LBJ Library ND 19/CO 312
June 1991 CO 312
VIETNAM
Materials Available for Research on the Vietnam War
This list includes only those collections which have been opened for research
in part or in whole. As additional collections are processed, they will be added
to this list.
Most of the Library's Vietnam material dated 1961-66 has been processed and
either opened for research or made subject to mandatory declassification review
requests by researchers. While a significant amount of Vietnam material dated
1967-68 has been opened for research or made subject to mandatory review, a
substantial portion has not yet been processed.
In addition to this list of suggested materials on Vietnam, which is updated
periodically, the Library has also prepared brief lists of material available
for research on the following related subjects and individuals: Vietnam, the
Media, and Public Support for the War; Anti-War Activities; the President's
Johns Hopkins Speech (4/7/65); the President's 1966 Asian Trip; Laos; Dean Rusk;
McGeorge Bundy; Walt W. Rostow; William Fulbright; and Mike Mansfield. Researchers
interested in Agency for International Development programs in Vietnam and the
Asian Development Bank should see the list of materials on Foreign Economic
Policy during the Johnson Presidency: Foreign Aid, Food for Peace, and Third
World Economic Development.
NATIONAL SECURITY FILE (NSF)
The National Security File was the working file of President Johnson's special
assistants for national security affairs, McGeorge Bundy and Walt W. Rostow.
Documents in this file originated in the offices of Bundy and Rostow and their
staffs, in various executive departments and agencies, especially those having
to do with foreign affairs and national defense, and in diplomatic and military
posts around the world.
About one-half of the National Security File has been processed. Consult the
finding aid in the Reading Room or borrow a copy by mail by writing to the Supervisory
Archivist, LBJ Library, 2313 Red River St., Austin, Texas 78705. Those folders
whose titles are preceded by an "X" or a date have been processed
and their contents declassified in whole or in part. Lists of classified documents
have been placed in those folders, and you may request mandatory declassification
review of individual documents which have not yet been declassified in full.
The appropriate forms may be requested in the Reading Room or by mail. Those
folders not preceded by an "X" or a date are unprocessed and are not
subject to mandatory declassification review. Consult with a member of the staff
on the processing schedule.
NSF, Country File, Vietnam: About half of the 200,000 pages of material
in the Vietnam Country File has been processed and either opened for research
or made subject to mandatory declassification review. For a detailed outline
of the Vietnam Country File, see the five-page appendix at the end of this list.
NSF, Country File: Material pertinent to the Vietnam War is found in
a number of other country files, including those of Vietnam's neighbors and
those of countries which sent troops to Vietnam or participated in peace negotiations.
More than 3,000 pages of State and Defense Department cables and CIA reports,
mostly dated 1964, have been opened in the Laos Country File, while another
1,500 pages of material, dated 1963-65, have been opened in the Cambodia and
Thailand Country Files. Other Country Files with pertinent material include
those for Australia, China, France, Korea, the Philippines, the United Kingdom,
and the United Nations.
NSF, National Security Council Histories: The NSC Histories are extremely
useful compilations of documents. The NSC staff prepared the histories in 1968
by xeroxing key documents in the National Security File and other White House
files. There are five NSC Histories on Vietnam, all of which have been processed
and substantially declassified. All five histories include material documenting
the developments leading up to the events on which they focus. The NSC History
of the March 31st Speech, for instance, commences with the first day of the
Tet offensive in January 1968, while the NSC History of the Deployment of the
Major U.S. Forces, July 1965, begins in late December 1964.
1) GULF OF TONKIN ATTACKS, 1964, boxes 38-39.
For additional material on this subject, see: NSF, Country File, Vietnam, boxes
7, 76-77, 227-29; NSF, NSC Meetings File, box 1; NSF, Memos to the President,
boxes 1-2; Meeting Notes File, box 1; Diary Backup, box 8; Papers of William
Bundy, box 1; Papers of Edwin Moise, box 1; Papers of Paul Warnke, "McNTN
VIII," box 4; Oral History Collection; Reference File (for appropriate
folders, see the entry for the Reference File later in this list).
2) DEPLOYMENT OF MAJOR U.S. FORCES TO VIETNAM, JULY 1965, boxes 40-43.
For additional material on this subject, see NSF, Country File, Vietnam, boxes
12-20, 45- 46, 74-75, 190, 193-95, 198, 213; NSF, International Meetings and
Travel File, boxes 28-29; NSF, NSC Meetings File, box 1; NSF, Memos to the President,
boxes 2-4; Meeting Notes File, box 1; Papers of McGeorge Bundy, box 1; Papers
of William Bundy, box 1; Papers of William Gibbons, boxes 1-2; Oral History
Collection.
3) HONOLULU CONFERENCE, FEBRUARY 6-8, 1966, box 44.
For additional material on this subject, see NSF, International Meetings and
Travel File, box 2; NSF, Country File, Vietnam, boxes 27-28; Papers of William
Westmoreland, box 7; White House Central Files, TR 78, box 23; Diary Backup,
box 28.
4) MANILA CONFERENCE AND PRESIDENT'S ASIAN TRIP, OCTOBER 17-NOVEMBER 2, 1966,
boxes 45-46.
For additional material on this subject, see Diary Backup, box 48; White House
Central Files, TR 100, boxes 28-33, and FO 7, boxes 66-68; Confidential File,
TR 100, box 95, and FO 7, box 53; Confidential File, Oversize Attachments, boxes
171-72, 179-81; Statements of Lyndon Johnson, boxes 217-20; Papers of William
Westmoreland, box 9.
5) MARCH 31st [1968] SPEECH, boxes 47-49.
For additional material on this subject, see Tom Johnson's Notes of Meetings,
box 2; Meeting Notes File, box 2; Diary Backup, boxes 89-94; Papers of Clark
Clifford, boxes 1-4; Papers of William Westmoreland, boxes 15-16; NSF, Country
File, Vietnam, boxes 69-71, 93- 95, 127; NSF, NSC Meetings File, box 2; Cabinet
Papers, boxes 12-13; Oral History Collection. For more material on the speech
itself and reaction to it, see Statements of Lyndon Johnson, boxes 270-74; White
House Central Files, SP 3-236, boxes 197-201; Confidential File, SP 3-236, box
89.
NSF, Head of State Correspondence: See box 12.
NSF, International Meetings and Travel File: Open files include material
on McGeorge Bundy's trip to Vietnam in February 1965 (boxes 28-29), Senator
Mansfield's November 1965 trip to Southeast Asia (box 32), the February 1966
Honolulu Conference (box 2), and the 1967 Guam Conference (boxes 12-14).
NSF, Speech File: Material on Vietnam is scattered throughout the 3
linear feet of material in this file. Box 7 includes a folder of "Drafts
for Speeches on Vietnam," 1963- 65.
