118. Editorial Note

On August 11, 1961, McGeorge Bundy transmitted a memorandum to Secretary Rusk which constituted National Security Action Memorandum No. 65 setting forth the President’s decisions following review of the Joint Action Program submitted on July 14 (see Document 93). For text of NSAM No. 65, see United States-Vietnam Relations, 1945-1967, Book 11, pages 241-244.