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- LBJ ASKS MCNAMARA'S ADVICE ON RESPONSE TO PRESS REPORT THAT VIETNAM TROOP STRENGTH SHOULD BE INCREASED TO 600,000; SOURCE OF REPORT; WILLIAM WESTMORELAND'S CURRENT TROOP REQUEST TO JCS; MCNAMARA RECOMMENDS LBJ SAY HE HAS RECEIVED NO SUCH…
- DIRKSEN REPORTS THAT MIKE MANSFIELD, RICHARD RUSSELL, STUART SYMINGTON, OTHERS PLAN TO OFFER RESOLUTION IN SENATE TODAY PROPOSING REDUCTION OF US TROOPS IN EUROPE; LBJ DISCUSSES TALKS WITH BRITISH, GERMANS, FRENCH, SOVIETS TO REDUCE OVERALL TROOP…
- DREW PEARSON STORY ACCUSING MENDEL RIVERS OF DRUNKENNESS; RIVERS' HEALTH; LBJ ASKS ABOUT RATE OF VIETNAM EXPENDITURES; EFFECT OF 6/30/1967 TERMINATION DATE ON MILITARY PURCHASING, DOD BUDGET; POSSIBLE NEED FOR MORE ECONOMIC AID FUNDS FOR VIETNAM
- LBJ READS CABLE ON CANADA'S CHESTER RONNING PEACE INITIATIVE, VISIT TO NORTH VIETNAM; DISCUSSION OF CANADIAN PROPOSAL THAT RONNING BRIEF US OFFICIALS IN WASHINGTON AND RESULTING DELAY OF BOMBING OF POL TARGETS IN NORTH VIETNAM; PLANS FOR…
- TIMING OF US BOMBING OF POL TARGETS IN NORTH VIETNAM; NEED TO GIVE ALLIES ADVANCE NOTICE OF BOMBING, POSSIBLE LEAKS AND DANGER TO US FORCES; ARTHUR GOLDBERG'S COMMENTS AT TODAY'S NSC MEETING ABOUT HIS POSSIBLE RESIGNATION; RABBI J. J.…
- MCNAMARA ASKS LBJ'S PERMISSION FOR HIMSELF, CYRUS VANCE, DEAN RUSK TO BRIEF CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP ABOUT BOMBING OF POL TARGETS IN NORTH VIETNAM; DISCUSSION OF BRIEFING FOR DWIGHT EISENHOWER AND PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENTS IN SAIGON, WASHINGTON, DC
- LBJ EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT TIMING OF BRIEFING OF CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP ON BOMBING OF POL TARGETS IN NORTH VIETNAM, POSSIBLE LEAKS AND DANGER TO US FORCES IF WEATHER CAUSES DELAY IN MISSION
- DISCUSSION OF PRESS STORY BY PHILIP GEYELIN ABOUT BOMBING OF POL TARGETS IN NORTH VIETNAM, LEAKS FROM STATE DEPT; LBJ ASKS VANCE TO CONSULT WITH JCS ABOUT TIMING, RANGE OF UPCOMING BOMBING MISSIONS, POSSIBLY DELAYING STRIKES ON HANOI, HAIPHONG
- VANCE RELAYS MILITARY JUDGMENT THAT BOMBING OF POL TARGETS IN NORTH VIETNAM SHOULD NOT BE DELAYED; INQUIRY BY DICK RESTON OF LA TIMES ABOUT BOMBING; VANCE EXPRESSES OUTRAGE ABOUT PRESS LEAKS; JCS CONCERNS ABOUT GIVING ALLIES ADVANCE NOTICE OF BOMBING
- VANCE TELLS LBJ THAT BOMBING MISSION OF POL TARGETS IN NORTH VIETNAM WILL PROBABLY NOT TAKE PLACE BECAUSE OF POOR WEATHER; LBJ ASKS IF VANCE AND MCNAMARA HAVE ANY IDEAS ABOUT WHAT SHOULD BE DONE ABOUT PRESS LEAKS THAT ENDANGER US FORCES