# United States – Vietnam Relations, 1945–1967: A Study Prepared by the Department of Defense/IV. A. 4. Bibliography

BIBLIOGRAPHY
| I. | Unclassified Materials | Unclassified Materials |
| | A. | Books and Reports |
| | | Bain, Chester, Vietnam: The Roots of Conflict, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1967. |
| | | Bator, Victor, Vietnam, a Diplomatic Tragedy: The Origins of the United States Involvement, Oceana Publications, Inc., Dobbs Ferry, New York, 1965. |
| | | Bodord, Lucian, (trans. by Patrick O'Brien), The Quicksand War: Prelude to Vietnam, Little, Brown and Company, Boston, Massachusetts, 1967. |
| | | Buttinger, Joseph, Vietnam: A Dragon Embattled: Volume I, From Colonialism to the Vietnam, Frederick A. Praeger, New York, 1967. |
| | | Buttinger, Joseph, Vietnam: A Dragon Embattled: Volume II, Vietnam at War, Frederick A. Praeger, New York, 1967. |
| | | Chatham House Study Group, Collective Defence in Southeast Asia: The Manila Treaty and its Implications, Oxford University Press, London, 1956. |
| | | Duncanson, Dennis J., Government and Revolution in Vietnam, Oxford University Press, London, 1968. |
| | | Ely, General D'Armee Paul, Memoires L'Indochine Dans La Tourmente, Libraire Plon, Paris, 1964. |
| | | Fall, Bernard B., Street Without Joy: Insurgency in Indochina, 1946–1963, Stackpole Company, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 1961. |
| | | Fall, Bernard B., The Two Vietnams: A Political and Military Analysis, Frederick A. Praeger, New York, 1964. |
| | | Fall, Bernard B., Vietnam Witness 1953–66, Frederick A. Praeger, New York, 1966. |
| | | Gavin, James C., Crisis Now, Random House, New York, 1968. |
| | | Gettleman, Marvin E., ed., Vietnam: History, Documents, and Opinions on a Major World Crisis, Fawcett World Library, New York, 1965. |
| | | Gurtov, Melvin, The First Vietnam Crisis: Chinese Communist Strategy and the United States Involvement 1953–1954, Columbia University Press, New York, 1967. ​ |
| | | Halberstam, David, The Making of a Quagmire, Random House, New York, 1965. |
| | | Hammer, Ellen J., The Struggle for Indochina 1940–1955, Stanford University Press, Stanford, California, 1966. |
| | | Jordan, Amos, Foreign Aid and the Defense of Southeast Asia, Frederick A. Praeger, New York, 1962. |
| | | Kahin, George McTurnan, John W. Lewis, The United States in Vietnam, Dial Press, New York, 1967. |
| | | Kaufmann, W. W., The McNamara Strategy, Harper and Row, New York, 1964. |
| | | King, John Kerry, Southeast Asia in Perspective, MacMillan Company, New York, 1956. |
| | | Lacouture, Jean, (trans. by Konrad Keller and Joel Carmichael), Vietnam: Between Two Truces, Vantage, New York, 1966. |
| | | Lancaster, Donald, The Emancipation of French Indochina, Oxford University Press, London, 1961. |
| | | Lindholm, Richard W., ed., Vietnam, The First Five Years: An International Symposium, Michigan State University Press, East Lansing Michigan, 1959. |
| | | McCarthy, Joseph E., Illusion of Power; American Policy Toward Vietnam 1954–1966, Carlton Press, New York, 1967. |
| | | Mecklin, John, Mission in Torment: An Intimate Account of the U. S. Role in Vietnam, Doubleday and Company, Garden City, New York, 1965. |
| | | Montgomery, John D., The Politics of Foreign Aid, Frederick A. Praeger, New York, 1962. |
| | | Nguyen Cong Vien, Seeking the Truth; the Inside Story of Vietnam After the French Defeat by a Man Who Served in Dai's Cabinet, Vantage Press, New York, 1966. |
| | | Nutt, Anita Lauve, Troika on Trial: Control or Compromise?, Vol. I, Defense Documentation Center, Virginia, September 1967. |
| | | Nutt, Anita Lauve, Troika on Trial: Control or Compromise?, Vol. II, Defense Documentation Center, Virginia, September 1967. |
| | | Nutt, Anita Lauve, Troika on Trial: Control or Compromise?, Vol. III, Defense Documentation Center, Virginia, September 1967. ​ |
| | | Pan, Stephen, Daniel Lyons, Vietnam Crisis, Robert Speller & Sons, New York, 1966. |
