Index
- Action Plan for Vietnam:
- Adenauer, Konrad, 697
- Agency for International Development (AID), 377
- Agreement for Mutual Defense Assistance in Indochina, 1950, 222, 223
- Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act (P.L. 480), 1954, 494n, 700n
- Agriculture, U.S. Department of, 590
- Ainsworth, Tom, 581
- Air Force, U.S., involvement in counterinsurgency operations, 141–142, 206–207, 246–247, 262–263, 493, 689, 793–797
- Air Force, Vietnamese, 107, 688–689, 777
- Alexander, Roy, 176
- Alsop, Joseph, 462, 676
- Anderson, Adm. George w., 15, 115, 116, 459–460, 552
- Anderson, Richard S., 634
- Anspacher, John M., 6n, 33, 34, 98, 341, 347–349, 371
- Anthis, Brig. Gen. Roland H., 162, 262–263, 549, 688, 689, 690–691
- ANZUS Council, 378, 588
- Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) (see also
Ranger companies):
- Aggressiveness in battle, 363, 630–632
- Amnesty plan, 13
- Battalion sizes, 263
- Border control, 86, 93, 261
- Command structure, 313, 496
- Crimes and misbehavior, 649, 701
- Dedication of troops, 315
- Defensive positions, 75
- Defoliant operations, 674
- Delta Pacification Plan, 241, 242
- Force level increases, 486–487, 488–489
- Guerrilla tactics, adoption of, 85–86
- Leadership problems, 525–526, 530–531
- McNamaraʼs visit, 383–384
- Medical facilities, 357
- Replacement units, need for, 385
- Stahrʼs assessment of, 338–339
- Training for, 186–187
- Vulnerability of, 338
- Associated Press (AP), 723
- Australia, 230, 495
- Bagley, Worth H., 157–158, 281–282, 343–345, 377–378
- Counterinsurgency operations, 335
- Crop destruction program, 331n, 334, 345–346.
- Defoliant operations, 407–409
- Delta Pacification Plan, 307–308
- Honolulu Conference (March 1962), 261–263
- International conference on Vietnam, 329n
- Military assistance to Vietnam, third country, 373–374
- Operation Sunrise, 212–214, 303–304
- Political settlement in Vietnam, 317–318
- RVNAF force levels, recommendations for, 216–219
- Southeast Asia Task Force, 451–453
- Strategic hamlet program, 727–729
- Vietnam, RepUblic of, political reforms, 333–334, 556–560
- Ball, George w., 466, 481n, 489
- Counterinsurgency operations, 255, 274, 276 .
- International conference on Vietnam, 611–612
- International Control Commission, 253–254, 274–275
- Media coverage of Vietnam, 156, 672–673Military assistance to Vietnam, third country, 374–375
- Noltingʼs offer to resign, 70
- U.S. economic assistance to Vietnam, 467–468
- Bao Dai, 410
- Barbour, Robert E., 698n, 738n
- Barnard, Robert J., 117n, 613n
- Barrington, James, 544
- Barwick, Sir Garfield, 378, 436, 588
- Battle, Lucius D., 46n, 171n
- Baumgartner, Herbert, 370, 405
- Beach, Keyes, 130, 131
- Ben Tuong hamlet, 358, 359, 362, 380
- Bigart, Homer, 130, 279, 280, 281, 305–306, 316, 404, 430, 653, 723
- Binh Hoa operation(January 1962), 57–58, 69, 80–82, 99–101, 359
- Bloomfield, Lincoln, 676
- Bogardus, George E, 155, 265n
- Boggs, Marion w., 750, 753
- Bosco, Father, 624
- Bowles, Chester A.:
- Brent, Joseph L., 691, 740
- Bridgham, Philip, 101–102
- Brown, Harold, 566n
- Browne, Malcolm, 154–155, 425, 723
- Brubeck, William H., 459n, 466
- Buchanan, Col., 551
- Bui Van Luong, 429, 435, 473
- Bunce, William K., 722
- Bundy, McGeorge, 139n, 148n, 183n, 206n, 221, 283, 299n, 366, 417, 430, 481n, 484n, 580n, 583, 586–587, 590, 675n, 679n, 734n, 797n
- Bundy, William P., 57, 59, 186, 187, 193, 403, 481n, 524n, 548, 556, 564n, 567n, 616n
- Burke, Robert T., 698n
- Burma, 300, 302, 351, 392, 517, 594, 786
- Burris, Col. Howard L., 237–238, 284–285, 330–331, 601–603
- Buu Hoan, 651
- Bymside, Capt., 553–554
- Ca Mau operation, 381, 634
- Cambodia, 174, 300, 397, 594
- Attacks on Vietnamese civilians, 369, 419
- Border control, 60S, 654, 656
- Mansfieldʼs assessment of, 784–785
- Neutrality for, 615, 761
- Nhuʼs assessment of, 712, 713, 752
- United States, relations with, 756, 784–785
- U.S. regional military command, response to, 392
- Vietnam, Republic of, relations with, 101, 197, 485, 541–542, 654, 659, 669, 678, 741–742, 743, 759
- Vietnamese (RVN) attacks into, 678
- Can Lao Party, 702
- Canada (see also International Control Commission), 230, 486
- Cao, Col., 191, 631, 776–777
- Cao, Gen., 140, 192, 266, 268, 319, 435
- Carroll, Lt. Gen. Joseph H, 506n
- Carson, Rachel, 590
- Carter, Marshall S., 515
- Catholic Youth Program, 624, 661
- Celebrezze, Anthony J., 417
- Central Intelligence Agency, U.S. (CIA),
445n, 515
- Presidential palace attack, report on, 181
- Central Intelligence Organization, Vietnamese (CIO), 27, 63, 92–93, 288, 289, 684
- “Charter for a Free and Independent Southeast Asia,” proposed, 517, 518–519, 565–566, 594
- Chayes, Abram J., 117n, 199, 221n, 456n
- Chen Yi, 615
- Child, Frank C., 153n
- China, Peopleʼs Republic of, 339, 615
- “Food for peace” deal, possible, 395
- Internal situation, 395
- International conference on Vietnam, 388, 543
- Intervention in Vietnam, possible, 127, 164, 388, 301
- Southeast Asia policy, 388
- Spread of Communism, approach to, 387
- U.S. regional military command, response to, 390–391
- Vietnam, Democratic Republic of:
- China, Republic of, 230, 339, 351, 486, 796–797
- Chuong, Madame, 285n
- Cinnamon crop, 271
- Citizensʼ Irregular Defense Groups. See Civilian Irregular Defense Groups.
- Civic action program (see also Strategic hamlet program):
- Administration by Vietnamese, 138, 293
- Civic action teams, 68, 86–87, 119, 257–258, 293–294
- Civilian program, 68, 137–138, 140, 202–203
- Community, impact on, 133, 204
- Country Team, required actions by, 201
- Definition and purpose of, 55
- Governmental structure, establishment of, 257
- Human rights concepts and, 277
- Integrated program, need for, 115–116, 201, 321–322
- Lansdaleʼs assessments of, 256–257, 277–278
- Military used for civil projects, 22, 55, 68, 137, 141, 142, 202, 258–259, 501, 528–529, 605
- Organizations and cadres, 203
- Personnel and materiel requirements, 88, 204–205
- Popular support, methods to achieve, 256–257
- Propaganda activities, 204
- Provincial rehabilitation activities, 322–323
- Provincial surveys and, 209
- Rural development approach, 320–321, 488
- Special Group (CI) papers on, 200–206, 258–260
- Strategy for Vietnam and, 200–201, 205–206, 282
- Task Force on Vietnamʼs assessment of, 485, 487
- Taylorʼs recommendationʼ for, 78
- Third country assistance, 142
- Thompsonʼs assessment of, 314
- Time phasing plan, 304–305
- U.S. involvement at village level, 245
- Vietnamese attitude toward, 68, 283, 388
- Village-government ties promoted through, 114
- Civil Guard, 29, 42, 53
- Arms for, 385, 423
- Crimes and misbehavior, 649, 701
- Defended villages, 85
- Delta Pacification Plan, 104, 105, 106, 240, 242
- Force level increases, 75, 487, 490, 684
- Military effectiveness, 169, 295
- Relief duties, 385
- Strategic hamlet program, 84, 382
- Thompsonʼs assessment of, 312
- Training for, 76, 262, 494, 502, 525, 548–549, 623
- U.S. support and advice, 604
- Vietnamese complaints re U.S. support, 215–216, 220, 252–253
- Civilian Irregular Defense Groups (CIDG), 549, 551, 661, 689, 775–776
- Clark, Bill, 6
- Clay, Gen. Lucius D., 655
- Cleveland, Robert G., 497n
- Clifton, Brig. Gen. Chester v., 283
- Cline, Ray, 366
- Coffin, Frank M., 200n, 372, 405
- Collins, Gen. J. Lawton, 61
- “Colonization” charge against U.S., 649, 701–702
- Communist defectors:
- Communist insurgency (see also Communist subversion issue
under
International Control Commission):
- Administration of controlled areas, 74
- Air drops, 254–255, 273
- Casualties, 314, 477, 649–650
- Communist aggression, evidence of, 420, 436, 489
- Developments (October 1961-October 1962), 679–681, 686
- Economic impact,.271
- Escalation of, 149, 230–232, 284, 583
- Feltʼs assessment of, 167–170
- Food and medical shortages, 612–613
- Future developments, 686–687, 783
- Guerrilla tactics, 169
- Heavnerʼs assessment of, 764, 775
- Hilsmanʼs assessment of, 73–75
- Infiltration increases, 775
- Infiltration routes, 113–114, 146, 338, 521–523
- Intelligence Estimate on, 164
- Interagency Intelligence Committee assessment of, 210–212
- Kidnappings, 681
- Laos, activities in, 211;708-710
- Leadership training, 533
- Local resources, reliance on, 74
- Military strategy, 73–74, 210–211, 212, 642
- Military strength, 73, 167–168, 170, 624
- Mine warfare, 29
- Nationalism and, 311, 315
- Political and propaganda activities, 168–169, 211, 237
- Popular attitude toward Communists, 781
- Radio station, 158
- Recruits for, 75, 596
- Saigon activities, 629–630
- “Secret papers” of, 27–28, 29
- Southeast Asia Task Forceʼs assessment of, 479
- Soviet support, 232
- Strategic hamlet program, impact of, 272, 642–643
- Strategic hamlets, attacks on, 244, 360, 727–729, 736–738
- Taylorʼs assessment of, 660
- Underground operations, possible, 624, 627
- Vietnam, Democratic Republic of, link to, 285–287, 533
- Village-level strategy, 27, 681
- Communist sympathizers, rehabilitation for, 774
- COMUSMACV. See Military Assistance Command, U.S.