NSF, Agency File: Vietnam material can be found in, among other places,
the "Helms Memoranda" folder in the CIA file, box 10; the Defense
Department file, boxes 11-20; the JCS War Games file, boxes 30-33, which includes
open material on Vietnam war games (Sigma I-64, Sigma II-64, and Sigma I-66);
and the United Nations file, box 71, which includes material on Adlai Stevenson
and Vietnam.
NSF, Name File: Material on Vietnam has been opened in the files of,
among others, Chester Cooper, Dwight D. Eisenhower (see boxes 2 and 3), Michael
Forrestal, Robert Ginsburgh, William Jorden, Robert Kintner, Robert W. Komer,
John Roche, Donald Ropa, Walt Rostow, James Thomson, Vice President Humphrey,
and Senators Fulbright and Mansfield.
NSF, Intelligence File: While largely unprocessed, this file includes
open material on student unrest and antiwar activities in box 3, and on Ambassador
Henry Cabot Lodge in box 9. If you wish a separate list of research materials
on antiwar activities (ND 7-2), consult with a member of the staff.
NSF, Subject File: For material concerning Vietnam, see the folders
in boxes 41-43 on the 1964 Presidential campaign and on press appointments,
contacts, and conferences.
NSF, National Intelligence Estimates: See boxes 5 and 7 for reports
on Vietnam.
NSF, National Security Action Memorandums: Consult the folder title
in the NSF finding aid for NSAMs concerning Vietnam. This file includes backup
material for NSAMs.
NSF, National Security Council Meetings: This file, which contains
summary notes for virtually all 75 official NSC meetings during the Johnson
presidency, has been processed. Notes for a substantial number of Vietnam discussions
have been declassified. See the NSF finding aid for a list of major topics of
discussion at each meeting. The list, however, does not include every occasion
on which Vietnam was discussed (see, for example, the meetings for February
7 and March 27, 1968). This file also includes backup material for some meetings.
NSF, Memos to the President: This chronologically arranged series consists
of memoranda (with attachments) to the President from his national security
advisers, McGeorge Bundy (11/63-2/66) and Walt W. Rostow (4/66-1/69). Bundy's
file, located in boxes 1-6, has been processed, as have boxes 7-17 of Walt Rostow's
file, covering the period from April 1966 to June 1967. Most of the Vietnam
material in boxes 1-12 has been declassified. Processing of the rest of the
1967 file is underway. Check the NSF finding aid for an up-to-date list of open
folders.
NSF, Files of McGeorge Bundy: While only partially processed, these
files contain some excellent material on Vietnam, 1963-66, dealing with the
"Teach-In," the President's Tuesday luncheons, White House meetings
on Southeast Asia during May-August 1964, Vietnam speeches, and other topics.
See boxes 1, 15-19.
NSF, Files of Walt W. Rostow: The first nine boxes of Rostow's files,
which are only partially processed, deal mainly with Vietnam, 1966-69. For material
on meetings with the President, see boxes 1-3. Box 5 contains folders on individuals
such as William Westmoreland and Henry Cabot Lodge. Box 6 contains documents
on Vietnam dated from April 1966 to December 1968, arranged in chronological
order. For material on the peace negotiations, especially Pennsylvania, see
box 9.
NSF, Files of Robert W. Komer (1966-1967): These files primarily reflect
Komer's responsibilities from March 1966 to May 1967 as Special Assistant to
the President in charge of pacification and other U.S. non-military programs
in Vietnam. Included are Komer's memos to the President, back channel cables
between Komer and William Porter in Saigon, and name and subject files. All
9 boxes have been processed.
NSF, Komer-Leonhart File (1966-1968): This subject file reflects the
operation of the White House office for pacification and other U.S. non-military
programs in Vietnam during 1966-68. The office was headed by Robert Komer and
his successor, William Leonhart. Among the many topics are Chieu Hoi, economic
stabilization, ICEX, land reform, pacification, police national development,
port congestion, and postwar planning.
TOM JOHNSON'S NOTES OF MEETINGS
This collection includes notes for close to 120 meetings that President Johnson
held with his senior civilian and military foreign policy advisers during 1967
and 1968, including 45 Tuesday luncheons. W. Thomas Johnson, who took the
notes, has retained his copyright in these notes, but they are open for
research.
In addition, the collection includes notes for more than 80 meetings that President
Johnson held with House and Senate leaders, correspondents, his Cabinet, the
National Security Council, businessmen, and other groups. These notes are not
copyrighted.
The Vietnam War figures prominently in this collection. Three-fifths of the
notes date from 1968. Of the remaining two-fifths, virtually all were taken
at meetings held between July and December 1967, but five sets of notes date
from June 1966 through June 1967. President Johnson attended all but one of
the meetings for which there are notes in the collection. Tom Johnson served
as Deputy Press Secretary under President Johnson from October 1967 through
January 1969.
MEETING NOTES FILE
This collection includes notes for 100 of President Johnson's foreign policy
meetings from 1963 through 1968, mostly with senior foreign policy advisers
and Congressional leaders. Three-fourths of the meetings deal mainly with the
Vietnam War. In addition, there are notes for 37 meetings at which Johnson discussed
foreign affairs with correspondents.
The collection contains notes of the President's first meeting on Vietnam,
on November 24, 1963, and extensive notes of meetings on the escalation of the
war in July 1965 and on the 37-day bombing pause in December 1965 and January
1966. More than two-thirds of the collection, however, concerns meetings held
in 1967 and 1968, including many important meetings on the Vietnam War.
WHITE HOUSE CENTRAL FILES (WHCF)
This permanent White House office was the main filing unit during the Johnson
presidency, though not the primary file for foreign policy documents. Material
was filed under 60 major subject headings, several of which are pertinent to
Vietnam. The most important is ND 19/CO 312 (National Defense-Vietnam War).
The seven and one-half feet of material in the executive portion of this file
have been opened for research and are described in detail in volume II of the
finding aid for WHCF. This file is especially useful for researchers interested
in the domestic side of the war, including White House-Congressional relations
and antiwar and prowar sentiment. Other relevant subject files in WHCF include:
CO 312 (Vietnam); FG 600/Task Force on Vietnam Veterans; FG 721 (Southeast Asian
Economic and Social Development Commission); FO 7/Vietnam (Meetings Regarding
Vietnam); IT 80 (Asian Development Bank); ND 7-2 (Subversive Activities Control);
ND 9 (Military Personnel); ND 9-2 (Casualties); ND 9- 4 (Conscription); PR 18
(Publicity); SP (Speeches--see the list of speeches in the WHCF Manual); TR
100 (Manila Conference, 10/67); TR 144 (Hawaii, 4/68); TR 145 (Camp David, 4/68);
WH 5-1 (Mail, including Vietnam mail). For descriptions and box numbers, see
the finding aid for WHCF.
WHITE HOUSE CENTRAL FILES - CONFIDENTIAL FILE (C.F.)