| | | Raskin, Marcus G. and Bernard B. Fall, eds., The Vietnam Reorder: Articles and Documents on American Foreign Policy and the Vietnam Crisis, Random House, New York, 1965. |
| | | Ridgway, Matthew B., Soldier: The Memoirs of Matthew B. Ridgway; as told to Harold H. Martin, Harper, New York, 1956. |
| | | Ridgway, Matthew B., The Korean War, Doubleday, Garden City, New York, 1967. |
| | | Salmon, Malcolm, Focus on Indo-China, Foreign Languages Publishing House, Hanoi, 1961. |
| | | Scigliano, Robert, South Vietnam: Nation Under Stress, Houghton Mifflin, Boston, 1964. |
| | | Scigliano, Robert, Guy H. Fox, Technical Assistance in Vietnam: The Michigan State University Experience, Frederick A. Praeger, New York, 1965. |
| | | Shaplen, Robert, The Lost Revolution: The Story of Twenty Years of Neglected Opportunities in Vietnam and of America's Failure to Foster Democracy There, Harper and Row, New York, 1955. |
| | | Warner, Denis, The Last Confucian; Vietnam, Southeast Asia, and the West, Penguin, Baltimore, Maryland, 1964. |
| | | Zagoria, Donald S., Vietnam Triangle: Moscow, Peking, Hanoi, Pegasus, New York, 1967. |
| | B. | Articles |
| | | Conner, Judson, J., "Teeth for the Free World Dragon," Army Information Digest, November 1960. |
| | | Harriman, W. Averill, "What Are We Doing in Southeast Asia," New York Times Magazine, May 27, 1962. |
| | | Myers, Samuel L., "Building a Strong National Vietnamese Army, Free World Forum, May 1959. |
| | | Noll, John V., Jr., "The Armored School South Vietnam," Armor, January–February, 1958. |
| | | Stevenson, Charles S., "The Far East MAAGs : Good Investment in Security," Army, November 1960. |
| | | Williams, Samuel T., "The Practical Demands of MAAG," Military Review, July 1961. ​ |
| | | Williams, Samuel T., "Why the U. S. is Losing in Vietnam: An Inside Story," U. S. News and World Report, November 9, 1964. |
| | C. | Other |
| | | Fourth Semiannual Report to Congress on the Mutual Defense Assistance Program; Message from the President of the United States, House Document No. 352, 82nd Congress, 2nd Session, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., February 1952. |
| | | House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Special Study Mission to Southeast Asia and the Pacific, House Report No. 2024, 83rd Congress, 2nd Session, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C, July 1954. |
| | | Mansfield, Mike, Indochina: Report on a Study Mission to the Associated States of Indochina, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, 83rd Congress, 1st Session, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C, October 27, 1953. |
| | | New York Times issues throughout the period. |
| | | Subcommittee on State Department Organization and Public Affairs, United States Aid Program in Vietnam: Report to Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, 86th Congress, 2nd Session, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., February 26, 1960. |
| | | Memo: Dr. Edward W. Weidner to Mr. Leland Barrows, USOM, "Recommendation for American and Vietnamese Action re. Civil Security," October 11, 1955. |
| | | "Report on the Proposed Organization of the Law Enforcement Agencies of the RVN," Michigan State University Police Advisory Staff, Saigon, Vietnam, April 1956. |
| | | (Vol. II.) Supplement to the Composite Report of the President's Committee to Study the United States Military Assistance Program, William H. Draper, Chairman, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C, August 17, 1959. |
| | | U. S. Foreign Assistance and Assistance from International Organizations: Obligations and Other Commitments, ICA, Office of Statistics and Reports, July 1, 1945 through June 30, 1960. |
| | | U. S. Foreign Assistance and Assistance from International Organizations: Obligations and Other Commitments, ICA, Office of Statistics and Reports, July 1, 1945 through June 30, 1961 (Preliminary). |
