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Folder, "March 31st Speech, Vol. 4, Tabs C-M," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 48 (Item)

Folder, "[NSC Meeting on] Peace offensive re Vietnam, 1/5/1966, Volume 3, Tab 37," National Security Council Meetings Files, NSF, Box 2 (Item)

to his country. He surely has the intellectual equipment and the necessary political experience . courage - firm, tough, and mature. He is a man of great He gives one the impression of understanding the needs of his people on t he home front as well

Folder, "March 31st Speech, Vol. 5, Tabs JJ-TT and CIA Memos," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 48 (Item)

Folder, "March 31st Speech, Vol. 2, Tabs A-Z and AA-ZZ, [2 of 2]," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 47 (Item)

HIS PLACEOF.DUTYI~ PROV!:JCEHEADQUARTERS IN BIEN TRE CITY. HIS FAMILY WAS AT F.!\MIL Y HOME IN SAIG0:1. AT 0230 HOURS, \JC ENTERED H..1ME ANDMURDERED HIS FAMILY. ALTHOUGH LTC DU WAS ADVISED OF THIS TRAGEDY, HE CARRIEDON DURL~G TH£ HEAVY ATTACKS ON HIS

Folder, "March 31st Speech, Vol 7, Meeting with the President and Draft Memo," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 49 (Item)

failed, that must for people-rallying, direction. programs rallied the people? Why have the normal at home and abroad? public Why affairs Are vital be supplied? are missing an_d we believe that the skeleton . . achieved and almost

Folder, "Deployment of Major U.S. Forces to Vietnam, July 1965, Volume 3, Tabs 200-220," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 41 (Item)

# 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

Folder, "[NSC Meeting on] Manila Conference, 10/15/1966, Volume 4, Tab 47," National Security Council Meetings Files, NSF, Box 2 (Item)

to maxim izing the chances of influencing the enemy and world opinion and to minimizing the chances that failure would st r engthen the band of the "hawks'' at home: First , without fanfare, conditions, or avowal , whether the stand- down was permanent

Folder, "NSAM # 273: South Vietnam, 11/26/1963," National Security Action Memorandums, NSF, Box 2 (Item)

to the qovernment in South Viet· Nam. We do not know, however, what speciflc aspects of the program might have produced political mottvW.On--the example, for instm1ce, of home guards holding out a91lJ.n$t VC onslaught to ·A man. Presumably, loyal Vietnamese could

Folder, "March 31st Speech, Vol. 2, Tabs a-z," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 47 (Item)

•rent. £low of 1·e£ugccs into di strict and provincial capitals would seem to be furthe1· cvidcmce of this; the refugees could be rleein.g their homes for fear or allied air attacks 011 the Co1nmun.ist forces occupying theil· hamlets. Seve1·a.l docume1

Folder, "Hilsman, Roger (Vietnam - Diem) (1963) [2 of 2]," Country Files, Vietnam, NSF, Box 263 (Item)

AT CALL ON VICE PRESIDENT THO I BEGAN:'BY SAYING· HOW HONORED I WAS TO BE IN VI ET onNAM AND. BEGAN A. VERY. CON- • . ·• VENTIONAL CONVERSATION. ABOUT HIS HOME IN THE·DELTA~ THE U.N., AND THE POSSIBILITY OF VI ET-NAM SOMEDAY HAVING A FAVORABLE, TRADE

Folder, "NSAM # 288: Implementation of South Vietnam Programs, 3/17/1964," National Security Action Memorandums, NSF, Box 3 (Item)

policy be continu ed of p er mitting dependents to return horne on a voluntary basis, but not ordering them . to do so. The security situation in Saigon appears to have improved significantly, and ordering dependents home would now, in the universal

Folder, "Cables, [Cables, memos, reports, and other material, 11/63-5/67] Vol. XVI, 8/16 - 31/64, 1 of 2," Country Files, Vietnam, NSF, Box 7 (Item)

AUGUST 3 0 T H 8 p M ' 3 6 CINCPAC F O R 'P O L A D L I MD I S . ' ' r , FOREIGN M I N I S T E R ' q UAT CAME BY HOME OF P O L I T I C A L COUNSELOR AT' LUNCH T IM E TODAY AND IMPARTED FOL INFO OF IMMEDIATE I N T E R E S T : | t I . ^WE SHOULD

Folder, "Memos, [Cables, memos, reports, and other material, 11/63-5/67] Vol. XVI, 8/16 - 31/64, 1 of 2," Country Files, Vietnam, NSF, Box 7 (Item)

to g iv e e ffe c t iv e a id to Vietnam b ut th a t t h e ir a s sis ta n c e w i l l be lim it e d by t h e ir c a p a b ilit ie s and t h e i r r e a liz a t io n o f t h e ir own needs at home. - GDGRET/HO F eaf ilCM P1S3BM — COPY LBJ LIBRARY

Folder, "Memos, [Cables, memos, reports, and other material, 11/63-5/67] Vol. XVI, 8/16 -31/64, 2 of 2," Country Files, Vietnam, NSF, Box 7 (Item)

made. All that is needed is for the Com m unists to stop their aggressions, to go home, to leave their neighbors alone. 3. W h a t h a s b r o u g h t a b o u t th e p r e s e n t crisis In Viet N am ? Let us review some recent history. U nder

Folder, "Deployment of Major U.S. Forces to Vietnam, July 1965, Volume 1, Tabs 42-60," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 40 (Item)

