Background information relating to Southeast Asia and Vietnam

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• CONTENTS
• A. Summary chronology of events in southeast Asia, 1954 - 65 = 1
• B. Official documents on United States-Vietnam relations:
• 1. U.S. recognition of Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia : Statement by the Department of State, Feburary 7, 1950 = 21
• 2. Extension of military and economic aid : Statement by the Secretary of State, May 8, 1950 = 22
• 3. Economic aid program : Note from the American Charg$$e'$$ d'Affaires at Saigon to the chiefs of state of Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia, May 24, 1950 = 22
• 4. The military aid program : Statement by the Departments of State and Defense, September 23, 1951 = 23
• 5. The defense of Indochina : Communiqu$$e'$$ regarding discussions between representatives of the United States, France, Vietnam, and Cambodia, June 18, 1952 = 24
• 6. Support by NATO of the French Union defense efforts in Indochina : Resolution adopted by the North Atlantic Council, December 17, 1952 = 25
• 7. Additional U.S. aid for France and Indochina : Joint Franco-American Communiqu$$e'$$, September 30, 1953 = 26
• 8. The threat of direct Chinese Communist intervention in Indochina : Address by the Secretary of State, June 11, 1954(excerpt) = 26
• 9. Agreemment on the cessation of hostilities in Vietnam, July 20, 1954 = 28
• 10. Agreement on the cessation of hostilities in Cambodia, July 20, 1954 = 42
• 11. Agreement on the cessation of hostilities in Laos, July 20, 1954 = 50
• 12. Final declaration of July 21, 1954, of the Geneva Conference = 58
• 13. The cease-fire agreements in Indochina : Statement by the President, July 21, 1954 = 60
• 14. Statement by the Under Secretary of State at the concluding plenary session of the Geneva Conference, July 21, 1954 = 61
• 15. Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty and protocol thereto, September 8, 1954 = 62
• 16. Direct aid to the associated states: Communiqu$$e'$$ regarding Franco-American conversations, September 29, 1954 = 66
• 17. Aid to the State of Vietnam : Message from the President of the United States to the President of the Council of Ministers of Vietnam, October 23, 1954 = 67
• 18. Mission of the special U.S. representative in Vietnam : Statement issued by the White House, November 3, 1954 = 68
• 19. Direct aid to Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos : Statement by the Department of State, December 31, 1954 = 69
• 20. Recognition of the new chief of state of Vietnam : Statement by the Department of State, October 26, 1955 = 69
• 21. U.S. policy with respect to Vietnam : Address by the Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs, Washington, June 1, 1956 = 70
• 22. Vietnamese-United States relations : Joint statement issued at Washington by the President of the United States and the President of Vietnam, May 11, 1957 = 73
• 23. The importance to the United States of the security and progress of Vietnam : Address by the President(Eisenhower), Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, Pa., April 4, 1959(excerpt)
• 24. Secretary Rusk's news conference, May 4, 1961(excerpt)
• 25. Joint communiqu$$e'$$ issued at Saigon by the Vice President of the United States and the President of Vietnam, May 13, 1961 = 77
• 26. Secretary Rusk's news conference, November 17, 1961(excerpt) = 79
• 27. Secretary Rusk's news conference, December 8, 1961(excerpts) = 82
• 28. Exchanges of messages between President Kennedy and President Ngo Dinh Diem of the Republic of Vietnam, December 14 and December 7, 1961 = 84
• 29. Joint communiqu$$e'$$ issued by the United States and Vietnam on the expansion of economic development programs, January 4, 1962 = 86
• 30. Secretary Rusk's news conference, March 1, 1962(excerpts) = 88
• 31. Department of State statement commenting on the report of the Control Commission for Vietnam, June 25, 1962 = 90
• 32. Declaration of neutrality of Laos, July 23, 1962 = 91
• 33. President Kennedy's TV interviews, September 2 and 9, 1963(excerpts) = 99
• 34. United States policy on Vietnam : White House statement, October 2, 1963 = 102
• 35. The next steps toward peace : Statement by McGeorge Bundy, special assistant to the President(excerpt), September 30, 1963 = 103
• 36. United States revises aid to Vietnam's special forces : Statement by the Department of State, October 22, 1963 = 104
