S., 382, 686n
• Whitlam, Edward Gough, 59, 91
• Widnall, Willian B., 226
• Williamson, Larry C., 198n
• Wilson, Harold, 14, 21, 23, 54, 64, 86n , 92, 165
  • Cambodian neutrality issue, 344–345
  • Southeast Asia Treaty Organization, 181–183
• Wilson, James M., Jr., 659n , 662n
• Wilton, Sir John, 48
• World Bank, 151, 762–763, 821
• Wright, Marshall, 95, 102, 482–483, 539, 553–554, 796–798, 832, 867–868
• Wright, Oliver, 344
• Yasukawa, Takeshi, 203
• Yost, Charlie, 308, 360
• Young, Oran, 194
• Zurhellen, J. Owen, 203