II. THE QUESTION OF ELECTIONS IN VIETNAM, MAY–NOVEMBER 1955: CONSIDERATION OF U.S. POLICY ON ALL-VIETNAM ELECTIONS; ATTEMPTS TO PROMOTE ELECTORAL CONSULTATIONS BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH VIETNAM; U.S. POLICY IN THE EVENT OF A RENEWAL OF HOSTILITIES IN VIETNAM; THE BAO DAI–DIEM REFERENDUM
250. Telegram From the Secretary of State to the Embassy in Vietnam
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751G.00/6–1555. Confidential. Drafted by Price and cleared in PSA and in draft with both Jones and Raymond T. Moyer, Regional Director, Far East Operations, ICA.
251. Telegram From the Ambassador in Vietnam (Reinhardt) to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751G.00/8–2555. Secret.
252. Telegram From the Ambassador in Vietnam (Reinhardt) to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751G.00/8–3155. Secret.
253. Memorandum From the Director of the Office of Philippine and Southeast Asian Affairs (Young) to the Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs (Robertson)
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751G.00/9–255. Secret. Drafted by Hoey.
254. Memorandum From the Executive Secretary (Lay) to the National Security Council
Source: Department of State, S/P–NSC Files: Lot 62 D 1, NSC 5519 Series. Top Secret.
255. Telegram From the Chargé in Vietnam (Anderson) to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751G.00/9–2055. Secret; Priority. Repeated for information to Paris, London, Ottawa, New Delhi, Phnom Penh, and Vientiane.
256. Telegram From the Acting Secretary of State to the United States Mission at the United Nations
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751G.00/9–2655. Secret; Priority. Drafted by Hoey and Byrne. Dulles and MacArthur headed a team of advisers and working group members at the U.N. General Assembly meeting in New York engaged in tripartite discussions with the French and British Foreign Ministers attending the Assembly sessions. Dulles and the team were in New York, September 26–28. (Tentative list for New York tripartite meeting as approved by Dulles, August 23; ibid., Conference Files: Lot 60 D 627, CF 544)
257. Telegram From the Acting Secretary of State to the Embassy in Vietnam
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751G.00/7–1455. Secret. Drafted by Price and cleared in PSA, FE, and S/MSA and in draft with ICA, Treasury, Defense, and OFD. Approved for transmission by Hoover. Repeated for information to CINCPAC.
258. Telegram From the Secretary of State to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751G.00/9–2755. Secret; Priority.
259. Telegram From the Ambassador in Vietnam (Reinhardt) to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751G.00/9–2955. Secret. Repeated for information to Paris.
260. Memorandum From the Secretary of State’s Special Assistant for Intelligence (Armstrong) to the Acting Secretary of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 611.51G/9–3055. Top Secret. A marginal note on the source text in an unidentified hand indicates that Hoover did not see this memorandum before his departure on September 30.
261. Memorandum From the Director of the Office of Philippine and Southeast Asian Affairs (Young) to the Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs (Robertson)
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751G.00/10–555. Secret. Also addressed to Sebald who initialed it.
262. Letter From the Director of the Office of Philippine and Southeast Asian Affairs (Young) to the Ambassador in Vietnam (Reinhardt)
Source: Department of State, FE/SEA Files: Lot 58 D 207, SEA, Viet-Nam Correspondence—1955. Secret; Official–Informal.
263. Memorandum of Discussion at the Meeting of the Operations Coordinating Board’s Special Working Group on Indochina, Department of State, Washington, October 5, 1955, 11 a.m.
Source: Department of State, OCB Files: Lot 62 D 430, Southeast Asia. Secret. Prepared by Kenneth P. Landon, OCB Staff Representative, on October 12.
264. Telegram From the Secretary of State to the Embassy in Vietnam
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751G.00/9–2955. Secret. Drafted by Young and Hoey and cleared by Sebald and Robertson. Repeated for information to Paris.
265. Draft Study Submitted to the National Security Council Planning Board by the Department of State Member (Bowie)
Source: Department of State, S/P–NSC Files: Lot 62 D 1, NSC 5519 Series. Top Secret. Transmitted to the NSC Planning Board under cover of a memorandum by Lay, October 12, for information and use in its review of paragraph 5–d of NSC 5429/5. A copy of this study, located ibid., S/P Files: Lot 66 D 70, S/P Record Copies, June–Dec. 1955, indicates that Stelle was the drafter.
266. Telegram From the Ambassador in Vietnam (Reinhardt) to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751G.00/10–1455. Secret. Repeated for information to Paris.
267. Memorandum From the Secretary of State’s Acting Special Assistant for Intelligence (Howe) to the Acting Secretary of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751G.00/10–2655. Secret.
268. Telegram From the Ambassador in Vietnam (Reinhardt) to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751G.00/10–2555. Secret; Priority. Repeated for information to Paris, Vientiane, London, Phnom Penh, Ottawa, and New Delhi.
269. Letter From the Director of the Office of Philippine and Southeast Asian Affairs (Young) to the Ambassador in Vietnam (Reinhardt)
Source: Department of State, FE/SEA Files: Lot 58 D 207, SEA, Viet-Nam Correspondence—1955. Confidential; Official–Informal.
270. Telegram From the Ambassador in France (Dillon) to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 651.51G/10–3155. Secret. Repeated for information to Saigon and London.
271. Memorandum of a Conversation, Saigon, November 7, 1955
Source: Center of Military History, O’Daniel Papers. Secret.
272. Memorandum of Discussion at a Meeting of the Operations Coordinating Board’s Special Working Group on Vietnam, Department of State, Washington, November 7, 1955, 3 p.m.
Source: Department of State, OCB Files: Lot 62 D 430, Southeast Asia. Secret. Prepared by Landon on November 8.
273. Letter From the British Foreign Secretary (Macmillan) to the Secretary of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751G.00/11–955. Confidential. Both Dulles and Macmillan were at the Foreign Ministers Conference at Geneva.
274. Telegram From the Secretary of State to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 396.1–GE/11–1355. Secret. Repeated for information to Paris, London, and Saigon.
275. Telegram From the Secretary of State to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 396.1–GE/11–1455. Secret; Priority. Repeated for information to Saigon, Paris, and London.
276. Despatch From the Ambassador in Vietnam (Reinhardt) to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751G.00/11–1755. Secret. Drafted by Reinhardt.