Security classified and other sensitive material sent to the White House Central
Files was usually placed in the Confidential File, a separate file from WHCF
but one which uses the same subject headings. This file is entirely processed,
but portions are still classified. See the description above of WHCF for a list
of pertinent subjects. ND 19/CO 312, in boxes 71-73, and CO 312, in boxes 12-13,
are especially valuable. PR 18 (1963-65), box 83, includes some weekly NSC staff
reports on Vietnam and East Asia. See also C.F. Oversize Attachments, box 169
(booklets with tabulations of senators and representatives who visited Vietnam),
boxes 176- 77 (material on Southeast Asia, mainly 1964), and boxes 179-81 (material
on the Manila Conference, 1966).
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT FILE
This file consists mainly of folders on individual Cabinet officials, aides,
associates, and friends. Access to these files was strictly controlled by the
President, and materials he deemed sensitive were filed here. The files on several
individuals, including McGeorge Bundy, Clark Clifford, William Fulbright, Arthur
Goldberg, Harry McPherson, Bill Moyers, John Roche, Walt Rostow, and Jack Valenti,
contain material relating to Vietnam, though in most cases it is small in volume.
Jack Valenti's files include his handwritten notes on Vietnam meetings, 1965-1966.
Transcripts of his notes on Vietnam meetings can be found in box 1 of the Meeting
Notes File.
CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFINGS ON VIETNAM
Periodically during the Johnson presidency, sizable groups of senators and
congressmen were invited to the White House for briefings on foreign policy
and other issues. The briefings were tape recorded, and in 1971 transcripts
were prepared of those portions of the briefings dealing with Vietnam. In addition,
audiotapes of a number of Secretary of State Dean Rusk's news conferences on
Vietnam were transcribed. "Congressional Briefings on Vietnam," box
1 of 1, includes these transcripts. President Johnson spoke at most of the briefings
on Vietnam, while Secretary of State Dean Rusk and Secretary of Defense Robert
McNamara usually participated. The question-and-answer periods that normally
followed the briefings are included in the transcripts. For more information,
see the Special Files finding aid, volume 1.
PRESIDENT'S APPOINTMENT FILE (DIARY BACKUP)
This file of backup material for the President's appointments includes schedules,
briefing materials, memoranda of conversations, and other sources. Organized
by date, there is a folder for almost every day of the administration. Little
Vietnam material was filed here during 1964 and 1965 (with some important exceptions,
such as September 13, 1965), but for 1967 and 1968, Diary Backup is well worth
perusing. See, for example, the notes of White House meetings on Vietnam filed
under January 17, 1967, and October 31, 1968; and the material filed under November
2, 1967, and November 11, 1968, regarding key meetings on those days. The Diary
Cards in the Reading Room provide an alphabetically arranged name index to the
President's appointments. Once the date of an appointment has been determined,
check the Diaries and Logs finding aid for the number of the appropriate box
in Diary Backup.
HANDWRITING FILE
More than 15,000 pages of memos, notes, doodles, and other documents with Lyndon
Johnson's handwriting (excluding material normally filed in the National Security
File) were placed in a special Handwriting File during the Johnson presidency.
Copies were frequently placed in the regular files, but some documents in this
file cannot be found elsewhere (for example, the scratch pad notes collected
by secretaries from the Oval Office and the Cabinet Room). The file is arranged
chronologically, making it possible to check for material on Vietnam for certain
days or during limited periods.
WHITE HOUSE FAMOUS NAMES
A small amount of Vietnam material is included in this collection. See the
folders for John Steinbeck and "Kennedy, Robert F.--1968 Campaign."
The latter includes notes of the President's meeting with RFK on April 3, 1968,
during which Vietnam was discussed.
ADMINISTRATIVE HISTORIES
At the close of the Johnson administration, each department and agency was
asked to prepare a history of its activities and accomplishments during the
Johnson years. The histories consist of narratives with documentary supplements.
Agency for International Development: See pages 377-499 of volume I
for a discussion of A.I.D. programs in Vietnam.
Council of Economic Advisers: See volume I, chapter 5, pages 39-40,
for a discussion of the Cabinet Committee for the Coordination of Economic Planning
for Post Vietnam.
Department of Defense: Volume IV (Manpower) discusses "Vietnam-Related
Personnel Policies" on pages 45-62. Volume VIII (Public Affairs) discusses
the "Special Assistant for Southeast Asia" on pages 17-25.
Office of Science and Technology: Volume II includes an 18-page narrative
of "Activities Related to Vietnam" and many documents on Vietnam,
the latter found mainly in Part B of volume II ("National Security").
Department of State: See chapter 8 of volume I in this administrative
history, which was prepared in 1968, for a 280-page discussion of Vietnam.
United States Information Agency: See volume I, chapter 5, pages 42-59.
CABINET PAPERS
Discussions at Cabinet meetings often dealt with Vietnam. Minutes of the following
meetings include material on Vietnam and are available for research in the Cabinet
Papers: 2/11/65; 8/23/67; 9/6/67; 10/4/67; 10/18/67; 11/1/67; 11/15/67; 11/20/67;
1/31/68; 2/14/68; 2/28/68; 3/13/68; 4/3/68; 5/29/68; 6/12/68; 6/21/68; 6/26/68;
7/10/68; 7/31/68; 8/22/68; 9/5/68; 9/18/68; 12/4/68. For additional information
on the Cabinet Papers, see the detailed description in the Special Files finding
aid.
LEGISLATIVE BACKGROUND FILE
The Legislative Background File on the Asian Development Bank includes about
65 documents, dated 1965-1967. The Legislative Background File on the Tax Increase
includes material on the impact of the Vietnam War on economic and tax policy.
PUBLIC OPINION MAIL - VIETNAM
The 50 cubic feet of material in this series consist principally of printed
peace petitions, but also included is some correspondence. See the Public Opinion
Mail finding aid for a list of available boxes. For a much more extensive collection
of public mail regarding the war, see White House Central Files (WHCF), General
ND 19/CO 312 (boxes 234-50, 255, 264, 270, 275, 284, 291, 294, and 307-10 have
been opened). Public reaction to Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearings
on Vietnam can be found in WHCF, Gen FG 431/FRC. Public reaction to President
Johnson's speeches on Vietnam can be found in SP (Speeches) in WHCF. Check the
WHCF finding aid.
TASK FORCE REPORTS
The report of the 1967 Task Force on Vietnam Veterans, chaired by Robert McNamara,
is available for research in box 26.
WHITE HOUSE PRESS OFFICE FILES
For transcripts of background briefings on Vietnam, conducted by the White
House Press Secretary and others, see box 80 (June 13 and June 29, 1964, February
8, April 7, May 13, May 26, and August 4, 1965); box 81 (January 15, February
7, May 3, June 16, and June 28, 1966); box 82 (March 21, March 30, and August
25, 1967); box 83 (November 13, 1967, February 18, March 16, July 19, July 20,
and October 31, 1968); box 84 (June 13, 1965); box 85 (January 8, 1966); box
87 (November 13, 1967); box 88 (April 7, 1968); box 101 (seven folders on Vietnam,
1965-1966); box 104 (March 30, 1967); box 105 (March 17, 1967). For more information,
see the finding aid for the White House Press Office Files.
