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- A R C H IV ES PRO C ESSIN G N O TE
You w ill find two versions o f the document withdrawal sheets in this file. The original
document withdrawal sheets were completed in the 1970s and early 1980s. Since that time,
many o f the documents have been
- ARCHIVES PROCESSING NOTE
You will find two versions o f the document withdrawal sheets in this file. The original
document withdrawal sheets were completed in the 1970s and early 1980s. Since that time,
many o f the documents have been declassified
- ARCHIVES PROCESSING NOTE
You will find two versions o f the document withdrawal sheets in this file. The original
document withdrawal sheets were completed in the 1970s and early 1980s. Since that time,
many o f the documents have been declassified
- ARCHIVES PROCESSING NOTE
You will find two versions o f the document withdrawal sheets in this file. The original
document withdrawal sheets were completed in the 1970s and early 1980s. Since that time,
many o f the documents have been declassified
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P A R IS EM BTEL^ e S
REGARDING SECOND PARAGRAPH R E F T E L , FOLLOWING I S L
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MARINNES to strengthen th e SECURITY OF THE DA NANG AREA UNTIL
SUCH TIME AS THEY CAN BE RELIEVED BY GVN FORCES. THE FIRST BLT
COULD THEN LAND AT ONCE AND THE SECOND ON CALL FROM MACV.
I STRONGLY URGE A DEFERMENT OF DECISION ON LANDING THE
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NHON-NHA TRANG area ABOUT 12 JULY (REF A). AS HE HAD PREVIOUSLY
GIVEN PERMISSmN TO INTRODUCTION OF THIS BRIGADE, IT UAS ONLY , >;
NECESSARY TO TELL HIM GENERAL TIMING A^JD MEOTION
- not a w ar a g a in st change.
It i s d esign ed to p e r m it rad ical
s o c ia l change by the p eop le of South V ietnam a s they w ish.
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We a r e not figh tin g to gain co lo n ia l te r r ito r y fo r the US
o r to g iv e us m ilita r y b a s e s
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.capability of providing in this time period. I recommend that we send
him these men as soon as we can. Of course, it will be necessary to
call up the reserves to do this.
The President: Can we relate this 30, 000 to a specific request from
General
- , as ha Ind net had time to discuss ccnt-ents with colleagues.
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document withdrawal sheets were completed in the 1970s and early 1980s. Since that time,
many o f the documents have been declassified
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( 1 ) N ine a d d itio n a l T a c tic a l P lg iit c r Squadrons
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- n g Vietnam you
s a i d , "We a r e w i l l i n g t o go anyw her e, any t i m e , t a l k t o anyone and
t r y t o r e a s o n t o g e t h e r f o r p e a c e . V/e would r a t h e r t a l k t h a n f i g h t . "
On O c to b e r 2 8 , 1964, i n Los
- questions concerrdng i d e n t i t y , ndssions, dep'i-oyrient
times, and lo c a tio n of a d d it i o n a l tvxo brigades i-'hich i n e f f e c t i s
r e t e n ti o n o f the 173rd Airborne Brigade, you should explain t h i s
re t e n t i o n s t i l l
- conventional attacks for the first time.
Clark Clifford: In his cable, General Westmoreland also points out that it
is national policy to keep the enemy from seizing and holding the two northerr.
provinces. Hasn't that been the situation all along?
General
- on these questions
in conjunction with the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Walt Rostow: That is correct.
Clark Clifford: Paul Nitze and I started to work on this
Friday night. As you could understand, with the time
pressure we placed upon ourselves there still may need
- want you to consider and get
answers to me. Those questions are:
1. Why is it necessary to call up reserve units at this time?
a. To be ready for further reinforcement of Vietnam?
b. To be ready for other contingencies outside Vietnam?
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- Vietnam . W e have asked many times what
the North Vietnamese would do if we stopped the bombing. We
have hea rd nothing to date in reply.
c. There appear to be elements of caution on the other s ide -- in
Hanoi as we 11 as in Moscow. Our purpose
- as of the time I lefto The RF and PF situation
c1 ·- -/is not entirely clear.
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-- The regular troops did take more casualties than the RF and
PF forceso
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-- We believe about 40, 000 enemy were killedo
cormt the number wounded and missing.
We cannot
- ; and to ask for
authority to extend enlistments. That Monday session ciid moderate
my judgment some. I' do think we should evaluate our strategy. It
is a good idea fro.m time to time to have a good, sound review. I
f.:EfWIGE·SQ.P.ly hope we don't get over-run
