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Oral history transcript, Phillip B. Davidson, interview 1 (I), 3/30/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • the aircraft? General He said, "Brown, did you let They had to jump out of our own." He said, "Goddamn it, go find out." and leaves the table. Abrams says, Brown said, So he jumps up In the meantime, the action officers and the chickens and whatnot
Folder, "Deployment of Major U.S. Forces to Vietnam, July 1965, Volume 3, Tabs 200-220," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 41 (Item)
  • / E GVn f o r c e s NOV/ ENGAGED IN SECURITY D U T IE S FOR ACTION IN . '■THE P A C I F I C A T IO N PROGRAM AND IN OFFENSIVE ROLE AGAINST COMMUNIST GUERRILLA FORCES” , . ■A ON. BACKGROUND SPOKESMEN HAVE ANSV/ERED A F F 1RMAT! VELY QUESTIONS
Oral history transcript, Phillip B. Davidson, interview 2 (II), 6/30/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • -S-V-N? D: Yes. They said, "We failed," and they went into a long list of why they failed, and then they prescribed, as they usually do, some corrective actions. As I say, I have a copy of it. Nowhere in that document is there any remark
Oral history transcript, John Peter Flynn, interview 1 (I), 12/19/1984, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • Polaris coming into the force. That's another historic story, and I have first-hand knowledge of it because I was the air force action officer, and every time the Titan, the Atlas, the Polaris or the Minuteman came on board for discussion [in the] JCS
Oral history transcript, William J. Jorden, interview 1 (I), 3/22/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • /exhibits/show/loh/oh Jorden -- I -- 28 M: What about the general point they make, and others make, that at times there were tactical actions taken that might have contributed toward making it more difficult, such as the bombing that took place during
Oral history transcript, Alfred B. Fitt, interview 1 (I), 10/25/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
Oral history transcript, John J. (Lt. Gen.) Davis, interview 1 (I), 3/7/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • to meet that threat. It's part of the action-reaction cycle. It may cause you to put in more ABM's because you don't want those MIRVS to get in and kill you, you see. M: It's that type of thing that we get heavily involved in. General, does the Arms
Oral history transcript, Charles M. Simpson and John McCarthy, interview 1 (I), 5/2/1984, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • perpetually volunteered for Vietnam, kept going back. pay, combat pay. them happy. They liked it. They drew TOY Enough action to satisfy them, keep We gave about as good as we got, most of the time. At the end of the Vietnam War, they contracted Special
Oral history transcript, Keyes Beech, interview 1 (I), 3/22/1983, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • to be, you know; it was where the action was. Then it was in 1955 that Diem had his finest hour, and that was when he cracked down on the Binh Xuyen. They'd lobbed some mortars into his front yard at the palace, and he had to do something or else throw
Folder, "Deployment of Major U.S. Forces to Vietnam, July 1965, Volume 5, Tabs 314-325," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 42 (Item)
  • NOTE: ' . ADVANCE COPY TO S /S -O AT 1 : 3 0 PM, 6 / 1 8 / 6 5 . PASSED WHITE HOUSE, DOD, CIA AT 1 : 4 5 PM, 6 / 1 8 / 6 5 . —TOP SECRET COPY LBJ LIBRARY INCCM li^G TELEGRAM Department o f State T O r SECRET ¥o Action Info vvMJA063JIA465 00
Oral history transcript, Michael V. Forrestal, interview 1 (I), 11/3/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • was degenerating pretty rapidly in South Vietnam, was there active consideration of some type ~ of military action to perhaps forestall further degeneration? Such as bombing, for example? F: No, we were very bad about that in 'retrospect. I say we were very bad
Folder, "Diaries [Transcripts of Tapes 25-30]," Papers of U. Alexis Johnson, Box 1 (Item)
  • delegation, to continue on my delegation. There was considerable discussion of this back and forth, the White House politi­ cal staff in particular, get a,greementon that. because Paul was a Democrat. But I finally did Paul and I both agreed, as well
Oral history transcript, Samuel T. Williams, interview 2 (II), 3/16/1981, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • , will you consider this: man work out his tax? why can't a I said, as a child in Denton, Texas in the United States of America, they had road taxes, and I presume they still do. But in my day and time, if people didn't have cash money handy