Boxes 67-70 of this collection contain backup material on President Johnson's
press conferences, including briefing papers, memoranda, and draft press releases.
VICE-PRESIDENTIAL SECURITY FILE
Boxes 1, 10, and 11 of this file include material on Vice President Johnson's
trip to Vietnam and Southeast Asia in 1961. Material on Vietnam can also be
found in boxes 4-6, which include notes and other material on NSC meetings for
1961-63 and memos to the Vice President on foreign policy issues from his aide,
Colonel Howard Burris. For additional material on Vice President Johnson's 1961
trip to Vietnam, see also: Vice Presidential Papers, 1961 Subject File, "Public
Activities, Travel," Box 108; National Security File, Files of McGeorge
Bundy, Box 19, and International Meetings and Travel File, box 1; Vice-Presidential
Daily Diary; and the Pre-Presidential Still Photograph Collection. There is
also material on the trip in the Vice Presidential Travel File, but it was unprocessed
as of June 1991.
SENATE PAPERS
Boxes 1194 and 1195 contain constituent mail regarding the "Indo-China
Situation" in 1954. See also the National Security File, Country File,
Vietnam, box 97, "Past Presidential Statements of USG Commitment in SEA
1953-1967."
CBS TELEVISION INTERVIEWS
This collection includes a transcript of Walter Cronkite's interview with Lyndon
Johnson concerning "The Decision to Halt the Bombing." The interview
aired on CBS television on 2/6/70. For more information, consult the Special
Files Finding Aid, volume 1. A loan copy of the transcript is available by mail
from the library.
DECLASSIFIED AND SANITIZED DOCUMENTS FROM UNPROCESSED FILES (DSDUF)
Occasionally, such as in connection with a court case, documents are declassified
but the files from which they come remain unprocessed. Until the file is processed,
the material is usually placed in this file. Boxes 2-4 of DSDUF consist entirely
of material on Vietnam, most of it from the National Security File.
AUDIOVISUAL ARCHIVES
The audiovisual archives holds an extensive collection of still photographs,
motion picture footage, audiotapes, and videotapes which document the involvement
of the White House in the Vietnam War. Consult the audiovisual archivist for
further information.
OFFICE FILES OF THE WHITE HOUSE AIDES
Many White House aides maintained office files of their own, separate from
the White House Central Files. The files of each aide reflect his or her responsibilities.
While few of the aides listed below had major responsibilities relating to Vietnam,
the files of some, such as Douglass Cater, George Christian, and Harry McPherson,
include valuable material. This list is by no means exhaustive but does include
the major portion of the Vietnam material in the Aides Files.
If a folder listed below is not open for research, it will be processed upon
request by a researcher. NUMBERS REFER TO BOX NUMBERS. TITLES REFER TO FOLDER
TITLES.
NOTE: The Reference File, Vietnam, Box 1, includes copies of a substantial
number of memos on Vietnam by Douglass Cater and Harry McPherson, and a small
number of memos on Vietnam by Horace Busby, Eric Goldman, Richard Goodwin, Bill
Moyers, Larry O'Brien, George Reedy, and Jack Valenti
Ceil Bellinger (These files contain mainly newsclippings, press releases,
public statements, and printed matter.)
1 Asian Development Bank
15 SEATO
16 Tonkin-2
17 Vietnam-Civilian Program
17 Vietnam-Elections
17 Vietnam-Letters
17 Vietnam-Military
18 Vietnam-1968 Peace
18 Vietnam-Peace
19 Asian Trip-October through
November 2, 1966
19 Asian Trip-In General
19 Guam Trip-March 18, 1967
20 Westmoreland's Trip Home
20 Hawaiian Trip-1968
Horace Busby
3 Vietnam
3 Vietnam (8/5/64-Newhouse
Comm. Center Dedication)
3 Vietnam-Viet Cong Study
31 Vietnam (mostly printed matter)
Joe Califano
34 Why Vietnam (booklet)
57 Post Vietnam Planning
58 Vietnam
Douglass Cater (See also the 2 folders of "Douglass Cater Memos"
on Vietnam in the Reference File, Vietnam, Box 1, which includes memos from
the boxes noted below.)
13-17 Memos to the President
George Christian
1 Christian Notes '68
1 Notes on Meetings-
President 1967
1 News Briefing-Dept. of
State, 9/18/67
2 Statement by Dept. of State, 9/18/67
2 Face to Face-Evans,
Novak, Moyers, Good 2 Vietnam-Unclassified
2 Edwin Reischauer-Vietnam
4 Vietnam
12 Classified-George Christian
12 Vietnam Miscellaneous File
12 Honolulu Conference
James Gaither
50 Vietnam Demonstrations
(Draft Hershey, etc.)
199 1967-68 Task Force on
Vietnam Veterans
290 Facts & Figures: Vietnam
290 Vietnam--Not an "American
War"
290 Vietnam--The Search For Peace
290 Vietnam
311 Vietnam Era Veterans Bill #1 and 2
357 Vietnam
Ernest Goldstein
4 Veterans Groups [1967]
Richard Goodwin (See also the Reference File, Vietnam,
Box 1.)
11 Vietnam
12 Vietnam-Major Speeches on
13 Vietnam Clippings March
1965 25 Vietnam Perspective-4 Part CBS News Special Reports
Robert Hardesty (Aides)
1 Vietnam-General I
2 Vietnam-General II
2 Vietnam and Guam I
2 Vietnam and Guam II
2 Vietnam Supplemental
24 Vietnam (November)
25 Vietnam
25 Vietnam May
25 Vietnam June
25 Vietnam July
25 Vietnam (August)
25 Vietnam (September)
25 Vietnam (October)
26 Vietnam (December)
Robert Hardesty (Personal)
14 Vietnam Booklet
Harry McPherson (See also the two folders of "Harry
McPherson Memos on Vietnam" in the Reference File, Vietnam,
Box 1.)
19 Asian Development Bank
28 Vietnam-1965
28 Vietnam-1966
28 Vietnam-1967 (Part I)
29 Vietnam-1967 (Part II)
29 Foreign Policy
30 Foreign Affairs/Relations
41 Guam Trip (19-20 March 1967)
41 Hawaii Trip (17-20 July 1968)
44 Rusk Testimony
52-53 Memoranda for the President
55 Honolulu Conference on Vietnam, 2/8/68
57 Southeast Asia
58 Vietnam
61 Briefing Book on Vietnam,
3/25/68
67 [Vietnam]
67 October 31, 1968 Speech Backup
67 Vietnam-1968
Charles Maguire (This material on Vietnam consists entirely
of printed material and public statements.)