• 37. Secretary Rusk's news conference of November 8, 1963(excerpts) = 104
• 38. Message from President Johnson to Gen. Duong Van Minh, Chairman of the Military Revolutionary Council of the Republic of Vietnam, December 31, 1963 = 106
• 39. Secretary Rusk's news conference of February 7, 1964(excerpts) = 107
• 40. TV interview with President Johnson, March 15, 1964(excerpts) = 109
• 41. United States to increase economic and military aid to Vietnam : Statement by the White House, March 17, 1964 = 109
• 42. United States policy in Vietnam : Address by Secretary of Defense McNamara, March 26, 1964(excerpt) = 111
• 43. Address by Secretary Rusk, April 25, 1964(excerpt) = 118
• 44. Statement by President Johnson, June 2, 1964(excerpt) = 120
• 45. Address to the Nation by President Johnson, August 4, 1964(excerpt) = 121
• 46. President's message to Congress, August 5, 1964 = 122
• 47. Security Council hears U.S. charge of North Vietnamese attacks : Statement by Adlai E. Stevenson, U.S. representative in the Security Council, August 5, 1964 = 124
• 48. Southeast Asia resolution = 128
• 49. Comparison of resolutions relating to the maintenance of peace and security in various areas = 129
• 50. Address by President Johnson, August 12, 1964 = 131
• 51. Secretary Rusk's news conference, September 14, 1964(excerpt) = 132
• 52. President Johnson reaffirms the basic policy of the United States in Vietnam, December 1, 1964 = 135
• 53. Communique issued by the United States and Vietnam regarding measures to be taken to improve the situation in Vietnam, December 11, 1964 = 136
• 54. American Policy in South Vietnam and Southeast Asia : Address by William P. Bundy, Assistant Secretary for Far Eastern Affairs, January 23, 1965 = 137
• 55. Joint U.S. and South Vietnamese Retaliatory Attacks Against North Vietnam" : White House statement, February 7, 1965 = 146
• 56. Withdrawal of American Dependents : Statement by President Johnson, Februarry 7, 1965 = 147
• 57. Serious Vietcong Attacks : Statement by Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara, February 7, 1965 = 148
• 58. Complaint to United Nations : U.S. letter to President of Security Council, February 7, 1965 = 149
• 59. Joint U.S.-South Vietnam statement on attacks on North Vietnam, Saigon, Februarry 11, 1965 = 151
• 60. United States and South Vietnam Hit North Vietnamese Targets: White House statement, Februarry 11, 1965 = 152
• 61. United States and Vietnam Initiate Combined Airstrikes : U.S. Embassy statement, February 24, 1965 = 152
• 62. Situation in southeast Asia : Secretary Rusk's news conference, February 25, 1965 = 152
• 63. Aggression From the North : State Department report, February 27,1965 = 163
• 64. United States report on Vietnam to U.N. Security Council : Text of a letter from Ambassador Adlai E. Stevenson, U.S. representative to the United Nations, to Ambassador Roger Seydoux, President of the U.N. Security Council, February 27, 1965 = 190
• 65. Collective Defense Against Armed Aggression : Department statement, March 4, 1965 = 191
• 66. Legal basis for U.S. actions against North Vietnam : Department of State memorandum, March 8, 1965 = 191
• 67. President reiterates U.S. policy on Vietnam : Statement by the President, March 25, 1965 = 195
• 68. Use of Tear Gas in Vietnam : Statement made by Secretary Rusk, March 24, 1965 = 196
• 69. Pattern for Peace in Southeast Asia : Address by President Johnson, Johns Hopkins University, April 7, 1965 = 197
• 70. U.S. reply to 17-nation appeal on Vietnam, April 8, 1965 = 202
• 71. Defining Scope of the War : Address by Secretary Rusk, April 23, 1965 = 205
• 72. Source of Vietcong strength : Mr. McNamara's news conference, April 26, 1965 = 209
• 73. Review of situation in Vietnam : Statement by the President, April 27, 1965 = 218
• 74. Additional appropriation to meet mounting military requirements in Vietnam : Message from the President of the United States, May 4, 1965 = 219
• 75. Speech by President Johnson concerning economic aid to South Vietnam, May 13, 1965 = 223
• 76. Southeast Asia aid program : Message to Congress from the President of the United States, June 1, 1965 = 228
• 77. White House statement relative to mission of U.S. ground units in Vietnam = 230
• C. U.S. foreign assistance to Vietnam 1953 - 64 = 231
• D. Number of casulaties incurred by U.S. military personnel in Vietnam = 232
• E. Chronology, June 8 - 16, 1965 = 233