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Folder, "[NSC Meeting on] Gulf of Tonkin Attack, 8/4/1964, Volume 3, Tab 20," National Security Council Meetings Files, NSF, Box 1 (Item)
  • Secreta r y ?vlcNama r a : W e h av e agree d to ai r strik e s on two bases in the north of No rth Vietnam and t w o base c o mple x es in the south of North Vietnam . A fi:th target has be e n deleted b e cause it i s clo s e t o Communist Ch ina . b
Folder, "February 20, 1968 - 1:05 p.m. Tuesday luncheon with Rusk, McNamara, Wheeler, Helms, Rostow, Clifford," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)
  • the weekend in Texas. We first went to Fort Bragg with General Johnson and General Walt. I made a brief speech and stood at an aircraft while the men loaded aboard. I told them that there were 500, 000 of their buddies in Vietnam and that General Westmoreland
  • Vietnam
Folder, "[NSC Meeting on] Attack in Gulf of Tonkin; Cyprus, 8/4/1964, Volume 3, Tab 19," National Security Council Meetings Files, NSF, Box 1 (Item)
  • consisting of two U . S . destroyers , the Maddox and the C. Turner Joy, approximately 6 5 miles off North Vietnam in the Gulf 'of Tonkin . Presently we believe 9 or 10 torpedoes were fired at the Patrol. Two of the PT boats were r eportedly sunk and three
Folder, "3 A (2) Gulf of Tonkin, 1964 - 68, 2 of 3," Country Files, Vietnam, NSF, Box 77 (Item)
  • a in st gun boats and c e r ta in supporting f a c i l i t i e s in North Vietnam which have been used in th ese h o s t ile opera­ tio n s . In the la rg er se n s e , t h is new act o f a g g ressio n , aimed d ir e c tly at our own fo r c e s , again b
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  • Folder, "3 A (2) Gulf of Tonkin, 1964 - 68, 2 of 3," Country Files, Vietnam, NSF, Box 77
  • Country Files, Vietnam
Folder, "3 A (3) Gulf of Tonkin, 8/1964," Country Files, Vietnam, NSF, Box 77 (Item)
  • F , Country File, Vietnam, "Operation Pierce Arrow," Box 228 Id cable Intelligence cable - Sanitized, 3/27/03 near dup., #92, N S F , Country File, Vietnam, "Operation Pierce Arrow," Box 228 1e cable Intelligence cable - Sanitized, 3/27/03 S
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  • Folder, "3 A (3) Gulf of Tonkin, 8/1964," Country Files, Vietnam, NSF, Box 77
  • Country Files, Vietnam
Folder, "Presidential Decisions-Gulf of Tonkin Attacks of August 1964-Volume III, Tabs 23-31," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 39 (Item)
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  • Vietnam
Folder, "Presidential Decisions-Gulf of Tonkin Attacks of August 1964-Volume I, Tabs 1-8, 1 of 2," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 38 (Item)
  • - VIETNAM D E V E L O PM E N T S PRIOR TO THE TONKIN A T T A C K 1. Ja n u a ry - M arch 1 9 6 4 ..................................................................................... 2. M cN a m a r a T rip to V ietnam and NASAM 288 - M a r c h
  • Vietnam
Folder, "Presidential Decisions-Gulf of Tonkin Attacks of August 1964-Volume I, Tab 9, 1 of 2," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 38 (Item)
  • approach 8 in'! c o a st o f N o rth Vietnam o r 1| I'M to c e rta in N o rth Vietnam ese is la n d s . - • D e s tro y e r i C ra ig in Feb-M arch was a u th o riz e d approach IjXM XJSXS to h M Maddox v r i. ll resume p a t r o l o b se rv in g an 11
  • Vietnam
Folder, "Presidential Decisions-Gulf of Tonkin Attacks of August 1964-Volume I, Tabs 1-8, 2 of 2," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 38 (Item)
  • #51 was illegible. Using a duplicate o f the document (located in National Security File, Vietnam Country File, “Vietnam, Volume 15,” Box 7, #77), the text o f page 3 was handwritten on a preservation copy. Alexis Percle April 21, 2014 National
  • Vietnam
Folder, "Gulf of Tonkin (Miscellaneous), 1964, 3 of 3," Country Files, Vietnam, NSF, Box 228 (Item)
  • l4 2 0 Z . The R u le s o f Engagement w ere: O', V? a . Move the CONSTELLATION In to the area o f So u th Vietnam , exact lo c a tio n a t y o u r d is c re t io n . b. C lo se st approach to the N o rth Vietnam c o a stlin e f o r the DESOTA P
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  • Vietnam
  • Folder, "Gulf of Tonkin (Miscellaneous), 1964, 3 of 3," Country Files, Vietnam, NSF, Box 228
  • Country Files, Vietnam
Folder, "Tonkin Gulf, 9/18/1964," Country Files, Vietnam, NSF, Box 77 (Item)
