Documents Relating to the Vietnam War

Jeff Cohen and Norman Solomon, "30-Year Anniversary: Tonkin Gulf Lie Launched Vietnam War," Media Beat, July 27, 1994

Captain Ronnie E. Ford, U.S. Army, "New Light on Gulf of Tonkin," Vietnam Magazine

Peter Grier, "Declassified study puts Vietnam events in new light: US signals intelligence during the war came up short in major turning points, according to an NSA history," Christian Science Monitor, 9 January 2008

Elisabeth Bumiller, "Records Show Doubts on ’64 Vietnam Crisis," New York Times, 14 July 2010

Rules of Engagement After the Gulf of Tonkin Incident, 5 August 1964

Text of Joint Resolution (The Tonkin Gulf Resolution), August 7, Department of State Bulletin, 24 August 1964

Telegram from Secretary of State Rusk (State 136) to the Embassy in Laos on Proposed Bombing in Laos, 7 August 1964

Draft Telegram from McNaughton to the Embassy in Ottawa on US Policy in Vietnam After the Gulf of Tonkin Incident, 7 August 1964

Telegram to the Embassy in Ottawa on US Policy in Vietnam After the Gulf of Tonkin Incident, 8 August 1964

Department of Defense Intelligence Information Report, Interrogation Report, Gulf of Tonkin Incident, 25 March 1968

Telegram from Maxwell Taylor (CINCPAC 176) to the Department of State Regarding Instructions in Deptel 378, 9 August 1964

Telegram from Secretary of State Rusk Approving Limited Air and Ground Operations in Laos, 9 August 1964

Col Ralph Steakley, USAF; Chronology of Events Relating to DESOTO Patrol Incidents in the Gulf of Tonkin on 2 and 4 August 1964; 10 August 1964

W.P. Bundy, Second Draft of "Next Courses of Action in Southeast Asia," 11 August 1964

Letter from McNaughton to W.P. Bundy Requesting Clarifications and Changes in the Rules of Engagement, 11 August 1964

Ambassador Taylor's Situation Report on the Republic of Vietnam, 10 August 1964

Memorandum From the President's Special Assistant for National Security Affairs (Bundy) to the President, Third Draft, "Next Courses of Action in Southeast Asia," Washington, August 13, 1964.

CAPT J.J. Herrick, USN, "Chronological Sequence of Events USS Maddox aand USS Turner Joy Action of 4 August 1964 in the Gulf of Tonkin,"14 August 1964

Lawrence Levinson, Chronology of Events - Tuesday, August 4 and Wednesday, August 5 1964 Tonkin Gulf Strike; 28 August 1964

Lt Col Delmar C. Lang, USAF, "Chronology of Events of 2-5 August 1964 in the Gulf of Tonkin," 14 October 1964

Marshall Wright & Sven Kraemer, Vietnam Information Group; Presidential Decisions -The Gulf of Tonkin Attacks of August 1964; 1 Nov 1968

Joseph F. Carroll, Memorandum for the SecDef from Director, DIA, "Release of COMINT Pertaining to Gulf of Tonkin Incidents, 2 and 4 August 1964, 13 December 1967

Cable from State to Saigon, Vientiane, CINCPAC, giving Key Points to a Tentative High Level Paper on Next Courses of Action in Southeast Asia, 14 August 1964

Cable from the Joint Chiefs of Staff Revising the Rules of Engagement (JCS 7947), 15 August 1964

Cable from COMUSMACV to CINCPAC on Cross Border Operations, 16 August 1964

Cable from US Embassy in Laos to the State Department on Proposal to Initiate Bombing in Laos, 17 August 1964

Cable from CINCPAC to the Joint Chiefs of Staff on Proposal for "Next Courses of Action in Southeast Asia," 17 August 1964

Extract: Memo for Secretary of Defense from Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff "Combat Air Capability in North Vietnam" 17 AUG 64 (JCSM-707-64)

Cable from The US Embassy in South Vietnam to the State Department Suggesting a New Paper on Possible Courses of Action in Southeast Asia, (State 465) 18 August 1964

Memorandum for the Secretary of Defense from the Assistant Defense Secretary (Comptroller), Charles J. Hitch, Suggesting that the Use of Air Power Might Not Be Decisive in Southeast Asia, 24 August 1964

Memorandum for the Secretary of Defense from the Joint Chiefs of Staff (Curtis LeMay, Acting Chairman) on the Proposal on "Recommended Courses of Action--Southeast Asia," (JCSM-746-64) 26 August 1964

Cable from Secretary Rusk on Importance of Air America Missions, 26 August 1964

Memorandum from the Joint Chiefs of Staff to Bundy and McNaughton on Operational Plans for September 1964, 27 August 1964

Memorandum from McNaughton to McNamara on JCS Targeting Study, 29 August 1964

Excerpts from "Freedom in the Postwar World," by Secretary Rusk before American Veterans of WW 11 and Korea, Philadelphia, 29 August 1964, Department of State Bulletin, 14 September 1964

Memorandum from McNamara on JCS Targeting Study, 31 August 1964

Draft of "Plan of Action for South Vietnam" 3 September 1964

Note from McGeorge Bundy on Information Booklet on Vietnam, 4 September 1964

Cold War International History Project, Mao Zedong and the Head of the Cultural Group of the Laotian Patriotic Front Sangsiv, 4 September 1964