| | | U. S. Army Infantry Reference Data, 1956. U. S. Army Infantry Reference Data, 1957. U. S. Army Infantry Reference Data, 1958. ​ |
| II. | Classified Materials | Classified Materials |
| | A. | National Security Council Documents |
| | | NSC 48, June 10, 1949. (TS) |
| | | NSC 41/1, December 23, 1949. (TS) |
| | | NSC 64, February 27, 1950. (TS) |
| | | NSC 64/1, December 21, 1950. (TS) |
| | | NSC 64, Progress Report, April 27, 1951. (TS) |
| | | NSC 124, February 13, 1952. (TS) |
| | | NSC 124/1, June 10, 1952. (TS) |
| | | NSC 124/2, Progress Report, August 5, 1963. (TS) |
| | | Memorandum for Defense Members, NSC Planning Board, "Draft Revision NSC 124/2," December 8, 1953. (TS) |
| | | NSC 177, December 30, 1953. (TS) |
| | | "Army Position on NSC Action, 11 No. 1074-a, April 1954. (TS) |
| | | NSC Action 1074-a, April 5, 1954. (TS) |
| | | NSC Action 1086-a,b,c, April 15, 1954. (TS) |
| | | NSC Action 1147-b, June 4, 1954. (TS) |
| | | NSC 5421, June 1, 1954. (TS - Special Security Precautions) |
| | | NSC Record of Action 1316, January 27, 1955. (TS) |
| | | NSC 5519, May 17, 1955. (TS) |
| | | NSC 5405/5429/5, "Progress Report, " July 11, 1956. (S) |
| | | NSC 5612, Draft, August 15, 1956. (TS) |
| | | NSC 5612/1, September 5, 1956. (TS) |
| | | NSC 5612/1, Progress Report, November 6, 1967. (S) |
| | | OCB Report in NSC 5809, August 12, 1959. (S) |
| | | NSC 6012, July 25, 1960. (S) ​ |
| | B. | National Intelligence Estimates |
| | | NIE 5, December 29, 1950. (S) |
| | | NIE 20, March 20, 1951. (S) |
| | | NIE 35, August 7, 1951. (S) |
| | | NIE 35/1, March 3, 1952. (S) |
| | | NIE 35/2, August 27, 1952. (S) |
| | | NIE 47, October 31, 1952. (TS) |
| | | NIE 91, June 4, 1953. (S) |
| | | NIE 10-2-54, March 15, 1954. (S) |
| | | NIE 63, April 30, 1954. (S) |
| | | NIE 63-3-54, May 21, 1954. (S) |
| | | NIE 10-3-54, June 1, 1954. (TS - Limited Distribution) |
| | | NIE 63-4-54, June 15, 1954. (S) |
| | | NIE 63-5-54, August 3, 1954. (S) |
| | | NIE 63-7-54, November 23, 1954. (S) |
| | | NIE 10-7-54, November 23, 1954. (S) |
| | | NIE 63.1-2-55, April 26, 1955. (TS) |
| | | NIE 63.1-3-55, October 11, 1955. (S) |
| | | NIE 63-56, July 17, 1956. (S) |
| | | NIE 63.2-57, May 14, 1957. (S) |
| | | NIE 63-59, May 26, 1959. (S) |
| | | NIE 14.3/53-61, August 15, 1961. (S) |
| | C. | Special Estimates and Special National Intelligence Estimates |
| | | SE 22, March 4, 1952. (TS) |
| | | SE 32, October 3, 1952. (S) ​ |
| | | SE 52, November 10, 1953. (TS) |
| | | SE 53, December 18; 1953. (TS) |
| | | SNIE 63-2-54, June 9, 1954. (S) |
| | | SNIE 10-4-54, June 15, 1954. (TS - Limited Distribution) |
| | | SNIE 63-6-54, September 15, 1954. (S) |
| | | SNIE 63.1-2/1-55, May 2, 1955. (S) |
| | | SNIE 63.1-4-55, September 13, 1955. (TS) |
| | | SNIE 58-2-61, July 5, 1951. (TS - NO FORN) |
| | D. | State Department Documents |
| | | Documentary History of United States Policy Toward Indochina, 1940–53, Research Project 354, April 1954, Historical Division, Department of State. (TS) |
| | | Message, Murphy to AmEmb (Paris), TOSEC 392, June 10, 1954. (TS) |
| | | Message, SECSTATE to Amb (Paris), 4551, TEDUL 191, June 12, 1954. (TS) |
| | | Memorandum, SECSTATE to SECDEF, August 18, 1954. (S) |
| | | Memorandum, SECSTATE to SECDEF, October 11, 1954. (TS) |
| | | Message, AmEmb (Saigon), from State/Defense, October 21, 1954, Draft. (TS) |
| | | Message, SECSTATE to AmEmb (Saigon), 1679, October 22, 1954. (TS) |
| | | Message, Heath to SECSTATE, 1761, November 8, 1954. (S) |
| | | Message, Collins signed Kidder to SECSTATE, 1830, November 15, 1954, DA-IN-99015 (November 16). (TS) |
| | | Message, Dillon to SECSTATE, 2433, December 8, 1954. (TS) |
| | | J. Lawton Collins, Special Representative of The United States in Vietnam, "Report on Vietnam for the National Security Council," January 20, 1955 (TS) with Supplement (S). |
