Office of the Historian

426. National Security Action Memorandum No. 1890

Washington, September 28, 1962.

TO

  • The Secretary of State
  • The Secretary of Defense
  • Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
  • Director of Central Intelligence

SUBJECT

  • Presidential Meeting on Laos, September 28, 1962

At the meeting to review the situation in Laos held in the Cabinet Room at 11:30 a.m. on September 28, 1962,1 the President took the following action:

(1)
authorized the withdrawal by October 7, 1962 of the remaining elements of MAAG Laos in accordance with the Geneva Agreements;
(2)
authorized a special U.S. contribution to the Royal Lao Government for the month of September not to exceed $2 million;
(3)
approved a review of intelligence data concerning Viet Minh withdrawals from Laos in order to ascertain what information could be given to the RLG and the ICC in Laos without jeopardizing the integrity of intelligence collection;
(4)
approved the retention of U.S. combat forces in Thailand pending a further review of developments in Laos.

Carl Kaysen
  1. Source: Kennedy Library, National Security Files, Meetings and Memoranda, NSAM 189. Secret. Also published in Declassified Documents, 1981, 79 A.↩
  2. According to Kennedy’s appointment book, this meeting lasted until 12:03 p.m. (Kennedy Library, President’s Appointment Book).↩