Draft by W.P. Bundy, "Courses of Action for South Vietnam," 8 September 1964

Memorandum by W.P. Bundy, "Courses of Action for South Vietnam," Recording the consensus reached in discussions between Ambassador Taylor and Secretary Rusk, Secretary McNamara, and General Wheeler, for review and decision by the President, 8 September 1964

State/Defense Message to Saigon, Vientiane, Bangkok on Laos Corridor Operations, 9 September 1964

Memorandum for the Secretary of Defense on "Courses of Action for South Vietnam" by Earle Wheeler, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 9 September 1964

Joint Chiefs of Staff, "Rules of Engagement, De Soto Patrol," 9 September 1964

National Security Action Memorandum No. 314, 10 September 1964

Lt Col Delmar C. Lang, USAF; Chronology of Events of 18-20 September 1964 in the Gulf of Tonkin; 14 Jan 1965

Cable, Saigon 913 to State, Summary of Conclusions of Meeting of Three Embassies Held in Saigon on 11 September to Review Air and Ground Operations in the Lao Corridor, 19 September 1964

Cable, CINCPAC to Joint Chiefs of Staff on De Soto Patrols, 21 September 1964

Cable, CINCPAC to Joint Chiefs of Staff on Planning for Future Contingencies, 25 September 1964

Cable, Joint Chiefs of Staff to CINCPAC, Definitive Rules of Engagement Applying to Laos," 28 September 1964

Cold War International History Project, Mao Zedong and Cambodian Prince Sihanouk, Beijing, 28 September 1964

"Progress and Problems in East Asia: An American Viewpoint," by William P. Bundy, Assistant Secretary for Far Eastern Affairs, Address made before the Research Institute of Japan at Tokyo, 29 September 1964, Department of State Bulletin, 19 October 1964

Memorandum for Mr. McNaughton from Cyrus Vance on Maritime Operations, 30 September 1964

Questions and Answers on Covert Activities, Questions by John T. McNaughton, Answers by JCS and ISA, Sept. 1964

SNIE 53-2-64, "The Situation in South Vietnam," 1 October 1964

Cable From CINCPAC to the Joint Chiefs of Staff on the Use of Thai-based US Air Force, 2 October 1964

Cable From Ambassador Taylor to Secretary Rusk, 3 October 1964

Mao Zedong and Pham Van Dong, Hoang Van Hoan; Beijing, 5 October 1964

Cable From Secretary Rusk to US Embassy in Laos on Air Attacks in Laos, 6 October 1964

Cable From Secretary Rusk to Ambassador Taylor in Saigon, 7 October 1964

Cable From Ambassador Taylor in Saigon to the State Department on Air War in Laos, 7 October 1964

Cable From Ambassador Taylor in Saigon to the State Department on the Terms of Reference for the Air War in Laos, 7 October 1964

Memorandum for Joseph Califano (author unknown) Reporting that the Lao Deputy Prime Minister Would Like to Expand Military Operations in the North, early October 1964

First Draft of "Aims and Options in Southeast Asia," by McNaughton, 13 October 1964

Cable from the Siagon Embassy to the Department of State on the Deteriorating Situation in South Vietnam, 14 October 1964

Memorandum from McNaughton to McNamara on US Search and Rescue Operations--Southeast Asia, 23 October 1964

JOINT STATE-DEFENSE MESSAGE, on Search and Rescue Operations and Cross-Border Operations, 26 October 1964

State/Defense Cable to Maxwell Taylor in Saigon on Proposed Expansion of Operations in Southeast Asia, 29 October 1964

State/Defense Cable 937 to Maxwell Taylor in Saigon on Legitimizing the Proposed Expansion of Operations in Southeast Asia, 29 October 1964

Intelligence Study Prepared by Headquarters, Military Assistance Command, Vietnam /1/, "Infiltration Study, Viet Cong Forces, Republic of Vietnam," 31 October 1964

Cable 1451 from the JCS to CINCPAC on Reaction to Bien Hoa Attack, 1 November 1964

Project Outline for Working Group on "Courses of Action in Southeast Asia," 3 November 1964

Ambassador Taylor's Comments on Plans for Action Against North Vietnam, 3 November 1964

Memorandum from Michael Forrestal to William Bundy on "US Objectives and Stakes in South Vietnam and Southeast Asia," 4 November 1964

Draft of a Paper by William Bundy on "CONDITIONS FOR ACTION AND KEY ACTIONS SURROUNDING ANY DECISION," 5 November 1964

Memorandum by William H. Sullivan to William Bundy on "Courses of Action in Viet Nam," 6 November 1964

Working Group Draft, "Probable Reactions to Options B and C," 6 November 1964

Working Group Draft, "Action for South Vietnam," 2nd Draft, McNaughton, 6 November 1964

Working Group Draft, "Action for South Vietnam," 3rd Draft, McNaughton, 7 November 1964

Draft Paper by William Bundy, "III: The Broad Options," 7 November 1964

Paper by Marshall Green, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, "Immediate Actions in the Period Prior to Decision," (Part VIII of Working Group Outline), 7 November 1964

Memorandum for Members of the NSC Working Group, Draft Sections of Sections VII, IX, and X, Sent by William B. Bundy, 10 November 1964

NSC Working Group, Comment on Draft Section I, "Courses of Action in Southeast Asia," 10 November 1964

Memorandum for the Chairman, NSC Working Group on Southeast Asia, from L.M. Mustin, JCS Staff with Comments on the draft for Part II, "US Objectives and Stakes in South Vietnam and Southeast Asia," 10 November 1964

Cable from Maxwell Taylor (EMBTEL 1438) on U. Alexis Johnson Talk with Seaborn, 14 November 1964

JCS Memorandum (JCSM 955-64) on Actions Against North Vietnam (first section missing), 14 November 1964

Memorandum for William Bundy, Chairman of the NSC Working Group on Southeast Asia, from L.M. Mustin, JCS Staff, Providing Additional Material for Project on "Courses of Action in Southeast Asia," 14 November 1964

Personal Note from W.W. Rostow to Robert McNamara on "Military Dispositions and Political Signals," 16 November 1964

Part VI (Analysis of Option B), Section F. "Likely Developments and Problems if the Communist Side Engaged in Major Retaliation at Some Point," Unsigned. Undated.

