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- , 1966; Noon
Vietnam
GIA Di-rect or Rabo r n, reading from notes , briefed on the military situation in
Vietnam. Six hundr ed trucks are reported in the south -- twice the level of a
year ago. They are carrying men and equipment.
The North Vietnamese
- recommended. Sec r etar y
McNamara read parts of a message from General Westmoreland recommending (Tab q
immediate reprisals. (C opy attached) Mr . McGeorge Bundy said that, having
talked to Ambassador Taylor recently, he could sum~marize his views as follows
- Hoi target. (The document from wh ich he read is
attached. Tab C.)
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In response to the President's question, General Wheeler spoke of the
difficulty of insuring the security at the Pleiku
- : It is very clear there was no response from Hanoi.
We had a l ong read-out from Ronning . There is no give in their
position. They indicated they wouldn 1t even talk as they did in
Rangoon. There may be a slight lateral shift, but no forward move.
Canada
- Saigon might begin its own negotiations very
quickly and without our knowledge or participation.
The President read the text of an outgoing message, from
Secretary Rusk to Ambassador Bruce, which spelled out our proposed
policy. He asked the members
- , and improved their road ne t s.
e . Morale is down in Viet Cong ranks and is uncertain in the North
Vietnamese army . It is not ye t a t t h e br e aking point.
Secretary McNamara read from a Rand report on the ext ensive damage done t o
the Vi e t Cong
- from the North Vietnamese
who even refuse to acknowledge there are any North Vietnamese troops in
South Vietnam. The Hanoi representatives are prepared to stay in Paris and even
read the telephone directory if necessary to keep nonproductive talks go
- policy speech on Vietnam should be prepared. We should enlist
new brain power in drafting the things which need to be said. One grows
tired of reading only what the other side is saying. We should crank up our
propaganda effort. Last week we did
-
Benjamin H. Read
Executive Secretary
Enclosure:
Translation of
Spaak's speech.
5mVICE SET
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BRIEFING BY SECRETP..RY R USK AND
SECRET .ARY McNAMJ.RA
a. Noted
- now have authority to do so that we
can act in an emergency. We should find out how far the Latin
Ame rican states will go.
A m bassador Thomp son said the resolution created a problem. Th e
R ussians would read the resolution to mean that we
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