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- MCNAMARA REPORTS THAT LATEST INFORMATION INDICATES THAT 4 PT BOATS ARE ATTACKING 2 US DESTROYERS IN TONKIN GULF AND ATTACK APPEARS TO BE INTENTIONAL, TELLS LBJ THAT JCS IS DISCUSSING POSSIBLE RETALIATORY ACTION FOR HIS CONSIDERATION
- MCNAMARA GIVES LBJ REPORT ON PT BOATS' ATTACK ON US DESTROYERS IN TONKIN GULF, DISCUSSES POSSIBLE RETALIATORY ACTION, NEED TO MAKE PRESS STATEMENT; LBJ CAUTIONS ABOUT ACTING HASTILY WITHOUT ADEQUATE PROOF OF ATTACK; ANNOUNCEMENT OF NEW WEAPONS…
- RFK'S RECOMMENDATION THAT LBJ CALL GOV. JOHN MCKEITHEN ABOUT ENFORCEMENT OF SCHOOL DESEGREGATION IN ST. HELENA PARISH, LOUISIANA; PAST INSTANCES OF SOUTHERN GOVERNORS ENFORCING COURT-ORDERED DESGREGATION WITHOUT USE OF FEDERAL FORCES; LATEST…
- TONKIN GULF RESOLUTION VOTE; DISCUSSION OF COURT ORDER ON SCHOOL DESEGREGATION OF ST. HELENA PARISH, LOUISIANA; POSSIBILITY OF VIOLENCE; KKK; LBJ ASKS MCKEITHEN'S ASSURANCE THAT STATE WILL MAINTAIN ORDER, ACHIEVE INTEGRATION WITHOUT USE OF…
- DISCUSSION OF RFK, VP NOMINATION; LBJ REPORTS ON CONVERSATIONS WITH SOUTHERN, BORDER, MIDWESTERN DEMOCRATIC GOVERNORS; PENNSYLVANIA LABOR SUPPORT FOR RFK; MIDWEST DEFENSE CONTRACTS; OTTO KERNER'S ROLE AT CONVENTION; WAR ON POVERTY PROGRAMS FOR…
- LBJ ASKS ABOUT REPORT THAT TSHOMBE WILL DENOUNCE US-BELGIUM HOSTAGE RESCUE OPERATION TO CONGO; BUNDY REPORTS TSHOMBE HAS GIVEN WRITTEN AUTHORIZATION; INABILITY OF UN, OAU, RED CROSS TO HANDLE CRISIS; POSSIBLE PRESS, US NEGRO REACTION; STATUS OF…
- RUSK REPORTS THAT FIRST STAGE OF US-BELGIUM HOSTAGE RESCUE OPERATION TO CONGO HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL, THREE AIRCRAFT AND PARATROOPS HAVE LANDED; LBJ ASKS RUSK TO CONTINUE TO INFORM HIM THROUGHOUT NIGHT ABOUT PROGRESS OF OPERATION
- BUNDY REPORTS THAT US MISSIONARY PAUL CARLSON HAS APPARENTLY BEEN KILLED AND REBELS HAVE KILLED WHITES IN HOTEL IN STANLEYVILLE, BUT 5 US OFFICIALS IN CONGO ARE APPARENTLY SAFE; OVERALL MILITARY SUCCESS OF US-BELGIUM RESCUE OPERATION; PRESS REACTION
- ELLENDER DISCUSSES LOUISIANA ELECTION RESULTS, EFFECT OF CIVIL RIGHTS IN NORTHERN LOUISIANA; ELLENDER OFFERS LBJ HIS ADVICE ON VIETNAM AND NATO, EXPRESSES FEAR VIETNAM WILL BECOME ANOTHER KOREA, SKEPTICISM ABOUT EFFECTIVENESS OF US MILITARY MISSIONS
- LBJ ASKS RUSSELL'S VIEWS ON VIETNAM; RUSSELL EXPRESSES PESSIMISM ABOUT PROGRESS IN VIETNAM, DOUBTS ABOUT SOUTH VIETNAMESE GOVT, FEARS OF CHINESE INTERVENTION, LACK OF POPULAR SUPPORT FOR WAR; QUESTION OF SUPPORTING SEATO TREATY