1 The Path to Vietnam by William P. Bundy
1 Why Vietnam
1 Vietnam Information Notes
1 Negotiation Attempts on Vietnam
1 The President's Remarks in San Antonio, Sept. 29, 1967
2 Toward Peace with Honor
3 Let No One Unleash the Dogs of War
12 Vietnam-Presidential Statements- Vol. I
18 Vietnam Speech Material
18 Speeches-Vietnam
Mike Manatos
10 Vietnam
Bill Moyers (See also the Reference File, Vietnam, Box
1.)
10-11 Memos to the President
12 BDM Memos
13 The Promise of the New
Asia
53 Memos to the President
81 Cambodia
82 Thailand
82 Southeast Asia
83 Vietnam-Daily Reports
(3 folders)
83 Vietnam Weekly Reports
83 JUSPAO Weekly Reports
101 JUSPAO Planning Office National Opinion Surveys, Vietnam
105 Republic of Vietnam-
Selected Personalities
106 Communication Factors of
Revolutionary Guerilla War
106 Looseleaf Binder From State on Vietnam
116 Exclusive Summary
132 Tonkin Gulf Attack
134 Vietnam-Economy
135 War Crimes Trials (Mock)
Matthew Nimetz
7 The Liberals and Vietnam, by John Roche
13 [Materials on Vietnam]
14 Post Vietnam Planning Committee- Crime Control & Education
14 Weekend of October 21
Lawrence O'Brien (See also the Reference File, Vietnam,
Box 1)
8 Voter's Letter to President re Vietnam 39 Fulbright, Senator
J.
William
Fred Panzer (Except for "Vietnam-Information Group,"
Box 427, this material consists almost entirely of newsclippings,
press releases, public statements, news summaries, printed matter,
and similar material.)
177 South Vietnam, 1966
180 LBJ Job Rating and Vietnam 1967
180 LBJ Job Rating and
Vietnam 1966
180 LBJ Job Rating and
Vietnam 1965
180 LBJ Job Rating and
Vietnam 1963-1964
182 Vietnam
187 LBJ and Foreign Policy
Process, 1937-1965
195 President Johnson's
Remarks on Vietnam,
1/67-6/67
196 President Johnson's
Remarks on Vietnam,
1/66-6/9/66
(4 folders)
320 Asia
360 Fulbright vs. LBJ
361 Fulbright, William J.
(2 folders)
361 Fulbright (2 folders)
365 Hanoi
379 Henry Cabot Lodge
389 Foreign Affairs-Near East
and Southeast Asia
400 Asian Trip
401 Press Review on LBJ Withdrawal
401 LBJ-Reaction to Withdrawal
401 LBJ-Reaction to 3/31/68 Speech
401 LBJ-Reactions to San
Antonio Speech
414 SEATO
422 USIS-Articles on Vietnam
425 Vietnam Backgrounder
Fred Panzer (cont.)
426 Vietnam Kit
426 Vietnam-Military,
427 Vietnam-Military, 2
427 Vietnam-Key Statement-
Chronology
427 Vietnam-Information Group
428 Vietnam-Congress
428 GOP Viet Position/Romney Hatfield/Brook
428 Vietnam (Correspondence)
428 Magazine Articles on Vietnam
429 Television Scripts on
Vietnam
429 Vietnam Peace Plans
(May 1968)
430 Viet-Other Powers-Aid to
Vietnam
430 Vietnam-Pacification Program
430 Foreign Reactions to War and U.S. Policy
430 Viet.-U.S. Economic Aid to S. Vietnam
430 Vietnam-Veterans
430 CO 312 Publications
(Vietnam)
431 Viet. (Elections) and
Politics
431 Vietnam-Peace Plans
433 Vietnam Roundup
434 Westmoreland
499 Vietnam
542 [Miscellaneous Materials
Dealing with Polls and
Reaction about Vietnam]
John E. Robson and Stanford G. Ross
16 Post Vietnam Planning (2 folders)
William Sparks
13 Laos
21 Thailand
22 Vietnam-Civilian Awards
22 Vietnam War Veterans
Irving Sprague
7 Vietnam
8 H.R. Res 1052 (Vietnam Job Preference)
Marvin Watson
29 Roche, John-Memos
32 Vietnam (2 folders)
Ben Wattenberg
23 Asia Article
Henry Wilson
10 Vietnam
16 Vietnam
PAPERS OF ARTHUR W. BARBER
These papers include Barber's memorandum recording his recollections concerning
"The Bay of Tonkin Investigation."
PAPERS OF McGEORGE BUNDY
This collection consists of photocopies of national security adviser McGeorge
Bundy's very informal, handwritten notes of President Johnson's foreign policy
advisory meetings, together with notes of Bundy's conversations with others,
his notes to himself, drafts of memos, and other material. While the collection
has not yet been systematically processed, notes covering some 100 days during
the period from August 1964 through February 1966, all dealing with Vietnam,
have been opened for research. Box 1 includes notes for 1964-65, while box 2
includes notes for 1966.
Many of the notes are fragmentary and sketchy. Bundy rarely attempted to record
the entire discussion at a meeting, but he frequently sought to reproduce the
key comments of President Johnson ("P" or "LBJ"), Secretary
of State Dean Rusk ("DR"), Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara ("RSM"),
and others. In so doing, Bundy often captured the flavor of their comments,
questions, and concerns more fully than formal notes. For many important meetings
on Vietnam, Bundy's notes are the only notes in the holdings of the LBJ Library,
since no one was assigned the job of taking notes for the record.
PAPERS OF WILLIAM P. BUNDY
This collection consists of William Bundy's 1,091-page unpublished manuscript
on the shaping of U.S. policy in Vietnam, 1961-65, written in 1969-72. Accompanying
the manuscript is Bundy's letter of July 3, 1986, in which he comments that
the manuscript should not be taken as his final thoughts. Bundy served in the
Defense Department from 1961-64 and was Assistant Secretary of State for Far
Eastern Affairs from 1964-69.
PAPERS OF THE CAPITAL LEGAL FOUNDATION
This collection consists of files generated by the Capital Legal Foundation
while providing legal counsel for General William C. Westmoreland in his lawsuit
against CBS, Inc. The files total 115 feet plus 212 videotapes. Included are
trial transcripts and exhibits, affidavits, depositions, hearing transcripts,
declassified documents, newsclippings, and other material.
Boxes 1-22, which contain copies of documents declassified for the trial, have
been processed and opened for research. Originated primarily by CIA and several
components of the Department of Defense, including MACV (Military Assistance
Command, Vietnam), the documents are described in detail in the Personal Papers
finding aid. Other boxes in the collection, as listed in the original 83-page
accession record available in the Reading Room, can be made available to researchers
after an archivist has reviewed them for classification markings. The accession
record does not, however, provide very helpful information about the contents
of many boxes, since folders are frequently identified by numbers only.
PAPERS OF WARREN CHRISTOPHER
Reflecting Warren Christopher's activities as Deputy Attorney General in 1967-68,
these papers include materials on antiwar activities. Box 8 has a folder on
"Anti-Vietnam Demonstrations, October 21-22, 1967." Consult the folder
title list in the Personal Papers finding aid for additional material.
