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- . There have
been very definite effects felt in the countryside.
At this stage, it is clear that this new request by General
Westmoreland brings the President to a clearly defined
watershed:
1. Do you continue to go down that same road of
troops, more
- meeting with the North Koreans?
Walt Rostow: 9 p. m. tonight.
The President: Anything new on Vietnam?
General. Wheeler: There is continued resistance in Saigon, but it is
framented. Dalat is clear. The enemy is still holding the citadel in Hue
- have contingency plans, both for taking units
from the Delta and for, if necessary, withdrawal from Khesanh. But these
are contingency plans only.
Clark Clifford: General Westmoreland also says that we are now in a new
ballgame with the enemy mobilized
- in the south
than they have shown before.
The President: What about our taking the initiative ourselves?
Is there anything we can do other than just sitting and waiting for
them to attack?
General Wheeler: As far as new bombing efforts
- returned from Puerto Rico. I was ready then to say that we
should call up the reserves to strengthen the strategic reserves;
to ask Congress for authority to call up selected reservists; to
use tjlis as a basis fair a new position an the tax bill
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sent, along with the new troops.
The President: I do not want to be having a seminar on strategy back
here while our house-is on fire. I want to get Westmoreland what he needs
to get him through this. emergency period. Let's get those civilian