| | | Department of State, INR, "The Communist Subversive Threat in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos," DR/SP 57.1, December 29, 1955. (S) |
| | | Letter, Deputy Under-Secretary of State to SECDEF, dated May 1, 1956. (S) ​ |
| | | Department of State, INR, "The Communist Subversive Threat to the SEATO Treaty Area, II. The Subversive Threat in South Vietnam," DRF SP-62, October 24, 1956. (S) |
| | | Dispatch, Saigon to State, 400, May 29, 1959. (S) |
| | | Dispatch, Saigon to State, 276, January 4, 1960. (S) |
| | | Chronology on Vietnam, 1950–1965 , Research Project No. 747, Historical Studies Division, Historical Office, Bureau of Public Affairs, Department of State, November 1965. |
| | E. | Defense Department Documents |
| | | Memorandum for SECDEF from Service Secretaries, "Draft State Department Statement on Indochina, of March 27, 1952," April 8, 1952. (TS) |
| | | Enclosure to Memorandum, Acting SECDEF to Service Secretaries, "Forty Additional Vietnam Battalions," February 19, 1953. |
| | | Report by the Ad Hoc Committee to the Assistant to the Secretary for International Security Affairs. |
| | | Message, CINFE, MG619A, DA-IN-257701, April 15, 1953. |
| | | "Report of U. S. –Joint Military Mission to Indochina," July 15, 1953. (TS) |
| | | "Progress Report on Military Situation in Indochina," November 19, 1953. (TS) |
| | | "Comments on 'Progress Report on Military Situation in Indochina,' 1 November 19, 1953," (Comments by Army Attache, Saigon), December 24, 1953. (S) |
| | | "Report of U. S. Special Mission to Indochina," February 5, 1954. (TS) |
| | | Memorandum for SECDEF from JCS, "Suspension of U. S. Military Aid to Indochina in Event of a Cease Fire," April 30, 1954. |
| | | "Debriefing, Major General Thomas J. H. Trapnell, Jr., May 3, 1954, OSD File No. 092/092.2, Indochina. (TS) |
| | | Memorandum for SECDEF from JCS, "Studies with Respect to Possible U. S. Action Regarding Indochina," May 26, 1954. (TS) |
| | | Message, CHMAAGIC to CSUSA, MG 165 1 DA, 0915 15Z, June 1957, DA-IN-64188 (June 9, 1954). (S) |
| | | Message, CHMAAG Indochina, to DEPTAR, MG 2062A, 271130Z, July 1954, DA-IN-74737. (TS) |
| | | Memorandum from SECDEF to Service Secretaries and JCS, July 30, 1954. ​ |
| | | Memorandum for SECDEF from JSC, "U. S. Assumption of Training Responsibilities in Indochina, August 4, 1954. (S) |
| | | Letter, SECDEF to SECSTATE, August 12, 1954. (S) |
| | | Memorandum for SECDEF from JCS, "U. S. Assumption of Training Responsibilities in Indochina, 11 September 22, 1954. (TS) |
| | | Memorandum for SECDEF from JCS, "Retention and Development of Forces in Vietnam," September 22, 1954. (TS) |
| | | Memorandum for SECDEF from JCS, "Military Consultation under the Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty," 11 October 8, 1954. (TS) |
| | | Memorandum, SECDEF from JCS, "Development and Training of Indigenous Forces in Indochina," October 19, 1954. (TS) |
| | | Memorandum, SECDEF to JCS, October 26, 1954. (TS) |
| | | Memorandum for SECDEF from JCS, "Indochina," November 17, 1954. (TS) |
| | | Memorandum for JCS from SECDEF, "Reconsideration U. S. Military Programs in Southeast Asia," January 5, 1955. (TS) |
| | | Memorandum for SECDEF, "Reconsiderations of U. S. Military Programs in Southeast Asia," January 21, 1955. (TS) |
| | | History of the Indochina Incident, Historical Section, JCS, Series B, February 1, 1955. (TS) |
| | | Draft, History of the Indochina Incident; Supplements 1–3, Series B, Historical Section, n.d.(TS) |
| | | Message CHMAAG Indochina to CNO MG 125A 100810A, February 1955, DA-IW 117629. (S) |
| | | Memorandum, SECDEF to SERVICE SECRETARIES and JCS, "Report on Vietnam for the NSC," February 3, 1955. (TS) |
| | | Memorandum for SECDEF from the JCS, "Concept and Plans for the Implementation If Necessary of Article IV, 1, of the Manila Pact," February 11, 1955. (TS) |
| | | Report of the Saigon Military Mission, August 1954 - August 1955. (S) |
