OUR STAKE, LOSSES AND OUTLOOK

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00001R000100100099-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: November 17, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 27, 2000
• Sequence Number: 99
• Publication Date: July 22, 1965
• Content Type: NSPR

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tl: dvisers - met,' twice yesterday ; in..the first : of. a perles of ? Mr. Moyers said . eysterday..'s White House ' session
amar3, and ranking. millt?ar;y,. diptnmatic and intelligence .will be approved,
t, McNamara or more % J. troops w en a Ras d
Fre.,;f ent Johnson, Defense core ary.: o er c-
f SRig~on, and the assumption here is that those request
yfs WASHINGTON. ?' 4i'' and the American military, command in Saigon aske y
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each gueri111a Rik victory in a guerrilla war.
The impiicatron was that more Amerlcan,troops,.wil
;`,`, Iiy;?Tom Lember't r q i be,'sent to South Viet Nam to redress the balance.
riv0a Vj The Herald rribiine Stag'.t Additionally, both the South Vietnamese governmen
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CAPITAL STRATJ GY SESSIONS; ' to. 1. Military. experts estimate, it - takes to regulars
'rue meetings,. De went on,. were the twat ol: a aerie V
un1 war. ' . ' ". ? . the. President will hold in the 'next. few days "to' revie ,
Even as the teeQlid of yesterday's secret meetings was `Secretary McNamara's report and to discuss in great Beta
mdpl? way: the White House announced'that-Mr, Johnson, { Ati.. +,Ila 1-11?nh1 .ms WA taaa ? in fimufh Viah N?m " `? ?' h4
Mr. McNamara and Gen. Earle Whcc4ler, chairman. of x"q `?a5 asneq w senu w L110 vvIu a ,riouse.rmmeoiaLCi
preliminary written report,of his survey trip to Bout
y nr McNamara and the, Joint'Chiefs? of Staff'-will convene ..',Mr.. McNamara, vrfro returned here.'at 5:30' a. m
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? aain todav'for a third meeting on Viet Nam.;.; fyesterdak'from Saigon, telephoned the President by''I a. in
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Wheeler, ; others at yesterday's White House Vietnamese o pr save R G r Mr. McNamara inxicfrri hiiwr.vn,? fhaf. 14h.
unvtu vv huwwuvnn. rn .............~,...?.;.,..,. There are grave doubts here that the South Victnames
Besides the President,, Mr:. McNamara and Gen. by themselvr4'ace now able t
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*nd American, economic assistance to South Viet Nafn A,aa tj the commitment of -this'nation to preserve the freedom
'' dditional American troop deployment to Viet Nam nor any ?
Mrw McNamara declined on arrivinghere'yesterda
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' %.% .ft- 0.V ...,.V Y. M. allup of reserve units, both'of which are expected here.
bhtline any,.recommendations he would make to Prealdep
The President and his aids, Mr."Moyers .said, concen- Johnson about future American kctlons in Viet Nam,. ?bu
rated yesterday oil intelligence operations.. in Viet Nam. asserted:
summoned his ranking aids to, an ?11:30' a. m?
Press Secretary Bill Moyers said late yesirerday after- 1,`,f.,P
lbon' the President and his advisers had,noUt yet disdussed' White House" meeting, which lasted until'.1, p, m.. Th
urvey, ttrip ,to South Viet Nam.' i After .reading 'the 'T{efense 'Secretary's' report, -th
Under Secretary of State Geoi?ge'Ball; Central Intelligence namese forces ace continuing to fight and that the Conn
Agency Director William F. Raborn and his deputy, Richard ' munists are.sustairing, sizable combat losses.
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?. any policy decisions 'made at the Vietnamese' strategy Ses- f Up egafn, ~ ? .~S
tor National Security Affairs. ow are operating irk South Viet Nam..1 '
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f' Meanwhile,"Republican-Democratic Cong'essional dif
..-Asked if . the .,Presidenj .-might soon disclose publicly ferences about the Administration's Viet Nam olic fi
4.' Lessor, Leonar u Marics; L+epUty ucIenza bcCretfrry .c:yrus +l\ vuc IUD%* ycal .w.,u fLLIU Un1LS O
at-least one regular-army division from. Red North Vie Na
PVance, and McGeorgeBundy, Special Presidential Asafstant~ t
$ions, Mr. Moyers replied: Senate majority leader' Mike ? Mansfield of ? Montan
t ,r r ?1 have no idea when 'a' statement by the Presiders ,'called for a reconvocation of the 1954 Geneva conference
might be advisable, or necessary." which ended the French-Vietnamese war; saying the ,U. S'
The expectation here, however, is that Mr. Johnso will undergo an'"ordeal of indefinite- duration and increAs '
.will make such a statep''ient within the next few days, an ; ing sacrifice" i(the current war is not settled throug
,that it will signal an increased American troop involve neaotlafaons.'
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. t probably a .summons to active duty, for some reserve .units Michigaif said' in & )National Press Club 'speech to th r .
J r; That expectation was heighte ed.yesteiday? when Mr :Captive Nations AMemblY? that P ? id re
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' -11 McNamara said .the Cofnrirunis now have'-165,000 ful seek,trore',thanJust ; a negotiated settlement in t Nam
or. part-time guerrillas ,pitted 'against; approxlmatel We cannot.fight in Viet Nam',t0 negotiate s? settle
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