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David Lifton Collection (132) Finding Aid

Collection Item Number: 1320000000
Title
Finding Aid
Linear Feet
0.5
Pages
4
Language(s)
English
Dates
Creation: 07 December 2001
Scope and Contents
Half a linear foot of documents detail classified information from the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the papers of Maxwell Taylor and the papers of Earl Wheeler, which were all declassified and released in 1998. Documents date from 1963 and are broken into the sub-series mentioned above in the original order they were donated. A table of contents for the whole collection is located at the front of the first folder.
  • Box 1: [Barcode: 1] [TTU - Southwest Collections Building, Stacks [D037.7G ]]
  • JCS Official File; Subjects: Military Operations, Vietnam ; "Proceedings of Eight Secretary of Defense Conference on Vietnam, held 6 May 63 at HQ, CINCPAC, Camp Smith, Hawaii"
  • JCS-Sec Def Discussions on Monday, 29 April 1963
  • 3/25/63; "South Vietnam--Status and Future Outlook Report"
  • 8/27/63; "Discussion of Possible Items for the Next JCS/State Meeting"
  • 3/4/63; "South Vietnam"; Su: South Vietnam, U.S. Military Assistance;"JCS Discussion of Personnel Planning for South Vietnam"
  • 4/9/63; "Items For State-JCS Meeting On Friday, 12 April 1963"; Su; South Vietnam, U.S. Military Assistance
  • 2/13/63; "Items to be Discussed with the Secretary Of Defense at their Meeting on 18 Feb. 1963";Su; JCS/Sec of Defense Meeting
  • 3/22/63; "SECDEF-Joint Chiefs Of Staff Agenda for 25 March 1963 Meeting"; Su; JCS/Sec of Defense Meeting
  • 8/14/63; "Items to be Discussed with the Secretary of Defense at their Meeting on 19 Aug 1963"; Su; Meeting Agenda
  • 5/8/63; "JCS Official File"; Su; Vietnam, U.S. Military Assistance; "JCS Official File Containing Items Related to the Sec of Defense Conference 6 May 1963"
  • 11 /4/63; "Saigon Status Report"; Su; Vietnam Situation; "Note from Col. Forbes to Control Division on Meeting Between Secretary of Defense and JCS, 4 Nov 1963"
  • 8/19/63; "Contingency Planning for South Vietnam"; Su; Vietnam, Contingency Planning; "Note from Capt. Law to Control Division on Briefing of JCS by Gen. Krulak, 19 August 1963"
  • 12/2/63; "Situation in South Vietnam and Recent Military Operations in that Country"; Su; Vietnam, Contingency Planning; "Note From Col. Forbes to Control Division on briefing of JCS by Gen. Krulak, 2 December 1963
  • 10/30/63; "Items to be Discussed with the Secretary of Defense at their Meeting on 4 Nov 1963"; Su; South Vietnam, Situation
  • 12/4/63; "Items to be discussed with the Secretary of Defense at their Meeting on 9 Dec 1963"; Su; South Vietnam, Situation PAC on various security issues"
  • 12/11/63; "Meeting with Admiral Felt, USN, CINCPAC"; Su; Meeting Agenda; "Talking paper for meeting between JCS and CINC PAC on various security issues"
  • 10/15/63; "U.S. Support of Foreign Paramilitary Forces"; Su; Counterinsurgency
  • 12/2/63; Title: None. Su; Vietnam; "Correspondence between Gen. Taylor, Gen. Harkins, Adm. Felt"
  • 9/14/63; "Checklist of Actions for GVN to Ensure Popular Support"; Su; Vietnam, Government "Papers from State Pertaining to Vietnam with document routing slip"
  • 9/19/63; "Chairman's Meeting with Sec of Defense" Su; Counterinsurgency, Vietnam; "Papers related to joint SecDef/CJCS fact finding trip to South Vietnam in 1963"
  • 9/21 /63; Title: None. Su; Vietnam, U.S. Military Assistance; "Message related to joint SecDef/CJCS fact finding trip to South Vietnam in 1963"
  • 00/00/63; "Visit to Vietnam - 7-10 September 1963"; Su; Visit to Vietnam; "Report of mission to South Vietnam to assess situation in various Corps areas
  • 00/00/63; "Report of McNamara/Taylor Mission to Vietnam" Su; JCS/Sec of Defense visit to Vietnam
  • 10/1/63; Title: None. Su; Vietnam, U.S. Military Assistance; "Message traffic between COMUSMACV and JCS regarding military situation in South Vietnam"
  • 8/29/63; "SSO Message"; Su;Vietnam, U.S. Military Assistance; "Message traffic to COMUSMACV from CJCS regarding military and political situation in South Vietnam"
  • 00/00/63; Title: None. Su; Vietnam, U.S. Military Assistance; "Message traffic to CJCS regarding military and political situation in South Vietnam"
  • 9/11/63; "Implication of Total,or Partial Cessation of U.S. Military Aid Upon the Military Campaign in the RVN°; Su; Vietnam, U.S. Military Assistance
  • 10/25/63; "Lehigh University Centennial Convocation"; Su; Military Power; "Final copy and draft copy of speech for Lehigh University Centennial Convocation"
