Foreign Relations of the United States, 1964–1968, Volume I, Vietnam, 1964

Editors:

Edward C. Keefer

Charles S. Sampson

General Editor:

John P. Glennon

United States Government Printing Office
Washington
1992

Office of the Historian
Bureau of Public Affairs

Table of Contents

• Preface
• List of Sources
• List of Abbreviations
• List of Persons
• Vietnam
• The Khanh Coup, January 1–31 (Documents 1-27)
• U.S. Assessment of the Khanh Government, February 1–March 4 (Documents 28-69)
• The McNamara-Taylor Mission To Vietnam and the McNamara Report, March 4–April 3 (Documents 70-107)
• The Rusk Mission To Vietnam, April 17–19, and Planning for Pressures Against the North, April 4–May 7 (Documents 108-145)
• The Second McNamara-Taylor Mission To Vietnam And Planning Discussions, May 8–26 (Documents 146-180)
• The Second Rusk Visit To Saigon; The Honolulu Meeting; The De Gaulle-Ball Conversation; Seaborn's Discussions in Hanoi, May 26–June 25 (Documents 181-225)
• Taylor's First Month as Ambassador; the Increase in U.S. Advisory Forces in Vietnam, June 25–July 31 (Documents 226-254)
• U.S. Reaction To Events in the Gulf of Tonkin, August 1–10 (Documents 255-308)
• Changes in the Government of South Vietnam, August 11–September 5 (Documents 309-338)
• Ambassador Taylor's Visit to Washington, September 6–10 (Documents 339-345)
• U.S. Efforts To Strengthen the Government of South Vietnam, September 11–October 31 (Documents 346-392)
• Proceedings of the NSC Working Group on Vietnam, November 1–December 7 (Documents 393-440)
• U.S. Response to the Governmental Crisis In South Vietnam, December 8–31 (Documents 441-479)
• Index

Overview

On the basis of preliminary research and review of already-published documentation, including the 1971 "Pentagon Papers," the editors developed the following five areas of focus for the research and selection of documents for inclusion in this volume: 1) discussion and formulation of policy in Washington; 2) missions of high-level Johnson administration officials to South Vietnam and their recommendations; 3) planning for military operations against North Vietnam and the actual implementation of U.S. military operations in Vietnam; 4) the relationship among the U.S. Government, the Khanh government, and opposition elements in South Vietnam; 5) the implementation of policy in South Vietnam.