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  • there i s a response, u n t il the aggressors have indicated th e ir w illin g n e ss to t a lk , we intend to press on. Our p atien ce and determ ination are m ending. This i s why t h is r e s o lu tio n ,th a t you p a tr io tic men and women so
  • Ginsburgh 4 NMCC 4 Ginsburgh memo, 4 Ginsburgh memo 5 White 5 to President, Report, authority Viet Cong account msg, in Saigon suburb VN situation, handling on Chau Doc City handling press SEA operational gravel
  • . be emplyyed close to the border and the operations should be conducted in such a \Vay as to have no press exposure. It is important tha.t the targets selected be worthy of the political risks involved. The Commander, US ?v1ACVwill prepare contingency plans
  • , recommendations Wheeler reviewing press memo, 19 -- Ginsburgh communist briefing Clarke's memo, in "Second Wave" of Rusk-Clifford target possibilities ------- target ----------- report------------------------------ talking points deployment N
  • that the Government be unified. It is of particular importance that oxpreee or implied criticism of officers of other bra.nchss be scrupulously avoidod in all contacts with the Vietnamese Government and with the press. More specifically. the President approves
  • of Central Intelligence Director McDermott, Office of Emergency Planning Director Rowan~ U. S. Information Age:icy Deputy Under Secretary of State Alexis Johnson McGeorge Bundy, Special As3istant to the President Pierre Salinger, Press Secretary
  • the negotiations until it is certain there is no alternative and the n decide to give the supers onic s . Assistant Secretary Talbot should press as hard as possible for some other solution but at the end of the r oad, he should refer back to Washington
  • to insure that incentives for service in Vietnam are included in the Foreign Assistance Act. They are also pressing the Department of Labor to have Bureau of Employment Compensation legislation liberalized with respect to death benefits. I have asked 0 1
  • Saigon's encourage­ ment ot a large turn-out. Fraudulent counting and government lies combined to pad the results but the real tacts were apparent to the people. Instead ot the high figure claimed by Ky in the Western press, no more than 30 percent
  • there is no time for 7 on-the-job training, the press, the Congress 4. he should In so doing, not merely support efforts reach should come from and administer he would ensure co-ordin~ted a master - - were for the war by rallying the· farmers
  • IMr'IEDlATE date : MARCH 2 A , 3 PM 21010 1965, 2 : A 6 AM 3 E C R £ -T'. FOR THE secretary N 0 D I S REF. A. EM3TEL 3 6 6 6 . B. DEPTEL 2 0 6 7 . REFERENCE A LIKE ALL PREVIOUS REPORTS OF MY SACKSROU' ID S E S S : 0 : : S T H E PRESS IS MORE 0
  • ANNOUNCEMENT ON P'a VN PRESENCE SOUTH VIETNAM AS RELEASED BY SEMI-OFFICIAL VIETNAM PRESS AT 1 0 ; 03AM (SAIGON TIME) APRIL 2 6 . ■ . QUOTE REGULAR NORTH VIETNAMESE ARMY FRESEOT IN SOUTH (HEADING • R E A D S). THE GOVERKvlENT OF THE REPUBLIC .OF VIETNAM HAS
  • TO US. I F V/E ARE TO BUiLD A V IA BLE INDEPENDENT n a tio n H ER E j UE must CONTINUE TO PRESS AND FRO VIETNAMESE ON ALL FRONTS BUT R E A LIZ E THAT IN FINAL ANALYSIS IT IS VIETNAMESE UHO MUST RUN T H E IR 0';JN A FFA IR S, COU^JCIL FORESEES MANY
  • to the press in Saigon and Washington since early in May, and as was m^ade explicity clear in the White Eouse announcement of last week, General Westmoreland, our commander in the field, has the discretionary authority to employ these forces at the request o f
  • , AND THAT THE CONGRESS SHOULD BE B;.SED ON DIRECT UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE ORGANIZED IN SECURE ZONES, B) THE OPENING OF A PRESS CONGRESS TO DEVELOP A STATUTE GOVERNING THE CONDUCT OF THE LOCAL PRESS. C) INDICATIONS FROM THE GOVERNMENT THAT IT UOULD HOLD ELECTIONS ISARLY NEXT
  • States. The Soviets began pressing both the United States and Hanoi toward discussions, fearing United over the deteriorating political States f'rustration position in South Vietnam might es·calate the conf'lict. China was concerned about how it might
  • , Date — 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
  • . 1964, OFFICE OF THE WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY THE WHITE HOUSE STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT THE FISH ROOM (AS ACTUALLY DELIVERED) My fe llo w Americans: As P resid en t and Commander-in-Chief, i t i s my duty to the American people to report
  • . casualties and fewer Vietnamese refugees. s. And it should hasten the end· of the war. 'POP SECRET = .NODf:S TOP OfJCft~T - NODIS I - 5- Our present practice of having virtually everything available to the press is also a loser. The enemy would never
  • report: low ke y {St.Jte press conference) or h igh leve l {speech by President, SecState, or SecDef) -J) Disclose COMINT to selected a 11 ios (assume possibl e leaks); str ess U.S. suppor t of Khanh posit ion -2) Reassure Thais/GVN of U. S . air/ground
  • 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
  • . 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
  • and aiedical personnel if tliis would be helpful. Cur Ambassador comments tliat this offer was vague vvitli no indicatioK« of how it V7cald be paid for and ho ad^^ises against pressing for additicgial civil persoraiel i.nd in favor of concentrating on obtainlng
  • GAULLE A^JOULD WISH AT T H I S ' i •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..:.; ; .1..;'.; lU N ^ IE O T L V lACCORDING TO R'ICHER 'SEYDOUX* S'•INSTRUCTIONS PERM IT H IS AGREEING ^ttn
  • sc a le ,” and warned o f the danger of an enlarged war. Soviet press commentators have attempted to paint a picture of widespread consternation and dissension in the US against the A d m in istra tio n 's policy toward Vietnam. Eastern Europe 7. I n
  • EVEOTUAL NEED OF AN APPROPRIATE PRESS RELEASE. HE WAS AGREEABLE ON ALL " POINTS. , ■ P ag e 2 ru m jir u37a —s - e c r e t I MENTIONED MY IMPENDING TRIP TO WASHINGTON AT END OF MONTH, using IT AS DEVICE TO RAISE NEED OF DISCUSSIONS OF POLITICAL ITEMS
  • the deepest appreciation to the leaders and Members of both parties, in both Houses of Congress, for their patriotic, reso lute, and rapid action. n o t e : This statement was read by the Press Secre­ tary to the President, George E. F.eedy, at his news
  • against Khe Sanh/Hue-Quang Tri with an offensive in the Highlantis and around Saigon while keeping the pressure on throughout the remainder of the country, MA.CV will be hard pressed to meet adequately all threats. Under these circumstancf~S~ we must