- Congress, U.S.:
- Corcoran, Thomas J., 45
- Cottrell, Sterling J., 32, 35, 50n, 52, 117n, 129n, 194n, 221n, 256, 287–291, , 311, 332, 373, 387, 396n, 430, 497n, 616n 648-649, 698, 763n
- Action Plan for Vietnam, 499
- Civic action program, 55n, 119, 137–138, 140n, 142, 258–260, 282, 304n
- Counterinsurgency operations:
- Crop destruction program, 121, 281–282, 331n, 344, 364n, 570
- Delta Pacification Plan, 120
- Diem, U.S. support for, 146–147
- Geneva Accords, U.S. policy re, 144–145 International Control Commission, 253n, 264, 456n
- Laotian-Vietnamese relations, 663–664
- Media coverage of Vietnam, 158n, 305n, 323n, 672n
- Military Assistance Command, U.S., 95n, 145
- Military assistance to Vietnam, third country, 350–352, 368, 369, 374n
- Political settlement in Vietnam, 325
- Provincial surveys, 138, 143, 157, 209n
- Reunification of Vietnam, 365
- Southeast Asia Task Force, 451–452, 466, 655, 656
- Strategic hamlet program, 273n, 520n, 644
- U.S. economic assistance to Vietnam, 134n, 147, 467n, 481n
- U.S. information programs and policies in Vietnam, 124–126, 139
- U.S. military involvement in Vietnam, 144
- Vietnam, Democratic Republic of, possible U.S. military operations against, 365–366
- Vietnam, Republic of:
- Counterinsurgency operations (see also Civic action program; Crop
destruction program; Defoliant
operations; Delta Pacification Plan; Strategic hamlet program; U.S.
military assistance to Vietnam; U.S. military
involvement in Vietnam):
- Air power used in
- Air support, need for, 794–796
- B-26 units, 688–689
- Binh Hoa operation, 57–58, 69, 80–82, 99–100
- Chinese Nationalist pilots for, 796–797
- Civilians, impact on, 57, 161–162, 648, 698–699
- Farmgate operation, 206–207, 246–247, 493, 689
- Guidelines for, 141–142
- Helicopters, 261, 383–384, 532, 547, 690–691, 694, 739
- Interdiction role, 246–247
- LeMayʼs assessment of, 344–345
- Restrictions on, 96–97, 234–235
- Target selection, 162–163
- Thompsonʼs assessment of, 312–313
- U.S. direct involvement, 141–142, 206–207, 246–247, 262–263, 493, 689, 793–797
- Anti-aircraft operations, 254–255, 264–265, 273, 274, 276, 541
- Battalion-sized operations, 526–527, 688
- Border control, 11–12, 30, 86, 93, 261, 282, 485, 487, 502, 605, 654, 656
- Ca Mau operation, 381, 634
- Campaign Plan, 24, 29, 30
- Clear-and-hold operations (see also Operation Hai Yen II; Operation Sunrise), 26–27, 54, 205, 418–419, 634, 682
- Communication equipment, capture of, 533–534
- Coordination of U.S. and Vietnamese personnel, 8, 12, 373, 528, 685
- “Cutting the forest” operations (ambushes), 531–533
- Defended villages, 85, 103–104
- Deterioration of anti-Communist effort, 596–598
- Developments (October 1961-October 1962), 679–686
- Diemʼs position, 23–24, 52–53
- Economic situation in Vietnam and, 270–272
- Explosion Plan, 690, 714–715
- Communist response, 627–628, 633
- Harkinsʼs presentation to Diem, 624–633
- Harrimanʼs assessment of, 694–695
- Noltingʼs assessment of, 739, 788–789
- Planning for, 627, 730–731
- Strategic hamlet program and, 628–629, 630
- Taylorʼs assessment of, 661
- Failure of operations, impact on U.S., 301, 687
- Field commands, elimination of, 536
- Frontier posts, 28
- Future developments, 686–687
- Geographical phasing, 20–21
- Goals of, 18
- Governmental organization in Vietnam and, 265–266, 272
- Guerrilla tactics, adoption of, 79–82, 114, 295, 636–637
- Heavnerʼs assessment of, 765, 776
- Heavy artillery for, 535
- Helicopters used in, 261, 383–384, 532, 547, 690–691, 694, 739
- High-tension lines, protection of, 535–536
- Hilsmanʼs assessment of, 790
- Increase in number of, 169
- Informants, treatment of, 142
- Information programs, 20, 269, 315, 335, 341, 405–407
- Intelligence operations, 78, 385, 476–477, 494, 502
- Leadership training, 534–535
- McNamaraʼs assessment of, 383–384
- Maritime operations, 384, 493–494, 547
- Media coverage of field operations, 98, 124–126, 129–132, 139, 156, 158
- Media coverage of U.S. participation, 206–207, 305–306, 316, 323–324
- Napalm used in, 760, 777–778
- Outcome possibilities, 300–301
- Personnel and materiel requirements, 88–90
- Piaster funding for, 431, 437–442, 443–445, 454–455, 460–461, 463–468, 480, 481
- Plan for, 17–21, 291–295, 377–378
- Police force involvement, 156, 160–161
- Political activities, 19
- Popular participation in war effort, 12, 93–94, 266–268
- Progress report (Bureau of Intelligence and Research), 463
- Radar installations, 486
- Research and experimentation program, 404
- SEATO Plan 7, 172–174
- Spoiling attacks, 683
- Strategic Concept for South Vietnam, 73–90, 113–116
- Successes of, 649–650, 652, 655–656
- Third country involvement, 296, 306–307Time phasing, 20, 313–314
- Truce option, 237–238
- Trueheartʼs assessment of, 265–273
- U.S. public interest in, 634–635
- U.S. sense of urgency re, 602–603
- Vietnamese casualties, 146
- Vietnamese responsibility for, 287, 530–531
- Village radios and, 294–295
- Village-level activities, 30, 43, 50–51, 284–285
- War-weariness and, 589
- “Winning or losing” issue, 386, 602
- “X-factor” questions for U.S. military, 506–511
- Zone “D” operation, 1–3, 4, 24–26, 54
- Air power used in
- Couve de Murville, Maurice, 542
- Crawford, Kenneth, 672–673, 723, 753, 756, 757
- Crop destruction program, 261,
367, 369–370, 404
- Civilians, impact on, 91, 123
- Communists, impact on, 621
- Cottrellʼs assessment of, 344
- Forrestalʼs assessment of, 345–346
- Harrimanʼs opposition to, 163, 505n, 570, 580, 586n, 621
- Johnsonʼs assessment of, 761–762
- Kennedyʼs approval of, 675n
- Montagnards, impact on, 652–653
- Murrowʼs attitude toward, 590–591
- Political repercussions, 364, 367, 561, 585–586, 590–591, 607, 608, 674
- Precedent for, 585, 608
- Resettlement and food distribution programs, 122, 123
- State Department position, 606–609
- Strategic goals, 561–562, 608–609, 610
- Strategic hamlet program and, 609
- Superstitions of peasants and, 563
- Target selection, 332, 334, 345–346, 505 [Page 805]
- Test operations, 364–365, 386, 408, 505, 562–564, 584–586, 673–674, 689–690
- Thompsonʼs assessment of, 314
- Timing of, 621
- U.S. authority over, 281–282, 331–332, 334, 674, 690
- U.S. Embassy position, 91–92, 121–124, 504–505, 612–613, 673–675
- Vietnamese support for, 90–92, 122–123, 331
- Cutler, Robert, 396n
- Cuu, Lt., 189, 190, 191, 195, 196, 197, 207
- Czyzak, John T., 117n, 274n, 456n
- Dang Due Khoi, 13, 413, 724, 743
- Decker, Gen. George H., 15, 116, 261, 264, 366, 373, 535
- Defense, U.S. Department of (see also Joint Chiefs of Staff; McNamara, Robert S.; Military Assistance Command, U.S.):
- Defoliant operations (see also Crop destruction program), 310, 689
- Defense Department recommendation for, 566–567
- Effectiveness of, 732–734
- Kennedyʼs approval of, 586–587
- Objectives and scope of, 2
- Public relations aspects, 2–3
- Safety of chemicals, 674
- Target selection, 72
- Test operations, 1–3, 4, 53, 71–72, 369, 370n, 386, 404, 407–409
- U.S. authority over, 727, 733–734
- Zone “D” operation, 1–3, 4, 26
- Delmore, Brig. Gen. Fred J., 364, 407, 690
- Delta Pacification Plan (see also
Operation Sunrise), 17n, 205–206, 385, 486, 791
- Command structure, 266, 318–319
- Communist reaction, 108
- Concurrent operations, 328
- Control of population, 104–105, 241
- Country Team concurrence, 209n
- Defensive measures, 240–241
- Diemʼs decree on, 238–244
- Distribution of duties, 242–243
- Geographical phasing, 102–103, 239–240Goals of, 103, 238–239
- Implementing instructions, 120–121, 313, 319
- Operational plans for, 418, 426, 429
- Plaine des Jones defense line, 429
- Popular support, efforts to obtain, 105, 241
- Provincial surveys and, 209, 235–236, 319–320
- Responsibility for implementation, 108
- Roles of civil and military personnel, 105–107
- Security framework, 103–104,
- Strategic hamlet program, incorporation into, 414–415, 427, 428–430, 434–435
- Task Force on Vietnam agreement on, 109 Thompsonʼs analysis of, 307–308
- Thompsonʼs proposal for, 102–109
- U.S. Missions’ agreement on, 292
- Vietnamese support for, 120–121, 251–252, 291–292
- Den, Dr., 94
- Denson, J. B., 102n
- Desai, M. J., 613–614
- Diefenbach, D. A., 634n
- Diehl, William, 481n, 655
- Diem. See Ngo Dinh Diem.
