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Folder, "Memos, [Cables, memos, reports, and other material, 11/63-5/67] Vol. XVI, 8/16 - 31/64, 1 of 2," Country Files, Vietnam, NSF, Box 7 (Item)

to g iv e e ffe c t iv e a id to Vietnam b ut th a t t h e ir a s sis ta n c e w i l l be lim it e d by t h e ir c a p a b ilit ie s and t h e i r r e a liz a t io n o f t h e ir own needs at home. - GDGRET/HO F eaf ilCM P1S3BM — COPY LBJ LIBRARY

Folder, "March 31st Speech, Vol. 5, Tabs A-Z and AA-II," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 48 (Item)

Folder, "Meetings With the President -- 6 January 1964 - 1 April 1964," McCone Memoranda, Box 1 (Item)

available, but we coulrl continue to operate the Canal. 10. Mr. McI'iamar.::i~ ·u ho had stepped outside the roa:n to converse wi"th. C.eneral O'Meara. by phone, reported that the poszibility of the l~~rnulfista-Commie coup had been passed to Chiari. I t

Folder, "Memos, [Cables, memos, reports, and other material, 11/63-5/67] Vol. XVI, 8/16 -31/64, 2 of 2," Country Files, Vietnam, NSF, Box 7 (Item)

regime aids the Viet Cong in South Viet-Nam with large numbers of m ilitary specialists, vital supplies and equipment, and key commu nications facilities. Much of the personnel and materiel moves into South Viet-Nam over the so-called “ Ho Chi Minh T

Folder, "[Manuscript] Chapters 10, 12-16," Papers of William P. Bundy, Box 1 (Item)

actions, point~ no man should in the opening in which men were of action, of small-scale The latter to this must recognize problem problem and military of simple Ho Chi Minh trail the H~J.I' effor~ planning those he had done all

Folder, "March 31st Speech, Vol 7, Meeting Group Papers," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 49 (Item)

and on the Conimtmists and the Outc~~es of Present activity there weakened. ftu·ther 13. l'le believe of rnili tary into the poll tical e::1erge from the present the GVU/ARVN will Alternative occu.r, to be contained,; manifest being ho:·rever, hand, US

Folder, "March 31st Speech, Vol. 8, Excerpts and Taylor's Memo," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 49 (Item)

kno'Wil for several months, now, that the Communists ·planned a massive winter-spring offensive. We have detailed information on Ho Chi Minh's order governing that offensive. Part of it is called a general uprising. • We know the object was to overthrow

Oral history transcript, Frederick Flott, interview 1 (I), 7/22/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of the administration, which he, Lodge, as a Republican appointed by a Democratic president, was about to serve loyally and well, and more gung ho than anyone else. It was that sort of reaction, I think. I know Paul Kattenburg personally and have high regard for his

Oral history transcript, Julian J. Ewell, interview 1 (I), 11/7/1985, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

Oral history transcript, Charles M. Simpson and John McCarthy, interview 1 (I), 5/2/1984, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

following the highway on the Ho Chi Minh Trail, parallel to it. There were truck stops, barracks. We had made available to us some photography, and it was the kind of stuff that was taken by these "Yankee Flights," U.S. reconnaissance aircraft over Laos

Oral history transcript, Powell Moore, interview 1 (I), 1/23/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of South Vietnam during this period. M: Yes. This was one that I think took place some time in 1966--1 think the residual effects of it were still around when I was there--where he said that if there were an election in South Vietnam that Ho Chi Minh

Oral history transcript, Barry Zorthian, interview 4 (IV), 5/27/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

Oral history transcript, George Christian and Harry Middleton, interview S-1, 4/1/1996 (Item)

just kicking the devil out of them. I mean there isn't any question we were kicking the devil out of them. Well when you are [a] military man and you see success after success after success and you realize that the Ho Chi Minh Trail was getting bombed

Folder, "[Manuscript] Chapters 25-33," Papers of William P. Bundy, Box 1 (Item)

, 11 however, President in ba.1an.ce 11 beginning extremely of resistance the be2.cw to the idea, ' ' .L. migni_ that Ho staif, at him, that adverse his the ?'1.C. was vivid a member enormous 9oss ible believed a serious- a ne

Folder, "March 31st Speech, Vol. 4, Tabs LL-ZZ and a-z," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 48 (Item)

Oral history transcript, James C. Thomson, Jr., interview 1 (I), 7/22/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

power's time. This is what is known as great nation chauvinism. I have a sort of Sinocentric view of Southeast Asia, which I think, in due course, was the sound view, but it had-~1: Not too many adherents in 1963! T: Pa rtly based on Chi nese sense

Folder, "[Manuscript] Chapters 17-24," Papers of William P. Bundy, Box 1 (Item)

desperate the Philippines Second, this and thought were understandable. most certainly Koraans years, t~e discourse to the too knew where to go --;- to Ho C.hi Minh. Thus, war in the narrow. aid am on the question Sou th, the spectrum

Folder, "March 31st Speech, Vol. 3, Tabs A-Z and AA-QQ," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 47 (Item)

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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)

r e n t th e m e o f m e e t in g s a t the h ig h e s t l e v e l s of the U. S. G o vern m en t. 1. Janu ary - M a rc h 1964 On Janu ary 30, South V ie tn a m 's rulin g junta, h ead ed by G e n e r a l "Big" Minh, w a s o v e r th r o w n

Folder, "March 31st Speech, Vol. 2, Tabs a-z," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 47 (Item)

and interrogated by Saigon police, the-:-V-1e~Cong°pfaii..to.:.:.lfrg:-aiii~~~ ..~:ti'o, ti~o1.:Paople:!2.~:llM~.=-iiegoJiate~for peace,.: /.rhis new Front plans -t;·-• substitute General Duong Van Minh for Thieu and Ky as National Leader of South Vietnam

