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Folder, "Presidential Decisions-Gulf of Tonkin Attacks of August 1964-Volume II, Tabs 10-13," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 38 (Item)
  • are meeting here to dedicate this new center to better understanding among all men. For that is my purpose in speaking to you. Last night I spoke to the people of the Nation. This morning, I speak to the people of all nations— so that they may understand with­
Folder, "[NSC Meeting on] Situation in South Vietnam, 4/2/1965, Volume 3, Tab 33," National Security Council Meetings Files, NSF, Box 1 (Item)
  • : ! .=.. ~ ' -- . -·~- ~'~ ~., ?_) .... . -- Q3 - '17S- - - ·• 1--J. •' 02 - ~ -- ..,cHVICE SET . ·- ~ . - ".POP SEGRE T /;. / J,J - ,..,. ­ - TOl' SEGRE! - 2 ­ approval of the plan and their desire to move ahead in that direction. Ambassado r Taylor, who had spent the morning
Folder, "NSAM # 346: Assignment of Highest National Priority to Critical Ammunition Items for South Vietnam and the Mark 48 Torpedo (R & D only), 4/26/1966," National Security Action Memorandums, NSF, Box 8 (Item)
  • '·'' ,• . • •·. ,, ' . .'.'..' ' • ' • :'.\._. \ 'l I • ' 1'· · ~.. ' . . .• \ !~' THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON April 26, 1966 FOR THE PRESIDENT FROM .· Joe Califano \'. ~ ; i ,! ' I 1 , Bob McNamara called me at home this morning saying that he urgently needs approval
Folder, "March 31st Speech, Vol. 6, Khe Sanh Reports, A-S," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 49 (Item)
  • aircraft and _JOPSECRET : replacements are urgently needed to maintain our observation and surveillance capability over our newly opened LOC, new areas urider pacification, enemy routes of infiltration and enemy base areas. The northern I Corps Tactical
Folder, "March 31st Speech, Vol. 1," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 47 (Item)
  • at the March 4, 5, 12, and 15? House initiative cessation? - When were. these decisions made? Why? - What was the nature of the troop discussions on March 19? 6. Was the President already when he received McPherson's thinking of a new negotiating proposal
Folder, "March 31st Speech, Vol. 8, Excerpts and Taylor's Memo," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 49 (Item)
  • , and labor. Our economic statistics are the best and most compre­ hensive in the world. But they can be and need to be further improved. The costs will be exceedingly small relative to the benefits. To this end, my 1969 budget provides for several new
Folder, "March 31st Speech, Vol. 5, Tabs A-Z and AA-II," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 48 (Item)
  • directed at US positions the northern provinces including the posts at Khe Sar.h, Dong Ha, Gio Linh, and Chu Lai. The US/ South Vietnamese 36-hour cease-fire began at 5: 00 AM EST this morning. Some 45 minutes before it· began, Saigon announced
Folder, "March 31st Speech, Vol. 6, Khe Sanh Reports, T-Z and AA-QQ," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 49 (Item)
  • -?7 MR. ROSTOW WILLBE IN LATERTHIS MORNING ANDWILLHAVE A COMMENT ONTHIS REPORT FOR YOU. TEXTOF CABLEFROMGENERAL WESTMORELAND. THIS [email protected] TWENTY-0,_~E}o~_:_THE SITUATION THE KHE SANlVI»iZAREA AND--COVERS THE 24-H0UR PERIOD FEBRUARY 24, 1968
Folder, "[NSC Meeting on] Cutback in Nuclear Production; Secretary Rusk's Report on Vietnam; Asst. Secretary Bundy's Report on Laos, 4/22/1964, Volume 1, Tab 9," National Security Council Meetings Files, NSF, Box 1 (Item)
  • but this may not be s o. We should look again at our programs and examine all ideas without thinking whether or not they can be done without increasing our expenditures . {8) The Defense Department i s studying several new military recommendations made
