Textual folder
Papers of John F. Kennedy. Presidential Papers. President's Office Files.
JFKPOF-098-006
This folder contains materials collected by the office of President John F. Kennedy's secretary, Evelyn Lincoln, concerning research on and policies addressing counter-insurgency and internal warfare in Laos, North Vietnam, and the Soviet Union. Materials in this folder include a copy of the 3d Marine Division newspaper TRIAD, a copy of Leatherneck magazine with an article on reconnaissance operations, a report on the activities of the Viet Cong in the village of Binh-Hung, Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara's responses to questions regarding specific training programs for military involved in reconnaissance and counter-insurgency in Laos and Vietnam, a memorandum for Commander Tazewell Shepard, Military Aide to the President for the Navy, concerning the experience necessary for Marine Corps engaged in guerilla or anti-guerilla operations, "Guerilla and Anti-Guerilla Operations," a training booklet published by the Marine Corps Educational Center, and a report on a policy research study entitled "Internal Warfare and the Security of the Underdeveloped States" produced by the Department of State Bureau of Intelligence and Research.