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103. Cf. Tab 1, pp. 43–44, n. 71, Ch ester L. Cooper, "The Complexities of Negotiation," Foreign Affairs, (Vol. 46, No. 3, April 1963), 465; Ltr, Under Secretary of State Katzenbach to Congressman Evans, op. cit.

104. U .S. Defense Intelligence Agency, Military Factbook on the War in South Vietnam, V.; Zasloff, RM 4703-ISA/ARPA, op. cit., 4, 10–11.

105. DIA Fact Book, July, 1967, A-127.

106. Zasloff, RM 4703-ISA/ARPA , op. cit., 169–183.

107. Katzenbach-Evans Letter, op. cit., quoting the interrogation of Le Van Thanh, Viet Cong Signal Platoon leader.

108. RM 4703, op. cit., 31.

109. DIA AP-4 (May , 1967), op. cit. This study was designed to answer queries from Congressman Evans (f. Katzenbach Letter), and was considered for publication, modified, as a "White Paper."

110. Interrogation of a Montagnard originally from Quang Tri Province, infiltrated into South Vietnam in October, 1961. DIA, "Role," 69–70; Katzenbach letter.

111. Interrogation of a member of one of the "special border-crossing teams." DIA, "Role," 70.

112. Ibid., 71. Interrogation of two members of the 603d Battalion.

113. Ibid., 71, 72. Interrogation of Senior Sergeant of VC 5th Military Region (Zone V) captured in Quang Ngai.

114. Ibid., 73. Interrogation of several agents captured in June and July, 1961; Interrogation of a member of a VC communications cadre.

115. Ibid., Interrogation of a 1962 infiltrator.

116. Ibid., Interrogation of several former NVA officers who surrendered in 1963; interrogation of officer of "1st VC Regiment," who defected in April 1963.

117. Carver, op. cit., 360.

118. DIA, "Role….", op. cit.,; Katzenbach letter.

119. Ibid.

120. {Devillers, loc. cit., and New Facts Phu Loi Mass Murder, op. cit., flyleaf.

121. Ibid., 15–16.

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