Folder, "[NSC Meeting on] Monetary Issues, Vietnam, UN, 11/25/1968, Volume 5, Tab 76," National Security Council Meetings Files, NSF, Box 2 (Item)
  • calm. The President 1 s message to De Gaulle and the latter's reply probably had a favorable effect on the market, over and above its political impact. 2. First assessment of the measures taken by the French government: The new exchange controls are s
Folder, "March 31st Speech, Vol 7, Meeting Notes," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 49 (Item)
  • Clifford Harry McPherson Walt Rostow George Christian Tom Johnson l)ECLASS FIED E.O. 12958, Sec. 3.6 NL.J erq- /S'j By ~ ,NARA Date ~-8-N. Walt Rostow: -~r. President, we met this morning in Harry McPherson's office along with Secretary Katzenbach, Clark
Folder, "March 31st Speech, Vol. 3, Tabs RR-ZZ and a-d [2 of 2]," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 47 (Item)
  • the feeling of security had been strong. Those who had been "within the protection of the · Government" found out how wlnerable they were. There is a fear of further attacks.and there are new opportunities for Communist . .:. propaganda and subversive
Folder, "March 31st Speech, Vol. 4, Tabs LL-ZZ and a-z," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 48 (Item)
  • . also be covered in new tasking for CIA collection efforts. 1. 2. We should do more to exploit the intelligence as sets of other countries. The Australians, for example, should be encouraged to add at least one officer to-their :.Wlilitary Attache
Folder, "March 31st Speech, Vol 7, Meeting with the President and Draft Memo," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 49 (Item)
  • , for it would be folly to undertake i. I I I a brand new effort without realizing that a large number of people have spent •1 I extensive little time and effort effort persons to tell the story has been spent trying working with veterans
Folder, "[NSC Meeting on] U. S. Policy toward Vietnam, 3/17/1964, Volume 1, Tab 5," National Security Council Meetings Files, NSF, Box 1 (Item)
  • In response to a reques t from t he President, Mr. lvlcCone reported that there was nothing new out of Vi etnam this morning worthy of mention . Secretary Rusk said that we had preliminary information about what might become an important new development , l. e
Folder, "March 31st Speech, Vol. 5, Tabs JJ-TT and CIA Memos," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 48 (Item)
  • , Date_-3_. --~.__ •• j • I Wednesday, 7:25 AM MEMORANDUM FOR THE March 6, 1968 PRESIDENT A C-123 with a crew of 4 and 44 passengers was hit by Communist gunfire and crashed at Khe Sanh this• morning. Initial reports from the base indicate
Folder, "Deployment of Major U.S. Forces to Vietnam, July 1965, Volume 3, Tabs 170-199," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 41 (Item)
  • DEFENSIVE, AS I UNDERSTAND TH E JCS D IR E C TIV E , TH E MARINES ARE TO ENGAGE IN OFFENSIVE COUNTER INSUR GENCY OPERATIONS E A R L IE S T . TH E MISSION AS OUTLINED IN R EF A SHOULD BE STRENCTHENED BY DELETION OF THE LAST SENTENCE AND IN SERTIO N OF A NEW
Folder, "The President's file for Korea, Vietnam (Briefings)," Files of Walt Rostow, NSF, Box 10 (Item)
  • ~• Joe Califan {J\J Rostow, McPherson, Roche and I met this morning on the question of a Presidential statement to the people and to the Congress on the current situation in South Vietnam and the PUEBLO incident. After considering a wide variety
Folder, "March 31st Speech, Vol. 3, Tabs A-Z and AA-QQ," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 47 (Item)
