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THEREAFTER,
IF HE FELT HE HAD TO RETURN TO DALAT TO CONTINUE H IS
h e MIGHT BRING THE TR IU M V IR A TE BACK W ITH HIM
AND HOLD MEETINGS W ITH PROSPECTIVE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL OF
n a t io n a l u n i t y
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OR DEPART FROM LOGIC OF HAVING f e ^ E V E L O P M w C o M T H
- FLEET INITIATED FROM HONOLULU MERELY TO^ATIS^cORRESPONDENTS
DESIRE TO GET SAIGON DATELINE, THERE^i^0S9,lHlLITY
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OF' SIGNIFICANT NEGATIVE PRESS COVER/(GE
- ST SEVERA L MONTHS, (CU&/A». AW^ASSADOR WHO
W ITN ESSED ACTION AT HON GAI WAS IM PRESSED BY CALM METHODICAL
MANNER IN WHICH BGTf» M ILITA R Y UNI: I S AND CIV) L I AN5 REA C TED TO
a tta c k ,)
L I T T L E S P E C IF IC INFORMATION HAS BEEN REVEALED
- . policy. In fo rm a
tio n a b o u t policy differences leaked to tlie
press. em barr.Tssing th e Prem ier.
G eneral K h a n h pn>test.ed for a tim e a b o u t
h is g o v e rn m e n t’s independence of action,
b u t on F rid a y p u b lic ly m odified his
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friend needlessly fear— and no foe vainly
hope— that this is a nation divided in this
election year. Our free elections— our fiJl
and free debate— are America’s strength, not
America’s weakness.
There are no parties and there is no parti
sanship when
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who live there but to all the free world.
T he Communists of North Viet-Nam and China are
eager to take over this fertile area, not by the type of open
aggression used in Korea but by attack from within, by covert
aggression through guerrilla warfare
- it to the press. I told my associates
that we should not do so. We have submitted to the committee some
200 copies of it so they may release it. I doubt very much th at we will
be able to withstand the pressures of the press today without releasing
it. We have
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A t[Burmese/ Embassy request SEA O ffic e D ire c to r briefed Counselor
Soe August S on Vietnamese developments* B rie fin g based on P re sid e n tia l
MacNamara
statements. Defense Dept, release on E5H3ScS!3l press hmc b rie fin g
- RAISE CRITICISM IN U .S . AND IN WORLD PRESS. WE
STRESSED TO HIM THAT INTERNAL PROBLEMS OF ACCEPTANCE IN VIETNAM
WERE HIS OWN AFFAIR, AND WE COULD ONLY OFFER OBSERVATIONS ON
THE OBJECTIVE ISSUE OF INTERNATIONAL REACTIONS.
KHANH HEARD OUT
- GAULLE A^JOULD WISH AT T H I S
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•CONCERN THAT 'PR O -G A U LLIST PRESS HAS DISPLAYED LARGELY
a t t i t u d e to w a rd "US -OVER 'AFFAIR..:.;
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lU N ^ IE O T L V
lACCORDING TO R'ICHER 'SEYDOUX* S'•INSTRUCTIONS PERM IT H IS AGREEING
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CLASSIFICATION
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
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U n d ated
P r e s s s ta te m e n t
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NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
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McG. B u n d y 's h a n d w r itte n n o te s
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PRESS CONFERENCE
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P r e s s C o n fe re
- WOULD REDUCE AND PRESUMABLY EVENTUALLY ELIM IN A TE
i ICC RO LE, WHICH FOR GOI, AS CHAIRMAN, HAS BECOME AN INCREASINGLY
'D I F F I C U L T ROLE TO PERFORM AND ONE THAT I N H IB I T S HER FRCM TH E
MORE A FFIRM A TIV E ROLE WHICH WE HAVE PRESSED HER TO TA
