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McNamara Pushes Radical Plan in Vietnam War Talk
In October 1966 Robert S. McNamara urged President Johnson to cut bombing in North Vietnam and seek a political settlement. The secret Pentagon study shows he later advocated negotiating with Viet Cong elements for a coalition in Saigon and a cease fire. The report details clashes with Westmoreland and the Joint Chiefs, who warned against halting bombing and feared stalemate and civilian casualties. Johnson remained cautious, resisting mobilization of reserve forces and congressional pressure.
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Hedrick Smith
New York Times News Service
New York
Robert S. McNamara
Defense
Lyndon B. Johnson
North Vietnam
Johnson
McNamara
Pentagon
Vietnam
Saigon
Joint Chiefs of Staff
William C. Westmoreland
White House
State Department
Laos
Cambodia
Earle G. Wheeler
Joint Chiefs
Westmoreland
Wheeler
Hanoi
China
Congress
John T. McNaughton
International Security Affairs
South Vietnam
United States
NLF
National Liberation Front
Viet Cong
Secretary of Defense
McNaughton
U.S
Washington
Adm
U.S. Grant Sharp
Pacific
North
Haiphong
RFK
Robert F. Kennedy
Hubert H. Humphrey
Humphrey
NVN
SVN
Sharp
Manila
Johnson City
Tex
North Vietnamese Panhandle
Demilitarized Zone
Adm. Sharp
Harrison E. Salisbury
New York Times
Salisbury
Namdinh
William C. Baggs
Miami News
C.I.A
David Kraslow
Stuart H. Loory
Los Angeles Times
International Control Commission For
Warsaw