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  • SER.Vicr Sff .. . ' .. --'f'OP SECRET/SENSITIVE FOR THE PRESIDENT ONLY SUMMARY NOTES OF 54lst NSC MEETING August 25, 1964; 12:35 P. M . Congo -- Cyprus -- South Vietnam Secretary Rusk: On the Congo, the rebels who were attacking
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  • Folder, "[NSC Meeting on] Congo; Cyprus; South Vietnam, 8/25/1964, Volume 3, Tab 23," National Security Council Meetings Files, NSF, Box 1
  • which. if succeea­ !ul, could lead to a settlement of the Cypru• problem. 2494. MAINLAND SOUTHEAST ASIA Following a review of recent political and military developments in Laos and South Vietnam, discussed the advantages and di•­ advantages
  • flying at 20, 000 to 30, 000 feet, and tell them apart from KC-135s which are permitted to fly over Laos now. (3) It is no longer necessary to couple strikes in South Vietnam with the flights out of Thailand since B-52s stationed on Guam are hitting
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  • >lSITIVE -3­ North Vie t nam; that they were trying to create fear in South Korea; that they were trying to create problems for us in South Vietnam. including the effect of a dive r sion in Korea on possible negotiations and on our military actions
  • be a number of things. They m.a.y be trying to put additional pressure on us with reference to Vietnam. They may be trying to open up a second front. I do not see much in it unless they had either of these two objectives in mind. The President: Have
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  • belief that they are putting into their military effort about twice as much in real resources as we ar e . As we see Vietnam coming to a close, it is doubl y important for us to discuss military budgets with th e R ussians . Secretary McNamara
  • the light at the e:ld of the tunne l in Vietnam be comes more evident, the threat of Chinese intervention grows stronger. 11 He concluded that the Chinese could not let North Vi\'!t..'lam be defeated in its efforts to take South Vietnam without committing
  • there are disturbing developments. Soviet and Communist Chinese advisers have arrived. The union of these two states has lost its momentum . 7. In South Vietnam, Viet Cong activity has not s_tepped up recently . This may come later . General Kiem, the hardliners
  • against infiltration routes used by the regiment which is being brought into South Vietnam. General Wheeler said yes, to the best of our ability. General Wheeler said the proposal was to use a South Vietnamese Airborne Brigade in area 607 to destroy troops
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