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Folder, "Presidential Decisions-Gulf of Tonkin Attacks of August 1964-Volume III, Tabs 23-31," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 39 (Item)

Folder, "Presidential Decisions-Gulf of Tonkin Attacks of August 1964-Volume III, Tabs 32-33," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 39 (Item)

Folder, "3 A (2) Gulf of Tonkin, 1964 - 68, 1 of 3," Country Files, Vietnam, NSF, Box 77 (Item)

grave tu r n to th e already serious situ a tio n in so u th east Asia. O ur com m it m ents in th a t a re a a re well know n to the Congress. T hey w ere first m ade In 1954 by P re sid en t Eisenhower. T hey w ere f u rth e r defined in th e S o u

Folder, "3 A (2) Gulf of Tonkin, 1964 - 68, 2 of 3," Country Files, Vietnam, NSF, Box 77 (Item)

in that area are well known to the Congress. They X ( > D epartm ent of S tata BuUtUn, Aoc- 2 4 ,1»64, pp. 261-268. were first made in 1954 by President Eisenhower. They were further defined in the Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty approved

Folder, "Presidential Decisions-Gulf of Tonkin Attacks of August 1964-Volume II, Tabs 10-13," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 38 (Item)

gotten. That is why we have answered this ag gression with action. America’s course is not precipitate. Am erica’s course is not w ithout long provocation. For 10 years three American Presidents— President Eisenhower, President Kennedy, and your present

Folder, "Presidential Decisions-Gulf of Tonkin Attacks of August 1964-Volume III, Tabs 34-41," National Security Council Histories Files, Box 39 (Item)

. These o th e r r e s o l u t i o n s w i l l be remembered by many members o f th e S en ate . . . " " S en ators r e f e r t o th e nev? power V7h ic h i s b e in g g ra n ted to d a y . But th e power g ra n ted t o P r e s id e n t Eisenhower e x i s t