National Security File. Komer-Leonhart Files, ca. 3/1966 - 1/20/1969

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National Security File. Komer-Leonhart Files, ca. 3/1966 - 1/20/1969

1966-1969

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/12010023

This series contains the working files of the White House office in charge of U.S. non-military programs in Vietnam and cover the period during which Robert W. Komer was head of the office from March 1966 to May 1967, followed by William K. Leonhart from May 1967 to January 1969. The files include memorandums, correspondence, cables, and reports that reflect the responsibilities of the office. Some of the topics included in the material are pacification, economic strategies and stabilization, education, agriculture, food aid, rice, land reform such as land ownership and agricultural development, infrastructure, transportation, postwar planning, psychological warfare, elections in Vietnam, population control, Chieu Hoi (a program for encouraging Viet Cong defections), and refugees. In addition, there is some correspondence with David Lilienthal of the Development and Resources Corporation about development work in Vietnam. There is also material on the Moss Committee, chaired by Congressman John E. Moss. The Moss Committee examined and investigated the utilization of manpower resources by the government of the Republic of Vietnam, the Revolution Development program (pacification), and economic and military assistance programs in Vietnam. There is also a handful of files pertaining to volunteer agencies (Volags) performing public works and assistance tasks in Vietnam.

11 linear feet, 4 linear inches

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Komer, R.W. (Robert William), 1922-2000

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Robert William Komer, American government official and diplomat (born Feb. 23, 1922, Chicago, Ill.—died April 9, 2000, Arlington, Va.), served during the Vietnam War as Pres. Lyndon Johnson’s special assistant in charge of the U.S. government’s controversial “pacification” program to disseminate propaganda in South Vietnam and identify Vietcong agents working in the country. An army veteran who had served in World War II, Komer joined the Central Intelligence Agency in 1947, rising to become a s...