| | | Memorandum for SECDEF from the JCS, "U. S. Policy in the Event of a Reversal of Aggression in Vietnam," September 9, 1955. (TS) |
| | | Report of Visit of Lt. General Bruce C. Clarke, Commanding General, U. S. Army Pacific to Western Pacific and Southeast Asia, September 6–29, 1955. (S) |
| | | Memorandum for SECDEF, "Raising U. S. Military Personnel Ceiling of MAAG Vietnam," December 9, 1955. (S) ​ |
| | | Memorandum for SECDEF from ASD (ISA), January 25, 1956. (S) |
| | | Letter, SECDEF to SECSTATE, January 31, 1956. (S) |
| | | Memorandum for SECDEF from JCS, "Development of Defense Information Relating to Certain U. S. AID Programs (Vietnam)," 11 April 13, 1956. (TS) |
| | | Letter, SECDEF to SECSTATE, December 13, 1956. (S) |
| | | Memorandum for SECDEF from JCS, "U. S. Policy in Mainland Southeast Asia," December 21, 1956. (TS) |
| | | Minutes of Meeting between President Diem and Deputy Secretary Quarles, May 10, 1957, May 15, 1957. (S) |
| | | Memorandum for the Record by Colonel Edward G. Lansdale, "Pacification in Vietnam," July 15, 1958. (S) |
| | | "Study on Army Aspects of the Military Assistance Programs in Vietnam," U. S. Army Command and General Staff College, June 1, 1960. (S) |
| | | Notes on U. S. Policy Toward Vietnam since 1945, OCMH, TS-62-5-3, May 24, 1962. (TS) |
| | | MAAG Country Statement for Vietnam and Laos as of December 31, 1955. (S) |
| | | MAAG Country Statement for Vietnam as of June 30, 1956. (S) |
| | | MAAG Country Statement for Vietnam as of December 31, 1956. (S) |
| | | MAAG Country Statement for Vietnam as of June 30, 1957. (S) |
| | | MAAG Vietnam Country Statement for Vietnam as of December 31, 1957. (S) |
| | | MAAG Vietnam Narrative Study, August 23, 1958. (S) |
| | | MAAG Vietnam Narrative Statement, November 1958, Corrected to March 31, 1959. (S) |
| | | Weekly Intelligence Digest, Joint Intelligence Division, PACOM, April 27, 1956; January 4, 1957; July 5, 1957; March 28, 1958; December 9, 1960. (All Secret) |
| | F. | Other Official Documents |
| | | Memorandum for the Record, "Meeting of President's Special Committee on Indochina, January 29, 1954," January 30, 1954. (TS) |
| | | "Report of Working Group of Special Committee on Indochina," February 6, 1954. (TS) ​ |
| | | President's Special Committee Report, April 5, 1954. (TS) |
| | | Memcon, May 18 and 20, 1954, OSD Files 1954. (TS) |
| | | Message FOA Washington, signed Stassen to USAMB Paris USAMB Saigon, USFOTO 263, November 24, 1954. (C) |
| | | Memorandum for SECSTATE from Director, CIA, December 16, 1955. (S) |
| | | "Supplement to the Composite Report of the President's Committee to Study the United States Military Assistance Program," Volume III, August 17, 1959. (S) |
| | G. | Other |
| | | Bykerk, Norman H., MAAG Vietnam: Manacled by Geneva (U), Army War College, Pennsylvania, March 19, 1958. (S) |
| | | Erickson, John L., Impact of the United States Military Assistance Advisory Group in Vietnam (U), U. S. Army War College, Log No. 61-2-54 S, Pennsylvania, February 10, 1961. (S) |
| | | Heymont, Irving, Ronald B. Emery, John G. Phillips, Cost Analysis of Counterinsurgency Land-Combat Operations: Vietnam, 1957–1964, Volume I, Main Body (U), Research Analysis Corporation, McLean, Virginia, June 1967. (S) |
| | | Heymont, Irving, Ronald B. Emery, John G. Phillips, Cost Analysis of Counterinsurgency Land-Combat Operations: Vietnam, 1957–1964, Volume II, Appendixes (U) , Research Analysis Corporation, McLean, Virginia, August 1967. (S) |
| | | Heymont, Irving, James W. Lash, Planning Factors for Counterinsurgency Land-Combat Operations, Based on RVN Experience, FY 1958–FY 1964 (U), Research Analysis Corporation, McLean, Virginia, November 1967. (S) |
| | | Nees, Charles M., The Establishment of a United States Joint Task Force, Southeast Asia (U), U.S. Army War College, Log No. 57-2-124 S, Pennsylvania, February 18, 1957. (S) |