- Dong, Maj., 702n
- Donnell-Hickey Report, 248, 249, 250
- Due Loi, Madame, 693
- Dulles, John Foster, 534, 710–711
- Dung, Lt. Col., 532
- Duong Van Minh, Gen., 9, 25, 259, 536, 598–599 Dutton, Frederick G., 221, 634–635
- Eggleston, Brig. Gen. Howard, 187, 192
- Eisenhower, Dwight O., 223–224
- Elegant, Robert, 34, 281
- Ellis, William A., 655
- Emergency Medical Program for Vietnam, 417
- Evans, Allan, 246n
- Explosion Plan. See under Counterinsurgency operations.
- Fall, Bernard, 653, 757
- Far East, Bowles’ assessment of U.S. policies in, 299–303
- Felt, Adm. Harry D. (CINCPAC), 24,
162
- ANZUS, 378
- Civic action program, 202
- Communist defectors, amnesty for, 715
- Communist insurgency, assessment of, 167–170
- Counterinsurgency operations:
- Crop destruction program, 90
- Defoliant operations, 72, 733
- Delta Pacification Plan, 328
- Honolulu Conferences:
- Laos:
- Military Assistance Command, U.S., 14, 109, 111–112
- Military assistance to Vietnam, third country, 378, 419n
- Neutrality for Vietnam, 714
- Operation Sunrise, 214
- Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces:
- Strategic hamlet program:
- Thailand, 262
- Thuanʼs U.S. visit, 651
- U.S. military assistance to Vietnam, FY 1963 program, 554–555
- U.S. military involvement in Vietnam, 794
- Vietnam, Republic of, political situation, 168
- Fippin, William H., 155, 265n, 470, 551; 553, 656–657
- Fishel, Wesley R., 45–46, 56, 148–152
- Fitzgerald, Desmond, 366, 580, 655
- Food-denial operations. See Crop destruction program.
- Force Populaire, 574, 624, 661, 704–705, 772–773, 775
- Foreign Assistance Act, 1961, 222, 226
- Formosa Resolution, 1955, 224
- Forrestal, Michael v., 297n, 299n, 310, 324n, 366, 369–370, 399n, 408, 443n, 467n, 580–581, 583–584, 649–650, 651, 667n, 675n, 676, 728, 743n, 793
- Fowler, James, 443n, 481n
- Fox, Guy, 148n, 152–155
- Fraley, Bert, 257
- France, 41, 230, 301, 352, 449, 486, 588, 658, 742–743, 761
- Fulbright, J. William, 221, 518
- Furst, Walter, 443n, 467n
- Galbraith, John Kenneth, 186n, 375–376, 613
- Gardiner, Arthur Z., 41–44, 155, 157, 179, 265n
- Geneva Accords (see also International Control Commission):
- Germany, Federal Republic of, 230, 697
- Gilpatric, Roswell L., 3–4, 15, 69, 176n, 179, 276, 367, 372, 403, 524n, 567n, 727
- Grant, James P., 183, 184
- Greece, 338
- Green, Marshall, 387n
- Greenfield, James L., 396n
- Gromyko, Andrei, 615
- Gundevia, Yezdezard D., 126–127, 415, 613
- Halberstam, David, 745–746, 758
- Hamilton, Fowler, 41, 282, 372, 403, 441n, 466, 657
- Hamlett, Lt. Gen. Barksdale, 552n
- Hannah, John A., 148
- Harkins, Gen. Paul
D., 110, 186, 244, 254n, 339,
344, 469, 473n, 475n, 602, 673, 674
- Army of the Republic of Vietnam:
- Civic action program:
- Civil Guard, 525
- Communist insurgency:
- Counterinsurgency operations:
- Air power used in, 234–235, 528
- Battalion-sized operations, 526–527
- Border control, 261, 282.
- Coordination, lack of, 528
- “Cutting the forest” operations (ambushes), 531, 532–533
- Explosion Plan, 624–633, 690, 730, 739, 789
- Field commands, elimination of, 536
- Heavy artillery for, 535
- Helicopters used in, 547
- High-tension lines, protection of, 536
- Leadership training, 534–535
- Maritime operations, 547
- Napalm used in, 760n, 778
- Research and experimentation program, 404
- Vietnamese responsibility for, 530–531
- Crop destruction program, 261, 331, 563, 613n
- Defoliant operations, 727, 732
- Delta Pacification Plan, 328
- Diem, meetings with, 524–539, 622–633
- Honolulu Conferences:
- Laos situation, 511n
- Media coverage of Vietnam, 744, 747
- Military Assistance Command, U.S.:
- Operation Sunrise, 214, 246, 303
- Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces:
- Strategic hamlet program, 527–528, 550
- Taylor-Nhu meeting, 636
- U.S. military assistance to Vietnam, 524–525, 623
- U.S. military involvement in Vietnam:
- U.S. regional military command, 390, 391, 399, 662
- Vietnam, Republic of:
- Harriman, W. Averell, 50n, 117n, 129n, 144, 194n, 206, 215n, 220n, 221, 254n, 279n, 287, 305, 311, 364n, 375, 387, 441n, 616n, 703, 738, 754, 760n, 789
- Bowles mission to Southeast Asia, proposed, 565–566
- Cambodia:
- Chen, meeting with, 615
- Civic action program, 119, 137n
- Counterinsurgency operations:
- Crop destruction program, 561, 620–621, 675n
- Defoliant operations, 3n, 71n
- Diem, U.S. support for, 309
- Honolulu Conference (February 1962), 141, 155, 161–163
- International conference on Vietnam, 329n
- International Control Commission:
- Kennedy-Diem communications, 396
- Laos:
- Media coverage of Vietnam:
- Military Assistance Command, U.S., 31n, 35–36n, 171n, 175n
- Military assistance to Vietnam, third country, 296, 306–307, 350, 368, 374n
- Nehru, meeting with, 613–615
- Political settlement in Vietnam, 309–310, 317–318, 325, 367
- Presidential palace attack, 182–183
- Provincial surveys, 157, 209n,
- Southeast Asia Task Force, 466
- Strategic hamlet program, 694, 728
- Thuanʼs U.S. visit, 651, 652–655, 657–659
- U.S. military involvement in Vietnam, 793
- U.S. over-optimism re Vietnam, 693–696
- Vietnam, Democratic Republic of:
- Harris, Russell L., 6
- Heavner, Theodore J. C., 137n, 140n, 144n, 209, 319–320, 396n, 414n, 456n, 497n, 499n, 581, 644n, 647, 651, 672n, 679n, 788n, 789n
- Heble, John, 703, 704, 705, 706
- Heeney, A. D. P., 197–198
- Heho-Lawksawk-Taunggyi Operation (Burma), 79–80
- Heinz, Rear Adm. Luther C., 157, 282, 194n, 209n, 253n, 274n, 304n, 467n, 554, 655
- Hendry, James B., 148n, 152
- Herbicide operations. See Defoliant operations.
- Hickenlooper, Bourke B., 676
- Hickey-Donnell Report, 248, 249, 250
- Hieu. See Ngo Trong Hieu.
- Hilsman, Roger, Jr., 69, 99n, 102n, 120n,
218, 244–245, 366–367
- Assessment of Vietnam situation, 789–792
- Communist insurgency, 73–75, 521–523
- Counterinsurgency operations, 790
- Air power used in, 246–247
- Progress reports, 463
- Systematic plan, 291–295
- Crop destruction program, 367, 561–562, 586n, 675n
- Operation Sunrise, 245–246
- Strategic Concept for Vietnam, 73–90, 113–116
- Strategic hamlet program, 791–792
- Vietnam, Republic of, political situation, 757
- Ho Chi Minh, 42, 395, 410, 458n, 671, 775
- Hoa, Father, 624, 661
- Hoai, Col., 775
- Hoang Khac Thanh, 41, 155
- Hoang Nguyen, 543
- Hoang Van Lac, Lt. Col., 238n, 251, 318–319, 414, 418, 426–427, 428, 429, 434
- Hohler, Henry A.E, 414, 429
- Holyoake, K. J., 378
- Hong Kong, 658
- Honolulu Conferences:
- Hooten, 117n, 186
- Horgan, Rogers B., 183, 456n
- Hubbard, Wharton D., 197, 253n, 456n
- Hue, Archbishop of. See Ngo Dinh Thuc.
