FOREIGN OFFICE FILES: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Series Two: Vietnam, 1959-1975
(Public Record Office Class FO 371: South East Asia Department and FCO files from 1967 onwards)

Part 4: SEATO, S E Asia General and Thailand, 1959-1963 - complete files on the Vietnam Conflict
(PRO Class FO 371/ 143721-143725, 143727-143747, 143769-143774, 143782, 144293, 144296-144297, 150381, 152136-152181, 152639-152642, 152644, 152646-152647, 152671, 158379-158380, 159701-159702, 159712-159713, 159715, 159722, 159728-159747, 159756-159758, 160069-160076, 160079-160080, 160083, 164871, 166353-166355, 166359-166360, 166363, 166616-166619, 166622, 166629-166634, 166644-166663, 169678-169679, 169681, 169684, 169686, 169689, 169728-169729, 170016-170020, 170022, 170031-170032, 170038, 170042-170056 and 170634)

REEL 106
South East Asia General - 1959
FO 371/143721 - Political situation in South East Asia and Far East
FO 371/143722 - Communism in South East Asia
FO 371/143723 - Developments in Indo-China
FO 371/143724 - Closer co-operation between countries in South East Asia
FO 371/143725 - Meetings of leaders of countries of South East Asia
FO 371/143727 - Political relations between countries of South East Asia and FRG
FO 371/143728 - Political relations between countries of South East Asia and Soviet Union
FO 371/143729 - Political relations between countries of South East Asia and Indonesia
FO 371/143730 - Political relations between countries of South East Asia and UK (Folder 1)
FO 371/143731 - Political relations between countries of South East Asia and UK (Folder 2)
FO 371/143732 - Valedictory despatch on conditions in countries of South East Asia by UK Commissioner-General in South East Asia
FO 371/143733 - Record of conversation between Prime Minister of UK and Prime Minister of New Zealand on ANZUS and world affairs

REEL 107
SEATO - 1959
FO 371/143734 - South East Asia Treaty Organisation (Folder 1)
FO 371/143735 - South East Asia Treaty Organisation (Folder 2)
FO 371/143736 - South East Asia Treaty Organisation (Folder 3)
FO 371/143737 - South East Asia Treaty Organisation (Folder 4)
FO 371/143738 - South East Asia Treaty Organisation (Folder 5)
FO 371/143739 - South East Asia Treaty Organisation (Folder 6)

REEL 108
FO 371/143740 - South East Asia Treaty Organisation (Folder 7)
FO 371/143741 - South East Asia Treaty Organisation (Folder 8)
FO 371/143742 - South East Asia Treaty Organisation (Folder 9)
FO 371/143743 - South East Asia Treaty Organisation (Folder 10)
FO 371/143744 - South East Asia Treaty Organisation (Folder 11)
FO 371/143745 - South East Asia Treaty Organisation (Folder 12)
FO 371/143746 - South East Asia Treaty Organisation (Folder 13)

REEL 109
FO 371/143747 - South East Asia Treaty Organisation (Folder 14)
FO 371/143769 - Military planning of SEATO (Folder 1)
FO 371/143770 - Military planning of SEATO (Folder 2)
South East Asia General - 1959
FO 371/143771 - Tripartite talks between UK, US and France on political situation in South East Asia
FO 371/143772 - Future of International Commissions in Indo China (Folder 1)
FO 371/143773 - Future of International Commissions in Indo China (Folder 2)
FO 371/143774 - Future of International Commissions in Indo China (Folder 3)
FO 371/143782 - Meetings of Australia, New Zealand and the United States on the defence of South East Asia

