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- to prevent South Vietnarn from being taken over by
Hanoi. At the same time, we s eek to avoid a confrontation with
either the Chinese Communists or the Soviet Union .
S ec.r etary McNamara:
Summarized the military situation in Vietnam:
a . The nurnber
- . The Kennedy statement at Fort Bragg referring to th e U.S. G over nment's
position at the time of the Geneva Conference.
2 . The Taylor Report, 196 1 -- that part which discussed what might be
necessary if current moves did not work in Vietnam .
3.
The Geneva
- of the enlisted men's barracks at Qui Nbon.
As of that time , o ne U.S. soldier was known to be dead, 20 injured, and 20
missing. Presumably, the missing soldie rs are bur ied under the rubble of
the billet.
Mr. McGeorge Bundy summarized the discussion
- in the New York Times which was quite misleading in that it
l eft the im.prcssion that the Viet C ong had achieved a major victory
over the Vietnamese. Viet Cong loss es in this battle were sizeable .
Although the week has been bloody, it has been pretty
- and at that time we would decide to go
ahead.
If we agreed to give the sup e rsonics, deliveries coul d be scheduled for 19 68
1970. The planes would thus be under our control for a period. The Jordanians
would be dependent on us for replacements and spares
- was insulting,
and the press from the first day said the pause would not lead to negotiations.
This time, none of these things happened.
Twenty - five secondary demarches are under way.
that Hanoi is under great pressure.
The Yugoslavs tell us
Diplomatic effo
- good results from this strike based on
report s received so far .
Acting Secretary Ball spoke of the effect of the North Vietnamese attack on
Soviet Premier Kosygin's visit to Hanoi. He said it may be that Soviet Union
was not aware of plans
- , it was later decided to
spend the meeting time discussing the President's Asian trip .
Following the change in the subject matter of the meeting, it was arranged
that Secretary McNamara and General Wheeler see the President alone prior
to the NSC Meeting
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good for a period of time.
-- Export tax incentives: We still don't know what form they will take
or how much they will be.
-- Imports: Nothing special expected although there may possibly be
some restrictions through licensing. Generally, the French