THE SECRET PAPERS THEY DIDN'T PUBLISH

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP80-01601R000300340082-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: January 8, 2001
• Sequence Number: 82
• Publication Date: July 27, 1971
• Content Type: MAGAZINE

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.I11 early SSeptember, 1964, President Johnson appointed a special iiiter-departnten-
tal, terter-agency colnnlittee,l referred 10 as OVERLOOK, to review the record of
us activities in, a Tel in relation to, Indochina from 1950 (tile date of US recogni-
tiCn of Duo DCii, the first active irlterventioil in lice Indociltnese corif ict). The COrit-
trrittec was instructed to sirbniit its report and conclusions to the NSC prior to the
end of the ritonth, in conjunction wild the i eiv policy directives under discussion
and dire for decision in the first week of October. It was the normal practice of
such committees, special or standing, as it was of the NSC, JCS, etc., to reach
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nal a;reernent on a single report through discussion and, when. necessary, corn-
I'romise of. any divergencies in viewpoint. In the case of OVERLOOK, however,
two members---not named, but identified as from the r.tir Force and CIA--de-
clii;ed to endorse the report, and insisted oil submitting a "minority" document,
not so much disagreeing with the approver1 test as adding a further section. It is
not clear whether this appendix was ever actually placed before the NSC or s?eeri
by the President:
out essential dispute. E.g.:
Xfculoraridum from Secretary of De-
fense McNamara to President Ken..
nedy, S Nov 1961: ". . . The Joint
Chiefs, Mr. Gilpatrick and I . . . are
inclined to recommend that we do coin..
mit the United States to the clear ob-?
jective of preventing the fall of South
Vietnam to Communism and that we
support this commitment by the neces-
sary military action. . . . If we act in
this way, the ultimate possible extent
of our military commitment must be
faced....",
ltlemoraudurrt from Secretary bf
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