- Hughes, Thomas L., 246n
- Humphrey, Hubert H., 518
- Hunt, George, 176
- Huyen, Col., 535
- Huynh Huu Nghia, 56
- India (see also International Control Commission), 230, 302, 351
- Indonesia, 300, 302, 351, 786
- Information service, Vietnamese, 13–14, 33–34, 289, 424, 489, 635, 685
- International conference on Vietnam, proposed:
- International Control Commission (ICC), 436, 589
- Canadian strategy, 254
- Citations of violations, 456–457
- Communist activities, increased monitoring of, 275
- Communist attacks on monitors, 284
- Communist subversion issue:
- Hanoi visit, 658
- International law and, 252–253
- Laos troop withdrawals, monitoring of, 615 ,
- Report on Vietnam, 298, 375, 419–420, 480–481, 492
- Issuance of, 434
- U.S. introduction of forces issue:
- Vietnamese Democratic Republic propaganda against, 420
- International Monetary Fund, 651
- Jabloski, Gen., 247
- Jaffe, Adrian, 153n
- James, Wayne, 304n
- Janow, Seymour J., 119n, 143, 551
- Japan, 230, 351, 392, 486
- Johnson, Lyndon B., 3, 15, 164, 237, 284, 330, 364n, 601, 677
- Johnson, Robert H., 557, 616, 763n
- Johnson, U. Alexis, 46n, 48n, 70n, 160n, 255n, 258n, 274n, 276n, 305n, 372, 396n, 403, 688
- Civic action program, 119, 137, 200n
- Counterinsurgency operations:
- Air power used in, 57–58
- Anti-aircraft operations, 264–265
- Village-level activities, 50–51
- Crop destruction program, 580, 586n, 610, 761–762
- Defoliant operations, 71n, 727
- Diem, assessment of, 762
- Diemʼs replacement, consideration of, 459–460
- Hilsman-JCS meeting, 113, 115–116
- Honolulu Conference (july 1962), 549
- International Control Commission, 263–264
- Media coverage of Vietnam, 129, 139, 156, 158n
- Military Assistance Command, U.S., 128n, 171n, 175n
- RVNAF force level increases, 59, 233
- Thuanʼs U.S. visit, 651, 652
- Vietnam visit, 760–762
- Joint Action Program, 490–492
- Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), 3–4, 167
- Counterinsurgency operations, napalm used in, 760n
- Crop destruction program, 562–564, 610
- Defoliant operations, 566, 733
- Delta Pacification Plan, 328
- Diemʼs replacement, consideration of, 459–460
- Hilsmanʼs meeting with, 113–116
- International Control Commission, 264
- Military Assistance Command, U.S., 47n
- RVNAF force level increases, 39–40, 216–219
- Southeast Asia, strategic importance of, 40
- U.S. military involvement in Vietnam, 794, 796
- Jorden, William J., 581
- Jorden Report, 6
- Karnow, Stanley, 176
- Kaysen, Carl, 481n, 651, 676
- Kennedy, John E, 16, 113n, 148n, 244n,
299, 637, 649, 750n, 763n, 793
- Cambodian-Vietnamese relations, 669
- Civic action program, 55, 137n, 283
- Communist defectors, amnesty for, 670
- Counterinsurgency operations:
- Crop destruction program, 367
- Defoliant operations, 310, 727, 732, 734n
- Diem:
- Emergency Medical Program for Vietnam, 417
- Far East, U.S. policies in, 299
- International conference on Vietnam, 329n, 611
- International Control Commission, 264
- Laos, 511–513, 668–669, 671, 696–697, 717–718
- Media coverage of Vietnam, 156
- Military Assistance Command, U.S., 14–16, 31n, 35–36n, 38, 129
- Nolting, meeting with, 31
- Political settlement in Vietnam, 297n, 309–310, 317, 367, 370n
- Southeast Asia, U.S. political objectives in, 448, 511–513
- Special Group (Counterinsurgency), 48–50
- Thuanʼs U.S. visit, 651, 667–672
- U.S. military involvement in Vietnam, 224, 225
- Vietnam, Democratic Republic of, U.S. contacts with, 399
- Kennedy, Robert E, 230n, 247, 372, 404, 651
- Kent, Col. J. R., 4n, 325n, 569
- Kessner, Joe, 176
- Khanh. See Nguyen Khanh Brig. Gen. Khien, Col., 527
- Khrushchev, Nikita S, 512, 712, 775
- “Kien Hoa“ papers, 27–28, 29
- Knox, Newton B., 155
- Koh Rokar incident, 678
- Korea, Republic of, 351, 397
- Korean war, 223, 449
- Koren, Henry L. T., 41, 451, 466, 655
- Krulak, Maj. Gen. Victor H., 276–279, 372, 564–565, 567n, 728
- Lac. See Hoang Van Lac, Lt. Col., 238n, 251, 318–319, 414, 418, 426–427, 428, 429, 434
- Lalouette, Roger, 588
- Langen, Odin, 634
- Lansdale, Brig. Gen. Edward G., 60n, 616n
- Laos, 174
- Communist activities in, 211, 542, 708–710
- Communist infiltration to Vietnam through, 338, 521–523
- Communist reactions to U.S. courses of action, 445–446
- Conference on, 497–498, 511–513, 514–515, 542–543, 592–593
- French policy toward, 742–743
- Mansfieldʼs assessment of, 783–784
- Military situation, 384
- Neutrality issue, U.S.-Vietnamese discussions re, 458, 629, 710–712, 754
- Soviet policy toward, 512, 542, 592–593, 664
- Troop withdrawals, 615
- U.K. policy toward, 664
- U.S. combat forces for, 432–433
- U.S. policy toward, 302, 394, 497–498, 511–513, 593
- U.S. regional military command, response to, 391–392
- Vietnam, Republic of, relations with, 514, 658–659, 663–664, 668–669, 671, 677–679, 696–697, 707, 713–714, 716–718, 719–720
- Le Than, 191
- Le Van Kim, Gen., 599
- Le Van Ty, Gen., 94, 235, 289, 497, 525, 745
- Lebanon, U.S. deployment of forces (1958), 223–224
- LeMay, Gen. Curtis, 142, 263–264, 343, 344–345
- Lemnitzer, Gen. Lyman, 4, 7n, 16, 48n, 50n, 53, 179, 372, 379n, 466,
524n
- Crop destruction program, 562–564, 610, 620n
- Hilsman-JCS meeting, 113, 115, 116
- Military Assistance Command, U.S., 14–16, 109–110
- Political settlement in Vietnam, 324n
- Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces:Command structure, 51
- Force levelincreases, 39–40
- Thailand, 262
- Thuanʼs U.S. visit, 651, 677
- Vietnam visit, 404
- Levitt, Scott, 178
- Levy, Col. Robert M., 7–10
- Life magazine, 131, 176–180
- Little, Edward. S., 364n, 399n, 481n
- Loftus, Becker, 374n
- Long An hamlet, 363
- Luong. See Bui Van Luong.
- Luong Son hamlet, 382
- Macapagal, Diosadado, 516, 592
- McConaughy, Walter P., 182, 459n
- McCone, John A., 372, 404, 466
- MacDonald, Malcolm, 537
- McGarr, Lt. Gen. Lionel
C., 11, 14, 19n, 58, 81, 116, 179
- Counterinsurgency operations:
- Crop destruction program, 90–92
- Defoliant operations, 72
- Diem, meeting with, 23–30
- Honolulu Conference (January 1962), 40, 52
- Johnson, Lyndon B., letter to, 164–166
- Military Assistance Command, U.S., 111, 165
- Military assistance to Vietnam, third country, 54
- RVNAF training, 28–29, 165–167
- Strategic hamlet program, 165
- McNamara, Robert S.,
7, 15, 176, 441n, 466, 515, 524n
- Counterinsurgency operations:
- Air power used in, 69n, 162, 262–263, 689
- Binh Hoa operation, 99n
- Diemʼs position, 52–53
- Explosion Plan, 627, 730
- Helicopters used in, 261, 547
- Piaster funding for, 464
- U.S. sense of urgency re, 602–603
- Visit to front, 383–384
- “Winning or losing” issue, 179
- “X-factor” questions for U.S. military, 506
- Crop destruction program, 261, 562, 675n
- Defoliant operations:
- Honolulu Conferences:
- Media coverage of Vietnam, 54, 158n
- Military Assistance Command, U.S.:
- Military assistance to Vietnam, third country, 54
- Montagnards, military training for, 564
- Operation Sunrise, 380–381
- Political settlement in Vietnam, 297n, 309, 324–325
- Prisoners of war, 567
- Provincial surveys, 53–54
- Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces:
- Self Defense Corps, arms for, 53, 262
- Southeast Asia, strategic importance of, 40
- Strategic hamlet program:
- Thailand, 262
- Thuanʼs U.S. visit, 651, 677
- U.S.economic assistance to Vietnam, 556
- U.S.military assistance, FY 1963 program, 554–555
- U.S.military involvement in Vietnam, contingency plan for, 283
- Vietnam, Republic of, economic situation, 553
- Vietnam visit, 379–387
- Counterinsurgency operations:
- Maechling, Charles, 55n, 160n
- Magathan, Wallace C., Jr., 119n, 209n
- Malaya, 230, 313, 315, 351, 392, 486, 495, 728, 786
- Malaysian Federation, 592, 786–787
- Malraux, Andre, 410
- Manell, Abram E., 323n, 396n
- Manfull, Melvin R, 70n, 582n, 698n, 738n
- Manning, Robert, 129n, 139, 158n, 412
- Mansfield, Mike, 448, 457–459, 518, 594, 676
- Mao Tse Tung, 709
- Marcy, Carl, 676
- Marshall, Gen. George C., 535
- Martin, Edwin w., 52–54, 161–163, 332–333, 365, 707
- Martin, Harold H., 758
- Mau. See Vu Van Mau.
