Foreign Relations of the United States, 1961–1963, Volume I, Vietnam, 1961

Editors:

Ronald D. Landa

Charles S. Sampson

General Editor:

John P. Glennon

United States Government Printing Office
Washington
1988

Office of the Historian
Bureau of Public Affairs

Table of Contents

• Preface
• List of Sources
• List of Abbreviations
• List of Persons
• Vietnam, 1961
• I. Visit of General Edward G. Lansdale to Vietnam January 2-14, 1961 (Documents 1-8)
• II. United States Efforts To Obtain South Vietnamese Acceptance of the Basic Counterinsurgency Plan February-April 1961 (Documents 9-30)
• III. Creation of the Presidential Task Force on Vietnam and the Drafting of a Program of Action on Vietnam April-May 1961 (Documents 31-52)
• IV. Vice President Johnson's Trip to Asia, May 9-24, 1961, and the Visit of Vietnamese Secretary of State for the Presidency Thuan to Washington, June 12-17, 1961 (Documents 53-71)
• V. Special Financial Group Mission to Viet-Nam June 17-July 15, 1961 (Documents 72-95)
• VI. Consideration Within the United States Government of the Special Financial Group Recommendations July-August 1961 (Documents 96-126)
• VII. United States and Vietnamese Government Response to Increased Viet Cong Activity September-October 1961 (Documents 127-168)
• VIII. The Taylor Mission to Southeast Asia October 15-November 3, 1961 (Documents 169-209)
• IX. United States Government Consideration of the Taylor Mission Report November 3-15, 1961 (Documents 210-256)
• X. Implementation of the Taylor Mission Report November 15-December 15, 1961 (Documents 257-323)
• XI. The Secretary of Defense's First Conference on Vietnam, Held at Honolulu, December 16, 1961, and Its Aftermath (Documents 324-343)
• Index