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- ; and Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), National Security Agency (NSA), and
Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) intelligence reports. Some materials from the John F. Kennedy and
Dwight D. Eisenhower administrations are included in these files as well as some
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grave tu r n to th e already serious situ a
tio n in so u th east Asia. O ur com m it
m ents in th a t a re a a re well know n to the
Congress. T hey w ere first m ade In 1954
by P re sid en t Eisenhower. T hey w ere
f u rth e r defined in th e S o u
- in that area are well known to the Congress. They
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> D epartm ent of S tata BuUtUn, Aoc- 2 4 ,1»64, pp. 261-268.
were first made in 1954 by President Eisenhower. They were further
defined in the Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty approved
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forces. This activity was within the framework of the accords.
The policy behind our assistance was stated in a letter from
President Eisenhower to the President of Viet-Nam on October 1,
1954: “The purpose of this offer is to assist the Government