- Maung Maung Gyi, 544
- Mayer, Charles, 743
- Mecklin, John, 370–372, 405–407, 409–414, 425, 691, 721n, 722–725, 743–749
- Media coverage of Vietnam (see also U.S.
information policies and programs in Vietnam):
- Caliber of U.S. reporters, 752–753
- Classified information, access to, 33, 54, 747
- Diem, criticism of, 44, 54, 412–414, 721–722, 724
- Expulsion of reporters, 279–281, 665, 721–722, 723–725, 744
- U.S. response, 725–726, 734–736, 746
- Field operations, U.S. policy re coverage of, 98, 124–126, 129–132, 139, 156, 158
- “naccuraciesl” in, 194–195
- Indoctrination briefing for reporters, 758–759
- Lansdaleʼs interview, 176–180
- Military press briefings, 723, 743–744, 747, 749
- Newsweek ban, 34, 672–673, 723, 735
- Nhuʼs control of government policy, 744–745
- Non-American correspondents, U.S. policy toward, 6–7, 35
- Positive publicity, U.S. efforts re, 124–126, 131, 159–160, 650, 661–662, 757–759
- Presidential palace attack:
- Restrictions on reporters, 723, 745–749
- U.S. liaison with media, 139
- U.S. Mission, media relations with, 34–35, 656
- U.S. participation in combat, 206–207, 305–306, 316, 323–324
- U.S. policy statement re, 158–160
- Vietnamese Government, reporters’relations with, 425, 653, 665, 755
- Washington news leaks, 33, 54
- Meloy, Francis E., 750, 797
- Mendenhall, Joseph A., 17n, 45–46, 56, 265n, 318, 353n, 473–478, 596–601
- Menon, V. K. Krishna, 615
- Meyer, Carl, 676
- Michigan State University Group in Vietnam, 148–149, 152–155
- Military Assistance Advisory Group (MAAG) (see also McGarr, Lt. Gen. Lionel C.), 68, 164–166, 363
- Military Assistance Command, U.S. (MACV) (see also
Harkins, Gen. Paul
D.; U.S. military assistance to
Vietnam), 351, 494, 740
- Communist insurgency:
- Diem informed of, 59–60, 65–66, 95
- Establishment of, decision re, 4, 8, 9, 14–16
- Harkins named commander, 4, 15, 179
- Harkinsʼ arrival in Saigon, 110
- McGarrʼs attitude toward, 165
- Media coverage of Vietnam and, 745–746, 747, 749
- Mission and tasks, 112, 145
- Press announcement re, 95
- Terms of reference, 15–16, 31n, 35–36, 37, 38, 46–48, 58, 70, 109, 111, 128–129, 171, 175–176
- Military Assistance Command (Thailand), U.S., 390–393, 399, 622
- Military assistance to Vietnam, third country (see also U.S. military assistance to Vietnam):
- Military command, U.S. See Military Assistance Command, U.S.
- Military operations, Communist. See Communist insurgency.
- Military operations, U.S.-Vietnamese. See Counterinsurgency operations.
- Moffatt, Hugh, 176
- Monroe, Bill, 734n
- Montagnards, 11, 12, 22, 88, 138, 404
- Montgomery, James, M., 572
- Moore, Daniel E., 655, 664, 743n
- Morse, Wayne, 144, 221–232
- Mundt, Carl, 676
- Murphy, Charlie, 176
- Murrow, Edward R., 34, 129n, 139n, 466, 590–591, 650, 656, 743n
- National Academy for Strategic Hamlets, 381
- National Broadcasting Company (NBC), 724, 734
- National Security Action Memoranda (NSAM):
- Navy, Vietnamese, 107, 312
- Nehru, Braj Kumar, 183–184, 613–615
- Neilson, N. Paul, 6–7, 33–35
- Neubert, Joseph w., 390n
- Neustadt, Richard, 449
- Neutrality for Vietnam, 474–475, 497–498, 629, 710–712, 714
- The New York Times, 130, 143, 305, 420, 676, 735
- New Yorker magazine, 642
- New Zealand, 230, 351, 378, 486
- Newhouse, John, 676
- Newsweek magazine, 34, 252, 279, 281, 602, 672–673, 676, 723, 735, 757
- Ngo Dinh Can, 268, 702, 704, 705, 728, 765, 772
- Ngo Dinh Diem:
- Agricultural situation, 643
- Alternatives, U.S. consideration of, 64, 232, 459–460, 598–600
- Anti-Communist convictions, 41–42
- Army of the Republic of Vietnam, 530–531, 630–632
- Cambodia, neutrality for, 761 ]
- Casualties, reaction to, 776
- Central Vietnam situation, 705
- Civic action program, 204, 528–529
- Civil Guard:
- Commercial development, 43–44
- Communist insurgency:
- Counterinsurgency operations, 23–24
- Air power used in, 234–235
- Battalion-sized operations, 526–527
- Border control, 30, 261
- Clear-and-hold operations, 26–27
- “Cutting the forest” operations (ambushes), 531–533
- Explosion Plan, 624–633, 789
- Failure of military effort, responsibility for, 597–598
- Field commands, elimination of, 536
- Frontier posts, 28
- Heavy artillery for, 535
- Helicopters used in, 532
- High-tension lines, protection of, 535–536
- Leadership training, 534–535
- Organizational and administrative problems, 377
- Vietnamese responsibility for, 530–531
- Village-level activities, 30, 43
- Zone “D” operation, 25, 26
- Coup against, possible, 9, 77, 354–355
- Crop destruction program, 91, 261, 331–332
- Delta Pacification Plan, 205, 319
- “Evil influences” on, 150–151, 152
- Fishelʼs assessment of, 46
- Government officials, assessment of, 536–539
- Harkins, meetings with, 524–539, 622–633
- Johnsonʼs assessment of, 762
- Kennedy, communications with, 285–287, 396–398, 511–513, 514–515, 718–719, 731–732
- Lansdaleʼs assessments of, 66–67, 176–178
- Laos:
- McGarr, meeting with, 23–30
- Mansfieldʼs assessment of, 781, 797
- Mecklin, meeting with, 409–414
- Media coverage of Vietnam:
- Michigan State University Group, 148–149, 153–154
- Military Assistance Command, U.S., informed of, 58–60, 65–66, 95
- Military assistance to Vietnam, third country, 419n
- Montagnards:
- Morale of the people, 628
- National Assembly speech, 695n
- Neutrality for Vietnam, 629
- Northerners and Catholics, favoritism toward, 702
- Operation Sunrise, 246
- Pathasarathiʼs assessment of, 376
- People,contacts with, 13, 269, 410–411
- Political corruption, campaign against, 228
- Political prisoners, 94
- Political reforms, 62–64, 315, 333–334
- Political support, loss of, 45, 150–151, 152, 468–469
- Presidential palace attack, 182, 187–192, 193, 197
- Provincial surveys, 138
- Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces:
- Road program, 42–43
- Stahrʼs assessment of, 337–338
- Strategic hamlet program, 205, 546
- Taylor, meeting with, 642–643
- Thompsonʼs assessment of, 310–311
- Thuanʼs resignation, rumors about, 692
- U.S. assessment of, 60–65, 66–67
- U.S. influence with, methods to improve, 64–65, 66–67
- U.S. military assistance to Vietnam, 44, 430–431
- U.S. military representative for, 64–65
- U.S. regional military command, response to, 392, 399
- U.S. support for, 146–147, 309, 354–355
- U.S.-Vietnamese relations, 414
- Yuenʼs assessment of, 474
- Ngo Dinh Luyen, 600
- Ngo Dinh Nhu, 245, 414, 598
- Americans, attitude toward, 744
- Cambodia, perspective on, 712, 713, 752
- Cambodian policy toward U.S., 756
- Central Vietnam situation, 704, 705
- Communist defectors, 710, 715
- Coup against Diem, possible response to, 477–478
- Crop destruction program, 608
- Explosion Plan, 714–715
- Fishelʼs assessment of, 150
- Land reform, 752
- Laos:
- Mansfield, meeting with, 750–757
- Mansfieldʼs assessment of, 781
- Media coverage of Vietnam:
- Michigan State University Group, 148, 149
- Neutrality for Vietnam, 710–712, 714
- Province rehabilitation program, 762
- RVNAF desertions, 715
- Southeast Asia, social revolutions needed in, 712–713
- Strategic hamlet program, 571, 598, 682
- Arms for villagers, 739
- Assessment of, 470–472
- Construction program, acceleration of, 245, 261, 268, 311–312
- Delta Pacification Plan incorporated into, 415, 427, 434
- Democratic values and, 638–640
- Dependent housing, 715–716
- Guerrilla operations against Communists and, 636–637, 638
- Long-term plan for, 639–640, 750–752
- Priority constructions, 427, 637–638
- Strategy against Communism, 640
- “Will to fight” developed by, 754
- Taylor, meeting with, 636–641
- Thuanʼs resignation, rumors about, 692
- U.S. military personnel in Vietnam, 641
- U.S. visit, proposed, 462–463
- Ngo Dinh Nhu, Madame, 150–151, 182, 188, 215–216, 220, 252–253, 413, 724, 725, 744, 745
- Ngo Dinh Thuc (Archbishop of Hue), 188, 600
- Ngo Trong Hieu, 140, 260, 406, 424, 425, 692–693, 723
- Nguyen Dinh Thuan,
23n, 25, 101, 255, 339, 409, 412, 497, 525, 532, 536, 600, 650
- Cambodian-Vietnamese relations, 654, 659, 669, 741–742, 743
- Catholicism, conversion to, 46, 56
- Central Vietnam situation, 705
- Civic action program, 258
- Civil Guard, Vietnamese complaints re
- U.S. support, 220, 252–253
- Communist defectors, amnesty for, 289, 670
- Communist insurgency:
- Counterinsurgency operations:
- Crop destruction program, 90, 122, 613n, 652–653, 669–670
- Delta Pacification Plan, 120, 121n, 251, 318, 319
- Laos:
- Long-term perspective on Vietnam, 588–589
- Media coverage of Vietnam:
- Michigan State University Group, 148, 149, 153
- Military Assistance Command, U.S., 58–60, 65–66
- Military assistance to Vietnam, third country, 350
- Montagnards, resettlement of, 582–583
- Personality of, 151
- Political reforms, 315
- Provincial surveys, 235–236
- Resignation, rumors about, 692–693
- Reunification of Vietnam, 588–589
- RVNAF command structure, 11
- Strategic hamlet program:
- Television for Vietnam, 665–666
- U.S. economic assistance to Vietnam, 657–658, 671
- U.S. visit, 651
- Nguyen Khanh, Brig. Gen., 10, 30, 186, 189, 235, 436, 527, 533–534, 743, 748
- Nguyen Luong, 692
- Nguyen Ngoc Tho, 269, 459, 460, 474, 475–478, 598, 750
- Nguyen Thai, 151
- Nguyen Thi Truyen, 196
- Nguyen Thien Ke, 354
- Nguyen Van Luong, 692
- Nguyen Van Vinh, Maj. Gen., 286, 342
- Nhu. See Ngo Dinh Nhu .
