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GVN in an atteript to counter the inroads made by the VC infrastructure
during the interim years.
117. Thompson & Frizzell, 231.
118. Ibide, p. 233.
119. DoD US-VN Relations, Book 6, IV. C, 11., p. 125.
120. Ibid., P. 127
!21. Blaufarb, p. 235,
122. Grinter, p. 61 and R. W. Apple, Jr., The New York Times, July 10, 1967,
p. 2.
123. Corson, p, 213.
124. Blaufarb, pp. 240-241; and General Westmoreland's Private Papers at
OCMH, Washington, D.C. Westmoreland wrote a memo following a June 1967
meeting with General Thieu during which they discussed Ambassador
Bunker's announcement of the new CORDS program. Thieu asked
Westmoreland's advice on what the GVN should do in the way of
developing a shadow Vietnamese CORDS organization and if that group
should be in the Ministry of Defense. Westmoreland advised him to
wait until the US reorganization of the OCO was complete before making
any changes.
125. Blaufarb, pp. 241-242.
126. Thompson & Frizzell, pp. 217-218. Chapter 13, "Was There Another
Way7", written by Robert Komer, provided the basis fo- the listing of
the stages as presented in the text.
127. Grinter, p. 62.
i28. Grinter, P. 62; The Washington Post, February 16, 1968, p. A-15; Time
Magazine, February 16, 1968, p. 32; and The New York Times, February 25,
1968, p. 20.
129. Grinter, p. 62.
130. The PSDF was offically established on 3 May 1968, by GVN Decree
No. 159-TT/SL and reconfirmed in the General Mobilization Law, GVN
Decree No.. 003/68 of June 19, 1968. By late 1969, there were
reportedly two million on the PSOF rolls and about 4,000,000 arms had
been issued (see Robert Komer, "Clear, Hold and Rebuild," Army Magazine,
XX, No. 5 (May 1970): 21, and "Pacification: A Look Back and Ahead,"
Army Magazine, XX, No, 6, (June 1970). 24.
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