Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-128-010
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning Vietnam. Materials in this folder include newspaper articles regarding attacks on the palace of Ngo Dinh Diem, President of South Vietnam, a press release of President Kennedy's remarks to the Vietnamese people on Tết (Vietnamese New Year), a status report to Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara on military operation in Vietnam, correspondence between President Kennedy and President Diem, and memoranda from Special Assistant to the President and National Security Advisor McGeorge Bundy, Special Assistant to the President Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., Under Secretary of State George W. Ball, and American Ambassador to Vietnam Frederick E. Nolting regarding attacks on President Diem's palace, the presence of communism in Southeast Asia, and the news media's presentation of American military operations in Vietnam.