  • 11 /163; "Fact Sheet: Evacuation of South Vietnam"; Su; Vietnam Contingency Planning; "Fact sheet on evacuation plan for South Vietnam"
  • 12/11/63; "U.S. Military Strength, in the Republic of Vietnam (RVN)" Su; U.S. Military Strength, Vietnam; "Memo for Sec. of Defense from Acting CJSC LeMay on U.S. military strength in Vietnam"
  • 9/11/63; "Projection of U.S. Military Strength in the Republic of Vietnam (RVN)"; Su; U.S. Military Strength, South Vietnam
  • 7/15/63: "Memo to Gen. Taylor"; Su; South Vietnam, Situation; "Memo for Gen. Taylor with suggested areas for discussion related to situation in South Vietnam"
  • 11/14/63; title: None. Su; Coup D'Etat, South Vietnam; "Message traffic from COMUSMACV to JCS regarding coup in South Vietnam and the conduct of military operations in Vietnam"
  • 11 /00/63; "Vietnam"; Su; Coup D'Etat, South Vietnam; "Memo from SACSA to CJCS regarding coup in South Vietnam and planned meeting in Honolulu"
  • 11 /2/63; Title: None. Su; Coup D'Etat, South Vietnam; "Naval message traffic from Gen. Harkins to Gen. Taylor regarding coup in South Vietnam and deaths of Diem and Nhu"
  • 10/4/63; "South Vietnam Actions; Su; South Vietnam, U.S. Military Assistance; "Memo from Gen. Taylor with enclosure to LeMay; Wheeler, McDonald and Shoup regarding Vietnam actions
  • 9/16/63; "Vietnam"; Su; Vietnam, Policy and Planning; "Roger Hilsman discussion of two approaches to dealing with Diem government and telegram to Amb. Lodge on approved plan"
  • 00/00/63; "Vietnam"; -Su; Vietnam, Political Situation; "Memo for the President regarding relationship between Diem and the Armed Forces"
  • 00/00/63; "State Cables"; Su; State Dept. Cables, Vietnam; "Chronology and synopsis of message traffic from Sate, OSD/JCS, MACV, and Amb. Lodge after coup in South, Vietnam"
  • 8/30/63; "Probable Loyalties of Vietnamese Units and Commanders" Su; Coup D'Etat, South Vietnam; "Memo to the President from Maxwell Taylor regarding which elements of the Vietnamese military are more likely to remain loyal to Diem in the event of a coup"
  • 9/26/63; "Possible Rapprochement Between North and South Vietnam"; Su; Rapprochement Between North and South Vietnam; "Memo from Ray S. Cline, CIA, to CJCS regarding Joseph Alsop's article on possible rapprochement between North and South Vietnam"
  • 8/23/63; "Recommendations for Key Positions in a Successor Regime"; Su; Coup D'Etat, South, Vietnam; "Memo from William E.,Colby of CIA to Roger Hilsman" Michael Forrestal, and Victor Krulak regarding recommended individuals to fill positions in Vietnam government after Diem"
  • 12/26/63; "Military Operations in North Vietnam, JCSM 716-63"; Su; Military Operations in North Vietnam; "Memo from Herbert D. Riley, Director of the Joint Staff, to CJCS.Memo from Roswell Gilpatric to CJCS."
  • 8/12/64; "Resumption of 34A Actions; Su; Vietnam; "OPLAN 34A Air and Maritime Actions related documents"
  • 12/31 /64; Title: None. Su; Vietnam; "OPLAN 34A; Air and Maritime Action related documents. 20 pages of misc. appendices attached to 3 page message. (Exclusive from Gen. Wheeler to Adm.Sharp and Gen. Westmoreland)."
  • 10/1/64; "October Schedule for OPLAN 34A Operations"; Su; Vietnam; "OPLAN 34A Air and Maritime Actions related documents. 8 documents."
  • 11/14/61; Title: None. Su; Vietnam, U.S. Military Assistance; "Memo and draft telegram regarding U.S. efforts to provide support to South Vietnam"
  • 00/00/63; "Memoranda - Vietnam"; Su; Vietnam, U.S. Military Assistance; "Folder of Memoranda from SACSA on meetings regarding U.S. efforts to provide support to South Vietnam"
  • 00/00/63; "Chronology of Events Affecting the Joint Chiefs of Staff, related to the Vietnam Crisis"; Su; Diem Government; "Chronology of events related to discussion of political situation in South Vietnam, August 1963"
  • 11 /7/61; "Program for South Vietnam"; Su; Counterinsurgency, Vietnam; "Papers related to efforts to bolster military security in South Vietnam"
  • 00/00/00; "Motivation of Buddhist Leadership and Viet Cong Exploitation of Buddhist Manifestations"; Su; Diem Government; "Report on Buddhist movement and Viet Cong exploitation"
  • 12/21/64; Title: None. Subject: OPLAN 34A
  • 7/8/63; Dept. of Army; Pezdirtz to Sec, JCS; "Briefing of JCS By Lt. Col Vann on Vietnam"

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Citation
David Lifton Collection (132) Finding Aid, David Lifton Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=1320000000, Accessed 06 Aug 2026.

Pub Credit Line
1320000000, David Lifton Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

Added: 06 Dec 2001 [Updated: 24 Mar 2017]