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34. MACV message 665, to Taylor, 21 February 1964 (TS)
35. Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara Testimony Before the House Aimed Services Committee (Executive Session), 27 January 1964
36. Embassy Saigon message 1345, 20 January 1964, 8:00 p.m. (C)
37. Embassy Saigon message 1408, 23 January 1964 (U)
38. CAS Saigon message, 28 January 1964 (no message number available)
39. Embassy Saigon message 1431, 29 January 1964, 8:00 p.m. (TS-NODIS)
40. Embassy Saigon message 1445, 30 January 1964, 3:15 a.m. (TS); see also messages 1408, 1431, and 1432, op. cit.
41. Embassy Saigon message 1456, 1 February 1964 (S)
42. Embassy Saigon Airgram 455, 2 February 1964 (s)
43. Ibid.
44. Ibid.
45. Ibid.
46. Embassy Saigon message 1523, 9 February 1964 (S)
47. Walter Elder, Executive Assistant to Director CIA Memorandum for the Secretary of Defense, Subject: "Appraisal of the Conduct of the War in Vietnam," 10 February 1964 (S); de Silva/Kirkpatrick evaluation attached.
48. Ibid.
49. SNIE 50-64-, "Short-Term Prospects in Southeast Asia," 12 February 1964 (TS)
50. Assistant Secretary of State/Far East, Roger Hilsman Memorandum for the Secretary of State, 14 March 1964 (TS)
51. Chairman, JCS Memorandum for the Secretary of Defense, JCSM-146-64, 18 February 1964 (TS-SENSITIVE)
52. JCS, SACSA Memorandum for the Secretary of Defense, Subject: "Appraisal of the Situation in SVN," 3 March 1964, in Secretary of Defense Trip Book (TS)
53. Ibid.
54. Ibid.
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