  • -- McCafferty 17 -- SitRoom 17 Wheeler 17 Excerpts VC critique memo, report msg, from ---------------------- offensive movements A ------------------- -------------------------- morning Memo, impending 17 JCS fact remarks items sheet, D 82d
Folder, "South Vietnam and U.S. Policies [X-File] [2 of 2]," Files of Walt Rostow, NSF, Box 19 (Item)
  • : September, 1969 Page Numbers: 76 pages By Judith Viorst B-4 Society-Home THE EVENING STAR Washington, D. C., Wednesday, January .15, 1969 Chennault Dinner Delights GOP Guests By JEAN POWELL · Star Staff Writer , The "New Party" definitely
Folder, "The Bertrand Russell 'Trial'," Country Files, Vietnam, NSF, Box 191 (Item)
  • STATES:MIGHT BE MADE'. •-:°'.'-'. .. , .... ' ,,r 1 1I~' • •· . IT WAS LEVISON'S SUGGESTION THAT.':.PEOPLE LIKE-:JQHN KENNETH GALBRAITH,,' . ,_..:;·;-· :: ' KING, JAMES WECHSLER, ·THE EDITOR ·or THE' "NEW ·YORK POST~, DR.,'.JOHN .. BENNETT, PRESI DENT OF UNION
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)
  • WITH F L U ). AFTER LUNCH, KHANH TOOK US ASIDE AND PRODUCED A ROUGH ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF HIS NEW RPT NEW CONSTITUTION. FULL TEXT. WITH NOTES, TRANSMITTED BY SEPTEL. WE FOUND IT BRUSOUE IN LANGUAGE AND SUGGESTED TO KHANH THAT IN PRESENT FORM IT WOULD
Folder, "JCS -- SIGMA I‑66, Final Report, 9/66," Agency Files, NSF, Box 33 (Item)
  • announcements in Hanoi and Was~..ington that formal negotiations would begin 1n Rangoon on 25 November. Conferees were to be the United States, Sou~h Vietnam, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, North Vietnam, the National Liberation Front, the Soviet Union
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)
  • ON GENERAL KHANH IN .DALAT T H I S MORNING (AUGUST 3 l ) WE FOUND HIM S U F F E R I N G FROM HEMORHOIDS, HIGH BLOOD P R E S S U R E , ANI)* AN O B E S E S S I O N OVER THE PREPONDERANT STRENGTH OF THE DAI V I E T . AS H I S DOCTOR WAS P R E S C R I B I N G
Folder, "Deployment of Major U.S. Forces to Vietnam, July 1965, Volume 5, Tabs 326-340," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 42 (Item)
  • to tiie attitudes of tliird countries V — tlie progressive sequence in Section V I | I enclose tiiat outiina for your ccnvenience. | 2. On the one hand, v/e want to depict the piraent decision net as a f- ? * I new and separate escalation decision
Folder, "JCS -- SIGMA I‑66, Game Documentation, 9/66," Agency Files, NSF, Box 33 (Item)
  • Assembly. That body went deliberately to work fra.ming a new constitution for the war-ravaged country. ~T ' - NOFORN A-2 (BLUE) Page 2 of 9 Pages SEC~ ;,;;,- - NOFORN Prior to the US elections, a prominent opposition spokesman stated, "The recent
Folder, "South Vietnam and U.S. Policies [X-File] [1 of 2], Files of Walt Rostow, NSF, Box 19 (Item)
  • the Post Presidential documents are in this section . Contains WWR's summary memo (5/14/73) and two copies of the full chronology . most of the news clippings are in this section 3. Documents fastened to the right side (#64-114) . These documents date
Folder, "Cables, [Cables, memos, reports, and other material, 11/63-5/67] Vol. XV, 8/1964," Country Files, Vietnam, NSF, Box 7 (Item)
  • '/ ^ -------- St a t e C (Gp 3) — ­ 3pp a / ! - E mbt el 503 (New D e lh i) ; In d ia SB A s ia p o lic y 6> - 12Gb•> - 6 8 / 1 3 / 6 4 -------- S ra t e C (Gp 3 )"2 p p ". Em b te l 494 (New D e lh i) ; more u __ L2J ------------------------------- S t a t o T S
Folder, "[NSC Meeting on] Situation in Vietnam, 2/8/1965, Volume 3, Tab 29," National Security Council Meetings Files, NSF, Box 1 (Item)