- Nitze, Paul H., 264, 265, 567
- Nolting, Frederick E., Jr., 11–13, 17n, 23n, 50n, 92–94, 116, 215n, 220n, 254n, 305, 339, 409, 435–437, 461, 468–469, 473n, 475n, 482, 580, 616, 648, 675, 693, 763n
- Action Plan for Vietnam, 499
- Army of the Republic of Vietnam, 186–187, 701
- Cambodian policy toward U.S., 756
- Cambodian-Vietnamese relations, 678, 741–742, 743
- Civic action program, 68, 202
- Civil Guard, Vietnamese complaints re U.S. support, 252–253
- “Colonization” charge against U.S., 701–702
- Communist defectors, amnesty for, 715
- Communist insurgency:
- Counterinsurgency operations:
- Crop destruction program, 563, 621
- Defoliant operations, 2
- Delta Pacification Plan, 121n
- Heavnerʼs report, 353
- Honolulu Conferences:
- International conference on Vietnam, 329–330, 401
- International Control Commission, 117n
- Laos:
- Long-term perspective on Vietnam, 588–589
- Mansfieldʼs visit, 750, 753
- Media coverage of Vietnam (see also U.S. information programs and
policies in Vietnam
below, 743, 753
- Expulsion of reporters, 279–281, 721–722, 724, 725–726, 734
- Field operations, 98, 124, 125–126, 132, 158
- Newsweek ban, 673n
- Non-American correspondents, U.S. policy toward, 6–7
- Positive publicity, U.S. efforts ref 757
- U.S. participation in combat, 206–207, 305, 316
- U.S. policy statement re, 160
- Vietnamese government, reporters’ relations with, 755
- Michigan State University Group, 154
- Military Assistance Command, U.S.:
- Montagnards, resettlement of, 582–583
- Neutrality for Vietnam, 710–712, 714
- Operation Sunrise, 246
- Presidential palace attack, 181–182, 187, 189, 190, 192, 193, 195–197
- Provincial surveys, 157
- Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces:
- Resignation, offer of 48, 70
- Senate testimony, 32
- Southeast Asia, need for social revolutions, 712–713
- Strategic hamlet program:
- Delta Pacification Plan incorporated into, 427, 434–435
- Elections, 699–700
- Guerrilla operations against Communists and, 637, 638
- Nhuʼs program of accelerated construction, 261
- Paramilitary forces, 699, 738–739
- Poorest inhabitants, unpaid work by, 648, 700
- Priority constructions, 539–540, 550
- Relocations for, 700–701
- Retaken villages and, 739–740
- Socio-economic programs, 740
- Strategy against Communism, 640
- Taylor-Diem meeting, 642–643
- Taylor-Nhu meeting, 636, 637, 638, 640
- Thuanʼs resignation, rumors about, 692–693
- U.S. economic assistance to Vietnam, 555, 576–579
- U.S. information programs and policies , in Vietnam (see also Media coverage of Vietnam above), 33–35
- U.S. military assistance to Vietnam, 554
- U.S. over-optimism in Vietnam, 738, 740–741
- U.S. regional military command, 399
- U.S. visit (January 1962), 7n, 31, 32, 33
- Vietnam, Republic of:
- OʼDaniel, Gen. John w., 67
- OʼDonnell; Adm. Edward J., 53
- Operation Binh Minh. See Operation Sunrise.
- Operation Hai Yen II, 418–419, 435, 479, 562, 584–585, 682
- Operation Sunrise, 251, 259, 682
- Owen, Henry D., 703n
- Pakistan, 302, 351
- Parrott, Raymond C., 403–405
- Parthasarathi, G., 126, 127, 375–376, 379
- Peace Corps, U.S., 414
- Pell, Claiborne, 750, 752
- Personalism philosophy, 151
- Peters, Richard B., 55n
- Peterson, Avery E, 55n, 460n, 467n, 481n
- Pezzullo,Lawrence, 274n, 276n
- Phan Phu Quoc, Lt., 190, 191–192, 195–196, 252
- Phan Van Tao, 424, 425n, 724
- Philippines, 302, 351, 397, 486, 517, 786
- Phillips, Rufus, 470–472, 553, 616, 695, 740
- Phoumi Nosavan, Gen., 391, 392, 708, 742
- Plakies, John, 143
- Political settlement in Vietnam (see also International conference on Vietnam), 370n
- Presidential palace, attack on, 659
- Prisoners of war, 313
- Provincial surveys, 11, 93, 143, 168, 283, 288, 495
- Public Health Service, U.S., 417
- Pushkin, Georgi M., 614
- Quan, Capt, 356
- Quoc, Lt. See Phan Phu Quoc, Lt.
- Ramsey, Henry C., 703n
- Ranger companies, 11–12, 30, 86, 93, 288, 363, 496, 532–533
- Raymond, Jack, 130
- Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces (RVNAF)
(see also
Air Force, Vietnamese; Army of
the Republic of Vietnam; Civil Guard;
Navy, Vietnamese; Ranger
companies; Self Defense Corps):
- Casualties, 776–777
- Catholicism issue, 45–46, 56
- Civilian Irregular Defense Groups, 549, 551, 661, 689, 775–776
- Command structure, 11, 92, 288, 501, 776–777
- Communications system, 622–623
- Coordination within, 93
- Crop destruction program, 505
- Delta Pacification Plan, 107
- Desertions, 284, 386, 715
- Developments (October 1961-October 1962), 683–684
- Diemʼs relations with, 62
- Force level increases, 75
- Force Populaire, 574, 624, 661, 704–705, 772–773, 775
- Harkinsʼ relations with, 659
- Increase in operations, 385
- Intelligence program. See Central Intelligence Organization.
- Military capabilities, improvements in, 622–624
- Officer training, 658
- Paramilitary forces, proliferation of, 661
- Performance of, 211–212, 468
- Province chiefs, 63
- Training for, 24, 28–29, 53, 114–115, 165–167, 548–549
- Special Forces for, 487, 502
- Women, military training for, 623–624
- Republican Youth Program, 661
- Reston, James, 130
- Rettie, E. R., 197, 253–254, 275
- Reunification of Vietnam, 575, 588–589
- Rice, Edward E., 55n, 117n, 197–199, 221n, 274n, 276n, 323n, 364n, 374n, 396n, 561, 566, 570, 596, 606n, 616n648, 698, 703, 706, 707n
- Rice crop, 271, 421, 571–572, 650, 769–770
- Richardson, John, 473n, 475n, 582
- Richardson, Lt. Gen., 390
- Riley, Vice Adm. Herbert D., 264, 364n, 547
- Robinson, James, 721–722, 724–725, 726
- Roosevelt, Franklin D., 410–411, 544
- Rostow, Walt W., 21, 50n, 299n, 473n, 557, 566n, 571, 581n, 616–618, 763n,
770
- Laos situation, 432–433
- Military assistance to Vietnam, third counny, 296, 306, 350, 368
- Montagnards, 618
- Strategic hamlet program, 617, 644
- Thuanʼs U.S. visit, 651, 675–676
- U.S. economic assistance to Vietnam, 132
- Vietnam, Democratic Republic of, proposed U.S. military operations against, 393–395
- Vietnam, Republic of:
- Rowan, Carl T., 124, 129–132, 139, 156, 158n
- Rowen, Harry S., 610
- Rowny, Maj. Gen. Edward L., 691, 694
- Rubber production, 271
- Rusk, Dean:
- ANZUS, 378
- Bowles mission to Southeast Asia,proposed, 516, 517n, 565, 591
- Cambodian-Vietnamese relations, 654
- Civic action program:
- Communist infiltration routes, 521
- Counterinsurgency operations:
- Crop destruction program:
- Defoliant operations, 3n, 71n, 586
- Geneva Accords, U.S. policy on, 194
- International conference on Vietnam, 543, 611
- International Control Commission:
- Kennedy-Diem communications, 396, 511–513
- Laos:
- Mau, meeting with, 541–543
- Media coverage of Vietnam (see also U.S. information policies and programs in Vietnam below), 139n
- Military Assistance Command, U.S., 46n, 59n
- Military assistance to Vietnam, third country, 378, 588n
- Nehru-Harriman meeting, 613–615
- Political settlement in Vietnam, 327
- Provincial surveys, 209–210
- Southeast Asia Task Force, 466
- Special Group (Counterinsurgency), 48n
- Strategic hamlet program:
- Thuanʼs U.S. visit, 651, 652–655, 666–667
- U.S. economic assistance to Vietnam, 443–445, 460–461
- U.S. information programsand policies in Vietnam (see also Media coverage of Vietnam above), 158–160
- Vietnam, Democratic Republic of:
- Vietnam, Republic of:
- Saigon:
- Salans, Carl H, 253n
- Salinger, Pierre, 139n, 158n, 206n
- Sarris, Louis G., 221n
- Saturday Evening Post, 757–758
- Saund, D.S., 296
- Scott, Joseph W., 246n
- Seelye, Talcott W., 152, 153, 154–155
- Self Defense Corps, 28, 29
- Arms for, 53, 262, 385, 423
- Civic action training, 774
- Crimes and misbehavior, 649, 701
- Defended villages, 85
- Delta Pacification Plan, 104, 105–106, 240, 242
- Force level increases, 75, 490, 684
- MAAG support, 487
- Military effectiveness, 169, 170, 244n, 295
- Pay and benefits, 356–357
- Reduction in, pOssible, 772, 773
