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Declassified per Executive Order 13526, Section 3.3
NND Project Number: NND 63316. By: NWD Date: 2011
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
27 November 1961
| MEMORANDUM FOR: | SECRETARY RUSK |
| SECRETARY MCNAMARA | |
| Mr. U. ALEXIS JOHNSON | |
| GENERAL LEMNITZER | |
| MR. FOWLER HAMILTON | |
| MR. ALLEN DULLES | |
| MR. MCGEORGE BUNDY | |
| MR. WALT ROSTOW |
| Subject: | Meeting on Southeast Asia, 5:30 p.m., November 27, 1961 |
The President wishes to use this meeting as a round-up of actions to date and of new decisions required now or shortly. He would like the following questions to serve as a framework for discussion.
- a. State
- (1) What is the situation with regard to Diem as reported by Ambassador Nolting?
- (2) Can we delay longer in obtaining an answer from Diem?
- (3) Should Nolting be called to Washington in order to expose him to our thinking on the situation?
- (4) What is the present plan for the use of the Jorden Report?
- (5) Are we in danger of losing the psychological impact of our new program through its delayed and piecemeal implementation?
- b. Defense
- (1) What is the state of Defense actions in implementing the new program?
- (2) What is being done to expedite delivery of river and coastal craft?
- (3) What about increasing the training and readiness of the Civil Guard and the Self Defense Corps?
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