Folder, "Deployment of Major U.S. Forces to Vietnam, July 1965, Volume 6, Tabs 341-356," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 43 (Item)
  • d ^ ■b^-t^ihey have compounded t h e ir b ru t a l conduct by p u b lic ly bragging about t h e ir a ction and making th re a ts to c a rry out even more outrageous a c ts. ¥e in America and people around the w orld cannot help but be appalled
Folder, "Diaries [Transcripts of Tapes 1-10]," Papers of U. Alexis Johnson, Box 1 (Item)
Oral history transcript, Paul D. Harkins, interview 1 (I), 11/10/1981, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • of them were about platoon size or squad size that would do all the infiltrating. I think the first time we noticed a Viet Cong battalion in action was at the. Battle of Ap Bac-I used to call it My Aching Back--but that's when they did use a battalion
Oral history transcript, Earle Wheeler, interview 2 (II), 5/7/1970, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • out, I went to I told him what my physical condition was and what the prognosis was and so on, and the fact that I was going to be out of action for at least another six weeks, and it could be considerably more than that. I suggested to him
Oral history transcript, Frank McCulloch, interview 1 (I), 5/13/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
Folder, "Deployment of Major U.S. Forces to Vietnam, July 1965, Volume 1, Tabs 1-10," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 40 (Item)
Oral history transcript, James U. Cross, interview 2 (II), 2/11/1981, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • police-type action, and perhaps that's the wrong choice of words, and 10 and behold, here the Vietnamese who were running down that--what did they call that Laos--? G: The Ho Chi Minh Trail? C: --the Ho Chi Minh Trail, claiming they weren't, and we
Oral history transcript, Peter B. Benchley, interview 1 (I), 11/20/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)
Oral history transcript, Hugh Gardner Ackley, interview 2 (II), 3/7/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
Folder, "3 A (2) Gulf of Tonkin, 1964 - 68, 3 of 3," Country Files, Vietnam, NSF, Box 77 (Item)
  • , be it Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assemhled, That the Congress approves and supports the determination of the President, as &mmander in Chief, to take all necessary measures to repel any armed
Oral history transcript, Samuel T. Williams, interview 1 (I), 3/2/1981, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
Memorandum # 314, Resumption of Operations in SEA, 9/10/1964 (Item)
  • THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON September 10, 1964 NAT IONAL SECURITY ACTION MEMORANDUM NO. 314 TO: The Secretary of State The Secretary of Defense . The President has now reviewed the situation in South Vietnam with Ambassador Taylor and with other
  • National Security Action Memorandums
Folder, "NSAM # 314: Resumption of Operations in SEA, 9/10/1964," National Security Action Memorandums, NSF, Box 5 (Item)
  • THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON DISTRIBUTION NSAM 314 Sec. Defense Sec. State General Taylor (at State before he left) McCone NSC Files THE WHITE HOUS E WASHINGTON September 10, 1964 NATIONAL SECURITY ACTION MEMORANDUM NO. 314 TO: The Secretary
  • Folder, "NSAM # 314: Resumption of Operations in SEA, 9/10/1964," National Security Action Memorandums, NSF, Box 5
  • National Security Action Memorandums
Memorandum # 273, South Vietnam, 11/26/1963 (Item)
  • •• ,t. " I 1 ./ THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON 'Fe:P SECRET November . 2.6, 1963 NATIONAL S ECURITY ACTION MEMORANDUM NO. 2.73 TO: ., The The The The The Secretary of State Secretary of Defense Director of Central Intelligence
  • National Security Action Memorandums
Memorandum # 328, Presidential Decisions with Respect to Vietnam, 4/6/1965 (Item)
  • THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON April 6, 1965 NATIONAL SECURITY ACTION MEMORANDUM NO. 328 MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE THE DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE On Thursday, April 1, The President made the following
  • National Security Action Memorandums
Folder, "NSAM # 310: Designation Forrestal Chairman South Vietnam Committee, 7/8/1964," National Security Action Memorandums, NSF, Box 5 (Item)
  • THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON July 8, 1964 OFFICIAL USE ONLY . NATIONAL SECURITY ACTION MEMORANDUM NO. 310 MEMORANDUM TO: The The The The Secretary of State Secretary of Defense Director of Central Intelligence Administrator, Agency