JCS Memorandum to the Secretary of Defense on a Controlled Program of Increased Military Pressure Against North Vietnam, 18 November 1964

Memorandum to the Secretary of Defense on the Resumption of the De Soto Patrols, 18 November 1964

Memorandum from Henry Rowen to William Bundy, enclosing Rowen's and McNaughton's Comments on the Draft Paper, 23 November 1964

Memorandum to the Secretary of State from Walt Rostow, "Some Observations as We Come to the Crunch in Southeast Asia," 23 November 1964

Memorandum from William Bundy on "Issues Raised by Papers on Southeast Asia," 24 November 1964

NSC Working Group on Vietnam, "Section I: Intelligence Assessment: The Situation in Vietnam," 24 November 1964

Revised Paper by W. P. Bundy and J. McNaughton, "Courses of Action in Southeast Asia," 26 November 1964

Briefing by Ambassador Taylor on the Current Situation in South Vietnam, 27 November 1964

Paper titled "Summary of Recent MACV and CIA Cables on Infiltration," Author Unknown, 27 November 1964

Memorandum of Meeting on Southeast Asia, 27 November 1964

Memorandum for Southeast Asia Principals, "Scenario for Immediate Action Program," William P. Bundy, 28 November 1964

Memorandum for Southeast Asia Principals, "Draft Position Paper on Southeast Asia," William P. Bundy, 29 November 1964

Secretary Rusk's News Conference of December 23, Press Release dated 23 December 1964, Department of State Bulletin, 11 January 1965

1965

The Pentagon Papers, Gravel Edition, Volume 4, Chapter 1, "The Air War in North Vietnam, 1965-1968," pp. 1-276.

The Pentagon Papers, Gravel Edition, Volume 4, Chapter 2, "U.S. Ground Strategy and Force Deployments, 1965-1968," pp. 277-604.

A Conversation with Dean Rusk, NBC News Program on January 3, 1965, Department of State Bulletin, January 18, 1965

McNaughton's Observations about South Vietnam, 4 January 1965

Excerpt from The State of the Union Address of the President to the Congress, January 4, 1965

Memorandum by William P. Bundy, "Notes on the South Vietnamese Situation and Alternatives, 6 January 1965

Cable from U.S. Embassy (Saigon), [U.S. Security Measures in Vietnam] (January 6, 1965).

"America Policy in South Viet-Nam and Southeast Asia," William P. Bundy, Remarks Made Before the Washington (Mo.) Chamber of Commerce on January 23, 1965

Draft Memorandum by J.T. McNaughton, "Observations About South Vietnam After Khanh's 'Re-Coup'," 27 January 1965

McGeorge Bundy, "A Policy of Sustained Reprisal," 7 February 1965

Appendix to Memorandum from McGeorge Bundy to Lyndon Johnson, "A Policy of Sustained Reprisal" (February 7, 1965).

William Bundy Discusses Vietnam Situation, February 7, 1965

Letter from Mike Mansfield to Lyndon Johnson, [Views on Vietnam] (February 8, 1965).

The Pentagon Papers, Gravel Edition, Volume 2, Chapter 7, "Re-Emphasis on Pacification: 1965-1967," pp. 515-623.

"Voices from Americans in VietNam, February, 1965" by JeDon A. Emenhiser, Humboldt State University Presented to the 24th Annual Meeting of the Popular Culture Association April 6, 1994 Chicago, Illinois

Memorandum to McGeorge Bundy from William P. Bundy, "Additional Military and Diplomatic Possibilities," 10 February 1965

Draft Memorandum from William P. Bundy, "Where are We Heading?" 18 February 1965

Minutes, "National Security Council Meeting, Thursday, February 18, 1965, Cabinet Room, 5:20 p.m."

Secretary Rusk's Defense of the Legal Basis for the American Bombing of North Vietnam, News Conference, 25 February 1965

Statement Submitted by Adlai Stevenson to U.N. Summarizing a Significant Report Entitled, "Aggression from the North, the Record of North Vietnam's Campaign to Conquer South Vietnam," Released 27 February 1965

"Aggression from the North," State Department White Paper on Vietnam, February 27, 1965

Zhou Enlai and Ho Chi Minh; Hanoi, 1 March 1965

Excerpts from "Some Fundamentals of American Policy," Address by Secretary Rusk Before the U.S. Council of the International Chamber of Commerce at New York, March 4, 1965

"Viet-Nam Action Called 'Collective Defense Against Armed Aggression,'" Department Statement read to news correspondents on March 4, 1965 by Robert J. McCloskey, Director, Office of News, US State Department

Memorandum from McGeorge Bundy to Lyndon Johnson, [Discussion on Vietnam] (March 6, 1965).

