In Krulak's words, the objective was to observe "the effect of recent events upon the attitudes of the Vietnamese in general, and upon the war effort against the Viet Cong".
En palabras de Krulak, o obxectivo era observar "os efectos dos recentes eventos desencadeados polas actitudes dos xenerais vietnamitas e o esforzo na guerra contra o Viet Cong".