Foreign Relations of the United States, 1964–1968, Volume I, Vietnam, 1964
List of Sources
Unpublished Sources
Department of State
1. Subject-Numeric Indexed Central Files. In February 1963, the Department changed its decimal central files to a subject-numeric central file system. The subject-numeric system was divided into broad categories: Administration, Consular, Culture and Information, Economic, Political and Defense, Science, and Social. Within each of these divisions were subcategories. For example, Political and Defense contained four subtopics: POL (politics), DEF (defense), CSM (communism), and INT (intelligence). Numerical subdivisions further defined them.
The following were the most important files used in this volume:
POL 1 FR–VIET S, general policy, France-South Vietnam
POL 1 US–VIET, general policy, U.S.-Vietnam
POL 1 US–VIET S, general policy, U.S.-South Vietnam
POL 1 VIET N–VIET S, general policy, North Vietnam-South Vietnam
POL 1–1 VIET S, development and coordination of future policies
POL 7 US (LODGE), visits of Ambassador Lodge
POL 8 CAMB, neutralism and non-alignment of Cambodia
POL 13 VIET S, non-party blocs
POL 13–2 VIET S, students and youth groups
POL 15 VIET S, government
POL 15–1 VIET S, head of government/Executive branch
POL 15–1 US/Johnson, Executive branch, President Johnson
POL 15–4 VIET S, administration of government
POL 16 CHICOM, recognition of the People's Republic of China
POL 16 VIET S, recognition
POL 27 LAOS, military operations, Laos
POL 17 CHINA–VIET S, diplomatic representation, China-South Vietnam
POL 17–5 US–VIET S, diplomatic representation, changes in status, U.S.-South Vietnam
POL 23 VIET S, internal security and counterinsurgency
POL 23–7 VIET S, infiltration and subversion
POL 23–8 VIET S, demonstrations, protests and riots
POL 23–9 VIET S, rebellions and coups
POL 27 VIET S, military operations
POL 27–3 LAOS–VIET N, use of force in Laos against North Vietnam
POL 27–14 VIET S, truce, cease-fire, and armistice
POL 32 CAMBODIA–VIET S, boundaries, Cambodia-South Vietnam
POL 33–6 US–VIET N, waters and boundaries, high seas
POL CAN–US, U.S.-Canadian relations
POL FR–US, U.S.-French relations
POL FR–VIET S, general policy, France-South Vietnam
POL US–VIET S, general policy, U.S.-South Vietnam
DEF 1 ASIA SE, plans and policy, Southeast Asia
DEF 1 US–VIET S, plans and policy, U.S.-South Vietnam
DEF 6–3 VIET S, air force, South Vietnam
DEF 9–3 VIET S, morale and discipline, South Vietnam
DEF 19 PHIL–VIET S, military assistance, Philippines-South Vietnam
DEF 19 US–VIET S, military assistance, U.S.-South Vietnam
DEF 19–9 US–VIET S, advisory assistance and training, U.S.-South Vietnam
SOC 10 VIET S, disaster relief, South Vietnam
SOC 12 VIET S, religion, South Vietnam
AID (US) 8 VIET S, grants and technical assistance, U.S. aid to South Vietnam
AID (US) VIET S, general policy and technical assistance, U.S. aid to South Vietnam
E 12 VIET S, land reform, South Vietnam
INCO–RICE 14 VIET S, rice prices, South Vietnam
INF 8 US–VIET S, U.S. psychological operations, South Vietnam
ORG 7 VIET S, field trips to South Vietnam
SEATO 3 PHIL (MA), SEATO meeting, Manila
2. Lot Files. Documents from the central files have been supplemented by materials from decentralized office files, the lot files of the Department of State. A list of the major lot files used or consulted follows:
Ball Files: Lot 74 D 272
Files of Under Secretary of State George Ball, 1961–1967.
Bundy Files: Lot 85 D 240
Files of William P. Bundy for the 1960s, first as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs and then Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs after 1964 (cited as Bundy Files/WPB Special Papers without Lot File number).
Conference Files: Lot 66 D 110
Collection of documentation on International conferences abroad attended by the President, the Secretary of State, and other U.S. officials, May 1961–December 1964.
Har-Van Files
Files created for Ambassador W. Averell Harriman and Cyrus Vance, Delegates to the Paris Peace Conference in 1968. Background documents beginning in the early 1960s. The file contains texts of documents found nowhere else.
INR Files: Lot 81 D 343
Consolidated files of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research.
Presidential Correspondence: Lot 66 D 204
Exchanges of correspondence between the President and heads of foreign governments, 1953–1964, maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
Presidential Correspondence: Lot 77 D 163
Correspondence between Presidents Kennedy and Johnson and the Chairman of the Soviet Union, Prime Minister of Great Britain, and President of France, 1961–1964.
Presidential Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 66 D 149
Cleared memoranda of Presidential conversations with foreign visitors, 1956–1964, maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
Presidential Reading File: Lot 74 D 164
Department of State material included in the President's evening reading items. 1964–1973; also Secretary-President luncheon meetings, 1964–1969.
Rusk Files: Lot 72 D 192
Files of Secretary of State Dean Rusk, 1961–1969, including texts of speeches, miscellaneous correspondence files, White House correspondence, chronological files, and memoranda of telephone conversations.
Saigon Embassy Files: Lot 68 F 8
Top Secret subject files of the Embassy in Saigon, 1964.
Secretary's Memoranda of Conversation: Lot 65 D 330
Memoranda of conversation of the Secretary and Under Secretary of State, 1961–1964.
Secretary's Staff Meetings: Lot 66 D 147
Minutes of the Secretary of State staff meetings, 1961–1964.