PAPERS OF RAMSEY CLARK
Box 136 of these papers includes a folder of material on Vietnam, dated 1965-68.
During the Johnson presidency, Ramsey Clark served successively as Assistant
Attorney General, Deputy Attorney General, Acting Attorney General, and Attorney
General. See the Ramsey Clark Papers finding aid for a folder title list.
PAPERS OF CLARK CLIFFORD
Boxes 1-6 of these papers deal exclusively with Vietnam and reflect Clark Clifford's
role in the re-evaluation of Vietnam policy in early 1968 and his involvement
in the war as Secretary of Defense from March 1968 to January 1969. Included
are his handwritten notes and files on his July 1968 trip to Vietnam and on
the Paris negotiations during October and November 1968. The Library is currently
processing selected folders in boxes 7-26 of Clifford's papers, all of which
reflect his responsibilities as Secretary of Defense. Check the Personal Papers
finding aid for an up-to-date list of open folders. Note particularly the 5
folders on Vietnam in box 26.
PAPERS OF MRS. W.D. CRAIG
This collection consists of 14 letters written by David Craig while he was
a medical pilot in Vietnam, plus 255 photographs of Vietnam and Hong Kong.
PAPERS OF WILLIAM CONRAD GIBBONS
This collection consists of documents from State Department and Defense Department
files which were declassified at the request of William Gibbons and used in
the preparation of his multivolume study, The U.S. Government and the Vietnam
War: Executive and Legislative Roles and Relationships. Box 1 contains State
Department documents dated from 1960 through July 1965. Included in box 2 is
Deputy Secretary of Defense Cyrus Vance's cable of July 17, 1965, to Secretary
of Defense Robert McNamara.
PAPERS OF EDWIN E. MOISE
This collection, donated by Professor Edwin Moise of Clemson University, contains
copies of the Combat Information Center logs, the Quartermaster logs, and the
Deck logs for the U.S.S. Maddox and the U.S.S. Turner Joy during
early August 1964, including August 4, the day of the second Gulf of Tonkin
incident.
PAPERS OF DAVID NES
This small collection includes several documents that reflect Nes' role as
Deputy Chief of Mission (under Henry Cabot Lodge) in Saigon in 1964.
PAPERS OF DREW PEARSON
Five folders of material on Vietnam, dated 1961-68, are open for research in
the Papers of Drew Pearson. The material consists of newspaper and periodical
clippings, letters to Drew Pearson from American and Vietnamese citizens, wire
service reports, and column notes by Pearson and his correspondents. The material
in located in boxes G 301 (3 of 3) and G 302 (1 of 3).
PAPERS OF WALT W. ROSTOW
One folder, entitled "Southeast Asia," has been opened. Located in
box 13, the folder includes memoranda and other material written by Walt Rostow
in 1964 and 1965, while he was chairman of the Policy Planning Council in the
Department of State.
PAPERS OF PAUL C. WARNKE (INCLUDING JOHN McNAUGHTON FILES)
The first 8 of the 9 boxes in this collection consist of the files of John
McNaughton, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs.
Most of McNaughton's material is dated 1964-67, and all of it deals with Vietnam.
The last box includes memoranda and other material on Vietnam reflecting Paul
Warnke's activities as McNaughton's successor. See the Personal Papers finding
aid for a folder title list.
PAPERS OF WILLIAM C. WESTMORELAND
This collection reflects General Westmoreland's service as Commander, U.S.
Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, 1964-68, and as Chief of Staff, U.S. Army,
1968-72. Approximately one-third of the 26 linear feet of material consists
of General Westmoreland's "History Backup" and "History File,"
a chronological file containing his diary of daily activities, schedules, memoranda,
cables, press reports, and other material. This portion of the collection is
open for research and is found in boxes 1-21. Also open for research are 1)
a series of press clippings on individuals and topics related to military and
foreign affairs, located in boxes 21-29; Charles MacDonald's interviews with
General Westmoreland and other military officers, boxes 30-31; and 3) Westmoreland's
notes on "Fonecons," 1968-70, boxes 31-32. Processing of additional
portions of the collection is underway, including General Westmoreland's "Eyes
Only Message File," 1964-68, located in boxes 33-40. Consult the Personal
Papers finding aid for an up-to-date list of open material.
LETTERS FROM VIETNAM VETERANS
This collection consists of more than 130 pages of personal letters written
home to family members and friends by soldiers serving in Vietnam. The letters
were donated to the Library in response to a request from the curator of the
LBJ Library that appeared in the Summer 1989 issue of the magazine, Vietnam.
The Library hopes to attract additional donations.
RECORDS OF THE COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISERS
See reel 63 of this microfilm collection for a file on Vietnam.
RECORDS OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE
Boxes 130 through 140 of the Research Division files contain material on Vietnam.
See the DNC box list for more detailed information.
RECORDS OF THE NATIONAL COMMISSION ON THE CAUSES AND PREVENTION OF VIOLENCE
This collection includes the records of the Chicago Study Team Investigation.
This study team, headed by Daniel Walker, investigated the disturbances at the
Democratic National Convention in Chicago, August 1968. See the Federal Records
finding aid (for Commission Records) for more information.
BDM STUDY - THE STRATEGIC LESSONS LEARNED IN VIETNAM
The BDM Corporation of McLean, Virginia, prepared this study under contract
to the Department of the Army. The study was completed in April 1980. It was
declassified and released in March 1981.
For information on the members of the BDM senior review panel (among whom were
William E. Colby, U. Alexis Johnson, and Peter Braestrup), see page 155 of Larry
Berman's Planning a Tragedy: The Americanization of the War in Vietnam.
Box 1: Executive Omnibus Summary
Box 2: Volume I - The Enemy
Volume II - South Vietnam
Volume III - US Foreign Policy and Vietnam, 1945- 1975
Box 3: Volume IV - US Domestic Factors Influencing Vietnam War Policy Making
Volume V - Planning the War
Volume VI - Conduct of the War, Book 1: Operational Analyses
Box 4: Volume VI - Conduct of the War, Book 2: Functional Analyses
Volume VII - The Soldier
Volume VIII - Results of the War
REFERENCE FILE
Box 1 of the "Reference File - Vietnam" consists of selected document
copies from LBJ Library holdings organized in the following folders:
Miscellaneous Vietnam Documents
"This Week in Asia" Reports
Douglass Cater Memos on Vietnam (2 folders)
Harry McPherson Memos on Vietnam (2 folders)
Aides' Memos on Vietnam (mainly 1964-66): Busby, Goldman, Goodwin,
Moyers, O'Brien, Reedy, Valenti
Box 2 of the "Reference File - Vietnam" consists
of background sources assembled by library staff members for 52
questions on Vietnam considered at the Vietnam Round Table Conference
at the LBJ Library, March 9-10, 1991. The questions were prepared
by three historians, George Herring, William Gibbons, and Brian
VanDeMark, and were considered by some 23 policy makers and key
White House staff members of the Vietnam era who attended the
conference.
