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  • years despite the ob\dous c^portunity to do so. 8. In stating our peace objectives, v/e must again refer to Tran Van Do's four points and again add our ovvn statement about a free popular determination on reunification. This cc'old be put in the context
  • of the POL and transportation most of the rema i nder ) . Sixty per cent of the -bottoms are Free World under charte r mainly to Chi na, but almost all POL is carried by Coninunlst tankers. Practically all of the seabo rne traffic moves through four ports. Mi
  • there i s a response, u n t il the aggressors have indicated th e ir w illin g n e ss to t a lk , we intend to press on. Our p atien ce and determ ination are m ending. This i s why t h is r e s o lu tio n ,th a t you p a tr io tic men and women so
  • and aiedical personnel if tliis would be helpful. Cur Ambassador comments tliat this offer was vague vvitli no indicatioK« of how it V7cald be paid for and ho ad^^ises against pressing for additicgial civil persoraiel i.nd in favor of concentrating on obtainlng
  • if complete pacification w ill be a long and tortuous prospect. 4. The R is k s Th e re are obvious r is k s in any engagement between free and communist countries, especially where large communist countries are ttJTH E Si COPY LBJ LIBRARY — ~ r~ .— r
  • IMr'IEDlATE date : MARCH 2 A , 3 PM 21010 1965, 2 : A 6 AM 3 E C R £ -T'. FOR THE secretary N 0 D I S REF. A. EM3TEL 3 6 6 6 . B. DEPTEL 2 0 6 7 . REFERENCE A LIKE ALL PREVIOUS REPORTS OF MY SACKSROU' ID S E S S : 0 : : S T H E PRESS IS MORE 0
  • ANNOUNCEMENT ON P'a VN PRESENCE SOUTH VIETNAM AS RELEASED BY SEMI-OFFICIAL VIETNAM PRESS AT 1 0 ; 03AM (SAIGON TIME) APRIL 2 6 . ■ . QUOTE REGULAR NORTH VIETNAMESE ARMY FRESEOT IN SOUTH (HEADING • R E A D S). THE GOVERKvlENT OF THE REPUBLIC .OF VIETNAM HAS
  • EVEOTUAL NEED OF AN APPROPRIATE PRESS RELEASE. HE WAS AGREEABLE ON ALL " POINTS. , ■ P ag e 2 ru m jir u37a —s - e c r e t I MENTIONED MY IMPENDING TRIP TO WASHINGTON AT END OF MONTH, using IT AS DEVICE TO RAISE NEED OF DISCUSSIONS OF POLITICAL ITEMS
  • o r cn inte na a tio a a l arrangeceiit th a t w i l l e ffe c tiv e ly stop the in-5urrection in South V ie t- M ^ siad d e liv e r the e n tire country south o f the Sevaateeiith P a ra lle l to the governsseat in Sair^oti free, and clea r o f
  • . ---·=.....----~~·-,. - ~ ~- ~ i;; ' 'f'! "t:(l l/ !t.,;:... - ~ (~t: ~~ T ......'' .... .f· ­ l .­ GEN G. EAR~E ~~~E~~~, CJCS TO hDX U.S.G. l. C:XC?AC SEA~?, By referenced message I have inforced you of actions to ceet alterr.ative pressed by you in ~urtter ~AC
  • . m. (These are the first units of the 10, 500 authorized and approved for immediate shipment in response to General Westmoreland's request. The Bunker announcement and press guidance are attached as Appendices A and B.) ~:"'\re~-• MEETl~~G ti>~OTliS
  • uprising and many defections. Our press had led the North Vietnamese to think the ARYN army was a pushover. That proved to be untrue. The enemy has laid land lines down the Laotian panhandle. This will permit them to operate on radio silence and give
  • requests in the past. Now he finds that his campain plan has been pre-empted by enemy action. Secretary Rusk: Can it only be done by additional U.S. forces? press them to brigade U.S. troops with Vietnamese? Can't we General Wheeler: Before I answer
  • a peaceful settlement soon. We do not. The North Vietnamese are pressing against Laos and Thailand. The Chinese are leaning against Burma and Cambodia. During the day we had two additional comebacks on two probes which we made. The Shah of Iran saw Hanoi 1 s
  • TO US. I F V/E ARE TO BUiLD A V IA BLE INDEPENDENT n a tio n H ER E j UE must CONTINUE TO PRESS AND FRO VIETNAMESE ON ALL FRONTS BUT R E A LIZ E THAT IN FINAL ANALYSIS IT IS VIETNAMESE UHO MUST RUN T H E IR 0';JN A FFA IR S, COU^JCIL FORESEES MANY
  • , AND THAT THE CONGRESS SHOULD BE B;.SED ON DIRECT UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE ORGANIZED IN SECURE ZONES, B) THE OPENING OF A PRESS CONGRESS TO DEVELOP A STATUTE GOVERNING THE CONDUCT OF THE LOCAL PRESS. C) INDICATIONS FROM THE GOVERNMENT THAT IT UOULD HOLD ELECTIONS ISARLY NEXT
  • sc a le ,” and warned o f the danger of an enlarged war. Soviet press commentators have attempted to paint a picture of widespread consternation and dissension in the US against the A d m in istra tio n 's policy toward Vietnam. Eastern Europe 7. I n