Folder, "Deployment of Major U.S. Forces to Vietnam, July 1965, Volume 3, Tabs 141-169," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 41 (Item)

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Folder, "March 31st Speech, Vol. 4, Tabs N-Z and AA-KK," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 48 (Item)

.:~iHER ?ERi~IfZ Tticrrc~L ~l'~ TJ PXOV!DE. VISUt1L !~TL~CK SU?PJRT Fu'.~ KX£ S/UH. IN II C01PS, ~E ARE~OT PLA~NI~GJN O~i ~AJOR OFF:~sIVZ. HO;:£Vi:r(, lhE HOKS A;n: O~J THE. ~:uVE tLC!~G THi COA::·r _!;~ A :~t:LTI 1 BATI !!LIO,~ J?l::.!AI-10fJ. GE

Oral history transcript, Robinson Risner, interview 1 (I), 11/4/1981, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

into Southeast Asia. G: What kind of missions were involved when you did start flying them? R: The first one that comes to mind was cutting a road called the Ho Chi Minh Trail. It came through Laos. We cut the road by destroying a bridge

Oral history transcript, William J. Connell, interview 1 (I), 3/18/1985, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

Folder, "March 31st Speech, Vol. 6, Bunker Reports," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 48 (Item)

position to enter n~gotia::ions, ho-oin.~ a ....,. ,_,. to fo:-ce . coalition gcvern:mer:.1: by derr.:.onstratir.1.g that -:he X.ationc.:l Liberation Front. com:r..a11.ds ~he ioyalty of the South Viet:n.amesa people and in;is't have a rr ..ajor voice i

Folder, "Memos, [Cables, memos, reports, and other material, 11/63-5/67] Vol. XV, 8/1964," Country Files, Vietnam, NSF, Box 7 (Item)

S P E C T I V E L Y . GOPAL URGED U . S . 70 GIVE CONCEPT CAREFUL THOUGHT. H I S T H E S I S WAS TH A T CHI CO>^S WOULD OBJECT B U T T H E R E WAS L I T T L E TH A T TH EY CDUJ.D DO ABOUT I T . AS FOR S O V I E T S , TH E Y COULD GO ALONG. THEY HAD

Oral history transcript, Robert Komer, interview 3 (III), 11/15/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

Oral history transcript, John P. Roche, interview 1 (I), 7/16/1970, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

Oral history transcript, Harold Pachios, interview 1 (I), 10/15/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Folder, "Deployment of Major U.S. Forces to Vietnam, July 1965, Volume 6, Tabs 384-400," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 43 (Item)

n) across the Ho Chi Minh t r a i l — roughly from the DMZ, across Laos a t Tchepone ( R t , 9 ) , t o the Mekong and T h a i l a n d at Savannakhet. The b a r r i e r , which might o r might not be a highway, could be made o f e l e c t r i f i e d

Folder, "Deployment of Major U.S. Forces to Vietnam, July 1965, Volume 4, Tabs 221-241," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 41 (Item)

Folder, "Diaries [Transcripts of Tapes 1-10]," Papers of U. Alexis Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

but, luckily, I turned out to have no broken bones. In our freshman year, all three of us were pledged to the Psi Delta Chi fraternity, which, at that time, was a local fraternity at Occidental and more or less--oh, should I say--the group that were

Folder, "Presidential Decisions-Gulf of Tonkin Attacks of August 1964-Volume III, Tabs 34-41," National Security Council Histories Files, Box 39 (Item)

in Hay and th a c o n tin u e d uca o f tha Ko Chi Ilinh T r a il by •v.hich to i n f i l t r a t e nan and la a t e r ie l through Laos in t o Soiith V i e t - i ’ani to mount tha Ccr;::aanist in su r g e n c y th ara a r e fu r th a r d ram atic e

Folder, "[Manuscript] Chapters 1-9," Papers of William P. Bundy, Box 1 (Item)

Folder, "Diaries [Transcripts of Tapes 11-20]," Papers of U. Alexis Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

Folder, "3 A (2) Gulf of Tonkin, 1964 - 68, 3 of 3," Country Files, Vietnam, NSF, Box 77 (Item)

Folder, "Cables, [Cables, memos, reports, and other material, 11/63-5/67] Vol. XVI, 8/16 - 31/64, 1 of 2," Country Files, Vietnam, NSF, Box 7 (Item)

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Folder, "Hilsman, Roger (Vietnam - Diem) (1963) [2 of 2]," Country Files, Vietnam, NSF, Box 263 (Item)

You will see that the attached 1s bot.11iull and necessarily it should, somewhat 1iersonal. I leave it to you:r judgmei1t ho·.>1 be h::mdlod. I h2..vebeen guided by your inj1.mctionth1t fuis should be on precisely that basis, and have commltcd no other

Folder, "Hilsman, Roger (Vietnam - Diem) (1963) [1 of 2]," Country Files, Vietnam, NSF, Box 263 (Item)

in .the provinces and. the. strategic • \, : •• _· ·. ••.· :· ... : .!• . • •. . • .. ·.·:_i·.:• • . • • . . t: -;:.• • i .. , • . • ... -" . • . ·.' :; •':.!1'..'QD--~ c~.:s~--=.E'Y'E.,,~.0}.U:Z . • ··~ocla~nif'ioC: by_a~tho:rit:Y:.of'·._-~ho heG,ide~t

Oral history transcript, George Jacobson, interview 1 (I), 10/29/1985, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Jacobson -- I -- 3 G: In that connection, do you know anything about his dealings with Trinh Minh Thé? He was one of the sect generals down in the Delta. J: Yes, I think the Hoa Hao. I'm not sure of that. I don't know