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Declassified per Executive Order 13526, Section 3.3 NND Project Number: NND 63316. By: NWD Date: 2011  :d. Provide MAP support for British-make personnel carries and scout cars. The Joint Chiefs of Staff recommend approval for MAP support of British vehicles in Vietnam to the extent only of providing general supply and repair parts of items common to the MAP.

4. The Joint Chiefs of Staff recommend that the increased US contributions to the Government of Vietnam, proposed above, be appropriately exploited by US representatives in Vietnam to induce the government's acceptance of the Counterinsurgency Plan.

5. The Joint Chiefs of Staff note that CINCPAC has taken appropriate action to implement the recommendations of General Trapnell:


 * a. To airlift 12,000 carbines.


 * b. To expedite shipment of needed radios and generators.


 * c. To expedite shipment of Claymore mines.

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