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LBJ's Book Reveals His Vietnam ReactionWASHINGTON (DIM) —Former President Lvndon li. .Johnson Hays ho did not expect the Tot offensive in Vietnam in I95B tu have the off eel on the American people that it did.1 was prepared (or the events of Tel, though the scale of die attacks and the si7.e of the Communist force were greater than 1 had anticipated, Johnson said in his forthcoming hook, The Vantage Point. Excerpts were published in the Washington Post Monday.The offensive took place at the end of January. Two months Liter, Johnson announced (hat he would not be a candidate for re-election.I did not expect the enemy effort to have the impact on American thinking that it achieved. 1 was not surprised that elements of the press, the academic community and the Congress reacted ns they did.I was surprised and disappointed that the enemy’s efforts produced such a dismal effect on various people inside govern-nietit and others outside whom I had always regarded as staunch and unflappable.Hanoi must have been delighted, it was exactly the reaction they sought.'’Johnson said that looking backon early i9G8, he believes hemarie a mistake in not sayingmore about Vietnam in his Stator l he Union address.In tliat address I underscore' how intensely our will was hein, tester! by the si niggle in Vi el uam, but 1 did not go into detail concerning the build-up of oncm forces or warn of the early majo combat I believed was in th offing, Johnson said.In retrospect, I think I was to cautious. If I had forecast th possibilities, the America people would have been bctteSOUTH OF EQUATOR PAGO PAGO, American Si moa (UP I)—American Samo is the only ten dory of th Untied Slates which lies soul of the equator. It is located i I he South Pacific, about 2.20 miles soulhwosl of Hawaii aiv 1.500 miles noriheasl of Net Zealand.iprepared for whaiswas sixm t come,” Johnson said.mmKNOWN FOR VA
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Playground Daily News
Fort Walton Beach, Florida, US
Thu, Oct 28, 1971
Page 5
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