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Pentagon study sketches why aiding South Vietnam seemed risky in 1951
The Pentagon Papers reveal the 1951 Joint Chiefs of Staff warned U.S. support for Saigon could backfire and that limited influence followed the Geneva accords. They note Secretary Dulles favored a small military role and that later policy drift toward a larger advisory effort faced internal resistance and slow growth.
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South Vietnam
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Associated Press
Joint Chiefs
French Indochina
U.S
America
Saigon
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Vietnam
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Supreme Court
Kildridge Durbrow
Priest Diem
Tiobert S. McNamara
Maxwell Taylor
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Lynton B.jdhnson
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Defense Department
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