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- .have got to stick
it out. 11 I said today, ' 'so will we." One man told me this morning that it
doesn't look like the same person wrote the Westmoreland wire today and
the one Friday. What reaction do you have to it?
Secretary Rusk: It looks to me like
- Westmoreland indicated to me this morning that ''things are
looking better all over. 11
The enemy has a new flag with blue, red and yellow. The red represents
blood; the blue represents the land; and the yellow represents the revolu
tionary spirit
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DEFENSIVE, AS I UNDERSTAND TH E JCS D IR E C TIV E , TH E MARINES ARE TO
ENGAGE IN OFFENSIVE COUNTER INSUR GENCY OPERATIONS E A R L IE S T . TH E
MISSION AS OUTLINED IN R EF A SHOULD BE STRENCTHENED BY DELETION
OF THE LAST SENTENCE AND IN SERTIO N OF A NEW
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sent, along with the new troops.
The President: I do not want to be having a seminar on strategy back
here while our house-is on fire. I want to get Westmoreland what he needs
to get him through this. emergency period. Let's get those civilian
- to tiie attitudes of tliird countries
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— tlie progressive sequence in Section V I
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I enclose tiiat outiina for your ccnvenience.
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2. On the one hand, v/e want to depict the piraent decision net as a
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- EVER REACH THAT DESTINATION OR WHETHER WE ARE ON
A t r e a d m ill.
SEE MORE CLEARLY THE FORM OF THE NEW GOVERNMENT TO
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EUBLICLY WITH REGARD TO THE ACTION OF THE ARMED FORCES COUNCIL.
I HAVE RECOMMENDED
- no be open to the possible iilerpretaticn that v/e were masking
m ilitary assistance,
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9. Several rec^psnts ercpressed appreciatiai cf tlie ad>/ance
notification.
10. Since this morning, tiie following additional replies have been
received:
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TE M D E N C IE Sj KY I S L IK E L Y TO COr.STINUE TO TA KE IL L -A D V IS E D ACTIONS
FROM T IM E TO TIM E SUCH AS H IS BREACH OF R E LA TIO N S W ITH FRANCE '
B U T I T I S J U S T P O S S IB L E THAT HE W IL L B E A BLE TO CREATE A NEW
OUTLOOK
- DESTRUCTION
EXACT RATE OF ACCELERATION I S A NA TTER OF JUDGNENT BUT WE CONSIDER,
ROUGHLY 3PEAXING, THAT E^-CH SU CC ES SI VE WEEK SHOULD INCLUDE SONE NEW
■ACT ON OUR PART TO INCREASE P R E S S U R E ON HANOI. AS INDICATED A T T H E
O U T S E T , UE ARE ‘:ORK
- O S S R A T I O S ,
T H E T R E N D I N MAY B E C A M E L E S S V A R O R A B L E A S ' V I E T CONG P R E S S U R E
M UN TED.
C A P T U R E D D O C U M E N TS I N D I C A T E T H E V I E T CONG H A V E E M B A R K E D ON
A NEW M I L I T A R Y
- AGREED TO KY’ S SUGGESTION TH A T GENERAL CO ACCOMPANY PARTY ON
T R IP S UP COUNTRY IN H IS CAPACITY AS M IN IS T E R OF D E FEN SE .
KY S A ID TH A T HE D E S IR E D TO IN V IT E PARTY TO ATTEND MASS
DEMONSTRATION TO B E HELD EA RLY IN TH E MORNING OF J
- a t o r iu m to be p r o
p o se d i n c o n n e c tio n w it h th e f o r m a t io n o f new b a t t a lio n s .
T h u s , th e S o u th
V ie t n a m e s e b a t t le f ie ld s t r e n g t h i s d e c lin in g in th e face o f N o r t h V ie t n a m
- . There have
been very definite effects felt in the countryside.
At this stage, it is clear that this new request by General
Westmoreland brings the President to a clearly defined
watershed:
1. Do you continue to go down that same road of
troops, more
- in the south
than they have shown before.
The President: What about our taking the initiative ourselves?
Is there anything we can do other than just sitting and waiting for
them to attack?
General Wheeler: As far as new bombing efforts
- returned from Puerto Rico. I was ready then to say that we
should call up the reserves to strengthen the strategic reserves;
to ask Congress for authority to call up selected reservists; to
use tjlis as a basis fair a new position an the tax bill
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- is to keep our contacts
open with the other side in the event that they have a new position
to g i ve us .
d . The U. S . actions we are taking should be presented publicly
in a low key but in such a way as to convey accurately that we are
d etermined
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IN ROUND-UP OF MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS WITH QUAT THIS HORNING,
HE INFORMED ME THAT THERE HAD BEEN NO FURTHER DEVELDPT'lENTS OyER
NIGHr IN WAKE OF THURSDAY:S ATTEMPTED COUP. INTERROGATION OF
PRISONERS CONTINUES AND APPARENTLY HAS TURNED UP NO NEW MATTERS
- g a s o u r a c t i o n s a g a i n s t N o r t h V i e t n a m do n o t
im p o se u n acc ep tab le d am age no r th re a te n the vital
i n t e r e s t s of N o rth V ie tn a m , I b e lie v e th a t the new
g r o u n d o p e r a t i o n s in th e
- TO QUESTIONS UE STILL
CANNOT ANSt'ER WITH REGARD TO TIME OF ARRIVAL, ' AREA OF DEPLOYMENT
and MISSION.
ALL SAIGON GOVTS HAVE HAD C0i-K>10N SENSITIVITY
ABOUT UNILATERAL 'WASHINGTON STATEMENTS DEARING ON VITAL VN
ISSUES and general KYj, i f he IS TO BE OUR NEW
- , sim u lta n e o u sly ,
succeeds in b rin g in g about a conference during the ne xt s i x months, new
elements w i l l in e v it a b ly be introduced in t o the s it u a t io n and i t i s con
ceivable th a t they could begin to p o in t the way
- . We w i l l g e t the
n e c e s s a r y m o n e y i n t h e new b u d g e t a n d w i l l u s e o u r t r a n s f e r a u t h o r i t y
u n t i l J a n u a r y . We w i l l n e i t h e r b r a g a b o u t w h a t w e a r e d o in g o r
t h u n d e r
