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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-193-004
This folder contains telegrams and memoranda regarding Vietnam. Topics include a counterinsurgency plan by the United States for South Vietnam; relations between Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, and Thailand; and the threat of communism in the region. Also included in this folder is a letter and report to Walt W. Rostow, Deputy Special Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, from Kenneth T. Young (later U.S. Ambassador to Thailand) on observations made during Mr. Young’s trip through Southeast Asia.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-197-006
This file contains Department of State telegrams regarding South Vietnam. Topics include relations between South Vietnam and Cambodia; United States and South Vietnamese military actions against the Viet Cong, including defoliant operations; and the Strategic Hamlet Program.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-197-005
This file contains Department of State telegrams regarding South Vietnam. Topics include relations between South Vietnam and Cambodia, including tensions arising from Vietnamese Air Force strikes near the Cambodian border, and a neutrality agreement proposed by Prince Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia; United States and South Vietnamese military actions against the Viet Cong; and French foreign policy in Vietnam.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-197-004
This file contains Department of State telegrams regarding South Vietnam. Topics include relations between South Vietnam and Cambodia, including tensions arising from Vietnamese Air Force strikes near the Cambodian border; United States and South Vietnamese military actions against the Viet Cong; and the Strategic Hamlet Program.
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Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. National Security Files
JFKNSF-231-021
This folder contains memoranda regarding border security and the communist threat in South Vietnam and Thailand; current political and military situations in Cambodia, Laos, South Vietnam, and Thailand; and the United States position on the region.