02235mpc 2200277 a 4500001000800000005001700008008004100025035002400066035002200090040001900112100004000131245010400171300002400275533001700299520048600316520065900802555004701461524015701508650003601665651004901701651004701750651004701797651004401844651004801888905002101936208397819920605120000.0861002q19491969nyu p eng d a(CStRLIN)NYCV86A168 a(NIC)notisAKS1981 aNICcNICeappm1 aKahin, George McTurnan,ecollector.00aGeorge McT. Kahin collection on the origins of the Vietnam war,f[ca. 1954-1970],g1961-1970 (bulk) a133 v., 2 cubic ft. aPhotocopies. aCopies of United States government documents pertaining to the war in Vietnam, collected by Professor Kahin through the Freedom of Information Act for use in his 1986 book INTERVENTION: HOW AMERICA BECAME INVOLVED IN VIETNAM. For the pre-1961 period, the largest single group of documents relates to the Geneva Conference in 1954. Although the majority of documents relate to Vietnam, there is also coverage of Cambodia and Laos, particularly during the period from 1961 to 1963. bCategories of documents include cable traffic between the U.S. Embassies in Saigon, Phnom Penh, and Vientiane and the Department of State; cables from the U.S. military command in Saigon; CIA cables and Situation Reports, both day-to-day coverage of specific events and crises, and weekly reports of political and military developments; internal documents from the White House, including National Security memos and other memos between Administration officials, as well as transcripts of meetings between Presidents Kennedy and Johnson and their advisors; and documents from meetings and conferences between U.S. leaders and the leaders of South Vietnam.0 aList of volumes and folder list for boxes. aGeorge McT. Kahin Collection on the Origins of the Vietnam War, #4251. Department of Manuscripts and University Archives, Cornell University Libraries. 0aVietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975. 0aVietnamxPolitics and governmenty1945-1975. 0aUnited StatesxForeign relationszVietnam. 0aVietnamxForeign relationszUnited States. 0aLaosxForeign relationszUnited States. 0aCambodiaxForeign relationszUnited States. a19920605120000.0