JOHNSON'S MAN FOR VIETNAM

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00001R000200220014-7
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 3
• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 24, 1998
• Sequence Number: 14
• Publication Date: March 31, 1966
• Content Type: SUMMARY

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The appointment of Mr. Robert Kot feer as " specia assistant
for peaceful reconstruction in Vietnam " was announced by NIr. Johnson with an
abruptness and amid secrecy that have now become habitual in those matters The
White House staffhad no inkling in advance,, and had E i) idcntly expected fr. `.Ort cr
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