57. Editorial Note
The mission headed by the President’s Special Assistant for National Security Affairs, McGeorge Bundy, departed Washington during the evening of Tuesday, February 2, and arrived in Saigon on the morning of February 4.
In addition to McGeorge Bundy, the mission included Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs John McNaughton; Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs Leonard Unger; Andrew Goodpaster, Assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Chester Cooper of the National Security Council Staff; Jack A. Rogers, Executive Officer in the Office of International Security Affairs at the Department of Defense; and two secretaries.
A revised schedule of meetings and activities for the mission is in the Johnson Library, National Security File, International Meetings and Travel File, McGeorge Bundy—Saigon, Volume I.