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B E C A U S E OF FEA R THAT I F BOTH DRV AND GVN A T T E N D E D , FR EN CH AND
S O V I E T S m i g h t b e A BLE TO MANEUVER. S C P R O C E E D I N G S TOWARD
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A ugust 4, 1964.
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Please repeat Uoptel 33S to Saieon, Aug. 3, Cn. 73S
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ju d g m e n t o f h is to ry a s to th e m e r its of
m y cause. I n o te in p a ss in g t h a t th e
w a rn in g s w h ic h th e S e n a to r fro m New
Y ork, M r. L e h m a n , a n d th e se n io r S e n a
to r fro m O
- a in st gun boats and c e r ta in supporting f a c i l i t i e s in
North Vietnam which have been used in th ese h o s t ile opera
tio n s .
In the la rg er se n s e , t h is new act o f a g g ressio n ,
aimed d ir e c tly at our own fo r c e s , again b
- u e stio n
Answ er:
Vfhere was USS TICONDEROGA a t the tim e USS MADDOX
e sta b lish e d new ra d a r contact w ith two u n id e n tifie d
su rfa c e v e s s e ls and th re e u n id e n tifie d a ir c r a f t
(Ev e n t 2)?
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r e p o r t th a t they have avoided to rp e d o e s and have sunk one of th e attack in g
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