REEL 110
Thailand - 1959
FO 371/144293 - Thailand: annual review for 1958
FO 371/144296 - Communism in Thailand
FO 371/144297 - Foreign policy of Thailand
Far Eastern Department - 1960
FO 371/150381 - Internal political situation in countries of Far East
South East Asia General - 1960
FO 371/152136 - Political situation in South East Asia and Far East (Folder 1)
FO 371/152137 - Political situation in South East Asia and Far East (Folder 2)
FO 371/152138 - Internal situation in Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam (Folder 1)
FO 371/152139 - Internal situation in Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam (Folder 2)
FO 371/152140 - Co-operation under South East Asian Friendship and Economic Treaty (Folder 1)
FO 371/152141 - Co-operation under South East Asian Friendship and Economic Treaty (Folder 2)
FO 371/152142 - Views of Singapore on the political situation in South East Asia
FO 371/152143 - Annual Conference of HM Representatives in South East Asia (Eden Hall Conference), Singapore, January 1960 (Folder 1)
FO 371/152144 - Annual Conference of HM Representatives in South East Asia (Eden Hall Conference), Singapore, January 1960 (Folder 2)
FO 371/152145 - Political relations between UK and Commonwealth countries in Far East and South East Asia

REEL 111
SEATO - 1960
FO 371/152146 - South East Asia Treaty Organisation (Folder 1): including papers on Council Meeting in Washington DC, May 1960; Annual questionnaire; South Vietnamese attendance at SEATO meetings; distribution of documents to London; publicity for military meetings.
FO 371/152147South East Asia Treaty Organisation (Folder 2):
- including White House press release designating SEATO as an international organisation: privileges and immunities; "Talking books" reprint of "SEATO and the uncommitted", article by Mr Sarasin, SEATO Secretary General; papers for UK delegation; review of development in treaty area; papers for Council Meeting 31 May - 3 June 1960.
FO 371/152148 - South East Asia Treaty Organisation (Folder 3):
- including national attitude of various countries towards SEATO; annual classified report; restricted session of Council representatives on 28 April 1960 to discuss Laotian elections; papers for Council Meeting 31 May - 3 June 1960.
FO 371/152149South East Asia Treaty Organisation (Folder 4):
- including papers for Council Meeting 31 May - 3 June 1960; publicity for military meetings; consultations by Jack Conroy, member of permanent working group, in Dakka, Ankara, Paris and London; Committee of Security Experts, interim meeting 19 May 1960; visit of Pote Sarasin, Secretary-General of SEATO, to London from 7-9 June 1960; account of recent NATO meeting in Istanbul.
FO 371/152150 - South East Asia Treaty Organisation (Folder 5):
- including papers on visit of Deputy Secretary-General of SEATO to Foreign Office.
FO 371/152151 - South East Asia Treaty Organisation (Folder 6):
- including points for inclusion in Secretary of State's comments on work of SEATO at Council Meeting in Washington DC; request from UK schoolmaster for information about SEATO; suggestion by UK about clearance of deficit on expenses of SEATO graduate school of engineering for 1960-1961; speeches for Sixth Council Meeting in Washington DC.
FO 371/152152 - South East Asia Treaty Organisation (Folder 7):
- including record of closed session of Council Meeting made by Lord Selkirk, UK delegate to SEATO Council;
Fourth SEATO Communications Committee Meeting, 21-30 June 1960; Military advisers twelfth conference; papers for Secretary-General's visit to London; papers for Council Meeting 31 May - 3 June 1960.

