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Folder, "[February-April 1967 Meetings with Correspondents]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 3 (Item)

here, which included Fortas and Clifford. Fortas was against it. He said it would telegraph a signal that we were too anxious, and that the oriental mind would decide this was the time to hold out. Clifford was also eloquent against a pause. McNamara

Folder, "[January 25, 1966 - 5:30 p.m. Meeting with Congressional Leadership on Resumption of Bombing]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 1 (Item)

? President: State, Defense, Joint Chiefs all agree to resume in near future. Ford: What kind of bombing do they recommend? President: Security problem. Don't want to telegraph our shots. Ford: If your advisers say bombing is necessary -- I'm

Folder, "[January 28, 1966 - 1:20 p.m. Meeting with Foreign Policy Advisors on Resumption of Bombing]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 1 (Item)

~nd South Vietnam will not enemy troops. why we don't bomb the enemy supplying Telegraphs the ·wrong signal to Hanoi, China. Universal opinion of our estimators that cessation of bombing would cause the enemy to beli~ve their ca.use wa3 right