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  • military forces and limit the size of U. S . forces. Political fragility continues in South Vietn am. We hope that the political situation is at last settling down. Based on recent local elections, a national election held now would not go to Ho Chi Minh
  • Chi Minh' s objectives are to divide us from our allies and to divide us at home. We should be cautious in making statements about what we expect to come out of the Paris talks. UK Fo r eign Minister Stuart may get something during his coming visit
  • York Times - January 29, 1966 Text of Ho Chi Minh's Letter on Pe2ce Speclal lo Tht );rw Yor~ Tin:ts WA.SHINCTON, Ja11. 28-Fol­ lotoill!J is tlle text of the letter of PYeMdcnt Bo Chi Millh. of North. Vietnam to .some 1leads of .state and. otllcr
  • several hours a secret message from Ho Chi Minh, relS¥ed to the White House by President deGaulle, has announced North Vietnam's unilateral decision to halt hostilities. Ho demands reciprocal action by the United States. In Vietnam, American, RVNand other
  • said was that the Asians believed the ir enemy Wbo is the enemy - - Peking or Ho Chi Minh? The Vice President : The Vietnamese know their enemy is the Viet Cong and the North Vietnamese. Wounded South Vietnamese soldiers know who the enemy is . Senat
  • ) ~he fellowing material is Secret,not for foreign dissemin­ based on an inter.agency., ation. SIG?IA I-66 is-. hypothetical, politica.1-mili~ary game conducted in the Pentagon between 13 and 22 September 1966. (Briefer) SIGMAopened with Ho Chi Minh
  • that that they must 'come to the assistance" of the North E-6 , S- - NOFORN NO YES example of this new means or disguised aggression. Ho Chi Minh has had a long associ­ ation with the communist revo~utionaries in China, . particularly with Mao. He has been
  • HUU, NGUYEN HUU CHAU, HO TONG MINH AND T h is Eiaterlal c o n t a i n s I n f o r m a iln n a f fe c tin g th e N a tio n a l D e fe n se o f t h e U n ite d S t a te s w it h in t h e m e a n in g o f t h e E sp io n a g e L a w s, T itle 18, U ^ .C i
  • for several months, now, that the Communists planned a massive winter-spring offensive. We have detailed information on Ho Chi Minh' s order governing that offensive. Part of it is called a general uprising. "We know the object was to overthrow
  • . so URCE wHo :-HA~_.:-_:·~:··.';-· :p,._FURNISHED ·.RELI ABLE- INFORM AT ION IN THE~ PAST, - AND:_J~HO-1S •CLOSE'.'·TO\:.(i;~:i]:-:--:,::_/~ -·~ ''. ~tr:_ ;~ ;f·sr ANLE.Y· ~EVI SON,· CON~IDENT I_~L ADVI~OR ·T9.:·MAR,!IN/L~HER -~ ~.NG;.A~H/{/,.!~4
  • h is tiiinking on th e introductiou of in te r ­ national f o r c e s . Wc found that ho v/aa fu ll of the su b ject, having d is c u s s e d rci&x)y a s p e c ts of the m ilitary' rsanpovver sh o rta g e with G en era ls T h ieu and Minh o v er
