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Title:
Dir. approves the decision to change the mission of US ground forces...
Date of Creation:
April 2, 1965
Date of Declassification:
December 30, 1977
Type of Document:
Memorandum
Level of Classification:
TOP SECRET
Status of Copy:
ORIGINAL
Pagination, Illustration:
3 p.
Abstract:
[Dir. approves the decision to change the
mission of US ground forces from advisory to
active combat only if it is accompanied by
air strikes damaging enough to push North
Vietnam to reappraise its policy on
insurgency. US air strikes to date have only
hardened North Vietnam's attitude.]
Memorandum, John McCone, Dir. of Central
Intelligence, to the Secys of State and
Defense, the Spec. Asst. to the Pres. for
Nat. Security Affairs, and Maxwell D. Taylor,
Amb. to the Republic of Vietnam. Apr. 2,
1965. 3 p. TOP SECRET. Declassified Dec. 30,
1977. Johnson Library, NSF, Countries,
Vietnam, Vol. 32.
Indexing Terms:
Declassified Documents Reference System Location:
1979-235C