Draft Memorandum from McNaughton to Robert McNamara, "Proposed Course of Action re: Vietnam," (draft) 24 March 1965

Zhou Enlai and Algerian President Ben Bella; Algiers, 30 March 1965

Zhou Enlai and Pakistani President Ayub Khan; Karachi, 2 April 1965

NATIONAL SECURITY ACTION MEMORANDA, NSAM 328: Presidential Decisions with Respect to Vietnam, 6 April 1965

National Security Action Memorandum Number 328, 6 April 1965

Excerpts from "Pattern for Peace in Southeast Asia," Address by President Johnson at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland on April 7, 1965

Li Shaoqi and Le Duan; Beijing, 8 April 1965

NATIONAL SECURITY ACTION MEMORANDA, NSAM 329: Task Force on Southeast Asian Economic and Social Development, 9 April 1965

NATIONAL SECURITY ACTION MEMORANDA, NSAM 330: Re 3/16/65 Rowan Report (Vietnamese Conflict), 9 April 1965

Cable from Ambassador Taylor to Dean Rusk on the Step-Up in Ground Forces, 17 April 1965

Hans Morgenthau, "We Are Deluding Ourselves in Vietnam," New York Times Magazine, 18 April 1965

Excerpts from an Address by Leonard Unger, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Far Eastern Affairs, before the Detroit Economic Club, "Present Objectives and Future Possibilities in Southeast Asia," April 19, 1965

Conversation between Soviet Ambassador to the PRC, S. V. Chervonenko and Chinese Prime Minister, Zhou Enlai (fragment) comparing the Algerian war for independence and the Vietnam War, April 20 1965

McNamara Report of Meeting in Honolulu with William Bundy, McNaughton, Taylor, Wheeler, Sharp, and Westmoreland, 21 April 1965

Address by Secretary Rusk, Made before the American Society of International Law on April 23, 1965, "The Control of Force in International Relations"

Statement by President Johnson at a News Conference at the White House on April 27, 1965 and Transcript of Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara's News Conference of April 26, 1965 on the Situation in Viet-Nam

Statement by Secretary Ball on May 3, 1965 at the Opening Session of the SEATO Council Ministers' 10th Meeting at London

Remarks by President Johnson at White House Before House and Senate Committees on May 4, 1965, "Congress Approves Supplemental Appropriation for Vietnam"

Address by William P. Bundy Before Dallas Council on World Affairs on May 13, 1965, "Reality and Myth Concerning South Vietnam"

Address by President Johnson Before the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists at the White House on May 13, 1965, "Viet-Nam: The Third Face of the War"

Mao Zedong and Ho Chi Minh; Changsha (Hunan), 16 May 1965

Zhou Enlai and Nguyen Van Hieu, Nguyen Thi Binh; Beijing (The Great Hall of the People), 16 May 1965

Zhou Enlai, Deng Xiaoping, and Ho Chi Minh; Beijing, 17 May 1965

Letter from Clark Clifford to Lyndon Johnson, [The Vietnam "Quagmire"] (May 17, 1965).

Address by William P. Bundy, Assistant Secretary for Far Eastern Affairs, Before the Faculty Forum of the University of California at Berkeley on May 27, 1965, "A Perspective on U.S. Policy in Viet-Nam"

Zhou Enlai and the Indonesian First Prime Minister Subrandrio; Guangzhou, 28 May 1965

Excerpt from Address by President Johnson in Chicago, Illinois on June 3, 1965, "The Peace of Mankind"

Zhou Enlai and Tanzanian President Julius Nyerere; Dar es Salaam, 4 June 1965

Cable from Westmoreland to CINCPAC on concept of operations, force requirements and deployments, 13 June 1965

Memo from George Ball to Rusk, McNamara, both Bundys, McNaughton, and Unger, Part II Only, 29 June 1965

Memo from W. Bundy, "Holding On in South Vietnam," 30 June 1965

Memorandum for the President from George Ball, "A Compromise Solution in South Vietnam," 1 July 1965

Time Magazine, "The Debate," (an article on a debate between Bundy and war critics at Georgetown University), 2 July 1965

Memorandum of Conversation, "Vietnam Panel" (July 10, 1965).

Mao Zedong and Hoang Van Hoan; Beijing, 16 July 1965

Notes for Memorandum from McNamara to Lyndon Johnson, "Recommendations of Additional Deployments to Vietnam," 20 July 1965

Secretary Rusk's Interview on Vietnam on "Issues and Answers," American Broadcasting Company Radio and Television on July 11, 1965, With ABC Correspondents William H. Lawrence and John Scali, Department of State Bulletin, August 2, 1965, p. 188.

Statement by President Johnson at White House News Conference on July 28, 1965, "We Will Stand in Viet-Nam," Department of State Bulletin, August 16, 1965, p. 262.

Statement by Secretary of Defense, Robert S. McNamara, Before the Subcommittee on Department of Defense Appropriations of the Senate Committee on Appropriations on August 4, 1965, "Buildup of U.S. Forces in VietNam," Department of State Bulletin, August 30, 1965, p. 369.

Interview with Secretary Rusk and Secretary McNamara on a Columbia Broadcasting System television program by Peter Kalischer, Alexander Kendrick, and Harry Reasoner, on August 9, 1965, "Political and Military Aspects of U.S. Policy in Viet-Nam," Department of State Bulletin, August 30, 1965, p. 342.

Zhou Enlai and Pham Van Dong; Beijing, 9 October 1965

Address by William P. Bundy, Assistant Secretary for Far Eastern Affairs, Before the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations, on November 5, 1965, "A Perspective on U.S. Policy in Viet-Nam," Department of State Bulletin, December 6, 1965, p. 890.