  • TV TO DRAW THEM OUT ON SUBJEC TS SUGGESTED IN LA ST THREE PARAS OF R E F T E L . FRENCH EMBASSY ASSESSMENT OF VIETNAMESE S ITU A TIO N IS THAT I T I S , IN ONE WORD, HO PELESS. FRENCH EMBASSY O FFIC ERS CLAIM TO KNOW FROM FIR ST-H A N D EXPERIENCE
  • conomy is such t hat Rollin~ Thunder can affect directly only a small f racti on of the ponulati on. There is very l ittle hope that the Ho Chi Minh Government ..,ill l ose control of population because of Rolling Thunder. The l essons of t he Korean War
  • FR0~l 1ATIJN OF THE ALLIA~·JCE FO~ ?ZACE AND 3AIGON TELLS O? .TH~ FOR[ DEt•108R::\CYCLIE:t'l MINH CAC LU LUONG DA~-JTOC V.~ HJ.~ BIUH). GP- 1 • 900 1 1 .-:_~y:f' ··t:::z r, 2 a -,tottrt·· ., w · ...... ----~---~---··· ·•••·-;-4~7
  • to g iv e e ffe c t iv e a id to Vietnam b ut th a t t h e ir a s sis ta n c e w i l l be lim it e d by t h e ir c a p a b ilit ie s and t h e i r r e a liz a t io n o f t h e ir own needs at home. - GDGRET/HO F eaf ilCM P1S3BM — COPY LBJ LIBRARY
  • regime aids the Viet Cong in South Viet-Nam with large numbers of m ilitary specialists, vital supplies and equipment, and key commu ­ nications facilities. Much of the personnel and materiel moves into South Viet-Nam over the so-called “ Ho Chi Minh T
  • and on the Conimtmists and the Outc~~es of Present activity there weakened. ftu·ther 13. l'le believe of rnili tary into the poll tical e::1erge from the present the GVU/ARVN will Alternative occu.r, to be contained,; manifest being ho:·rever, hand, US
  • kno'Wil for several months, now, that the Communists ·planned a massive winter-spring offensive. We have detailed information on Ho Chi Minh's order governing that offensive. Part of it is called a general uprising. • We know the object was to overthrow
  • TIMES LOCAL} I 21 -FEB ~WED} ~ ~ l i ! 1950 ETD ANDREWS AFB i i. l r ! i ~~----~----~,..._.;,. ji COHT .. 01.. i;·~ .; ~--------..'.'..-nt.:C.f 4 AOING :i ' I ...J i _____ __, ______ lj TOR/TOO HO. ___ :;G
  • r e n t th e m e o f m e e t in g s a t the h ig h e s t l e v e l s of the U. S. G o vern m en t. 1. Janu ary - M a rc h 1964 On Janu ary 30, South V ie tn a m 's rulin g junta, h ead ed by G e n e r a l "Big" Minh, w a s o v e r th r o w n
  • and interrogated by Saigon police, the-:-V-1e~Cong°pfaii..to.:.:.lfrg:-aiii~~~ ..~:ti'o,­ ti~o1.:Paople:!2.~:llM~.=-iiegoJiate~for peace,.: /.rhis new Front plans -t;·-• substitute General Duong Van Minh for Thieu and Ky as National Leader of South Vietnam
  • ^cXAtAftX * - , _______ ^ " oj^AdX' A 1 - V /il l^ s JU . ^ Ho-o^ ^ ^ ~ I J / .U ! ^ ._ ,T q j J ^ 6^wJi> t \ CK>^^jn^ AH . J ltlJ 4 ^ ^ JC $ tft C l k ) C P A C L .^ h (J m l a M TcxAyljr^ ? W aq 1/ • e J iiiA id I l k L -^ ^ ^ u . . ' i X r
  • .:~iHER ?ERi~IfZ Tticrrc~L ~l'~ TJ PXOV!DE. VISUt1L !~TL~CK SU?PJRT Fu'.~ KX£ S/UH. IN II C01PS, ~E ARE~OT PLA~NI~GJN O~i ~AJOR OFF:~sIVZ. HO;:£Vi:r(, lhE HOKS A;n: O~J THE. ~:uVE tLC!~G THi COA::·r _!;~ A :~t:LTI­ 1 BATI !!LIO,~ J?l::.!AI-10fJ. GE