S/P Files: Lot 70 D 199
Files of the Policy Planning Council for the yeas 1963–1964.
S/P Files: Lot 71 D 273
Files of Ernest K. Lindley, member of the Policy Planning Staff, 1961–1968.
Special Group for Counterinsurgency Files: Lot 68 D 451
Memoranda and minutes of the meetings of the Special Group, Counterinsurgency, 1961–1966, and “eyes only” material for 1964.
S/S-NSC Files: Lot 70 D 265
Master set of papers pertaining to National Security Council meetings, including policy papers, position papers, and administrative documents for the years 1961–1966, maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
S/S-NSC Files: Lot 72 D 316
Master file of National Security Action Memoranda (NSAMs) for the years 1961–1968, maintained by the Executive Secretariat.
Vietnam Negotiating Files: Lot 69 D 412
Files of negotiations for a possible peace in Vietnam, including the efforts of countries, international organizations and individuals, 1961–1967.
Vietnam Working Group Files: Lot 72 D 219
Top Secret files of the Interagency Vietnam Working Group, 1963–1967.
Massachusetts Historical Society. Boston, Massachusetts
Lodge Papers
Personal papers of Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., 1928–1968.
Washington National Records Center, Suitland, Maryland
Record Group 84, Records of the Foreign Service Posts of the United States
Saigon Embassy Files: FRC 68 A 1814
Classified and unclassified files of the Embassy in Saigon for 1964 (formerly Lot 67 F 26).
Saigon Embassy's Coordinator Files: FRC 68 A 5612
Classified sensitive captioned files of the coordinator, Embassy in Saigon, 1964–1965 (formerly Lot 68 F 32).
Record Group 306, Records of the United States Information Agency
USIA Psychological Operations Files: FRC 68 A 4933
Vietnam Working Group files, 1962–1964 (formerly Lot 67 D 444).
Record Group 319, Records of the Army Staff
Headquarters, Department of the Army
Microfilm files of incoming and outgoing messages, 1945 ff.
Record Group 330, Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense
McNamara Files: FRC 71 A 3470
Files of Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara for the years 1961–1968.
OASD/ISA Files: FRC 68 A 306
Secret and lower-classified general files of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, 1964.
OASD/ISA Files: FRC 68 A 4023
Top Secret files of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, 1964.
OASD/ISA Files: FRC 69 A 926
Miscellaneous Top Secret and sensitive files of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, 1961–1964.
OASD/ISA Files: FRC 69 A 7425
Official Records of the Secretary of Defense, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, and the Special Assistant, 1964.
National Defense University, Fort McNair, Washington, D.C.
Taylor Papers
Papers of General Maxwell D. Taylor, Chief of Staff of the Army, 1955–1959; Military Adviser to the President, 1961–1962; and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff 1962–1964.
John F. Kennedy Library, Boston, Massachusetts
Thompson Papers
Files of the Special Assistant to the Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs, 1960–1966.
Lyndon B. Johnson Library, Austin, Texas
Papers of President Lyndon B. Johnson, National Security File
Agency File (cited as Agencies File)
Aides Files
Heads of State Correspondence
Intelligence File
Memos to the President
National Intelligence Estimate File
NSC Meetings
Vietnam Country File
Papers of President Lyndon B. Johnson, Special Files
Meeting Notes File
President's Daily Diary
Papers of President Lyndon B. Johnson, White House Central Files
Confidential Files
Rusk Appointment Book
Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Washington, D.C.
Harriman Papers
Special files of W. Averell Harriman, Public Service, Kennedy and Johnson administrations
U.S. Army Center for Military History, Washington, D.C.
Westmoreland Papers
Records of General William C. Westmoreland, Commander, Military Assistance Command Vietnam, 1964–1968.
Published Sources
Documentary Collections, Congressional Documents, and Periodicals
The Declassified Documents Quarterly Catalog and microfiche. Woodbridge, CT: Research Publications (formerly Washington: Carrollton Press), 1974 and onwards.
Joint Chiefs of Staff Historical Division. History of the JCS: The War in Vietnam, 1960–1968.
The Pentagon Papers: The Department of Defense History of United States Decisionmaking on Vietnam [The Senator Gravel Edition]. 4 vols. Boston: Beacon Press, 1971.
U.S. Department of State. Aggression From the North. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1965.
____. American Foreign Policy: Basic Documents, 1950–1955. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1957.
____. American Foreign Policy: Current Documents, 1961, 1963, and 1964. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office.
____. Department of State Bulletin, 1964. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office.
U.S. National Archives and Records Administration. Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1963–1964. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1964.
Memoirs
Note: The Department of State takes no responsibility for the accuracy of these memoirs nor endorses their interpretation of the events.
Ball, George. The Past Has Another Pattern: Memoirs. New York, 1982.
Colby, William, and Forbath, Peter. Honorable Men: My Life in the CIA . New York, 1978.
Hilsman, Roger. To Move a Nation. Garden City, NY, 1967.
Johnson, Lyndon Baines. The Vantage Point: Perspectives of the Presidency, 1963–69. New York: Holt, Reinhardt and Winston, 1971.
Johnson, U. Alexis with Jeff Olivarius. The Right Hand of Power. Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1984.
Nguyen Cao Ky. Twenty Years and Twenty Days. New York, 1976.
Nitze, Paul. From Hiroshima to Glasnost: At the Center of a Decision, A Memoir. New York, 1989.
Rusk, Dean as told to Richard Rusk. As I Saw It. New York, 1990.
Sullivan, William. Obbligato, 1939–1979: Notes on a Foreign Service Career. New York, 1984.
Taylor, Maxwell D. Swords and Plowshares: A Memoir. New York, 1972.