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  • Series > Vice Presidential Security File (remove)
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  • Contributor > Mansfield, Mike, 1903-2001 (remove)

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Folder, "Vice President's Trip to Southeast Asia, May 9-24, 1961 (I) [1 of 2]," VP Papers, VP Security Files, Box 1 (Item)
  • or to resist. The imperative of those who would rule by conquest rather than by free consent is to move quickly, successfully and with minimum loss. The aim of the policy of the United States for more than a decade has been to deny the potential aggressor
Folder, "National Security Council (III)," VP Papers, VP Security Files, Box 4 (Item)
  • , and described as a means of freeing the President's hands for later action in an emergency. In this course, stand-by controls might be requested in the same tone of voice. 4. Avoid any significant military build-up at this time, on the ground that the crisis