  • position to enter n~gotia::ions, ho-oin.~ a ....,. ,_,. to fo:-ce . coalition gcvern:mer:.1: by derr.:.onstratir.1.g that -:he X.ationc.:l Liberation Front. com:r..a11.ds ~he ioyalty of the South Viet:n.amesa people and in;is't have a rr ..ajor voice i
  • S P E C T I V E L Y . GOPAL URGED U . S . 70 GIVE CONCEPT CAREFUL THOUGHT. H I S T H E S I S WAS TH A T CHI CO>^S WOULD OBJECT B U T T H E R E WAS L I T T L E TH A T TH EY CDUJ.D DO ABOUT I T . AS FOR S O V I E T S , TH E Y COULD GO ALONG. THEY HAD
  • n) across the Ho Chi Minh t r a i l — roughly from the DMZ, across Laos a t Tchepone ( R t , 9 ) , t o the Mekong and T h a i l a n d at Savannakhet. The b a r r i e r , which might o r might not be a highway, could be made o f e l e c t r i f i e d
  • in Hay and th a c o n tin u e d uca o f tha Ko Chi Ilinh T r a il by •v.hich to i n f i l t r a t e nan and la a t e r ie l through Laos in t o Soiith V i e t - i ’ani to mount tha Ccr;::aanist in su r g e n c y th ara a r e fu r th a r d ram atic e
  • OF THE HO LID A Y, O F F IC IA L BUSINESS MAY HAVE TO W AIT U N T IL 8 SEPTEMBER. SUGGEST NO P U B L IC IT Y U N TIL DAY OF DEPARTURE. REQUEST CONCURRENCE. TAYLOR BAP * AS R E C E IV E D . W IL L BE SERVICED UPON REQUEST REPRODUCTION FROM THIS COPY IS ■F
  • You will see that the attached 1s bot.11iull and necessarily it should, somewhat 1iersonal. I leave it to you:r judgmei1t ho·.>1 be h::mdlod. I h2..vebeen guided by your inj1.mctionth1t fuis should be on precisely that basis, and have commltcd no other
  • in .the provinces and. the. strategic • \, : •• _· ·. ••.· :· ... : .!• . • •. . • .. ·.·:_i·.:• • . • • . . t: -;:.• • i .. , • . • ... -" . • . ·.' :; •':.!1'..'QD--~ c~.:s~--=.E'Y'E.,,~.0}.U:Z . • ··~ocla~nif'ioC: by_a~tho:rit:Y:.of'·._-~ho heG,ide~t
  • 65 JCS • CINCPAC d e c l a s s if ie d S^nthonty_E.o, ngg2 SEC. ^ ---- , NARS, Date CINCONAD CINCUSARPAC C IN C P A C FLT GINCPACAF COMUSMACV COMADC W H IT E HO USE STA TE D EPT JCS 003;^9< 64 JCS send. ! L.J Subj: Recommended Actions
  • . S . HAS TAKEN OVER R E S P O N S I B I L I T Y FOR WAR FROM T H E V I E T N A M E S E . 4 . THE IN- COUNTRY U S E OF U . S . A I R C R A F T HAS BEEN D I S C U S S E D BY ME W I T H GENERALS MINH AND T H I E U . T H E Y BOTH AGREE T H A T , N T T E P
  • tin g : (1) • • • / •- ,•/ . a few o th e r m a t t e r s a r e w o rtii ^ In c lu d e d in o u r p a r ty w ill be G e n e ra l G o o d p a s te r w ho is c o m in g a t th e e x p r e s s w i s h o f t h e P r e s i d e n t t o e n s u r e
  • AND GOT KHANH>S AGREEMENT TO T E L L MINH THE S A M E T H I N G S V /H IC H K H A N H U'AS A B O U T TO t e l l c a b i n e t r e g a r d i n g e v e n t in TONKIN G U LF. I IN FO R M E D KHANH ON L E A V IN G TH A T U 3 WOULD ‘ IN C R E A S E TH E NUMBER
  • g a l m o s t $4 b i l l i o n s o f U n i t e d S t a t e s a i d t o h e l p t h e F r e n c h i n I n d o c h i n a wage war a g a i n s t t h e V i e t M in h . As s o o n a s o u r a i d c o n t r i b u t i o n s b e g a n t o m o u n t. Ho C h