REEL 112
FO 371/152153 - South East Asia Treaty Organisation (Folder 8):
- including copies of SEATO economic studies; parliamentary question by Mr Donnelly MP on Meeting of SEATO powers; Sixth anniversary of SEATO; SEATO day reception on 8 September 1960; Council representatives' meeting: proposal for discussion on Cambodia on 26 August 1960; plans for Bangkok meeting; topics discussed during the visit of the UK Commissioner General for South East Asia to Bangkok.
FO 371/152154 - South East Asia Treaty Organisation (Folder 9):
- including request from SEATO Research Services Office for UK material on South East Asia; preparation of official report and communiqu for Council meeting of 31 May - 3 June 1960; annual questionnaire and Council representatives' August meeting.
FO 371/152155 - South East Asia Treaty Organisation (Folder 10):
- including personal message from Secretary of State to Secretary General of SEATO on sixth anniversary of signature of Manila Treaty; Privileges and immunities within SEATO; Colombo Plan aid to member countries of SEATO; activities of SEATO Civil Organisation; distribution of documents to London; Council representatives' meeting on 5 October 1960; Annual Questionnaire; eleventh regular session of Council representatives on 28 October 1960.
FO 371/152156 - South East Asia Treaty Organisation (Folder 11):
- including Thai proposal for abolition of permanent working group; Privileges and immunities within SEATO; setting up of a committee to review the negotiating of the SEATO Civil Organisation; arrangements for Council Meeting in Bangkok in 1961; Council representatives' meetings in November and December; discussions on Burma and Indonesia; draft of political review of events in the treaty area.
FO 371/152157 - Closed. Retained by Department under Section 3 (4)
FO 371/152158 - Closed. Retained by Department under Section 3 (4)
FO 371/152159 - South East Asia Treaty Organisation: Accommodation and staffing (Folder 1)
FO 371/152160 - South East Asia Treaty Organisation: Accommodation and staffing (Folder 2)
FO 371/152161 - South East Asia Treaty Organisation: Military exercises (Folder 1)
FO 371/152162 - South East Asia Treaty Organisation: Military exercises (Folder 2)

REEL 113
FO 371/152163 - South East Asia Treaty Organisation: Military exercises (Folder 3)
FO 371/152164 - South East Asia Treaty Organisation: Budgets (Folder 1)
FO 371/152165 - South East Asia Treaty Organisation: Budgets (Folder 2)
FO 371/152166 - South East Asia Treaty Organisation: Budgets (Folder 3)
FO 371/152167 - South East Asia Treaty Organisation: Budgets (Folder 4)
FO 371/152168 - South East Asia Treaty Organisation: SEATO Military Planning Committee: meetings
FO 371/152169 - South East Asia Treaty Organisation: Military planning (Folder 1)
FO 371/152170 - South East Asia Treaty Organisation: Military planning (Folder 2)
FO 371/152171 - South East Asia Treaty Organisation: Military planning (Folder 3)

REEL 114
FO 371/152172 - South East Asia Treaty Organisation: Military planning (Folder 4)
FO 371/152173 - South East Asia Treaty Organisation: Military planning (Folder 5)
FO 371/152174 - South East Asia Treaty Organisation: Military planning (Folder 6)
FO 371/152175 - South East Asia Treaty Organisation: Economic aid for member countries (Folder 1)
FO 371/152176 - South East Asia Treaty Organisation: Economic aid for member countries (Folder 2)
South East Asia General - 1960
FO 371/152177 - International commissions in Indo China (Folder 1)
FO 371/152178 - International commissions in Indo China (Folder 2)
FO 371/152179 - International commissions in Indo China (Folder 3)

REEL 115
FO 371/152180 - International commissions in Indo China (Folder 4)
FO 371/152181 - International commissions in Indo China (Folder 5)
Thailand - 1960
FO 371/152639 - Annual review for 1959
FO 371/152640 - Internal political situation
FO 371/152641 - Communism
FO 371/152642 - Political relations with China
FO 371/152644 - Political relations with the United States
FO 371/152646 - Political relations with the United Kingdom
FO 371/152647 - Political relations with Commonwealth countries
FO 371/152671 - Vietnamese refugees
Far Eastern Department - 1961
FO 371/158379 - Political situation in the Far East (Folder 1)

REEL 116
FO 371/158380 - Political situation in the Far East (Folder 2)
South East Asia General - 1961
FO 371/159701 - UK policy on South East Asia (Folder 1)
FO 371/159702 - UK policy on South East Asia (Folder 2)
FO 371/159712 - Anglo-American policies in South East Asia (Folder 1)
FO 371/159713 - Anglo-American policies in South East Asia (Folder 2)
FO 371/159715 - UK policy towards South East Asia
FO 371/159722 - UK policy on Indo China

