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Folder, "Deployment of Major U.S. Forces to Vietnam, July 1965, Volume 1, Tabs 1-10," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 40 (Item)

documents. The original withdrawal sheets are in a mylar sleeve in the front o f the folder. We have retained them in the file so that you can see the status o f the documents when the folder was opened and the history o f their declassification. Please
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Folder, "3 A (2) Gulf of Tonkin, 1964 - 68, 1 of 3," Country Files, Vietnam, NSF, Box 77 (Item)

n a v a l and a i r p o w er, o r w h e th e r we s h o u ld go f u r t h e r and u se more m anpower. I p e r s o n a ll y f e e l i t w o ^ d b _ e _ jr g j2 u iJ 5 j^ s £ u n d e r a 2 ^ _ _ c ir c u m s ta n c e s j_ ^ 2 i£ » 2 ^ i^ ii,,L 2
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Folder, "Presidential Decisions-Gulf of Tonkin Attacks of August 1964-Volume III, Tabs 32-33," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 39 (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)

documents. The original withdrawal sheets are in a mylar sleeve in the front of the folder. We have retained them in the file so that you can see the status of the documents when the folder was opened and the history of their declassification. Please replace
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Folder, "Presidential Decisions-Gulf of Tonkin Attacks of August 1964-Volume I, Tab 9, 1 of 2," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 38 (Item)

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Folder, "Deployment of Major U.S. Forces to Vietnam, July 1965, Volume 6, Tabs 341-356," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 43 (Item)

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Folder, "Deployment of Major U.S. Forces to Vietnam, July 1965, Volume 1, Tabs 11-41," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 40 (Item)

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Folder, "Deployment of Major U.S. Forces to Vietnam, July 1965, Volume 7, Tabs 401-420," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 43 (Item)

documents. The original withdrawal sheets are in a mylar sleeve in the fi'ont of the folder. We have retained them in the file so that you can see the status of the documents when the folder was opened and the history of their declassification. Please
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Folder, "Deployment of Major U.S. Forces to Vietnam, July 1965, Volume 5, Tabs 293-313," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 42 (Item)

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

b v i o u s , in w eiim a y "Seem t o h a v e a r e l a t i v e a c t i o n and w i U ii^dt’h a v e b u il t ' t h e m a j o r n e w b a s e of c o m r a i t m e n t andi of a u t h o r it y v ^ ld ch 'iriy th ^ ^ eS tjo f c a s e s s u c h a r e s o
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Folder, "Gulf of Tonkin (Miscellaneous), 1964, 2 of 3," Country Files, Vietnam, NSF, Box 228 (Item)

the attac k in g c ra ft. " M cN am ara a ls o in d ic a te s th a t a m o dification of the r u le s of en gagem ent is being se n t to S ia r p . 10;33 AM; (See lOJ 33 e n try b e lo w .) A m e s s a g e , p e rs o n a lly signed M cNam ara* is sen t fro
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Folder, "Presidential Decisions-Gulf of Tonkin Attacks of August 1964-Volume II, Tabs 14-17," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 38 (Item)

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Folder, "Deployment of Major U.S. Forces to Vietnam, July 1965, Volume 2, Tabs 88-119," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 40 (Item)

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Folder, "Deployment of Major U.S. Forces to Vietnam, July 1965, Volume 6, Tabs 357-383," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 43 (Item)

a W'w m k (■ COPY LBJ LIBRARY / m r n m k Department of State CONTROLS- - 2S820 R E C E IV E D :. JUNE 305 FROM; SAIGON ACTION; S E C STA TE P R IO R IT Y 4454 UJ /3 0002 Action Info -S. N 0 D I .j •I T JU KE 30 S Tty
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Folder, "Presidential Decisions-Gulf of Tonkin Attacks of August 1964-Volume I, Tabs 1-8, 2 of 2," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 38 (Item)

5 . REPRODUaiON FROM THIS COPY !S -PROHIBITED UNLESS "UNCLASSIFIED" IMCOMlt'G TELEGI’.AM D ep a rtm en t o f State 36 Aclibn SVN Info SS G SP FE 10 F NSC i :jr 'Sfi€RfiT- P P RUEHCR DE R U M J I R 2 3 A 0 5 / 1 2 5 3 Z D E C L A S S IF IE D
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Folder, "Presidential Decisions-Gulf of Tonkin Attacks of August 1964-Volume III, Tabs 23-31," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 39 (Item)

documents. The original withdrawal sheets are in a mylar sleeve in the front of the folder. We have retained them in the file so that you can see the status of the documents when the folder was opened and the history of their declassification. Please replace
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Folder, "Presidential Decisions-Gulf of Tonkin Attacks of August 1964-Volume II, Tabs 18-22," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 38 (Item)

hraid, th e U .S . c o a n itm a a t t o tn e d e f e n s e o f S o u th e a s t A sia and su p p o rt o f p sx -ip lie r a l o f f e n s i v e a c t i o n s in c r e a s e d b o th i n L aos p.nd i a V iec lia a . l ‘h.2 c o v e r t m oves ;» sa in 3 t
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Folder, "Deployment of Major U.S. Forces to Vietnam, July 1965, Volume 6, Tabs 384-400," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 43 (Item)