- Relief duties, 385
- Strategic hamlet program, 84, 355–358, 382
- Thompsonʼs assessment of, 312
- Training for, 76, 262, 494, 502, 547, 548–549, 623
- U.S. support and advice, 604, 773–774
- Shaw, Dr., 408
- Sheehan, Neil, 745
- Shoup, Gen. David M., 15, 344–345
- Sihanouk, Prince Norodom, 197, 329, 516, 542, 608, 615, 654, 659, 669, 713, 742, 756, 761, 784
- Silver, Warren A., 134–136, 141n, 144n, 467n
- Simpson, Howie, 412
- Smith, Bromley, 71n, 283n, 331n
- Smith, Gordon, 468–469, 482
- Smith, Margaret Chase, 750, 756
- Smith, Walter Bedell, 225, 322
- Sochurek, Howard, 80–81, 98, 130, 131, 178
- Sorensen, Thomas C., 590n
- Souphanovong, Prince, 615, 784
- Southeast Asia:
- Attitudes toward U.S., 593
- Buffer area approach, 594–595
- Chinese Peopleʼs Republic policy toward, 388
- Communist plan of conquest, 458
- Mansfieldʼs report on, 783–787
- Nhuʼs perspective on, 712–713
- Strategic importance, 40
- U.S. political objectives, 302–303, 448–451, 511–513, 593–595, 783, 787
- U.S. regional military command, 390–393, 399, 662
- Southeast Asia Task Force (see also Action Plan for Vietnam), 655–657
- Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO):
- Southern Liberation Front, 168
- Souvanna Phouma, 211, 542, 543, 593, 615, 708, 742, 756, 784
- Soviet Union
- Spain, 658
- Special Group (Counterinsurgency), 69, 157n, 461–462, 743n, 763n, 789n
- Special National Intelligence Estimates (SNIE):
- Spurgin, C. Richard, 443n, 603n
- Stahr, Elvis J., Jr., 337–339
- Staley, Eugene, 605
- Staley/Thuc Report, 42
- Stalin, Joseph, 711–712
- Stoneman, Walter G., 247n, 282, 304n, 320–322, 377–378, 443n, 460n
- Strategic hamlet program:
- Agriculture and, 248–249, 571–572, 769–770
- Border hamlets, proposed, 88
- Central Vietnam hamlets, 704
- Chiefs, training for, 768–769
- CIA assessment of, 515
- Communications systems, 335, 382–383, 404, 422, 480
- Communist attacks, 244, 360, 727–729, 736–738
- Communist defectors and, 471
- Communist insurgency, impact on, 272, 642–643
- Congress of hamlets, proposed, 573, 619–620, 769
- Control of population, 422, 480
- Crop destruction program and, 609
- Defenses of, 83–84, 85
- Delta Pacification Plan, strategic framework for;103-104, 240
- Delta Pacification Plan incorporated into, 414–415, 427, 428–430, 434–435
- Democratic values and, 638–640
- Dependent housing, 715–716
- District advisers for, 770
- Education, 424, 574, 619
- Elections, 470–471, 598, 617, 648, 699–700, 706, 767
- Establishment of hamlets, cadres for, 362–363
- Explosion Plan and, 628–629, 630
- Fences issue, 765–766
- Funding for, 520, 551, 691
- Government officials’ involvement in, 573, 620
- Guerrilla operations against Communists and, 636–637, 638
- “Hamlet kit” for, 682, 691, 728, 729
- Heavnerʼs assessment of, 764, 765–770
- Hilsmanʼs assessment of, 791–792
- Information campaign re, 551, 657
- Intelligence aspects, 78, 84
- Key to military victory, 273n
- Land reform, 572–573
- Local administration, effect of, 766, 768
- Loyalties of inhabitants, exposure of, 766
- McNamaraʼs assessment of, 380–383
- Mansfieldʼs assessment of, 780–782
- Military authority over, 471
- National policy, designation as, 96
- Nhuʼs assessment of, 470–472
- Nhuʼs program of accelerated construction, 245, 261, 268, 311–312
- Operation Sunrise and, 245–246, 380–381
- Organizational problem, 476
- Paramilitary forces, 84, 115, 338, 549, 551, 773
- Plan for, 639–640, 750–752
- Popular attitudes toward, 248–250, 648, 700
- Priority constructions, 427, 429–430, 476, 520, 527–528, 539–540, 550–551, 597–598, 637–638
- Progress reports, 292–293, 419, 546, 680, 681–682
- Proposal for, 83–84
- Protection for villagers through, 268
- Provincial concepts of, 360–361
- Relocations for, 26, 192, 205, 648, 700–701
- Retaken villages and, 739–740
- Salary problems, 361–362, 475–476
- Shortage problems, 358–359, 381
- Socioeconomic programs, 268–269, 473–474, 598, 695, 740, 769–770
- Strategic concept of, 78–79
- Strategic Hamlet Committee, 205, 427, 495, 496
- Strategy against Communism, 640
- Successes of, 293, 381, 656
- Time requirements, 165
- Trend of events, means of measuring, 644–648
- Two-thirds concept, 639, 640
- Types of hamlets, 248–249
- U.S. advisers in provinces, 353–355, 359–360
- U.S. economic assistance for, 359–360, 462
- Volunteers for, 471
- “Will to fight” developed by, 754
- Sukarno, Achmed, 516
- Sullivan, William H., 541, 543
- Sully, Francois, 279, 280, 281, 412, 602n, 653, 665, 723
- Swezey, Anthony Clinton, 541
- Sylvester, Arthur, 110, 139, 158n, 194n, 379n, 551
- Tam An Village, 293
- Tan Phu hamlet, 293
- Task Force on Vietnam, 47, 157–158, 281–282, 334–335, 343–345, 377–378
- Civic action program, 321, 322–323, 485, 487
- Counterinsurgency operations, outline plan for, 17–21
- Delta Pacification Plan, 109n
- Economic assistance to Vietnam, 134–136, 143
- Final Report, 484–497
- Information programs and policies, 13–14
- Southeast Asia Task Force and, 453
- Thompson, meeting with, 307–308
- Taylor, Gen. Maxwell D., 3, 11n, 15, 31, 69, 113n, 157, 244, 281, 334, 343, 373, 377, 405, 441n, 466, 473n
- Civic action program, 78, 200n
- Communist insurgency, assessment of, 660
- Counterinsurgency operations:
- Crop destruction program, 367, 345, 675n
- Defoliant operations, 71n, 409
- Delta Pacification Plan, 307
- Hilsman report, 73n
- Honolulu Conferences:
- International conference on Vietnam, 329n
- Media coverage of Vietnam:
- Military Assistance Command, U.S., 31n, 35–36n, 37, 38
- Military assistance to Vietnam, third country, 373
- Montagnards, military training for, 643
- Operation Sunrise, 212, 303
- Political settlement in Vietnam, 317
- Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces:
- Southeast Asia Task Force, 451
- Strategic hamlet program:
- U.S. military assistance to Vietnam, 462
- U.S. regional military command, 662
- Vietnam, Republic of, political reforms, 333, 556
- Vietnam visit:
- World tour, 633
- Taylor, Milton C., 153n
- Thailand, 164, 174, 302–303, 351, 605
- Thanh, Col., 533
- Thao, Col., 248–249, 250, 354, 355, 357, 361, 462–463
- Thieu, 190–191
- Tho. See Nguyen Ngoc Tho.
- Thompson, Llewellyn, 174–175
- Thompson, R. G. K., 50, 82n, 218, 284, 371, 486, 540
- Army of the Republic of Vietnam, 313, 315
- Civic action program, 314
- Civil Guard, 312
- Communist insurgency, 311, 314
- Counterinsurgency operations:
- Crop destruction program, 314
- Delta Pacification Plan, 102–109, 120, 205, 206, 307–308, 313
- Diem, assessment of, 310–311
- Operation Sunrise, 312
- Prisoners of war, 313
- Ranger companies, 314
- Self Defense Corps, 312
- Strategic hamlet program, 311–312
- Vietnam, Republic of, political reforms, 315, 333
- Thong, Col., 532
- Thuan. See Nguyen Dinh Thuan.
- Thuc, Dean, 155, 421
- Time magazine, 252, 723
- Timmes, Maj. Gen. Charles J., 259, 482–483, 554, 689
- Timmons, Benson E.l., 126–127, 415–416
- Trach, Col., 332
- Tran Quoc Buu, 599
- Tran Van Chuong, 457–459
- Tran Van Don, Maj. Gen., 630
- Tran Van Tho, 424
- Tranh, Col., 531
- Truce in Vietnam,possible, 237–238
- Trueheart, William C., 41, 205n, 318, 353n, 473n, 475n, 622, 644n, 698n, 705, 721
- Civil Guard, Vietnamese complaints re U.S. support, 215–216, 220
- Communist insurgency, 210–212
- Counterinsurgency operations, 265–273
- Crop destruction program, 121–122
- Delta Pacification Plan, 109n, 120–121, 235–236
- International conference on Vietnam, 342–343
- International Control Commission, 340
- Media coverage of Vietnam, 206–207
- Province rehabilitation program, 762
- Provincial surveys, 208–209, 235–236
- Southeast Asia Task Force, 655–656
- Status report, 418–426
- Strategic hamlet program, 428–430
- Thuanʼs U.S. visit, 651, 652
- Truong Buu Khanh, 41, 409, 410, 750
- Truong Vinh Le, 750
- Tunku, Abdul Rahman, 516
- Tuyen, Dr., 196, 600, 692–693
- Ty, Gen. See Le Van Ty, Gen.
