VIETNAM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: Library of Congress
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): LOC-HAK-533-1-6-2
• Release Decision: RIFLIM
• Original Classification: T
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: January 11, 2017
• Document Release Date: September 13, 2010
• Sequence Number: 6
• Publication Date: September 17, 1969
• Content Type: MEMO

No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/09/13: LOC-HAK-533-1-6-2
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
WASHINGTON. D.C. 20506
TOP SECRET /SENSITIVE
September 17, 1969
National Security Decision Memorandum 24
The Vice President
The Secretary of State
The Secretary of Defense
The Attorney General
The Director of Central Intelligence
The Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
ON-FILE NSC RELEASE
INSTRUCTIONS APPLY
As a result of the September 12 meeting on Vietnam, the President
has directed that:
1. Following Ambassador Bunker's return to Saigon,
immediate discussions be undertaken with appropriate representatives
of the Government of Vietnam with the purpose of determining
specific conditions which the GVN considers essential for acceptance
of a "Ceasefire. " The discussions should be conducted in response
to initiatives already taken by the GVN on this subject and should
avoid any hint of pressure by the U. S. Government on the South
Vietnamese. The views of the South Vietnamese Government should
be forwarded to the President as soon as the discussions permit.
2. U. S. officials refrain from public discussion of
"Ceasefire" except as required within the framework of the Paris
negotiations.
3. Future decisions on U. S. troop withdrawals be based
on full consideration of the three criteria previously enunciated by the
President and decisions will be made on an incremental basis as the
situation dictates. U. S. officials dealing with the press should there-
fore be instructed to avoid speculation on future plans, deadlines or
timetables for the reduction of the U. S. presence in Vietnam.
TOP SECRE'T'/SENSITIVE
No Objection to Declassification in Full 2010/09/13: LOC-HAK-533-1-6-2