HAVE. KY SA ID TH A T GENERAL THANG C J-3 ) W IL L MAKE M IL IT A R Y PR ESEN TA TIO N AND M IN IS T E R OF ECONOMY AND FINANCE TON W IL L MAKE ECONOMIC P R E S E N TA TIO N . JOHNSON I S SEEING B U I DIEM TOMORROW FURTH ER TO C LA R IFY EXA C TLY WHAT
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Folder, "Reprisal Attack, 2/11/1965, 1 of 2," Country Files, Vietnam, NSF, Box 228 (Item)

documents. The original withdrawal sheets are in amylar sleeve in the front of the folder. We have retained them in the file so that you can see the status of the documents when the folder was opened and the history of their declassification. Please replace
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Folder, "Gulf of Tonkin (Miscellaneous), 1964, 1 of 3," Country Files, Vietnam, NSF, Box 228 (Item)

s t r i k e s c o n d u c te d by a i r c r a f t from TICONDEROGA w i t h t h e e f f e c t i v e n e s s o f t h e l a t e r s t r i k e s co n d u c te d by CONSTELLATION a i r c r a f t . Answer: See a t t a c h e d c o m p o s i t i o n c h a r
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Folder, "Deployment of Major U.S. Forces to Vietnam, July 1965, Volume 5, Tabs 326-340," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 42 (Item)

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Folder, "Deployment of Major U.S. Forces to Vietnam, July 1965, Volume 4, Tabs 242-257," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 41 (Item)

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Folder, "Deployment of Major U.S. Forces to Vietnam, July 1965, Volume 2, Tabs 120-140," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 41 (Item)

COPY LBJ LIBRARY i (first draft) Si n g l e P a g e PROPOSED COURSE OF ACTION Rg VIETNAM The s i t u a t i o n i n V i e t n a m i s b a d a n d d e t e r i o r a t i n g . Even A s s e s s m e n t and p r o g n o s i s , w i t h g r e a t , i
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Folder, "Cables, [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)

t h e U n ite d S t a te s w i t h i n t h e m e a n lja g o f t h e Esplon& ge L aw s, T it l e J8 , U - S.C . See*. 783 p.nd 794. t h e t r s n s m la s lo n o r r e v e la tio n o f w h ic h I n a n y m a n n e r t o a n u n a u t h o r iz e d p e
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Folder, "Deployment of Major U.S. Forces to Vietnam, July 1965, Volume 5, Tabs 281-292," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 42 (Item)

documents. The original withdrawal sheets are in a mylar sleeve in the front o f the folder. We have retained them in the file so that you can see the status o f the documents when the folder was opened and the history o f their declassification. Please
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Folder, "Gulf of Tonkin (Miscellaneous), 1964, 3 of 3," Country Files, Vietnam, NSF, Box 228 (Item)

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

CINCPAC -176 FROM SAIGON AUG 9 , 9 P M L I M D I S H EF; ■- . D E P TE L 378 ' ' . FROM OUR v a n ta g e POINT WE CAN SEE P O S ITIV E DISADVANTAGES TO OUR PO SITIO N IN SEA IN PURSUING COURSE OF ACTION O UTLIN ED RETFTEL. 1. IN F I R S T PLACE RUSH
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Folder, "Deployment of Major U.S. Forces to Vietnam, July 1965, Volume 1, Tabs 42-60," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 40 (Item)

S Y LONDON JR u S B a E /A M E M B A S S Y n e w D E L H I R u MJDH/AMCONS u L HONG KONG fR ljH P A / C IN C P A C . ■ . : • S T a T E GRNC P ’ ' •B T IMMED U13 ON 1 6 6 MOSCOW 5 8 NEW D E L H I 6 4 iC iN C P f t C 1 5 2 1 B a n g k o k p h n o :i
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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)

IS -PROHIBITED UNLESS "UNCLASSIFIED" o COPY LBJ LIBRARY yr " V — - ----- T O F ^ C R g l ^ ■t : y . . ■ - 2 - 6 8 4 , a u g u s t 31'» 7 pm ( s e c t i o n tw o o f t w o ) , f r o m s a ig o n AND OTHER CA PITALS ABROAD TO SEE WHETHER HE COULD REALLY
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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)

SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE W A SH JNG T O N ■COtfFIDEtfflAL----- A ugust 2 4 , 1964 d e c l a s s if ie d By----- NARS, Date MEMORANDUM FOR: Mr. MeGeorge Bundy ^ FROM: Mr« M ichael Vc F o r r e s ta l Ulp SUBJECT: Q
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Folder, "Presidential Decisions-Gulf of Tonkin Attacks of August 1964-Volume I, Tab 9, 2 of 2," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 38 (Item)

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Folder, "Deployment of Major U.S. Forces to Vietnam, July 1965, Volume 2, Tabs 61-87," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 40 (Item)

themiselves in dealing with,Hanoi, Peiping and Southeast A sia iss u e s. It m^ay prove desirable fo r u s to provide to UK and USSR, f u ll sta.tement of facts as we see them, US purposes in Southeast A sia < and our concept of necessary solution. th
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Folder, "Presidential Decisions-Gulf of Tonkin Attacks of August 1964-Volume III, Tabs 34-41," National Security Council Histories Files, Box 39 (Item)

t h e T r e s ld e n t hy f i ^ r l v l n s him o f th e f l 6x 11 )1 1 1 t y an need ed t o m eet u n fo r e s e e n s i t u a t i o n s . T h is i-?as/apparent eji jr e r e r e n c s t o t h e d e fe n s e o f G^moy and I-latsu vihi.ch viere th e s
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Folder, "Reprisal Attack, 2/11/1965, 2 of 2," Country Files, Vietnam, NSF, Box 228 (Item)

121248Z 2 U n UO i FM CTG SEV EN SEV EN P T F I V E TO R U EK D A /JC S RUHLHQ/CINCPAC RUMSMA/COMUSMACV iR A SH INFO RUHLKM /PA C A F R U H LH L/ C IN C P A C F LT R U M A B A /TH IC TEEN A F • D E C L A S S IF I E D RUM SBJ/SECOND A IC D IV T S N RVNN
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Folder, "Operation Pierce Arrow, 8/1964, 2 of 2," Country Files, Vietnam, NSF, Box 228 (Item)

” OF SWATOW T ’*14S AND ATTACHED VESSELS T»a30 k m T " 3 l ORDERED TO RE-ENFORCE (SEE 2Sk3 MY 2 f ~ |^Ri8°19i, AND 2 0 ) 1100 I^ E R O X 'F R O M Q l i l d l S 911-'^-'?'^-^° Declassification 2003/05/21 : NLJ-139-044-8-4-1 SANITIZED Bv y - - NARA, D
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Folder, "Deployment of Major U.S. Forces to Vietnam, July 1965, Volume 3, Tabs 170-199," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 41 (Item)

N AND DIRECTION OF NECESSARY P O LITIC A L, ECONaMiC and SEC URITY FROGRAIIS". T H IS QUOTED LANGUAGE DESC RIEES TH E PACIFICATION M ISSIO N WHICH I S THE MAIN BU SIN ESS OF E N TIR E US M ISSIO N . TH E COUNCIL SEES NO NEED FOR A LARGE DEPT
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Folder, "Tonkin Gulf, 9/18/1964," Country Files, Vietnam, NSF, Box 77 (Item)

n s o f a f a s t moving c o n ta c t to th e e a stw a rd . ( F o r g ra p h ic d is p la y o f e n su in g d is c u s s io n , see pages 11 and 1 2 .) At th is tim e , MORTON and EDWARDS were ste a m ing i n column w it h MORTON i n th e van
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Folder, "NSAM # 343: Appointment of Special Assistant to the President for Peaceful Construction in Vietnam, 3/28/1966," National Security Action Memorandums, NSF, Box 7 (Item)

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Folder, "South Vietnam and U.S. Policies [X-File] [2 of 2]," Files of Walt Rostow, NSF, Box 19 (Item)

~ a -... .. - TOCSJB1. Jr::. / - . ,.. .. • . . _; ON TH::: PAR IS ~'TH . .• OF THE. ~R M ~ 'AS SASC:Do :::u •,;: READ S!IL - ~:sc ~- !! ALSO SHO S : CJQ :NG PLA .;.,G 1 ... 2. PRESIDE~! NGU~E:-1 VA:J THIEU S?OKE CR_: IC " · ~. g
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Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994

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

. ' --, ! THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON PRESIDENT'S FOREIGNINTELLIGENCEADVISORYBOARD . February Honorable Richard M. Helm·s Director.of Central Intelligence Washington, D.C. Dear Dick: 23, 1968 ; ·:~EC~ASs1FIEn. 1 Authority,·O.Sb-/1>--,-:,;, c.1A,:..s>,,,. f\J.St
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