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- answers to them before a situation deveJ.ops and we didn't have them.
I hope all of you see what has happened during the last two weeks. Westy
said he could use troops one day last week. Today he comes in with an
urgent request for them.
I want to look
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Vietnam could become a m od^l that would eventually attract the people of
South Vietnam to a sim ilar system.
By 1960, all of these hopes had been dashed. Though South Vietnam
had major latent political problems^it must have appeared to Hanoi
- cannot roam at will in the countryside.
The worse situation on pacification is in I Corps north.
The next worse is in I Corps southo The best pacification now
is in II Corps.
-- None of the pacification programs is satisfactory to us.
Bob Komer said
- AND ALTERNATIVES IN HOPE OF IMPROVING PRESS
REACTION AND INTERPRETATION AS THE FUTURE UNFOLDS.
REPRODUCTION FROM THIS CO?Y IS
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UNLESS
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- RECENT T R IP . ALTHOUGH
SOME ADDITIONAL U .S . FORCES SHOULD PROBABLY BE INTRODUCED AFTER WE
SEE HOW THE MARINES DO IN COUNTERINSURGENCY OPERATIONS, MY OWN
A TTITU D E I S REFLECTED IN EMBTEL 33 84 , WHICH I HOPE WAS CALLED TO
THE ATTENTION OF THE PR
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fo r ammunition, for p la n e s, not because we want war, but because the aggressors
have made them n ecessary.
We w i l l la y a sid e th ese weapons when peace comes -- and we hope i t
comes s w if t ly . But th a t i s
- H E O U TS ET AND SC UR R E L A T I O N S WHICH WE HOPE TO
SWEETEN. '^’E SHALL HAVE TO TAKE T H I S POINT INTO ACCOUNT.
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A3SN.-'IN~ THAT V,£ HAVE ACHIEVED CONTROL AN^ F L E X I B I L I T Y , V/E W I L L THEN
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- ation . Max T aylor has m ade one
r e se r v a tio n to Bob M cN am ara's statem en t of
h is v iew s in B ob's m em orandum of A pril 21,
and I think you ought to knov/ about it. It is
stated in h is cable 3504 (at Tab A), and the
M cN am ara text
- help brksg a chants of heart ia K a so i.
2 . I ehare Bob McMamara'a vie '» t i a t v,-e csa
re a d ily Xrsnna a specific pro^vam o-v-er t!is
moatli
tha t w i ll bs accoptablo to
Entisaasy w ithout aas.cceptabl«
r i s ] ^ o f escalritica. I. layaelf am
- and d o m e stic p o l i t i c a l p r e s s u r e s w hich th e Communists
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a lm o st c e r t a i n l y hope v i U f o r c e th e US t o c ea se and d e s i s t .
N e v e rth e le s s , t h e i r v i l l i n g n e s s t o go
- offers them no prospect of an
early victory . and no grounds for hope that they can simply outlast the US and
(2) North Vietnam itself is under continuing and increasingly damagi ng punitive
SEllVtCE SET
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authority to extend enlistments. That Monday session ciid moderate
my judgment some. I' do think we should evaluate our strategy. It
is a good idea fro.m time to time to have a good, sound review. I
f.:EfWIGE·SQ.P.ly hope we don't get over-run
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2. Moro of Itoly in conversation with Harilman expressed
support of the principles of the United States* position but did
not state v/hetiier tliere was any hope for increased aid. Later
Nenni authorised Harriman to quote Mm to Tito
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m e in a d d itio n y o u r m e m o ra n d u m of June 14. I hope y o u w i l l f o rg iv e
m e i f I c o m m e n t on a ll th re e at once.
Y o u r m e m o ra n d u m o f June 5 d e a ls p r i m a r i l y w it h the b o m b
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had hoped to have made by this time. As we build up our forces,
they build up theirs. We continue to fight at a higher level of
intensity.
Even were we to meet this full request of 205, 000 men, and
the pattern continues as it has, it is likely
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Hope to be in touch with
you w ithin next several ho urs on our fu rth e r reflection on th is problem.
Do not
believe a Thu rsd a y s t rik e therefore feasible because'of th is time-factor and
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because these p o s sib ilitie s have
- SEEKIN G TO ACCOMPLISH.
ON M IL IT A R Y S ID E I NOTED TH A T MACV AND GVN WERE WORKING TO
GETHER ON REQ UIREM EN TS AND HOPED TH A T TH E R E COULD BE COMMON PO IN T
OF V IEW .
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KY SA ID TH A T TH E Y HAD HAD A C A BIN ET MEETING ON V I S I T
T H I S
- £CISIO^J IN
WAS;-!n]GTO:j B U T HOPE TO R E C EIV E THEM i;^ DUE COURSE,
M IL IT A R Y A C T IV IT IE S PIC KED UP DURING TH E WEEK W ITH RENEWED
IK D IC A TIO ^ IS OF V IE T CONG O FFE N S IV E liiT E r iT IO N S lYi KCiiTUM PROVI^ICE.
COMMANDERS If) TH
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COUNTRY. KHa NH NO D0U3T HOPES TO SHARE TH IS POSITION WITH THE
BUDDHISTS and USE THEM TO HIS ADVANTAGE. BASED UPON OUR PAST
EXPERIENCE, WE ARE I M C L U ’ED TO BELIEVE THAT I T WILL BE THE
BUDDHISTS WHO WILL USE KHa NH.
THE MOST
- INADEQUACY OF P R E S E N T
i f O G I S T I C S S Y S T E M TO ACCOMMODATE A S U B S T A N T I A L I N T E R N A T I O N A L
F O R C E . I F WE I N T E N D TO MOVE AHEAD, I WOULD T H E R E F O R E HOPE
T H A T I COULD S H O R T L Y HAVE I N S T R U C T I O N
- o f tho US forcea would be redundant uader these cir cu m stan ces and our hopes for 'a favorable outcom e” w ill be dependenl; on th e
SUCCS33 of our aoa-xr.illtary e ffo rts,
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la b rief, I v o u ld recom m ead that iC the McNarnara prcpoaala a r
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TO be HADE. HE HOPES TO HAVE CABINET MEETING TODAY WITH CHIEF OF
STATE SUU PRESEOT AND TO BE ABLE TO ANNOUNCE CHANGES SHORTLY
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thereafter ,
HE SAID THAT ALL ARRANGEMENTS WERE FIRM EXCEPT FOR ■
FILLING OF ONE POST BUT DID NOT VOLUNTEER FURTHER