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

Folder, "March 31st Speech, Vol. 4, Tabs N-Z and AA-KK," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 48 (Item)

Folder, "Gulf of Tonkin (Miscellaneous), 1964, 3 of 3," Country Files, Vietnam, NSF, Box 228 (Item)

a in . We a re n o t t a lk in g o f freedom i n any s e c tio n a l o r s p e c ia l sense now, however. We are t a lk in g about freedom th ro u g h o u t o u r a f f a i r s a t home. V/e are t a lk in g about freedom th ro u g h o u t th e tro u b le

Folder, "Memos, [Cables, memos, reports, and other material, 11/63-5/67] Vol. XV, 8/1964," Country Files, Vietnam, NSF, Box 7 (Item)

in h 2 ,5 2 0 people re lo c a te d t o se c u re a re a s. VC i n t e n s i f y i n g t e r r o r i s t i c a c tio n s a g a in s t p e a sa n ts, i n c lu d in g th e b u rn in g o f 373 homes and a s s a s s in a t io n o f 6 p e o p le

Folder, "Tonkin Gulf, 9/18/1964," Country Files, Vietnam, NSF, Box 77 (Item)

Folder, "March 31st Speech, Vol. 3, Tabs RR-ZZ and a-d [1 of 2]," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 47 (Item)

Folder, "March 31st Speech, Vol. 5, Tabs A-Z and AA-II," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 48 (Item)

driven out of their homes by the fighting. Mortuaries in the city have more bodies than they are equipped to handle (this includes Viet Cong bodies) and the corpses are being stored outdoors. Bodies will be cremated to avoid an epidemic. The cirector

Folder, "March 31st Speech, Vol. 6, Khe Sanh Reports, A-S," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 49 (Item)

Folder, "Hilsman, Roger (Vietnam - Diem) (1963) [1 of 2]," Country Files, Vietnam, NSF, Box 263 (Item)

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

. In the larger sense this new act of aggres sion, aimed direcdy at our own forces, again brings home to all of us in the United States the importance of the struggle tor with overwhelming support. And just a few minutes ago I was able to reach Senator Goldwater

Folder, "Cables, [Cables, memos, reports, and other material, 11/63-5/67] Vol. XVI, 8/16 - 31/64, 2 of 2," Country Files, Vietnam, NSF, Box 7 (Item)

Y W ILL HOVE THROUGH THE TOWN AND PIC K UP ANY R IO T E R S , . AND YOUNG TOUGHS WHO ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ATTACKS 0^5 THE HOMES OF M IL IT A R Y PERSONNEL; TH£ BUDDHISTS HAVE BEEN INVOLVED ONLY IN DEMONSTRATIONS. THE M IL IT A R Y W ILL MOVE

Folder, "Deployment of Major U.S. Forces to Vietnam, July 1965, Volume 6, Tabs 384-400," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 43 (Item)

. 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 . ^ , ■ L. 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

Folder, "Presidential Decisions-Gulf of Tonkin Attacks of August 1964-Volume I, Tab 9, 2 of 2," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 38 (Item)

Ai'JD BE?^ T H U Y . S T R IK E S AQAIHST HOME ME. I S WHICH I S SEA . i 6 E - 2 RUHLKQ 42g-S-^-~C -R / / USED AS S T A 3 IN 3 BASS B Y FT/SW ATO;’. E, a ir s t rik e s FRC3ABLY SUP PO T i l U S on o i l STORAGE AREA I^ V I C I N I T Y BEN

Folder, "Deployment of Major U.S. Forces to Vietnam, July 1965, Volume 2, Tabs 120-140," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 41 (Item)

i n t e r d i c t i o n , i n - 24 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 25 s e a LOCs. 26 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 DC*- ‘f; = ■1^ -q io p S

Folder, "Deployment of Major U.S. Forces to Vietnam, July 1965, Volume 3, Tabs 141-169," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 41 (Item)

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

Folder, "Deployment of Major U.S. Forces to Vietnam, July 1965, Volume 6, Tabs 357-383," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 43 (Item)

B E DOME IH TH A ILA K ’D . . WE R E A LLY FACED FAR G REATER R IS K S I^^ EUROPE A':)D lU KOREA, UE 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

Folder, "Deployment of Major U.S. Forces to Vietnam, July 1965, Volume 6, Tabs 341-356," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 43 (Item)

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

Folder, "Deployment of Major U.S. Forces to Vietnam, July 1965, Volume 4, Tabs 258-280," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 41 (Item)

Folder, "Deployment of Major U.S. Forces to Vietnam, July 1965, Volume 2, Tabs 88-119," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 40 (Item)

Folder, "Cables, [Cables, memos, reports, and other material, 11/63-5/67] Vol. XV, 8/1964," Country Files, Vietnam, NSF, Box 7 (Item)

Folder, "Reprisal Attack, 2/11/1965, 1 of 2," Country Files, Vietnam, NSF, Box 228 (Item)

SAW, HEARD OR WHAT R E A C TIO N S W ER E. M UST A W A IT GVN IN V E S T IG A T IO N TO G ET FA C TS SUCH AS T H O S E . Q, WHAT K IN D OF CHARGES WERE U SED BY VC? A . WERE HOME-MADE T Y P E , W /E X P LO S IV E IN B E E R CANS AND WRAPPED W/BAMBOO

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