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By referenced message I have inforced you of
actions to ceet alterr.ative
pressed by you in
~urtter
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- . m. (These are the first units of the 10, 500 authorized and approved
for immediate shipment in response to General Westmoreland's request.
The Bunker announcement and press guidance are attached as Appendices
A and B.)
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MEETl~~G ti>~OTliS
- uprising and many defections.
Our press had led the North Vietnamese to think the ARYN army was
a pushover. That proved to be untrue.
The enemy has laid land lines down the Laotian panhandle.
This will permit them to operate on radio silence and give
- a firm determ
ination to achieve them. We would stress the dangers we see t o both of us in
Chinese expansion, and we would recognize the Soviet need to fol low a course wh i ch
does not destroy its leadership in the Corrmunist world. We would press
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requests in the past. Now he finds that his campain plan has been pre-empted
by enemy action.
Secretary Rusk: Can it only be done by additional U.S. forces?
press them to brigade U.S. troops with Vietnamese?
Can't we
General Wheeler: Before I answer
- a peaceful settlement soon. We do not.
The North Vietnamese are pressing against Laos
and Thailand. The Chinese are leaning against
Burma and Cambodia.
During the day we had two additional comebacks on two probes
which we made. The Shah of Iran saw Hanoi 1 s
- there i s a response, u n t il the aggressors have indicated th e ir w illin g n e ss
to t a lk , we intend to press on. Our p atien ce and determ ination are m ending.
This i s why t h is r e s o lu tio n ,th a t you p a tr io tic men and women so
- IMr'IEDlATE
date
: MARCH 2 A , 3 PM
21010
1965, 2 : A 6 AM
3 E C R £ -T'.
FOR THE
secretary
N 0 D I S
REF. A. EM3TEL 3 6 6 6 .
B. DEPTEL 2 0 6 7 .
REFERENCE A LIKE ALL PREVIOUS REPORTS OF MY SACKSROU' ID S E S S : 0 : : S
T H E PRESS IS MORE 0
- ANNOUNCEMENT ON P'a VN PRESENCE
SOUTH VIETNAM AS RELEASED BY SEMI-OFFICIAL VIETNAM PRESS AT
1 0 ; 03AM (SAIGON TIME) APRIL 2 6 .
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QUOTE REGULAR NORTH VIETNAMESE ARMY FRESEOT IN SOUTH (HEADING
•
R E A D S). THE GOVERKvlENT OF THE REPUBLIC .OF VIETNAM HAS
- TO US. I F V/E ARE TO BUiLD A V IA BLE INDEPENDENT
n a tio n H ER E j UE must CONTINUE TO PRESS AND FRO VIETNAMESE ON ALL
FRONTS BUT R E A LIZ E THAT IN FINAL ANALYSIS IT IS VIETNAMESE UHO
MUST RUN T H E IR 0';JN A FFA IR S, COU^JCIL FORESEES MANY
- to the press in Saigon
and Washington since early in May, and as was m^ade explicity clear in the
White Eouse announcement of last week, General Westmoreland, our
commander in the field, has the discretionary authority to employ these
forces at the request o f
- , AND THAT THE CONGRESS
SHOULD BE B;.SED ON DIRECT UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE ORGANIZED IN
SECURE ZONES,
B) THE OPENING OF A PRESS CONGRESS TO DEVELOP A STATUTE
GOVERNING THE CONDUCT OF THE LOCAL PRESS.
C) INDICATIONS FROM THE GOVERNMENT THAT IT UOULD HOLD ELECTIONS
ISARLY NEXT
- and aiedical personnel if tliis
would be helpful. Cur Ambassador comments tliat this offer was
vague vvitli no indicatioK« of how it V7cald be paid for and ho ad^^ises
against pressing for additicgial civil persoraiel i.nd in favor of
concentrating on obtainlng
- sc a le ,” and warned o f the danger of an enlarged
war.
Soviet press commentators have attempted to
paint a picture of widespread consternation and
dissension in the US against the A d m in istra tio n 's
policy toward Vietnam.
Eastern Europe
7.
I n
- EVEOTUAL NEED
OF AN APPROPRIATE PRESS RELEASE. HE WAS AGREEABLE ON ALL
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POINTS.
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P ag e 2 ru m jir
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—s - e c r e t
I MENTIONED MY IMPENDING TRIP TO WASHINGTON AT END OF MONTH,
using IT AS DEVICE TO RAISE NEED OF DISCUSSIONS OF POLITICAL
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