Biographical information; contact with LBJ; briefing LBJ while VP; Indochina; Vietnam; Diem; Roger Hilsman; William Bundy; Mac Bundy; John McNaughton; Interagency Planning Staff; Tonkin Gulf Resolution; peace negotiations; press leaks; bombing; "Why Vietnam;" China policy; Dean Rusk; LBJ's July 12, 1966 speech on Asia; Indonesia; Thailand; HHH; Thomson's departure
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