CRUCIAL TALKS ON VIET NAM CONTINUING AT WHITE HOUSE

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP75-00149R000100840004-8
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• Original Classification: K
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• Document Creation Date: November 11, 2016
• Document Release Date: November 2, 1998
• Sequence Number: 4
• Publication Date: July 22, 1965
• Content Type: NSPR

2 2 JUL 1965
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i By GARNETT D. 110RNER j In response to questions, Secretary Rusk told a group
Star Stott Writer foyers said he had heard nolof teen-age youths this morning
President Johnson and his top
advisers continued today what
appears to be an exceptionally
thorough and crucial review of
the problems faced by the
United States in South Viet
,Nam.
The President, met today with
Secretary of Defense Robert S.
McNamara and the Joint Chiefs
of Staff after two long sessions
yesterday with a broader group
of diplomatic and intelligence
advisers' as well as military of-
:ficials.
0
And he arranged anotherc
session this, afternoon with a
.broader group, including the
Army, Navy and Air Faece
secretaries and civilian consul-
tants on foreign intelligence and:
foreign affairs.
White House Press Secretary:;
'Bill D. Moyers described thej
conferences yesterday and;
'today as part of a series of
;meetings planned by. the Presi-
dent during the next few days to!
review a re
ort b
M
N
p
y
c
amara
on his findings during a week in.
South Viet Nam "and discuss in
great detail all aspects of the
problems we face in Viet Nam."
Intelligence is Topic
Out of the series of meetungs,,
are expected to come the "new
and serious decisions," probably
involving a big buildup of
American forces. in. South Viet
Nam and callup of some re.
serves, which the President
indicated i
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n a.
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conference might be necessary.
But Moyers said the questions
of troop deployment and re-
serves were not' . discussed
'during the first meetings yes-,
terday.
.about whether proposals _ for rd
t'
sending more troops to Viet d
.Nam -and calling up reserves i
were under discussion today, as a
of the Joint Chiefs and service it
secretaries in-the conferences. 'd
He did say the session with tl
review of McNammra's report,N
0 recommendations that "are y
being deliberated elsewhere in,ti
the government.". , , . l a
No Discussion.of 111cnsage'
Moyers said he was
ore. I at'
staff work '.is. going odandt
the . government"i on . ' McNa u
ion address.to the Nation by!fortng answers.
e sai l4'that . if decisions are; legates to- the $oys Nation 'as-
presidential utterance, you:diplomatic approaches to the
"
ill be notified very shortly.
'Communist sidehad failed. He
Those ':called to the White said the President knows 'that
ouse for continued discussion whatever decisions he takes on
Viet ' Nam problems this Viet Nam will effect every hothe
fternoon, included.,Clat,1S,.,Clif- in. the United States.
Id+ Wa*}tington lawyer ai in Somber Mood !
va~xmaat...?:of, .the.. 'xesiden( s
oreign Intelligence Advisory Rusk seemed in 'an unusually
card: and "two members' of tlie, somber mood as he spoke to the
rthurrDt; an, New Yorkrlawyer,',maintain the "integrity of ~ move freely even in Saigon.
nt government jobs in the South Viet Nam, a commitment bodyguards, told to stay away
reign policyfield..,??? ,which he said was the "pillar of from some public places. and
Asked why they were taking peace" in the world. moved through the stregts in a
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to other crises in heavily armed convoy.
licy, Moyers said "the Presi-!,the post-war world, Rusk said, Out in the countryside, they
nt is interested in bringing., in "Once again we'll have to see found that some areas where
these discussions as wide. a'tbisimatter through." they had
driven a year 'ago
.
,
nge of viewpoints and experi- Senate Democratic Leader were closed now and had, to be
ce as possible.", ,Mike'Mansfield said last night it bypassed by
air
,
..
Others participating in the ..is "anticipated on our side" that -The McNamara group also
ternoon session included Mc'- the war may. continue for 10 was disappointed by the failure
.
amara, Secretary of State years while the Communist of the South Vietnamese forces
Wheeler, chairman of the "Mere is talk of a reserve r4a ove ...-F....
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int Chiefs of Staff, Secretary call-up,. extended enlistment,
the Army Stanley Resor, added defense appropriations to add 0emen in'an effort
to improve ve the ratio of friendly)
cretary of the 'Navy Paul land the like. It is even anticitto enemy strength. But recruit
tze, retiring Secretary of tine
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nat t
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r Force Eugene Zuekcrt,lmay go on for four or five or ing and training are much tool
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creasing American fighting The Viet Cong regular troops
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problems facing the' country inl
Viet Nam.
Moyers said he had' no idea'
how long the review sessions`
would continue.
Movements Restricted
On his return yesterday, Me
Namara told reporters that he'
saw "deterioration" in ' South
Viet Nam 'since his previous
visit about a year ago, but that
there were. some encouraging
.1rhe deterioration was drama-
tized when he and his party
;found that their personal move-1
compared with 'their previous!
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