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  • may need to increase military aid to South Korea. We may need to extend enlistments of men in the service. We see nothing that is required at this moment. We will have the reserves looking after things back here. That will replace the active units
  • be seeking to cause trouble with our allies. the flow of Korean aid to Vietnam. They may want to interrupt We should make every effort to keep South Korean plans going as scheduled in sending supplies to Vietnam. The President then read a memo from
  • forces. Four new air fields. Expansion of existing air bases. A large increase in the amount of aid. A promise to remove none of the air craft now in South Korea until the new ones he has requested are in place. I told him I would pass
  • . If this is an overall plan by the North Koreans to divert strength from Vietnam, we should increase our military strength there. The President: We expect to ask for an additional $100,000,000 in military aid to Korea. We may have to extend the length of duty of men now
  • and Kaplan have done a good job. Secretary Rusk: We are in disastrous situation on aid. # # # .P blica•ioR Requires Pe""iuion of eopyright Hora.r.-W. Thcm~s Johnson 11 ') E. C. ! .:' ~ :::::., ~ :c. .:; . :~ (b) \Vhite Hnur.e (;-::.i ~ i 2
  • was being boarded. At 2354 (11:54 EST) the first SOS came. We ceased t6 hear from the Pueblo 31 minutes later. The President: Were there no planes available which were prepared to come to the aid of this vessel? Every press s~ory I have seen this morning