The Reference File also includes the following individual folders that contain
material on Vietnam:
Arnett, Peter
Book Reviews--Vietnam Books
Cables from Saigon [re typing of Bunker cables]
Anna Chennault
Gulf of Tonkin Documents
Gulf of Tonkin (1 of 2)
Cables and Messages
Chronologies
Meeting Notes
Gulf of Tonkin (2 of 2)
Oral Histories
Presidential Diary
Press Releases
Telephone Conversations
Lee Kuan Yew
Lodge, Henry Cabot
Manila Conference
March 31, 1968 Speech
Rostow, Walt W.
Rusk, Dean
Situation Room
Southeast Asia Resolution
Speeches--Vietnam
V
Vietnam
Vietnam Books--Book Reviews
Vietnam--Casualties
Vietnam Chronology
Vietnam Speeches
Vietnam War Quotations
Westmoreland, William--"Man of the Year"--1968
Westmoreland Clippings
Westmoreland vs CBS, Inc.
(6 folders, including news clippings, Burton report, and McNamara
deposition)
DISSERTATIONS, PAPERS, THESES, AND PERIODICAL ARTICLES
The Library's collection of dissertations, papers, theses, and periodical articles
includes extensive material dealing with Vietnam. Consult the entries under
Vietnam in the following two drawers in the Reading Room's card catalogue: 1)
"Vertical File (Topic): Lyndon Baines Johnson, His Life, Times, Career,
Family, Texas"; 2) "Dissertations, Papers, Theses (Topic)."
ORAL HISTORY COLLECTION
Transcripts of oral history interviews may be consulted at the Library or may
be borrowed by mail by writing to the Supervisory Archivist, Lyndon Baines Johnson
Library, 2313 Red River Street, Austin, Texas 78705. Interviews with the following
people include material on Vietnam and are available for research. Additional
interviews will be opened for research on a regular basis. Interviews followed
by a number indicate that more than one interview is available.
Abel, Elie
Ackley, Gardner
Adams, Samuel
Aiken, George D.
Alsop, Stewart J.
Ashmore, Harry
Baird, Charles Fitz
Ball, George
Barr, Joseph W.
Bartlett, Vide G. (Mrs. Bob)
Battle, Lucius D.
Bayh, Birch
Beech, Keyes
Bell, David
Black, Eugene
Bohlen, Charles E.
Bowles, Chester
Brown, Harold
Bruce, David K. E.
Brzezinski, Zbigniew
Bundy, William P.
Christian, George E.
Church, Frank
Cleveland, Harlan
Clifford, Clark
Cline, Ray C.
Colby, William E.
Connell, William
Cooper, Chester L.
Crockett, William J.
Cross, James U. (2)
Daniels, Jonathan
Davidson, Phillip
Davis, John J.
Dellinger, David
Dillon, C. Douglas
Donnelley, Dixon
Durbrow, Elbridge
Enthoven, Alain C.
Ewell, Julian
Fitt, Albert B.
Forrestal, Michael V.
Fortas, Abe
Fowler, Henry
Gaud, William S.
Gelb, Leslie H.
Gilpatric, Roswell L.
Goldberg, Arthur
Goodpaster, Andrew J.
Gordon, Kermit
Graham, Daniel O.
Gruening, Ernest
Harkins, Paul
Harriman, W. Averell
Hays, Wayne L.
Hebert, F. Edward
Heller, Walter
Helms, Richard M. (2)
Hershey, Lewis B.
Hilsman, Roger
Huntley, Chet R.
Johnson, Lyndon B.
(interviews by William
Jorden, Walter Cronkite,
Elspeth Rostow)
Johnson, Mrs. Lyndon B.
(interview by Nancy Smith)
Johnson, U. Alexis
Jorden, William J.
Just, Ward
Katzenbach, Nicholas deB.
Krock, Arthur
Lemnitzer, Lyman
Lilienthal, David E.
Lincoln, Gould (UT)
Locke, Eugene M.
McCloy, John J.
McCone, John
McConnell, John P.
McCormack, John W.
McCulloch, Frank
McPherson, Harry
Macomber, William B., Jr.
Macy, John (Interview V)
Marks, Leonard (2)
Moorer, Thomas H. (2)
Morris, Charles
Mundt, Karl
Nes, David
Nolting, Frederick
Oberdorfer, Don
Pike, Douglas
Poats, Rutherford M.
Rather, Dan
Read, Benjamin H.
Risner, Robinson
Roberts, Chalmers M.
Roberts, Charles
Roche, John P.
Rostow, Eugene V.
Rostow, Walt W.
Rostow, Walt W. (special interview)
Round Table Discussion (with Dean Rusk, George Christian, and
others, 1984)
Rovere, Richard A.
Rusk, Dean
Salisbury, Harrison
Schultze, Charles L.
Sharp, U.S. Grant (not available on loan)
Sidey, Hugh
Simpson, Charles M.
Smith, Bromley K.
Spock, Benjamin
Sullivan, William H.
Taylor, Maxwell D. (2)
Thomson, James C., Jr.
Trueheart, William
Valenti, Jack
Vance, Cyrus R.
Walt, Lewis
Warner, Volney F.
Warnke, Paul C.
Westmoreland, William C. (2)
Wheeler, Earle G.
White, William S. (LBJ)
Wiggins, James Russell
Williams, Samuel T.
Zorthian, Barry (3)
Zuckert, Eugene M.
APPENDIX
Vietnam Country File: Introduction and Overview
From November 1963 to May 1967 documents on Vietnam were filed in chronological
order in 72 volumes, with separate folders for NODIS cables, Special Intelligence
material, Special Category messages, and Southeast Asia material (see boxes
1-54). By October 1967 a formalized numeric- alphabetic subject file system
had been instituted (see boxes 58-108), which was used through January 1969.
Substantial amounts of Vietnam material, however, were filed neither in the
chronological file (boxes 1-54) nor in the numeric-alphabetic subject file (boxes
58-108) but in boxes 108-262, as seen in the outline of the Vietnam Country
File below.