Report by Mcnamara After Visit to Vietnam, 30 November 1965

Paper, "Military and Political Actions Recommended for South Vietnam," Probably Written by Mcnamara, 7 December 1965

President Johnson's Telephone Remarks to the AFL-CIO Convention Meeting at San Francisco on December 9, 1965, "Why We Are in Viet-Nam," Department of State Bulletin, December 27, 1965, p. 1014.

Chen Yi and Nguyen Duy Trinh; Beijing, 17 December 1965

Zhou Enlai, Chen Yi and Nguyen Duy Trinh; Beijing, 18 December 1965

Zhou Enlai and Nguyen Duy Trinh; Beijing, 19 December 1965

Polish Secret Peace Initiatives in Vietnam, by Jerzy Michalowski

1966

Telegram From the Commander in Chief, Pacific (Sharp) to the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Honolulu, January 12, 1966

The State of the Union Address of President Johnson to the Congress (Excerpts), January 12, 1966; Department of State Bulletin, January 31, 1966, p. 153.

Memorandum to the President With Statistics for the Military Situation in Vietnam, Probably Prepared by McNamara, 22 January 1966

NATIONAL SECURITY ACTION MEMORANDA, NSAM 340: U.S. Government Shipments by Foreign Flag Vessels in North Vietnam Trade, 25 January 1966

Statement by President Johnson, U.S. and South Vietnamese Leaders Meet at Honolulu, February 6, 1966; Department of State Bulletin, February 28,
1966, p. 303.

Statement by Secretary Rusk Before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, February 18, 1966, "The U.S. Commitment in Viet-Nam: Fundamental Issues" (Broadcast Live on Nationwide Television Networks); Department of State Bulletin, March 7, 1966, p. 346.

Address by President Johnson at a Freedom House Dinner at New York, February 23, 1966, "Viet-Nam: The Struggle to Be Free," Department of State Bulletin, March 14, 1966, p. 390.

Selected Press Reactions to the Honolulu Conference, February 1966

Short Note re: Program to Increase the Effectiveness of Military Operations and Anticipated Results, Probably Written by McNamara, 8 February 1966

Legal Memorandum Prepared by Leonard C. Meeker, State Department Legal Advisor, for Submission to the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, March 4, 1966, "The Legality of United States Participation in the Defense of Viet-Nam"; Department of State Bulletin, March 28, 1966, pp. 15-16

Address by Ambassador Arthur J. Goldberg, U.S. Representative to the United Nations, Before the Pilgrim Society at London, England on March 4, 1966, "America and Britain: Unity of Purpose"; Department of State Bulletin, April 4, 1966, p. 539.

Vice President Humphrey Reports to President on Asian Trip, White House Press Release of March 6, 1966; Department of State Bulletin, March 28, 1966, p. 490.

Address by Vice-President Humphrey at the National Press Club, Washington, DC, March 11, 1966, "United States Tasks and Responsibilities in Asia," Department of State Bulletin, April 4, 1966, p. 523.

Address by Secretary Rusk at the Founder's Day Banquet of the Boston University School of Public Communications at Boston, Massachusetts on March 14, 1966, "Keeping Our Commitment to Peace"; Department of State Bulletin, April 4, 1966, p. 514.

Article by Leonard Unger, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs, "The United States and the Far East: Problems and Policies"; Department of State Bulletin, March 21, 1966, p. 452.

Zhou Enlai and Le Duan; Beijing, 23 March 1966

Address by Ambassador Arthur J. Goldberg, U.S. Representative to the United Nations, at the University of California, Berkeley, California on March 25, 1966, "The Quest for Peace"; Department of State Bulletin, April 18, 1966, p. 608.

NATIONAL SECURITY ACTION MEMORANDA, NSAM 343: Appointment of Special Assistant to the President for Peaceful Construction in Vietnam, 28 March 1966

Zhou Enlai, Deng Xiaoping, Kang Sheng and Le Duan, Nguyen Duy Trinh; Beijing, 13 April, 1966

NATIONAL SECURITY ACTION MEMORANDA, NSAM 346: Assignment of Highest National Priority to Critical Ammunition Items for South Vietnam and the Mark 48 Torpedo (R & D only), 26 April 1966

Statement by Secretary Rusk Before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on May 9, 1966, "Background of U.S. Policy in Southeast Asia"; Department of State Bulletin, May 30, 1966, p. 830.

Address by Secretary Rusk Before the Council on Foreign Relations at New York, New York on May 24, 1966, "Organizing the Peace for Man's Survival"; Department of State Bulletin, June 13, 1966, p. 926.

Address by Vice President Humphrey at Commencement Exercises at the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York on June 8, 1966, "Perspective on Asia"; Department of State Bulletin, July 4, 1966, p. 2.

Address by President Johnson at Omaha Municipal Dock on June 30, 1966, "Two Threats to Peace: Hunger and Aggression"; Department of State Bulletin, July 25, 1966, p. 115.

Peter Hayes and Nina Tannenwald, "Nixing Nukes In Vietnam," Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, May/June 2003, Volume 59, No. 3

Address by President Johnson on Nationwide Radio and Television to the American Alumni Council on July 12, 1966,"Four Essentials for Peace in Asia," Department of State Bulletin, August 1, 1966, p. 158

Department of State, Memorandum William P. Bundy-Bill Moyers, "Discussions Concerning the Diem Regime in August-October 1963," July 30, 1966

Address by President Johnson at the White House, 15 August 1966, "The Enemy We Face in Viet-Nam"; Department of State Bulletin, August 15, 1966, p. 227

Address by President Johnson before the Navy League at Manchester, N.H., August 20, 1966, "Our Objective in Vietnam"; Department of State Bulletin, September 12, 1966, p. 368.

