III. LONG-RANGE PLANNING IN SOUTH VIETNAM, NOVEMBER 1955 TO DECEMBER 1957: INTERNAL SECURITY IN SOUTH VIETNAM; THE MAAG CEILING AND TERM; ELECTIONS FOR SOUTH VIETNAM’S NATIONAL ASSEMBLY; NSC CONSIDERATION OF LOCAL AGGRESSION IN VIETNAM; LAND REFORM AND FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN SOUTH VIETNAM; DIEM’S VISIT TO WASHINGTON; U.S. AID TO SOUTH VIETNAM FOR 1958
397. Letter From the Chief of the Military Assistance Advisory Group in Vietnam (Williams) to Vice Admiral G.W. Anderson, Chief of Staff to the Commander in Chief, Pacific
Source: Center of Military History, Williams Papers, Official Correspondence July–Dec 1957 (16).
398. Memorandum From the Chief of the Military Assistance Advisory Group in Vietnam (Williams) to the Ambassador in Vietnam (Durbrow)
Source: Center of Military History, Williams Papers, Memos to and from Ambassador 1957 (18).
399. Telegram From the Chief of the Military Assistance Advisory Group in Vietnam (Williams) to the Commander in Chief, Pacific (Stump)
Source: Center of Military History, Williams Papers, TWX’s 1957 (14). Confidential. Drafted by Williams.
400. Letter From the Chief of the Military Assistance Advisory Group in Vietnam (Williams) to the Commander in Chief, Pacific (Stump)
Source: Center of Military History, Williams Papers, Conversations with Diem 16 Sep 57–28 Dec 57. Personal and Confidential.
402. Telegram From the Ambassador in Vietnam (Durbrow) to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751G.5–MSP/10–2857. Secret.
403. Memorandum for the Record, by Colonel James I. Muir of the Military Assistance Advisory Group in Vietnam
Source: Center of Military History, Williams Papers, Memos to and from Advisor Sec Def 1957 (27). Confidential. Colonel Muir served as an adviser in the Ministry of Defense.
404. Telegram From the Ambassador in Vietnam (Durbrow) to the Embassy in Cambodia
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 033.51G91/11–1357. Confidential. Repeated for information to the Department of State, New Delhi, and Vientiane. The source text is the Department copy.
405. Letter From the Chief of the Military Assistance Advisory Group in Vietnam (Williams) to the Commander in Chief, Pacific (Stump)
Source: Center of Military History, Williams Papers, Personal Correspondence 1955–1957 (31). Confidential; Personal.
406. Telegram From the Secretary of State to the Embassy in Vietnam
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751G.5–MSP/10–2857. Secret. Drafted by Corcoran and Whittington and cleared by SEA, FE, U/MSA, and ICA.
407. Telegram From the Ambassador in Vietnam (Durbrow) to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751G.5–MSP/11–2557. Secret; Priority.
408. Telegram From the Ambassador in Vietnam (Durbrow) to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751G.5–MSP/11–3057. Secret. Repeated for information to Phnom Penh and Vientiane. Passed to CINCPAC PolAd.
409. Despatch From the Ambassador in Vietnam (Durbrow) to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751G.00/12–557. Secret.
410. Telegram From the Ambassador in Vietnam (Durbrow) to the Department of State
Source: Department of State, Central Files, 751G.5–MSP/12–1257. Secret; Priority. Passed to ICA and the Department of Defense.
411. Memorandum of a Conversation Between the President of the Republic of Vietnam (Diem) and the Chief of the Military Assistance Advisory Group in Vietnam (Williams), Saigon, December 20, 1957
Source: Center of Military History, Williams Papers, Conversations with Diem 16 Sep 57–28 Dec 57. Secret. Drafter not indicated. The source text is an attachment to a letter dated December 23 from Williams to Stump marked “Personal and Confidential”, which reads as follows: “I feel much of the attached should be for your eyes alone. The underlined part of paragraph 9 [printed here as italics] has been reported to the Ambassador. Also paragraphs 28–32 and 49. Other parts if revealed would only cause dissension.” Williams’ report to Durbrow of the same date is also attached to the source text but not printed.