Outlook in Mainland Southeast Asia
Central Intelligence Agency · 1961
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Description
Mainland Southeast Asia's outlook fills a CIA survey dated February 1961, weeks into the Kennedy administration. Laos was sliding toward crisis, South Vietnam faced a growing insurgency, and Cambodia and Thailand watched their neighbors nervously. The paper treats the mainland as one connected problem.
Regional surveys weighed how trouble in one country might spill into the next. That domino logic shaped much of Washington's thinking in these years. Readers can see it stated in the analysts' own frame, before massive American involvement. The file helps explain why the region drew such intense attention so early in the decade.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Central Intelligence Agency |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 1961 |
| COLLECTION | DECLASSIFIED |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 64980 |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | Public Domain |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | Internet Archive — CIA Reading Room mirror |
Source: https://archive.org/details/cia-readingroom-document-0000008866