Zhou Enlai and Pham Van Dong, Hoang Tung; Beijing, 23 August 1966

Memorandum from CIA. Directorate of Intelligence, "The Vietnamese Communists Will Persist" [Excerpt] (August 26, 1966).

Address by President Johnson before the American Legion National Convention in Washington, D.C. on August 30, 1966, "The True Meaning of Patriotism"; Department of State Bulletin, September 19, 1966, p. 425.

Statement by Arthur J. Goldberg before the U.N. General Assembly on September 22, 1966, "Initiative for Peace"; Department of State Bulletin, October 10, 1966, p. 518.

Address by Secretary Rusk before the Annual Meeting of the Association of State Colleges and National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges at Washington, D.C., November 15, 1966, "The Future of the Pacific Community"; Department of State Bulletin, December 5, 1966, p. 838.

1967

Letter from Secretary Rusk to 100 Student Leaders, January 4, 1967; "Secretary Rusk Redefines United States Policy on Viet-Nam for Student Leaders," Department of State Bulletin, January 23, 1967, p. 133.

The State of the Union Address of President Johnson to the Congress (Excerpts), January 10, 1967; Department of State Bulletin, January 30, 1967, p. 158

Secretary Rusk interview on 'Today' Program, January 12, 1967, With Hugh Downs from New York and Joseph C. Harsch in Washington; Department of State Bulletin, January 30, 1967, p. 168.

Address by William P. Bundy, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific A flairs, before the Commonwealth Club of California, at San Francisco, California, January 20, 1967; "East Asia Today," Department of State Bulletin, February 27, 1967, p. 323

Address by Secretary Rusk before a Joint Session of the Legislature of Texas at Austin, Texas, January 26, 1967; "Building a Durable Peace," Department of State Bulletin, p. 269.

Secretary Rusk Interview, Videotaped in Washington on January 31, 1967 and Broadcast by the British Independent Television Network on February 1, 1967; "Secretary Rusk Discusses Viet-Nam in Interview for British Television," Department of State Bulletin, February 20, 1967, p. 274.

Sir Montague Burton Lecture by W. W. Rostow, The University of Leeds, Leeds, England, 23 February 1967, "The Great Transition: Tasks of the First and Second Postwar Generations"; White House Press Release, 23 February 1967.

F.J. Dyson, R. Gomer, S. Weinberg, S.C. Wright, "Tactical Nuclear Weapons in Southeast Asia," Study S-266, Jason Division, Institute of Defense Analyses, contract DAHC15 67 C 0011, published March 1967; released to Nautilus Institute on December 4, 2003.

Address by President Johnson before a Joint Session of the Tennessee State Legislature at Nashville, Tennessee on March 15, 1967; "The Defense of Viet-Nam: Key to the Future of Free Asia," Department of State Bulletin, April 3, 1967, p. 534.

Hans J. Morgenthau, "To Intervene or Not To Intervene," Foreign Affairs, April 1967

Zhou Enlai and Pham Van Dong, Vo Nguyen Giap; Beijing, 3:30-6:30 p.m., 7 April 1967

Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai and Pham Van Dong; Beijing, 10 April 1967

Mao Zedong and Pham Van Dong, Vo Nguyen Giap; Beijing, 11 April 1967

Vietnamese and Chinese Delegations; Beijing, 11 a.m., 11 April 1967

Zhou Enlai, Chen Yi and Pham Van Dong, Vo Nguyen Giap; Beijing, 12 April 1967

Address by William P. Bundy, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, before the National Executive Committee of the American Legion at Indianapolis, Indiana on May 3, 1967; "Seventeen Years in East Asia," Department of State Bulletin, May 22, 1967, p. 790.

Secretary Rusk Interview by Paul Niven, Televised from the Department of State to 75 Affiliated Stations of National Educational Television on May 5, 1967; "A Conversation with Dean Rusk," Department of State Bulletin, May 22, 1967, p. 774.

NATIONAL SECURITY ACTION MEMORANDA, NSAM 362: Responsibility for U.S. Role in Pacification (Revolutionary Development), 9 May 1967

Chinese Deputy Foreign Minister Qiao Guanhua and Vietnamese Ambassador Ngo Minh Loan; Beijing, 13 May 1967

Address by Secretary Rusk before the National Conference of the U.S. Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service at Washington, D.C., May 18, 1967; "Our Foreign Policy Commitments to Assure a Peaceful Future," Department of State Bulletin, June 12, 1967, p. 874.

"VIETNAM: This Nation Is Caught On A Treadmill", Summarized from an Address Before Congress, By U.S. Representative Morris Udall Democrat, Second District of Arizona, Reveille, July, 1967, pp. 12.

Address by William P. Bundy, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, before the 20th Annual Congress of the National Student Association at College Park, Maryland, August 15, 1967; "The Path to Viet-Nam: A Lesson in Involvement," Department of State Publication 8295, East Asian and Pacific Series 166, September 1967.

Remarks by President Johnson to the National Legislative Conference at San Antonio, Texas on September 29, 1967; "Answering Aggression in Viet-Nam," Department of State Publication 8305, East Asian and Pacific, Series 167, Released October 1967.

