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176-10036-10111

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RECORD NUMBER : 176-10036-10111

RECORD SERIES : National Security Files

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ORIGINATOR : WH

FROM : Forrestal

TO : Bundy, McGeorge

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DATE : 7/9/1963

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DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 9/10/2000

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COMMENTS : National Security Files, Box 198: Vietnam, 7/1/1963-7/20/63. Box 2

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StE SANITIZEN VERSION NLI- 81-272

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SECRET

EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL

WASHINGTON 25, D.G.

July 9, 1963

des 1112 63-2041

MEMORANDUM FOR MR. BUNDY

SUBJECT: South Vietnam

I attach two reports which the President ought to

see. The first is a summary by the CIA in Saigon of the

current political situation (TDCS-3/552, 770). It strikes

me as being a fair and accurate appraisal.

The second is a report by Maj. General Victor

(Brute) Krulak, USMC, on his recent visit to Vietnam.

It gives, I think, a fair and soundly optimistic picture

of the part of the iceberg which is under water, i. e. the

war against the Viet Cong.

Wiele

Michael V. Forrestal

Att: 2

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