  • to a question as to what the Cong r essional leaders should be told when they joined the group for the formal NSC Meeting at 10: 30, the President said he would ask Secretary McNamara to report on the South Vietnamese raid and to give any new information about
Folder, "March 31st Speech, Vol. 6, Bunker Reports," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 48 (Item)
  • declaration and intentions. I thmk Thieu was impressed with tl-le arg'1mer-ts for taking adv:antage of the present situation to mobilize greater popular .SU??Ort. The next morning, he held a 1neeting of the Natio11.al Security Council ar.tl includec
Folder, "March 31st Speech, Vol. 4, Tabs C-M," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 48 (Item)
  • - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Khe Sanh battle--------------------------------------- paper, vv xx announcement----------------------------- Msg, 31 -- Remarks CofS--­ to appointment--------------------- new offensive 30 Rostow ss move
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, "Presidential Decisions-Gulf of Tonkin Attacks of August 1964-Volume II, Tabs 14-17," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 38 (Item)
  • O s lo Rabat Th e Hague LuJcembourg W e llin g t o n Tokyo W ie n tia n e New D e lh i Ottawa , . . La Pa z P a r is . B r u s s e ls t V"'-' / • ;v '■ »ii 1'•; - D rs^ a d b y i 7«U0r«phic t ra n ta iM io n i n d G /FM *»JKitchen:idp 8/4/64
Folder, "JCS -- SIGMA I‑66, Fact Book, 9/66," Agency Files, NSF, Box 33 (Item)
  • hope • tod•y~Headquarters_ol""_the ...Jfaflonal Liberation Front (NLF) more than has been felt tor months. 'l'boae who ·kept the faith may nowl)e vindicated but there is no time to philosophize. In the early hours this morning an emissary, the brother
Folder, "Hilsman, Roger (Vietnam - Diem) (1963) [1 of 2]," Country Files, Vietnam, NSF, Box 263 (Item)
  • - THE Ji NEWS NEW YO .. K'9 ~tCTU,_11!: NEW ■ ~A~ER 1272 NATIONAL PRESS BUILDING WASHINGTON, D.C. 20004 NATIONAL 8-5058 J°UllP JO, 1971 J>1ar Bill, tl~rff~S that IillibJh Hilsman dooum.~nt. B~st, \ TO . FR011 SUBJECT .... l._ Diem-Nhu Move
Folder, "March 31st Speech, Vol. 2, Tabs A-Z and AA-ZZ, [2 of 2]," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 47 (Item)
  • AND TACTICS OF THIS Ef\\E~'(o F~ENS\VE AR.cBfC()/'4\.N&CLEARER•BEGINNINGON 31 .:ANlJAR.i 1t-\E '4c PRoPAt\ OR6ANSANNOUNCED THE EXISTENCEOF A NEW ''R.E\JCL\Yt( ONPrft'I 4~M~O FOR.CE
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)
  • la in e d to u s as re p re s e n tin g s in c e re GOY e f f o r t to s e t t l e o u ts ta n d in g q u e s tio n i n o rd e r to open way f o r new p e rio d o f in c r e a s in g ly c lo s e c o o p e ra tio n i n many f i e l d s . C o n tra s t
Folder, "Hilsman, Roger (Vietnam - Diem) (1963) [2 of 2]," Country Files, Vietnam, NSF, Box 263 (Item)
  • . WALTW,. ROSTOW • THE WHITEHOUSE Walt: In accordance with our telephone convers·ation ·this morning, the Secretary has asked me to forward to you the attached package containing messages and memoranda relating to the period prior to the overthrow
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)
  • a n y w i t h A L EX JO H N S O N AND W ESTM O RELA N D I SAW KHANH AT 0930 S A IG O N T IM E AND GAVE H IM IN F O R M A T IO N AND A D V IC E C O N T A IN E D IN R E F T E L . KHANH WAS D E L IG H T E D W IT H NEWS AND A SK E D P E R M I S S I O N
Folder, "JCS - War Games, Vol. 3, 1/65-11/65 [2 of 2]," Agency Files, NSF, Box 31 (Item)
  • /Commander through Major General and their civilian counterparts. It consisted of three moves and lasted one week, from 26 to JO July 1965. Using qualified "experts" on opposing teams and Control, its purpose was to obtain new perspectives on the developing