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 that the French and the British would continue to push very hard for Tam, Senator Mansfield was firmly opposed to our accepting Tam or exerting any pressure at all on Diem to include Tam in his cabinet. Senator Mansfield agreed with Mr. Robertson that to do so would compromise the cabinet and provide the Communists with a ready made argument for charging the Diem government with being a puppet of the old colonial regime. Rh