REEL 117
SEATO - 1961
FO 371/159728 - South East Asia Treaty Organisation: Meetings of SEATO Council in Bangkok and Paris (Folder 1)
FO 371/159729 - South East Asia Treaty Organisation: Meetings of SEATO Council in Bangkok and Paris (Folder 2)
FO 371/159730 - South East Asia Treaty Organisation: Meetings of SEATO Council in Bangkok and Paris (Folder 3)
FO 371/159731 - South East Asia Treaty Organisation: Meetings of SEATO Council in Bangkok and Paris (Folder 4)
FO 371/159732 - South East Asia Treaty Organisation: Meetings of SEATO Council in Bangkok and Paris (Folder 5)
FO 371/159733 - South East Asia Treaty Organisation: Meetings of SEATO Council in Bangkok and Paris (Folder 6)
FO 371/159734 - South East Asia Treaty Organisation: Meetings of SEATO Council in Bangkok and Paris (Folder 7)

REEL 118
FO 371/159735 - South East Asia Treaty Organisation: Meetings of SEATO Council in Bangkok and Paris (Folder 8)
FO 371/159736 - South East Asia Treaty Organisation: Meetings of SEATO Council in Bangkok and Paris (Folder 9)
FO 371/159737 - South East Asia Treaty Organisation: Meetings of SEATO Council in Bangkok and Paris (Folder 10)
FO 371/159738 - South East Asia Treaty Organisation: Meetings of SEATO Council in Bangkok and Paris (Folder 11)
FO 371/159739 - South East Asia Treaty Organisation: Meetings of SEATO Council in Bangkok and Paris (Folder 12)
FO 371/159740 - South East Asia Treaty Organisation: Military exercises

REEL 119
FO 371/159741 - South East Asia Treaty Organisation: Budget (Folder 1)
FO 371/159742 - South East Asia Treaty Organisation: Budget (Folder 2)
FO 371/159743 - South East Asia Treaty Organisation: Budget (Folder 3)
FO 371/159744 - South East Asia Treaty Organisation: Budget (Folder 4)
FO 371/159745 - South East Asia Treaty Organisation: Budget (Folder 5)

REEL 120
FO 371/159746 - South East Asia Treaty Organisation: Budget (Folder 6)
FO 371/159747 - South East Asia Treaty Organisation: Meetings of military advisers
FO 371/159756 - Voting procedures for Council Meetings
South East Asia General - 1961
FO 371/159757 - International Commission for Supervision and Control (Folder 1)
FO 371/159758 - International Commission for Supervision and Control (Folder 2)
Thailand - 1961
FO 371/160069 - Annual review for 1960
FO 371/160070 - Internal political situation
FO 371/160071 - Foreign policy
FO 371/160072 - Political relations with the Soviet Union
FO 371/160073 - Political relations with the United States

REEL 121
FO 371/160074 - Political relations with Burma
FO 371/160075 - Political relations with the United Kingdom
FO 371/160076 - Political relations with Commonwealth countries
FO 371/160079 - Commercial relations with the Soviet Union
FO 371/160080 - Commercial relations with the United States
FO 371/160083 - Repatriation of refugees from Thailand to North Vietnam

Far East General - 1962
FO 371/164871 - Political situation in the Far East
SE Asia General - 1962
FO 371/166353 - UK policy on South East Asia (Folder 1)
FO 371/166354 - UK policy on South East Asia (Folder 2)
FO 371/166355 - Anglo-American policies in South East Asia

REEL 122
FO 371/166359 - Eden Hall Conference on South East Asia
FO 371/166360 - UK policy towards South East Asia
FO 371/166363 - Discussion of unified command in the Far East
Thailand - 1962
FO 371/166616 - Annual review for 1961
FO 371/166617 - Internal political situation
FO 371/166618 - Foreign policy
FO 371/166619 - Political relations with the United States
FO 371/166622 - Political relations with the United Kingdom
FO 371/166629 - SEATO forces in Thailand (Folder 1)
FO 371/166630 - SEATO forces in Thailand (Folder 2)

