MCNAMARA-TAYLOR REPORT ON VIETNAM

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• Document Creation Date: December 14, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 14, 2003
• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: October 2, 1963
• Content Type: MIN

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
EXECUTIVE MEMORANDUM
OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR
NSC REVIEW
COMPLETED,
06/26/2003
EXECUTIVE MEMORANDUM No. j 14
DATE 10 October 1963
DEPUTY DIRECTOR (PLANS)
DEPUTY DIRECTOR (INTELLIGENCE)
DEPUTY DIRECTOR Vg (Science and Technology)
DEPUTY DIRECTOR (SUPPORT)
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This memorandum contains information for the addressees. Ad-
dressees may give this memorandum additional circulation within
their components as required. All copies should be destroyed not
filed, upon completion of circulation. A master file will be kept in
the Executive Director's Office and will be available upon request.
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NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
RECORD OF ACTIONS
NSC
Action
2472. MCNAMARA-TAYLOR REPORT ON VIETNAM
a. Endorsed the basic presentation on Vietnam made by
Secretary McNamara and General Taylor.
b. Noted the President's approval of the following statement
of U. S. policy which was later released to the press:
"1. The security of South Viet Nam is a major interest
of the United States as other free nations. We will adhere
to our policy of working with the people and Government of
South Viet Nam to deny this country to Communism and to
suppress the externally stimulated and supported insurgency
of the Viet Cong as promptly as possible. Effective perform-
ance in this undertaking is the central objective of our policy
in South Viet Nam.
"2. The military program in South Viet Nam has made
progress and is sound in principle, though improvements are
being energetically sought.
113. Major U. S. assistance in support of this military
effort is needed only until the insurgency has been suppressed
or until the national security forces of the Government of
South Viet Nam are capable of suppressing it.
"Secretary McNamara and General Taylor reported
their judgment that the major part of the U. S. military task
can be completed by the end of 1965, although there may be a
continuing requirement for a limited number of U. S. train-
ing personnel. They reported that by the end of this year,
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Action
2472. McNAMARA-TAYLOR REPORT ON VIETNAM (continued)
the U. S. program for training Vietnamese should have pro-
gressed to the point where 1, 000 U. S. military personnel
assigned to South Viet Nam can be withdrawn.
"4. The political situation in South Viet Nam remains
deeply serious. The United States has made clear its con-
tinuing opposition to any repressive actions in South Viet
Nam. While such actions have not yet significantly affected
the military effort, they could do so in the future.
"5. It remains the policy of the United States, in South
Viet Nam as in other parts of the world, to support the
efforts of the people of that country to defeat aggression
and to build a peaceful and free society. "
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