  • T ----r- F IL E ; AGENCY: IT E M NOS. N a tio n a l S e c u r ity F i l e s , C o untry F i l e , Vietnam , T o n k in G u lf NO. OF PAGES DATE C LA SSIFIC A TIO N Department o f Defense 02 09/18/64 U 03 09/18/64 U 04 09/18/64 U 05 U
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  • Folder, "Tonkin Gulf, 9/18/1964," Country Files, Vietnam, NSF, Box 77
  • Country Files, Vietnam
Folder, "Presidential Decisions-Gulf of Tonkin Attacks of August 1964-Volume II, Tabs 14-17," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 38 (Item)
  • E S S R ^ - E ^ ^ U G U S T 5 ON V IE T NAM S ITU A TIO N . ^ QUOTE ON TH E SECOND AUGUST TH R E E NORTH VIETNAM ESE f*1^ST PATROL, BOATS Ca r r i e d o u t a t o r p e d o a t t a c k a g a in s t t h e u n i t e -d ' ^ t a t e s DESTROYER "MADDOX
  • Vietnam
Folder, "Presidential Decisions-Gulf of Tonkin Attacks of August 1964-Volume III, Tabs 34-41," National Security Council Histories Files, Box 39 (Item)
  • 4 / - 2 QUESTION: VJas t h e U.S. a c t i o n i n destroyin.g; N o rth Vietnam ase b o a ts and h a rb o r i n s t a l l a t i o n s l e g a l ? / / / ANSWER; (1) The armed a t t a c k upon our v e s s e l s p a t r o l l i n g th e h ig h .s
  • Vietnam
Folder, "Presidential Decisions-Gulf of Tonkin Attacks of August 1964-Volume II, Tabs 18-22," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 38 (Item)
  • en sio n t h a t th e p o s s i b i l i t y o f s te a d y U .S. e s c a l a t i o n o f h o s t i l i t i e s a g a in s t N orth Vietnam was s u f f i c i e n t l y s e r io u s t o demand a n t i c i p a t o r y a c t- o n a t th e l e v e l o f p
  • Vietnam
Folder, "Presidential Decisions-Gulf of Tonkin Attacks of August 1964-Volume III, Tabs 32-33," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 39 (Item)
  • Vietnam
Folder, "3 A (2) Gulf of Tonkin, 1964 - 68, 3 of 3," Country Files, Vietnam, NSF, Box 77 (Item)
  • ? S e c u r i t y C ouncil Wed, A u g u st 5: A i r a c t i o n t a k e n a g a i n s t PT and gun b o a t s and c e r t a i n s u p p o r t i n g f a c i l i t i e s i n N o rth Vietnam Amb. S t e v e n s o n made f u l l r e p o r t t o S e c u r i
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  • Folder, "3 A (2) Gulf of Tonkin, 1964 - 68, 3 of 3," Country Files, Vietnam, NSF, Box 77
  • Country Files, Vietnam
Folder, "Gulf of Tonkin (Miscellaneous), 1964, 2 of 3," Country Files, Vietnam, NSF, Box 228 (Item)
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  • Vietnam
  • Folder, "Gulf of Tonkin (Miscellaneous), 1964, 2 of 3," Country Files, Vietnam, NSF, Box 228
  • Country Files, Vietnam
Folder, "Gulf of Tonkin, CODEWORD, 8/64 - 9/64," Country Files, Vietnam, NSF, Box 77 (Item)
  • notes; Sanitized, March 2007 PCI 4b report Chronology of Events, 8/4-8/5/1965; Sanitized July 2006 TS- 3 38 Restriction 9/19/64 A 8/28/64 Collection Title National Security File, Country File, Vietnam Folder Title "Gulf of Tonkin, Codeword, 8
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  • Vietnam
  • Folder, "Gulf of Tonkin, CODEWORD, 8/64 - 9/64," Country Files, Vietnam, NSF, Box 77
  • Country Files, Vietnam
Folder, "Presidential Decisions-Gulf of Tonkin Attacks of August 1964-Volume II, Tabs 10-13," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 38 (Item)
  • of America. The determination of all Americans to carry out our full commitment to the peo­ ple and to the government of South VietNam will be redoubled by this outrage. Yet our response, for the present, will be limited and fitting. W e Americans know
  • Vietnam
Folder, "Gulf of Tonkin (Miscellaneous), 1964, 1 of 3," Country Files, Vietnam, NSF, Box 228 (Item)
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  • Vietnam
  • Folder, "Gulf of Tonkin (Miscellaneous), 1964, 1 of 3," Country Files, Vietnam, NSF, Box 228
  • Country Files, Vietnam
Folder, "3 A (2) Gulf of Tonkin, 1964 - 68, 1 of 3," Country Files, Vietnam, NSF, Box 77 (Item)
  • during th e re st of th e sessions of th e S en ate th is week. UNITED STATES ACTION AGAINST N O RTH VIETNAM Mr. GORE. Mr. P resident, w hatever doubts one m ay have held regarding th e policy an d actions of th e U nited S tate s in S o u th V ietnam
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  • Vietnam
  • Folder, "3 A (2) Gulf of Tonkin, 1964 - 68, 1 of 3," Country Files, Vietnam, NSF, Box 77
  • Country Files, Vietnam
Folder, "Presidential Decisions-Gulf of Tonkin Attacks of August 1964-Volume I, Tab 9, 2 of 2," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 38 (Item)
  • Vietnam