130. Editorial Note
In a November 16, 1961 letter to Chairman Khrushchev, President Kennedy wrote that the United States viewed the situation in which the Republic of Vietnam found itself “as one seriously endangering international peace and security. Our support of the government of President Ngo Dinh Diem we regard as a serious obligation, and we will undertake such measures as the circumstances appear to warrant.” He asked that Khrushchev, as head of a government that was a signatory to the Geneva Accords, “use all the influence that you possess and endeavor to bring the DRV to the strict observance of these Accords.” For text, see Foreign Relations, 1961–1963, volume VI, pages 61–64.