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They reg a rd t h e i r s u c c e s s
i n d e t e r r in g us th u s f a r a s a m ajor a ch iev em en t and a m easure
o f th e l i m i t s o f our w i l l t o s e e i t th ro u g h .
At home we s h a l l soon have r i s i n g c a s u a lt y f ig u r e s
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North Vietnamese b o a t s a g a i n a t t a c k e d o u r d e s t r o y e r s on
August 4, 1964. On August 5 , U.S. p l a n e s r e t a l i a t e d i n a l i m i t e d
f a s h i o n a g a i n s t n a v a l b a s e s which were t h e home p o r t s o f b
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FOR PROPAGANDA P U R P O S E S r J HOME AND ABROAD, AS U I T H I N C I D E N T S
L a s t A u a u s r , im f a c T j c e r t a i n r e s t r a i n t i s b e i n g e m p lo y e d , t h i s
COULD w E a N t h a t R E G IM E I S E X P E C T I N G EVXN G R E A T E R C
- . g . , provi de . r es e t tl e m en t when p r o p e r l y t aken) ; encourage VC
t o " d e f e c t " home t o t h e i r v i l l a g e s . ^ , ■
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P o l i t i c a l a ction.
The f o l l o w i n g p o l i t i c a l
meaningful n e g o t i a t i o n
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e l u d i n g armed r e c o n n a i s s a n c e a g a i n s t jank t r a f f i c o v e r
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s e a LOCs.
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T h is i n i t i a l program sh o u ld b r i n g home t o t h e
Authority
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FOR THE PRESIDENT
N 0 D I S
THE BOMBING OF THE EMBASSY ON MARCH 3 3 WAS TfiE DOMINATING EVENT'
OF THE UEEKo THE LOCAL PR ESS, AND MANY VIETNAMESE PRIVATELYj
EXPRESSED INDIGNATION AND OUTRAGE AT T H IS ACT OF TERRORISM.
' WHILE THE BOMBING EROUGHT HOME ONCE AGAIN
- B E DOME IH TH A ILA K ’D .
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WE R E A LLY FACED FAR G REATER R IS K S I^^ EUROPE A':)D lU KOREA,
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FACED FAR GREATER C R IT IC IS w FROM OUR FRIE^ :D S BOTH AT HOME AJ:D
ABROAD,
AS A STU D EN T FOR A QUARTER CE:JTURY OF TH E L IM IT E D
A PPLIC
- and f o r what s p e c ific U n ite d S ta te s
o r Vietnamese ends are we going to sta y there? The question w i l l be asked
in c re a s in g ly a t home no le s s than abroad.
And i t i s the c ru c ia l q u e stio n because the answer to i t sho uld