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Table of Contents Box Folder Date Extent SALT 886 Pres. statement JCS (SALT agreements) SALT leaks 887 SALT Misc. (post Summit) SALT BRIEFINGS (Duplicate File) 888 SALT TWO-I-(Geneva) November 21, 1972-March 1973 889 SALT TWO-I-Geneva April 1973 890 SALT TWO-I-Geneva September 1973 891 SALT TWO-I-Geneva January 1974 Pentagon Papers 892 Memo and Outline of Studies Comprising Pentagon Papers January, 15 1969 I. Vietnam and the United States 1940-1950 II. U.S. Involvement in the Franco-Viet Minh War 1950-1954 III. The Geneva Accords 1954 IV. A. 1. – NATO and SEATO: A Comparison IV. A. 2. – Aid for France in Indochina 1950-1954 IV. A. 3. – Evolution of the War – U.S. and France’s 1954-1956 Withdrawal from Vietnam 199 Box Folder Date Extent Pentagon Papers 893 IV. A. 4. – Evolution of the War – U.S. Training of the 1954-1959 Vietnamese National Army IV. A. 5. – Evolution of the War – Origins of the Insurgency 1954-1960 [1 of 2] IV. A. 5. – Evolution of the War – Origins of the Insurgency 1954-1960 [2 of 2] IV. B. 1. – Evolution of the War – The Kennedy Program 1961 and Commitments: 1961 IV. B. 2. – Evolution of the War –Strategic Hamlet Program 1961-1963 IV. B. 3. – The Advisory Build-Up 1961-1967 894 IV. B. 4 – Evolution of the War – Phased Withdrawal of Forces 1962-1964 IV. B. 5 – Evolution of the War – The Overthrow of May-November 1963 Ngo Dinh Diem IV. C. 1. – Evolution of the War – U.S. Programs in South Vietnam, Nov. 1963-Apr. 1965 - NSAM 273-NSAM 288 IV. C. 2. (a) – Evolution of the War – Military Pressures February-June 1964 Against North Vietnam, Action and Debate IV. C. 2. (b) – Evolution of the War – Military Pressures July-October 1964 Against North Vietnam IV. C. 2. (c) – Evolution of the War – Military Pressures November-December 1964 Against North Vietnam, Part III IV. C. 3. – Evolution of the War – The Rolling Thunder Program Begins 200 Box Folder Date Extent Pentagon Papers 894 IV. C.4 – Evolution of the War – Marine Combat Units March 1965 go to Da Nang 895 IV. C. 5. – Phase I in the Build-up of U.S. Forces – The Debate March-July 1965 IV. C. 6. (a) – U.S. Ground Strategy and Force Deployments, 1965-1967 – Volume I IV. C. 6. (b) – U.S. Ground Strategy and Force Deployments, 1965-1967 – Volume II IV. C. 6. (c) – U.S. Ground Strategy and Force Deployments, 1965-1967 – Volume III 896 IV. C. 7. (a) – Volume I – The Air War in Vietnam IV. C. 7. (b) – Volume II – The Air War in Vietnam IV. C. 8. – Re-emphasis on Pacification: 1965-1967 IV. C. 9. (a) and (b) – Evolution of the War – U.S./GVN Relations: 1963-1967, Part I and II IV. C. 10. – Statistical Survey of the War 1965-1967 897 V. A. – Volume I – Justification of the War – Public Statements V. A. – Volume II – Justification of the War – Public Statements V. B. 1. - Justification of the War – Internal Commitments – The Roosevelt Administration, 1940-1945 201 Box Folder Date Extent Pentagon Papers 897 V. B. 2. - Justification of the War – Internal Commitments – [1 of 2] The Truman Administration, 1945-1952 - Book I, 1945-1949 V. B. 2. - Justification of the War – Internal Commitments – [2 of 2] The Truman Administration, 1945-1952 - Book I, 1945-1949 V. B. 2. - Justification of the War – Internal Commitments – [1 of 2] The Truman Administration, 1945-1952 - Book II, 1950-1952 V. B. 2. - Justification of the War – Internal Commitments – [2 of 2] The Truman Administration, 1945-1952 - Book II, 1950-1952 898 V. B. 3. - Justification of the War – Internal Commitments – The Eisenhower Administration, 1953-1960 - Book I, 1953 V. B. 3. - Justification of the War – Internal Commitments – [1 of 2] The Eisenhower Administration, 1953-1960 – Book II: 1954 - The Geneva Accords V. B. 3. - Justification of the War – Internal Commitments – [2 of 2] The Eisenhower Administration, 1953-1960 – Book II: 1954 - The Geneva Accords 899 V. B. 3. – Justification of the War – Internal Commitments – [1 of 2] The Eisenhower Administration, 1953-1960 - Book III: The Geneva Accords – 15 March 1956 V. B. 3. – Justification of the War – Internal Commitments – [2 of 2] The Eisenhower Administration, 1953-1960 - Book III: The Geneva Accords – 15 March 1956 202 Box Folder Date Extent Pentagon Papers 899 V. B. 3. – Justification of the War – Internal Commitments – [1 of 2] The Eisenhower Administration, 1953-1960 - Book IV: 1956 – French Withdrawal – 1960 V. B. 3. – Justification of the War – Internal Commitments – [2 of 2] The Eisenhower Administration, 1953-1960 - Book IV: 1956 – French Withdrawal – 1960 900 V. B. 4. – U.S. Involvement in the War – Internal Documents – [1 of 2] The Kennedy Administration: January 1961 – November 1963, Book I V. B. 4. – U.S. Involvement in the War – Internal Documents – [2 of 2] The Kennedy Administration: January 1961 – November 1963, Book I V. B. 4. – U.S. Involvement in the War – Internal Documents – The Kennedy Administration: January 1961 – November 1963, Book II 901 VI. A. – Negotiations 1965-1967: The Public Record VI. B. – Negotiations 1965-1967: Announced Position Statements [1 of 2] VI. B. – Negotiations 1965-1967: Announced Position Statements [2 of 2] VI. C. 1. – Settlement of the Conflict - History of Contacts – Negotiations, 1965-1966 VI. C. 2. – Settlement of the Conflict - Histories of Contacts – Marigold 203 Box Folder Date Extent Pentagon Papers 902 VI. C. 3. – Settlement of the Conflict, Histories of Contact – Sunflower VI. C. 4. – Settlement of the Conflict, Negotiations, 1967-1968 – [1 of 2] History of Contacts VI. C. 4. – Settlement of the Conflict, Negotiations, 1967-1968 – [2 of 2] History of Contacts President's Press Conferences 903 Presidential Press Conference January 27, 1969 PRESIDENT'S PRESS CONFERENCE March 4, 1969 PRESIDENT'S PRESS CONFERENCE March 14, 1969 President's Press Conference June 2, 1969 PRESIDENT'S PRESS CONFERENCE April 18, 1969 PRESIDENT'S PRESS CONFERENCE May 9, 1969 PRESS BRIEFING May 27, 1969 904 President's Press Conference June 19, 1969 204 .
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