Secretary Rusk's News Conference of October 12, 1967; Department of State Press Release No. 227, October 12, 1967

Memorandum from Robert McNamara to Lyndon Johnson, " A Fifteen Month Program for Military Operations in Southeast Asia" (November 1, 1967).

Interview with Secretary Rusk, Videotaped at USIA Studios in Washington, D.C. on October 16, 1967 and Later Broadcast Abroad; "Secretary Rusk Discusses Viet-Nam in Interview for Foreign Television," Department of State Bulletin, November 6, 1967, p. 595.

The United States and Vietnam -What Lies Ahead?, by Morris K. Udall Reprinted from Congressman's Report, Morris K. Udall, 2d District of Arizona, October 23, 1967.

1968

The Tet Offensive, General Vo Nguyen Giap

Robert J. Hanyok, Spartans in Darkness: American SIGINT and the Indochina War, 1945-1975, Center for Cryptologic History, National Security Agency
2002, Chapter 3 - "To Die in the South": SIGINT, the Ho Chi Minh Trail, and the Infiltration Problem, [Deleted] 1968

Robert J. Hanyok, Spartans in Darkness: American SIGINT and the Indochina War, 1945-1975, Center for Cryptologic History, National Security Agency
2002 Chapter 7 - A Springtime of Trumpets: SIGINT and the Tet Offensive

James Risen, "U.S. Program Aimed to Make Hanoi Think Released Prisoners Were Spies," New York Times, November 4, 1999 (Project Urgency, 1968)

Surprised at Tet: U.S. Naval Forces in Vietnam, 1968 by Glenn E. Helm, Reference Librarian, Navy Department Library, Naval Historical Center

TET OFFENSIVE, 1968: Turning Point in the Vietnam War

THE 1968 'HUE MASSACRE' by D. Gareth Porter "Indochina Chronicle," #33, June 24, 1974

National Public Radio, Walter Cronkite, "Changing Attitudes Toward War in Vietnam," Aug. 7, 2002

Zhou Enlai and Ho Chi Minh; Beijing, 7 February 1968

Cable from Admiral Sharp to General Wheeler on Contingency Planning to Use Tactical Nuclear Weapons at Khe Sanh, February 1968, National Security Files; National Security Council Histories; Folder: March 31st Speech, volume 2; Box 47; LBJ Presidential Library, Austin, TX.

Notes regarding Secretary McNamara Testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, February 1968

Zhou Enlai and Pham Van Dong; Beijing, 13 April 1968

Zhou Enlai and Pham Van Dong, 17 April 1968

Zhou Enlai and Pham Van Dong, 19 April 1968

Conversation between Zhou Enlai, Kang Sheng, and Pham Van Dong; Beijing, 29 April 1968

Conversation between Zhou Enlai, Chen Yi, and Xuan Thuy; Beijing (The Great Hall of the People), 9:45 p.m., 7 May 1968

Conversation between Zhou Enlai and Pham Hung; Beijing, 19 June 1968

Conversation between Zhou Enlai and Pham Hung; Beijing, 29 June 1968

Memo to President Johnson from Walt Rostow on VC/North Vietnamese Political Strategy, September 6, 1968.

Conversation between Chen Yi and Le Duc Tho; Beijing, 17 October 1968

Conversation between Mao Zedong and Pham Van Dong; Beijing, 17 November 1968

1969

Conversations between the Soviets and the Vietnamese, 1969

Robert J. Hanyok, Spartans in Darkness: American SIGINT and the Indochina War, 1945-1975, Center for Cryptologic History, National Security Agency
2002 Chapter 8 - In Our Own Image: NSA, Vietnamization, and the Expansion of South Vietnamese SIGINT, 1969-1973

US, Central Intelligence Agency, Special National Intelligence Estimate, SNIE 14–69, "The Pacification Effort in Vietnam," Washington, January 16, 1969.

Memorandum of Conversation, Meeting of President-elect Nixon with Henry Cabot Lodge, Statler Hilton Hotel, Washington, DC, Washington, January 19, 1969, 5:30 p.m.

Memorandum of Conversation Between Secretary of State Rogers and the Former Head of the Delegation to the Paris Peace Talks on Vietnam (Harriman)1, Washington, January 21, 1969.

US, National Security Study Memorandum 1, Washington, January 21, 1969.

Memorandum Prepared in the Central Intelligence Agency, "The Situation in Vietnam: Overview and Outlook," No. 0550/69 Washington, January 24, 1969.

Telegram From the Embassy in Vietnam to the Department of State, "For the Secretary from Bunker," Saigon, January 24, 1969

Meeting Between Presidential Assistant Kissinger and Ambassador Dobrynin, February 21, 1969

Memorandum of Conversation between President Richard Nixon and General Charles de Gaulle on Vietnam and Soviet role in Peace Negotiations, Paris, 28 February 1969

Moscow and the Vietnam Peace Talks, 1969

HERBERT MITGANG, "Victory in the Ashes of Vietnam?," (Review of Susan Sontag's Trip to Hanoi and NO MORE VIETNAMS? The War and the Future of American Foreign Policy, Edited by Richard M. Pfeffer). New York Times, February 4, 1969

Zhou Enlai and Kang Sheng's Comments to a COSVN Delegation; Beijing, 12 April 1969

Zhou Enlai, Kang Sheng and Pham Van Dong, Hoang Van Thai, Pham Hung and Others in the COSVN Delegation; Beijing, 20 and 21 April 1969