REEL 123
FO 371/166631 - SEATO forces in Thailand (Folder 3)
FO 371/166632 - SEATO forces in Thailand (Folder 4)
FO 371/166633 - SEATO forces in Thailand (Folder 5)
FO 371/166634 - SEATO forces in Thailand (Folder 6)
SEATO - 1962
FO 371/166644 - Annual review for 1961
FO 371/166645 - Meetings of SEATO Council (Folder 1)
FO 371/166646 - Meetings of SEATO Council (Folder 2)

REEL 124
FO 371/166647 - Meetings of SEATO Council (Folder 3)
FO 371/166648 - Meetings of SEATO Council (Folder 4)
FO 371/166649 - Meetings of SEATO Council (Folder 5)
FO 371/166650 - Meetings of SEATO Council (Folder 6)
FO 371/166651 - Meetings of SEATO Council (Folder 7)
FO 371/166652 - Meetings of SEATO Council (Folder 8)
FO 371/166653 - Meetings of SEATO Council (Folder 9)
FO 371/166654 - Meetings of SEATO Council (Folder 10)

REEL 125
FO 371/166655 - Meetings of SEATO Council (Folder 11)
FO 371/166656 - Meetings of SEATO Council (Folder 12)
FO 371/166657 - Meetings of SEATO Council (Folder 13)
FO 371/166658 - Meetings of SEATO Council (Folder 14)
FO 371/166659 - Meetings of SEATO Council (Folder 15)
FO 371/166660 - Military planning for intervention in South East Asia (Folder 1)
FO 371/166661 - Military planning for intervention in South East Asia (Folder 2)

REEL 126
FO 371/166662 - Military planning for intervention in South East Asia (Folder 3)
FO 371/166663 - Visit of Secretary General to the United Kingdom
South East Asia General - 1963
FO 371/169678 - UK policy on South East Asia (Folder 1)
FO 371/169679 - UK policy on South East Asia (Folder 2)
FO 371/169681 - UK-France-US tripartite discussions on Cambodia in Paris, December 1963

REEL 127
FO 371/169684 - Political relations between the Peoples Republic of China and Indonesia, Burma and Cambodia
FO 371/169686 - US policy on South East Asia
FO 371/169689 - Eden Hall Conference on South East Asia
FO 371/169728 - International Commission for Supervision and Control in Vietnam and Cambodia: financial situation (Folder 1)
FO 371/169729 - International Commission for Supervision and Control in Vietnam and Cambodia: financial situation (Folder 2)

REEL 128
Thailand - 1963
FO 371/170016 - Annual review for 1962
FO 371/170017 - Internal political situation
FO 371/170018 - Foreign policy
FO 371/170019 - Political relations with Peoples Republic of China
FO 371/170020 - Political relations with the United States
FO 371/170022 - Political relations with the United Kingdom
FO 371/170031 - UK military assistance
FO 371/170032 - SEATO forces in Thailand
FO 371/170038 - Vietnamese refugees in Northern Thailand
SEATO - 1963
FO 371/170042 - Annual review for 1962
FO 371/170043 - Meetings of SEATO Council (Folder 1)

REEL 129
FO 371/170044 - Meetings of SEATO Council (Folder 2)
FO 371/170045 - Meetings of SEATO Council (Folder 3)
FO 371/170046 - Meetings of SEATO Council (Folder 4)
FO 371/170047 - Meetings of SEATO Council (Folder 5)
FO 371/170048 - Meetings of SEATO Council (Folder 6)
FO 371/170049 - Meetings of SEATO Council (Folder 7)
FO 371/170050 - Meetings of SEATO Council (Folder 8)
FO 371/170051 - Meetings of SEATO Council (Folder 9)

REEL 130
FO 371/170052 - Meetings of SEATO Council (Folder 10)
FO 371/170053 - Meetings of SEATO Council (Folder 11)
FO 371/170054 - Military forces and strategy
FO 371/170055 - Threat of communist subversion in SEATO area (Folder 1)
FO 371/170056 - Threat of communist subversion in SEATO area (Folder 2)
Far East General - 1963
FO 371/170634 - Political situation in the Far East