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Folder, "[NSC Meeting on] Vietnam / POL, 6/17/1966, Volume 3, Tab 41," National Security Council Meetings Files, NSF, Box 2 (Item)
  • . When the President returned to the room, Ambassador Goldbe r g said that the maximum military risk is that Chinese Communists w ill mo ve in troops . The decision to bomb POL will mean that we w ill be isolating ourselves internationally. Ii we lose
Folder, "[June 17, 1966 - 6:05 p.m. National Security Council Meeting]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 1 (Item)
  • , but not overnight, on the confidence of the North Vietnamese troops. We learned in World War II that we should step up pressure when the enemy shows signs of weakness. USIA Director lv!arks: We should not decide this question on the basis of world opinion