Boxes 1-54
Memos, cables, reports, and other material, filed chronologically,
11/63-5/67, with separate folders for special material, 12/63-7/67 (Southeast
Asia material dated through 8/68)
Boxes 1-44: Cables, memos, reports, and other material, 11/63-5/67
Boxes 45-47: NODIS (no distribution) State Department cables,
1/65- 7/67
Boxes 48-51: Special Intelligence material, 12/63-6/67
Box 52: Special Category messages, 11/63-1/65
Boxes 53-54: Southeast Asia material, 12/63-8/68
Boxes 55-57
Miscellaneous Memos and Memos to the President, 6/67-10/67
Box 55-56: Miscellaneous Memos, 6/67-10/67
Box 56-57: Memos to the President, 6/67-10/67
Boxes 58-108
Cables, memos, reports, and other material, mainly dating from 1967 and 1968
but including material from the entire presidency, filed by subject in a numeric-alphabetic
filing system
Boxes 58-65: Section 1 - South Vietnam: Non-Military Activity
1A - The Situation in Vietnam
1B - Economic Activity and Planning
1C - Revolutionary Development Program
1D - Land Reform
1E - Post Inaugural Activity
1EE - Post Tet Political Activity
1F - Inaugural Speeches; Other Commencement Activities
1G - Elections
Boxes 66-76: Section 2 - South Vietnam: Military Activity
2A - I Corps and DMZ
2B - II Corps (Central South Viet Nam)
2BB - III Corps
2BC - IV Corps
2C - General Military Activity
2D - Barrier
2E - 1965 Troop Decision
2EE - Primarily McNamara Recommendations re: Strategic Actions,
1965-67
2F - Enclave Concept
2G - Manpower Mobilization in SVN
2H - US Government Strategic Reconsiderations After Tet
Boxes 76-89: Section 3 - North Vietnam: All Activity
3A - Gulf of Tonkin
3B - Special Daily Report on NVN for the President
3C - NVN Army Infiltration into SVN, 1965-68
3CC - NVA Infiltration into SVN, 1968-69
3CD - NSA Daily Infiltration Summary
3D - Prisoners of War
3E - Future Military Operations in VN
3F - Memos on Bombing in Vietnam
3G - Alternative Bombing Program in NVN
3H - Appraisal of the Bombing in NVN
3I - Targets
3J - Bombing Mistakes
3K - Difficulties in the North
3L - NVN Leadership Attitudes
3M - Aid to NVN
3N - JCS Operational Analysis
3O - LOOKOUT Status Report
3P - Project COMPATRIOT
3Q - BLACK SHIELD Photography
3R - NVN Offensive Air Activity
3S - CIA Assessments of Communist Response to Certain US Actions
Boxes 89-90: Section 4 - Viet Cong
4A - NLF Political Programs and Five Point Stand
4B - VC Offensive Activity
4C - VC Recruitment Problems
Boxes 90-93: Section 5 - Southeast Asia Allies and Non-Belligerents
5A - International Control Commission
5B - Second Asian Summit
5C - Asian Statements on US in Southeast Asia
5D - Allies: Troop Commitments; Other Aid
5E - Cambodia
5EE - Laos
5F - Proposed Meetings
Boxes 94-97: Section 6 - Peace Seeking
6A - Bombing Pauses in Viet Nam
6AA - High Level Comments re Bomb Pauses
6B - Peace Initiatives: by Country
6C - Peace Initiatives: General International Initiatives (Retrospective
Accounts)
6D - [not used]
6E - Bombing Pause Discussion by U.S.
6F - Holiday Cease Fires
6G - Talks with Hanoi
6H - Plans/Cease Fire "BAMBOO" Material
6I - Bombing Halt (Reactions, Memos, etc., 11/68)
Boxes 97-103: Section 7 - Homefront Attitudes and Reporting
7A - Accusations of Pernicious Allied Intent/Atrocity; Public Demonstrations
7B - Legality Considerations
7C - Past Presidential Statements of US Government re Commitment
in Southeast Asia [1953-67]
7D - News Media Coverage of Viet Nam
7E - Public Relations Activities
7F - Congressional Attitudes and Statements
7G - San Antonio Speech and Commentary
7H - Veteran's Day
7I - Documents Pertinent to the War and Its Genesis
Boxes 103-08: Section 8 - Material Filed According to Type
8A - Situation Room Reports to the President
8B - Bunker's Weekly Report to the President
8BB - Bunker's Weekly Report (Wire Copies)
8C - Bunker's Press Conference
8D - Mission Council Action Memos
8E - Lansdale Memos to Rostow
8F - Rostow Briefing Book on Military Situation in SVN and
Paris Negotiations
8G - Mission Saigon and MACV: Recommendations on Viet Nam
8H - RAND Study on Possible Deployment of MRBM's to Southeast
Asia
8I - Taylor Memos - General
Boxes 108-262
No comprehensive scheme was used in filing the material found in boxes 108-260.
There are, however, some readily identifiable series of documents. Much of the
material falls under one of the first four categories noted below, "A"
through "D."
A. Material on Peace Negotiations and Bombing Halts
B. Material from CIA, Components of the Defense Department,
and the State Department, Filed Primarily by Agency of Origin
C. Material on the Air War
D. Material on the Gulf of Tonkin Incidents
E. Miscellaneous Files, 1961-69
A. Material on Peace Negotiations and Bombing Halts
Boxes 108-150, 212, 251-52, 255-56, 260
Boxes 108-36: Material on Paris Peace Talks [HARVAN refers to Averell Harriman
and Cyrus Vance]
Box 127: Material on 3/31/68 Bombing Halt
Boxes 137-38: Memos to President on the 10/31/68 Bombing Halt
Boxes 138-50: Material on Various Peace Initiatives, 1965-69
Box 212: Material on Negotiations and Bombing Pauses
Boxes 251-52: Chron Files and Other Material on Negotiations
Boxes 255-56: Material on Sunflower Negotiations
Box 260: Material on Paris Peace Talks
B. Material from CIA, Components of the Defense Department,
and the State Department, Filed Primarily by Agency of Origin
Boxes 150-89, 191-92, 195, 198, 201, 223-26, 230-47, 249, 258-59
1) CIA Intelligence Reports and Intelligence Information Cables: Boxes 158-61,
178, 180- 81, 187, 191, 201, 223-26, 230-32, 240-46, 258-59
2) MACV Intelligence, Order of Battle, and Pacification Material
[MACV = Military Assistance Command Vietnam]: Boxes 150- 57,
161-66, 176-78, 181, 184-85, 187-89, 198
3) DIA Intelligence Reports [DIA = Defense Intelligence Agency]: Boxes 166-
67, 172-76, 178-81, 185, 187, 189
4) OASD Reports and Statistical Tables [OASD = Office of the Assistant Secretary
of Defense]: Boxes 181-84, 189, 233- 36
5) Air Intelligence Summaries: Boxes 185-86
6) Rand Corporation Reports and Other Studies Commissioned by DOD: Boxes 191-
92, 195, 237-39, 247, 249
7) State Department Reports: Boxes 167-72, 180 [Blueprint for Vietnam]
C. Material on the Air War
Boxes 202-210, 215-222, 228-29
Boxes 202-04: Air War on POL Targets [POL = Petroleum, Oil, Lubricants]
Boxes 204-10, 220: B-52 Strikes [Arc Light]
Boxes 215-22: Rolling Thunder
Boxes 228-29: Material on Reprisal Strikes, 1964-65
D. Material on the Gulf of Tonkin Incidents
Boxes 227-229
E. Miscellaneous Files, 1961-69
Boxes 190-202, 210-215, 248-54, 257-61
While not arranged in a systematic manner, many of the folders in these boxes
include very useful material on a wide variety of topics. Consult the folder
title list for further information.
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