Li Xiannian and Le Duc Tho; Beijing, 29 April 1969

Memorandum of Conversation between President Nixon, Kissinger and Ambassador Dobynin (in which Kissinger asks for a "reasonable
interval" between an agreement and the establishment of any government in South Vietnam), Washington, May 14, 1969

Memorandum from Al Haig to Henry Kissinger, "Memorandum from Secretary Laird Enclosing Preliminary Draft of Potential Military Actions re Vietnam," 2 March 1969, enclosing a memorandum from Secretary of Defense Laird to Kissinger, 21 February 1969, and report [excerpts] from Joint Staff, Top Secret/Sensitive, with Kissinger's Memo Reply to Laird, 3 March 1969

US, National Security Agency (NSA) Cryptologic History Series: In the Shadow of War (To the Gulf of Tonkin), William D. Gerhard, June 1969

Memorandum of Conversation between Presidents Nicolae Ceaucescu and Richard Nixon on Vietnam, 3 August 1969, Bucharest, Romania

Memorandum from Henry A. Kissinger for the President, "Conversation with Soviet Ambassador Dobrynin," 1 October 1969, enclosing memorandum of conversation between Dobrynin and Kissinger, 27 September 1969

Memo from Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird to Nixon, Subject: Air and Naval Operations Against North Vietnam, 8 October 1969

Cable from JCS Chairman Wheeler to General Holloway on military readiness, CINCSAC et al., 10 October 1969

"Nixon's Nuclear Ploy: The Vietnam Negotiations and the Joint Chiefs of Staff Readiness Test, October 1969," National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book No. 81, Edited by William Burr, National Security Archive and Jeffrey Kimball, Professor of History, Miami University, December 23, 2002

Jeremi Suri, "The Nukes of October: Richard Nixon's Secret Plan to Bring Peace to Vietnam," Wired Magazine, 25 February 2008

William Burr & Jeffrey Kimball, "Nixon’s nuclear ploy," Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, January/February 2003, Volume 59, No. 1, pp. 28-37, 72-73

Point Paper for the Chairman, JCS for a Meeting with the President, "Plan for US Military Readiness," circa 10 October 1969

Cable from CINCPAC to JCS, "Military Readiness," 12 October 1969

Diary Entry on Nixon's readiness order and its effect on the negotiations, Friday, 17 October, H. R. Haldeman Diary

Cable from JCS to CINCPAC, "Increased Readiness Posture," 17 October 1969

Dobrynin and Kissinger records of meeting with Nixon, 20 October 1969

Memorandum to Secretary of Defense from JCS Chairman Earle Wheeler, "US Military Readiness Tests--Worldwide," 22 October 1969

Cable from Strategic Air Command Headquarters to 12 Air Division et al., "Increased Readiness Posture," 23 October 1969

Cable from JCS to all Commanders of Unified and Specified Commands, "Increased Readiness Posture," 28 October 1969

President Nixon's Speech on "Vietnamization," November 3, 1969.

The "Chicago Seven" Trials, 1969-70

1970

The My Lai Courts Martials

Zhou Enlai and Pham Van Dong; Beijing, 4:20 pm, 21 March 1970

Zhou Enlai and Prince Sihanouk; Beijing, 11:40 pm, 22 March 1970

Zhou Enlai and Prince Sihanouk; Beijing, 9:10 pm, 28 March 1970

Zhou Enlai and Prince Sihanouk; Beijing, 4 pm, 1 April 1970

President Nixon, Address to the Nation on Progress Toward Peace in Vietnam, 20 April 1970

President Nixon's Speech on Cambodia, April 30, 1970.

President Nixon, Speech on the Deaths of Four Students at Kent State University, 4 May 1970

Mao Zedong and Le Duan; Beijing, the Great Hall of the People, 6:45-8:15 pm, 11 May 1970

US, National Security Agency (NSA) Working Against the Tide (COMSEC Monitoring & Analysis), Pts 1 & 2, Donzel E. Betts, June 1970

US, Kissinger to Nixon, "Contact with the Chinese," circa 12 September 1970, with excerpt from "Daily Brief" attached

US, Memorandum of Conversation, Kissinger and Jean Sainteny, Paris, 27 September 1970

President Nixon, Address to the Nation About a New Initiative for Peace in Southeast Asia, 7 October 1970

Tim Weiner, WORD FOR WORD / NIXON AND VIETNAM," [March 17, 1970; Oct. 22, 1972; Oct. 1, 1974], New York TImes, April 29, 2000

US, Kissinger to Nixon, "My Conversation with President Ceausescu, Tuesday, October 27", with memcon attached, Washington, DC, 31 October 1970

1971

Statement by John Kerry, Vietnam Veterans Against the War, to the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, April 23, 1971

DELLUMS COMMITTEE HEARINGS ON WAR CRIMES IN VIETNAM April 25, 1971

The National Security Archive, "The Pentagon Papers: Secrets, Lies and Audiotapes," Audio and transcripts of Nixon’s first recorded conversations on June 13, 14 and 15 after publication of the Pentagon Papers

Richard Nixon, The Memoirs of Richard Nixon (New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1978), pp. 508-515 on the Pentagon Papers

Henry Kissinger, Years of Upheaval (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1982), pp. 115-118 on the Pentagon Papers

H.R. Haldeman, The Haldeman Diaries (New York: Berkeley Books, 1995), pp. 363-371, 378 on the Pentagon Papers

Memorandum of Conversation, Kissinger and Zhou, "UN and Indochina," 21 October 1971, 4:42 - 7:17 p.m.