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NND Project Number: NND 63316. By: NWD Date: 2011 TOP SECRET – Sensitive
NND Project Number: NND 63316. By: NWD Date: 2011 TOP SECRET – Sensitive
| DATE | EVENT OR DOCUMENT | DESCRIPTION |
| 7 May 1964 | MACV, US/GVN 1964 Force Level Agreement | MACV informs the JCS that agreement has been reached with the GVN on the level of forces to be reached by year's end. |
| 12–14 May 1964 | McNamara-Taylor Mission | McNamara-Taylor visit SVN. They are briefed on 12–13 April by the Mission. On 14 April they see Khanh who again talks of going North. McNamara demurs, but insists on more political stability and program effectiveness. |
| 30 May 1964 | Honolulu Conference | Rusk, McNamara, McCone and aides meet in Honolulu with the Country Team. A full dress discussion of pressures takes place, but no decisions or recommendations are approved. Rather, more emphasis on the critical provinces is approved, along with an expanded advisory effort. |
| 5 Jun 1964 | Department of State Msg 2184 | Lodge is informed of the President's approval of the expanded effort in the critical provinces. |
| 15 Jun 1964 | W. P. Bundy memo to SecState and SecDef | Attached to a Bundy memo for consideration at a meeting later the same day, are six annexes each dealing with a different aspect of the problem of getting a Congressional resolution of support for the current US Southeast Asian policy. One of the important themes is that an act of irreversible US commitment might provide the necessary psychological support to get real reform and effectiveness from the GVN. |
| 23 Jun 1964 | President Announces JCS Chairman Taylor as New Ambassador | President Johnson announces the appointment of JCS Chairman, Maxwell Taylor, to succeed Lodge, who is returning to engage in Republican Presidential politics. |
| 30 Jun 1964 | Taylor Succeeds Lodge | Lodge leaves Saigon and Taylor takes over as US Ambassador with U. Alexis Johnson as Deputy. |
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