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- Vietnam
itself.
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President Kennedy's decision chose none of these possible
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alternatives. His decision was that American military personnel should be
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introduced to assist t e South Vietnamese m ilitary forces
- preservation.
The remaining members of the Council are:
K. STEVENS of Pennsylvania, Chairman
L. KENNEDY of Texas
HALPRI:-l of California
LAWRENCE
MRs. ERNESTIvEs of Illinois
RussELL
W. Famu.y of Minnesota
DR. RicHARD DAUOBEllTYof Washington
CHRISTOPHER
T11NNARD
- . President Kennedy's decision to go to India's aid against
China in 1962. The decision was probably inade shortly prior to his
October 28 letter to Nehru but his policy had tended in this direction
since the spring and further decisions implementing the basic
- a pretty coherent picture.
November 1963. You saw Bhutto twice while he was here for
President Kennedy 1 s funeral, the second time to ::-eceive a note from
Ayub. You told him you were " a friend of Pakistan and would try to
continue to be one if Pakistan
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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
- dis a ppointed with what he felt was a f ailure by Presiden t Kennedy to u nderstan~
fully Pakistan ' s probl em with arms assistance to India and had counted on a moce
sympathet ic h earing from Pr esident Johnson. Ayub f e lt that we were not taking
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d urin g th e ten u re in o f f i c e o f John
F i t z g e r a l d Kennedy, and r e s i d e s at
t h i s v e r y moment in Lyndon B a in es
Johnson a t th e White House — power
which i s v e r y s i m i l a r , e x c e p t fo r th e
g eo g ra p h