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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
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th ere.
The President read the North Korean report of the alleged confession
made by Commander Bucher, skipper of the Pu eblo , as reported in the FBIS
account of a North Vietnamese - English broadcast (copy attached) .
Secretary Rusk said
- sion of Czech r efugees t o the United Sta t es. The statem en t
was read. (Cop y /\ttached as TAB A)
S ecretary Rusk: Th e Uni t ed State s must grant refug e to those Czechs who want
to leave the ir country or who a r e now outside and do not wish
- 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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TOP SECRET /SE}'iSITIVF
In response to the President's question, General Wheeler spoke of the
difficulty of insuring the security at the Pleiku
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Summary Record of National Security Council Meeting No. 530
May 2, 1964, 10~00 AM -- Overflights of Cuba
The meeting began without the President. Mr. McCone distributed,
and the group read, the attached SNIE 85-2 - 64, "Likelihood
- , 5; 00 PM -- U.S . Policy Toward Laos
Dir e ctor McCone introduced Mr . Ray Cline who read a paper on the
intellig e nce now available which indicates greatly increas ed use of
Laos fo r infiltration of men and materials from North to South
Vietnam
- : 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
- rity in maintenance, leadership, training and discipline rather
than numerical superiority.
The President then went on to read a statement later released to
the press (attached) , establishing a Special Committee of the National
Security Council to deal
- on the West, pa:-ti.ct.:.la:rty Berlin. K:-usc~ev callee 5e:-E:i
.:.~testicles of the \Vest anci. whe:l he wanted to c :r eate presso.::re !-le
sc:_ueez~C: the r e .
S..=c:-e:a:-•1 .Rt:sk:
Drait ::-e?l Y to Doo:;-yni n read.
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a pti'blic proble:n
- 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
- the incident. This information we cannot
use and must rely on other rep ort s we will be receiving .
Secretary Rusk :
We should ask the Congressional leaders whether we s hou ld
seek a Congres sional r eso lut i on. (The dr aft resolution read by Secretary Rusk
- 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
- , the President asked for a new reading on Israeli
capability. He said Ambassador Goldberg is l e ss certain about I s raeli
superiority. Mr. Helms noted that he had sent a recent as sessment
to Ambassador Goldberg but had had no response yet. Both Mr. Helms
- 31, 1968; 12 :07 to 12 : 35 P . M.
Stockpile Criteria
The President: Read the order of business . (Cop y at TAB A ) He asked
Governor Daniel to summarize the report of the commi ttee which had reviewed
the cr iteria upon which s tockpil e
- of advising .
The Pr es ident then turned to Panama and read the declaration which
he sai d he would make this afternoon if the Council approved. He
summarized the U . S. position on the Panama negotiations, i . e . , that
we would not accept preconditions
- milita::y exper..ditu res :n tJ1e budgets o:
n o n - ~'..lita ry
2 . The true convers ion from rubles to dollars is ir:lpossible to do with
any deg ree of accuracy .
The briefing attached to this record was then read.
S e cr e tary Rusk: It is important
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be undertaken. He cited again the case of modifying the planes in
order to make it possible for the pilot to relight the engi ne at maxi
mum altitude in the event of a flameout.
Secretary Rusk asked whether we should read anything into the
timing
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Benjamin H. Read
Executive Secretary
Enclosure:
Translation of
Spaak's speech.
5mVICE SET
c OP"iFIDEP.ITI AI
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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
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The Pr esid ent introduced General Abrams to the group and stated that he
had been working closely with the ARVN for some time so that they will be
in a better position to take care of themselves. He read excerpts from
- then existing, we could decide what to do.
Secretary Rusk agreed that it would be useful for us to take a reading follow
ing the Manila meeting. He said the problem had been brought to the President
because the Department was aware of Congressional pressure
- 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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p2.rts of the attached memorandwn .
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- of his views. He
followed rnore or less the draft prepared at his request by Mr . Bundy
(copy attached) .
At the conclusion, the President: asked Director McCone to present
his briefing . The reading copy of Mr . McCone 1 s comments and
the accompanying
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- Laird (reported plan to reduce by 9 0, 000 the number of U.S.
troops in Vietnam).
Handing a copy of Secretary Clifford' s recent Congressional testimony to the
Secretary, he asked that the pertinent positions be read to the Council.
Secretary
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activity has not affected the morale of the lower commands. Secretary
McNamara read sizeable extr acts from General Taylor's telegram
referred to by Mr . Ball.
He said Taylor's r eport had dampened his
fears and he was not now asking the President
- questioned him closely on the sale
of U . S . wheat to the USSR. He said if we sold agricultural equipment
to the USSR and not to Cuba we would have difficulty in explaining why.
He then read U . S. - Soviet trade figures and made the point that U. S .
trade
- )read :::-.i..-nors tl:at :::iegotiations and a resul:ing co2Ei:io!l
J c •.· e:-·:i:::-...... .:::-:~ w e.:-e i:-:i.m:.::ent after Tet. The iniere!lce, of course, was ci.ea:-: Ii
p ~ ac;;; i.s so ::ea:-, why go o:.i fighting a."ld getting killed