- Ung Van Kiem, 543, 544
- Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. See, Soviet Union.
- United Kingdom, 230, 352, 397, 486, 588
- United Nations, 223
- U.S. economic assistance to Vietnam, 494, 635
- Administration of, 136
- “Buy American” restrictions, waiver of, 463, 464, 466, 467–468, 481, 606, 657–658, 671
- Cash grants to support international convertibility of local currency, 431, 437–441, 443–445, 454–455, 460–461, 463–468, 480, 481
- General guidelines, 22
- Import financing, 466, 467–468, 481, 490
- Joint U.S.-Vietnamese communique, 6
- Prioritization of projects, 143, 147, 157, 295
- Road program, 22, 42–43
- Strategic hamlet program and, 359–360, 462
- Third country assistance, 230, 444, 486
- U.S. FY 1962 program, 132–136
- U.S. FY 1963 program, 132–136, 555–556, 576–579
- U.S. Information Agency (USIA) (see also U.S. information programs and policies in Vietnam), 13, 481, 664–666, 691, 722
- U.S. information programs and policies in Vietnam (see also Media coverage of
Vietnam):
- Action Plan, 503–504
- Communists, new name for, 371
- Counterinsurgency information activities, 20, 268–270, 315, 335, 341, 347–349, 405–407
- Defoliant operations, 2–3
- Diemʼs image, work on, 410–412
- Magnitude of, 634–635
- Mecklinʼs assignment to, 370–372
- Media contacts with USIS, 372
- Military assistance, public relations aspects of, 4–5
- Movies used in, 691
- Positive media coverage, methods to obtain, 124–126, 131, 159–160, 650, 661–662, 757–759
- Psychological warfare, 13, 14, 20
- U.K. cooperation, 33–34
- Vietnamʼs information service, advisers for, 13–14, 33–34
- U.S. Information Service (USIS) (see also U.S. information programs and policies in Vietnam), 341, 370–372, 407, 411, 424, 425, 489, 665–666, 740
- U.S. military assistance to Vietnam (see also Military Assistance Command, U.S.; Military assistance to Vietnam, third country; U.S. introduction of forces issue under International Control Commission; U.S. military involvement in Vietnam), 494–495
- U.S. military involvement in Vietnam (see
also
U.S. introduction of forces issue
under
International Control Commission):
- Advisers:
- Air operations, 141–142, 206–207, 246–247, 262–263, 493, 689, 793–797
- Appropriations for, 226
- Casualties, 145, 683
- Commitment, possible, 782–783
- Congressional participation in decisionmaking, 224–225
- Constitutional questions, 222–223
- Contingency plan for, 283, 488
- Geneva Accords and, 225–226
- Information for troops about Vietnam, 641
- Kennedyʼs position, 4, 141–142, 144
- Korea and Lebanon, comparisons with, 223–224
- Media coverage of, 206–207, 305–306, 316, 323–324
- Non-combat purpose of, 225
- Rotation for personnel, 641, 662
- Senate inquiries re, 144, 222–232
- U.S. public opinion on, 581, 583–584
- U.S.News and World Report, 125, 130
- Usher, Richard E., 323n
- Valeo, Frank, 457–459, 676
- Vien, Lt. Col., 631–632
- Viet Congo See Communist insurgency.
- Vietnam. See:
- Action Plan for Vietnam
- Communist defectors
- Communist insurgency
- Counterinsurgency operations
- Crop destruction program
- Defoliant operations
- Delta Pacification Plan
- International conference on Vietnam, proposed
- Media coverage of Vietnam
- Neutrality for Vietnam
- Political settlement in Vietnam
- Presidential palace, attack on
- Reunification of Vietnam
- U.S.information programs and policies in Vietnam
- U.S.military involvement in Vietnam
- Vietnam, Democratic Republic of
- Vietnam, Republic of
- Vietnam, Democratic Republic of (DRY):
- Air strikes against, 671
- Chinese Peopleʼs Republic assistance,attitude toward, 375, 388
- Communist bloc, relations with, 101–102, 175, 286
- Communist bloc reactions to possible U.S. operations against, 446–447
- Communist insurgency, link to, 285–287, 533
- Economic development in Republic of Vietnam, response to, 753–754
- Government opposition in, 709
- Harrimanʼs meeting with officials, 543–546
- Internal problems, 388
- International conference on Vietnam,support for, 342–343, 388–389
- International Control Commission:
- Prisoners of war, treatment of, 420
- Propaganda activities, 420–421, 436–437
- United States, contacts with, 379, 399, 543–546
- U.S.military intervention, protests against, 544–546
- U.S. military operations against, possible, 332–333, 365–366, 375, 393–395, 446–447
- U.S.regional military command, response to, 390–391
- Withdrawal from combat, possible.See Political settlement in Vietnam.
- Vietnam, Republic of (RVN):
- See also:
- Air Force, Vietnamese
- Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN)
- Civic Action Program
- Civil Guard
- Military Assistance Command, U.S.
- Navy, Vietnamese
- Provincial surveys
- Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces (RVNAF)
- Saigon
- Self Defense Corps
- Strategic Hamlet Program
- U.S. economic assistance to Vietnam
- U.S. military assistance to Vietnam
- Administrative subdivisions, 699
- Agricultural situation, 271, 421, 424, 489, 571–572, 643, 650, 686, 769–770
- Amnesty program for Communist defectors, 13, 94, 289, 497, 500, 658, 670, 714, 715
- Bilateral treaty with U.S., proposed, 485
- Cambodia, relations with, 101, 197, 485, 541–542, 654, 659, 669, 678, 741–742, 743, 759
- Censorship of U.S. scholars, 154
- Central Vietnam, situation in, 703–706
- Commercial development, 43–44, 676
- Communist sympathizers, rehabilitation program for, 774
- Constitutional changes, 659
- Constitutional Court, 267
- Developments (October 1961-October 1962), 680, 684–686
- Economic reforms, 93, 491, 685–686
- Economic situation, 12, 149, 290, 344, 373, 421–422, 552–553
- Educated class, 267–268
- Education, 423–424, 574, 619
- Flood relief operations, 494–495
- Government officials, training for, 536–539, 553, 573–574, 617, 685, 706
- Information service, 13–14, 33–34, 289, 424, 489, 635, 685
- Intelligence service. See Central Intelligence Organization.
- Land reform, 572–573, 619, 701, 752
- Laos, relations with, 514, 658–659, 663–664, 668–669, 671, 677–679, 696–697, 707, 713–714, 716–718, 719–720
- Lottery scandal, 692–693
- Medical assistance, 335, 417, 554
- Morale of people, 364, 628, 771
- National Economic Council, 93, 267
- National Internal Security Council, 11, 63, 92, 287–288, 495, 496
- Northerners and Catholics, favoritism toward, 649, 702
- Police service, 294, 422
- Political prisoners, 94, 289, 497
- Political refonns, 229, 315
- Political situation, 12, 76–78, 289–290
- Province rehabilitation program, 762
- Provincial Councils, 363
- Psychological shock, need for, 151–152
- Public health, 422, 423, 686
- Public works, 423
- Road program, 22, 42–43, 423
- Rural police
- Social Purification Law, 94, 150–151, 435–436
- Strategic importance to U.S., 145–146, 167
- Television for, 665–666
- Underdevelopment in, 751
- U.S. agricultural assistance, 248, 249
- U.S. Congressional delegations (see also Mansfield, Mike), 762
- U.S. Economic Counselor, assignment of, 143
- Women, military training for, 623–624
- See also:
- Vietnamese Peopleʼs Revolutionary Party, 168, 211, 285
- Vietnamese Special Financial Group, 134
- Vinh, Col., 10, 533
- Vo Nguyen Giap, 42, 783
- Voice of America, 34
- Vu Van Mau, 197, 514, 541–543, 644n, 673n, 677–679, 692, 693
- Vu Van Thai, 151
- Walton, Frank E., 344
- Washington Post, 131, 676
- Weede, Maj. Gen. Richard, 187, 255, 344, 473n, 475n
- Weinthal, Ted, 676
- White, John P., 32
- Williams, Hayden, 60n, 324–325, 364n
- Wilson, Donald M., 7, 33, 139n, 158n, 412, 651, 664–666
- Withdrawal of troops proposal. See Political settlement in Vietnam.
- Wood, Chalmers B., 11n, 95n, 141, 144n, 221n, 247, 253n, 274n, 320, 321, 334–335, 387–389, 406, 443n, 456n, 460, 461–463, 466, 481n, 497n, 499, 520n, 570, 571, 580–582, 602, 603n, 606n, 611n, 616n, 644, 652, 664, 666n, 667n, 675–677, 679n, 688–691, 693n, 725, 734–736, 757–759, 760n, 763n
- Y, Col., 266
- Yalta Agreements, 711–712
- Yarmolinsky, Adam, 567n
- Young, Kenneth, 262
- Youth Corps, 382
- Yu Quoc Thuc, 651
- Yuen Tse Kien, 473–475
- Zablocki, Clement, 676
- Zone “D” operation, 1–3, 4, 24–26, 54