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Pentagon records say Johnson avoided premature attack in 1964
Pentagon Papers indicate Lyndon Johnson rejected early bombing of North Vietnam in 1964 and pursued a buildup in the South. The documents show advisers urged a mix of pressure and pacification, while Rusk defended no bombing plans during the 1964 campaign. The Times notes rapid troop expansion followed, with debates on infiltration and enemy strength shaping policy through 1966.
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Associated Press
Pentagon
Lyndon B. Johnson
North Vietnam
Johnson
North
South
New York Times
U.S
Vietnam
Dean Rusk
Athens
Daily News
Rusk
University of Georgia
Washington Post
Hanoi
Peking
Today
Times
McGeorge Bundy
Walt W. Rostow
Washington
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
the Times
William C. Westmoreland
Iohn N. Mitchell
Justice Department
Mitchell
Supreme Court
Daniel Ellsberg