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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…
- 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…
- 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
- DOBRYNIN PASSES ON PERSONAL MESSAGE FROM NIKITA KHRUSHCHEV EXPRESSING HIS REGARDS TO LBJ, HIS VIEWS ON US FOREIGN POLICY IN TONKIN GULF INCIDENT, CYPRUS, CONGO, AND ON US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, SAYING KHRUSHCHEV "WILL VOTE FOR LBJ"
- 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
- RUSSELL'S VIEWS ON VIETNAM; ROBERT MCNAMARA; USSR, CHINA SPLIT; PRESS STORIES; EFFECTIVENESS OF BOMBING; COMPARISON WITH KOREA; QUESTION OF US WITHDRAWAL; DISCUSSION OF SOUTH VIETNAMESE LEADERSHIP; LBJ'S PERSONAL ANGUISH OVER VIETNAM
- WHEELER REPORTS ON MEETING WITH EISENHOWER ABOUT DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY TO USE NUCLEAR WEAPONS; EISENHOWER'S RECOMMENDATIONS THAT DETAILED DISCLOSURE OF AUTHORITY NOT BE MADE AND HIS MEETING WITH WHEELER NOT BE REPORTED; RUMORS OF COUP IN…
- VIEWS ON VIETNAM, LAOS; SENATE TESTIMONY BY ROBERT MCNAMARA; LBJ DESCRIBES ADVICE HE RECEIVES, US CASUALTIES, REPUBLICAN TACTICS; HENRY CABOT LODGE; DIEM COUP; LUCIUS CLAY, OMAR BRADLEY AS ADVISERS; FEAR OF CHINESE INTERVENTION; MIKE MANSFIELD MEMO…
- RUSK REPORTS ON HIS PRESS BRIEFING ON VIETNAM FOLLOWING ATTACK ON US FORCES AT BIEN HOA AIRFIELD; JIM GREENFIELD CONTINUED TO BRIEF PRESS AFTER RUSK'S BRIEFING