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Title:
Description of US objectives
Date of Creation:
April 1966
Date of Declassification:
March 31, 1978
Type of Document:
Report
Level of Classification:
SECRET
Status of Copy:
ORIGINAL
Pagination, Illustration:
13 p.
Abstract:
[Description of US objectives: preventing a North Vietnamese takeover by insurrectionary warfare and assisting in the development of a non-Communist political structure in South Vietnam. Discussion of US courses of action re US force deployments, Communist use of Laos, US air strikes, the South Vietnamese transition to a civilian rule, negotiations, recognition of the NLF, US propaganda, the South Vietnamese military establishment, and South Vietnamese inflation.] Report, Mr. Carver. Apr. 1966. 13 p. SECRET/SENSITIVE. Declassified Mar. 31, 1978.
Indexing Terms:
TRAN VAN DON
TON THAT DINH
LE VAN KIM
NGUYEN CHANH THI
VINH LOC
DANG VAN QUANG
NGUYEN HUU CO
BABY TURKS
US OBJECTIVES IN SOUTH VIETNAM
US COMMITMENT IN SOUTH VIETNAM
POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT IN SOUTH VIETNAM
ECONOMIC SITUATION IN SOUTH VIETNAM
MONETARY INFLATION IN SOUTH VIETNAM
US TROOP DEPLOYMENT POLICY
US BOMBING OF NORTH VIETNAM
RECOGNITION OF THE NATIONAL FRONT FOR THE LIBERATION OF SOUTH VIETNAM

Declassified Documents Reference System Location:
1978-36D