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285. Memorandum From James C. Thomson , Jr., of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Special Assistant for National Security Affairs ( Bundy )

o “use their influence with Hanoi”. Peking has denounced the plan. The Indians are currently working on the command, recruitment, and financial aspects of the proposed Afro-Asian force; it is envisioned that such troops would come mainly from Japan, Nigeria and the U.A.R. (India is also ready to contribute, but its role has to be worked out so as not to prejudice its position on the ICC .) The U.S. Response: Bowles and the Department have privately told the Indians of our interest in the Radhakrishnan initiative. We are not under pressure for an immediate public response, since the Indians the…

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Source	Foreign Relations of the United States
Collection	International records
Kind	Document
Publisher	US Department of State, Office of the Historian
Date	1965-05-07
Type	diplomatic document (FRUS)
Details	Foreign Relations of the United States, 1964–1968, Volume II, Vietnam, January–June 1965
Found at	https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1964-68v02/d285
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Record ID	`frus:frus1964-68v02/d285`

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285. Memorandum From James C. Thomson , Jr., of the National Security Council Staff to the President’s Special Assistant for National Security Affairs ( Bundy ). Foreign Relations of the United States, 1965. Vero Archive, record frus:frus1964-68v02/d285.