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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.) ._ TOP SECRJ!: l /SENSil'lv E ­ - 3­ TOP SECRET /SE}'iSITIVF 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 c OP"iFIDEP.ITI AI I NL TIONP_L SECURIT Y COUNCIL RECORD OF LC TIONS NSC Action 2488. 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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  • brought us worldwide acclaim and read p2.rts of the attached memorandwn . Bromley Smith *-OP SEGR£T ­ SERVJCE SET .· .COPY J l .. •·' UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY WASHINGTON OFFICE OF nu;: DIRECTOR M.EMOR.ANDU1v1 FOR: SU13JZCTt