  • Folder, "NSAM # 310: Designation Forrestal Chairman South Vietnam Committee, 7/8/1964," National Security Action Memorandums, NSF, Box 5
  • National Security Action Memorandums
Folder, "NSAM # 313: Re SEA stories (ref: NSAM 308), 7/31/1964," National Security Action Memorandums, NSF, Box 5 (Item)
  • 1429 (6-85) • - CONFIDENTIAL • CONFIDENTIAL _J_ _ THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON -GeNFIDE;NTIA L July 31, 1964 NATIONAL SECURITY ACTION MEMORANDUM NO. 313 MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE THE DIRECTOR OF CENTRAL
  • Folder, "NSAM # 313: Re SEA stories (ref: NSAM 308), 7/31/1964," National Security Action Memorandums, NSF, Box 5
  • National Security Action Memorandums
Memorandum # 284, Official Visits to South Vietnam, 2/11/1964 (Item)
  • THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON February 11, 1964 I I . ... . ....,, NATIONAL SECjIBUTY ACTION MEMORANDUM NO. 284 MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE THE ADMINISTRATOR, AGENCY FOR · ! INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT I
  • National Security Action Memorandums
Memorandum # 367, PROVOST Sensor Program, 10/7/1967 (Item)
  • THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON · g:ECltET - October 7, 1967 NATIONAL SECURITY ACTION MEMORANDUM NO. TO: 367 The Vice President The Secretary of State The Secretary of Defense The Secretary of Commerce Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission
  • National Security Action Memorandums
Telephone conversation # 3649, sound recording, LBJ and CARL ALBERT, 6/9/1964, 12:44PM (Item)
  • FEDERAL DEBT CEILING LEGISLATION; RULES COMMITTEE ACTION ON POVERTY BILL; RULES COMMITTEE ACTION ON CIVIL RIGHTS BILL CONFERENCE REPORT FOLLOWING SENATE PASSAGE; JURY TRIAL AMENDMENT; LBJ INFORMS ALBERT OF RETALIATORY AIR STRIKES IN LAOS LAST NIGHT
Telephone conversation # 6819, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 2/10/1965, 10:06AM (Item)
  • "WED. A.M."; "(PRES'S PHONE ANS'D BY BM)"; "RE VN ACTION"; MOYERS ANSWERS THE TELEPHONE BUT DOES NOT JOIN IN THE CONVERSATION
  • ACTION
Telephone conversation # 9305, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 12/2/1965, 12:15PM (Item)
  • MCNAMARA DISCUSSES SIZE OF SUPPLEMENTAL DEFENSE BUDGET REQUEST FOR VIETNAM AND INCREASE IN SIZE OF 1967 DEFENSE NEEDS, SAYS INCREASED MILITARY ACTION MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY DIPLOMATIC AND POLITICAL ACTIONS; UPCOMING MEETING OF LBJ AND ADVISERS
Telephone conversation # 9328, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 12/24/1965, 8:54AM (Item)
  • CHRISTMAS GREETINGS; BUNDY ASKS ABOUT DELAYING US RESUMPTION OF ACTION IN VIETNAM AFTER CHRISTMAS TRUCE; LBJ RECOMMENDS US STANDDOWN IF ENEMY DOES NOT RESUME ACTION AND IF US MILITARY AGREES; TALKS WITH USSR; SINO-SOVIET SPLIT; BUNDY FAMILY'S
Telephone conversation # 9543, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 1/31/1966, 9:20AM (Item)
  • MCNAMARA REPORTS ON VIETNAM AIR AND GROUND ACTION, VIET CONG INCIDENTS, CASUALTIES; LBJ ASKS ABOUT CONGRESSIONAL REACTION TO RENEWED VIETNAM ACTION; RFK'S PRIVATE SUPPORT OF BOMBING RESUMPTION; UN PEACE INITIATIVE; FUTURE MILITARY NEEDS, RESERVE
Memorandum # 325, [Informational and Psychological Warfare Programs in South Vietnam], 3/12/1965 (Item)
  • THE WHITE HOUSE WASllINGTON ... =BEGRE':F NATIONAL SECURITY ACTION MEMORANDUM NO. 325 TO: THE DffiECTOR, U.S. INFORMATION AGENCY 1. I have reviewed your memorandum of March 16 on the informational and psychological warfare programs in South Vietnam
  • National Security Action Memorandums
Memorandum # 330, Intensified and Expanded Psychological Operation Activities in Vietnam, 4/9/1965 (Item)
  • THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON April 9, 1965 ..SEC:RET NATIONAL SECURITY ACTION MEMORANDUM NO. 330. MEMORANDUM FOR: The The The The Secretary of State Secretary of Defense Director, U.S. Information Agen cy Administrator, Agency for International
  • National Security Action Memorandums
Folder, "NSAM # 328: Presidential Decisions with Respect to Vietnam, 4/6/1965," National Security Action Memorandums, NSF, Box 6 (Item)
  • Actions secret 19 p #2e report Non-Military Actions secret 3 p ~IVl~' J,)l . . . Ot.S:-CO to--~ - FILE LOCATION // (5(01_,) -15-11 RESTRICTION 4/28/65 4/~~/~5 A L-> A 4/23/65 A 4/23/65 A ~ National Security File, NSAM File, NSAM 328
  • Folder, "NSAM # 328: Presidential Decisions with Respect to Vietnam, 4/6/1965," National Security Action Memorandums, NSF, Box 6
  • National Security Action Memorandums