McNamara Faces Joint Chiefs Opposition on Bombing Halt
Knight Newspapers publish excerpts from a Pentagon study showing former Defense Secretary McNamara urged halting Rolling Thunder in 1966 while the Joint Chiefs of Staff pushed for continued bombing. Gen Earle Wheeler likened McNamara’s idea to Dien Bien Phu. Knight defends publication as protecting press freedom.
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Ellsberg Says President Shouldn’t Run Country Alone
Former Defense Department official Daniel Ellsberg, linked to the Pentagon papers leak, told CBS News that the president must not govern alone and that public needs must guide disclosures. He cited the Viet Nam war’s moral costs and said officials ignored civilian impacts and casualties.
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Diem Opposed U S Troops in Vietnam in 1961
Chicago Sun Times reports based on government documents that Ngo Dinh Diem resisted U S ground troops in Vietnam in May 1961. Diem shifted by October to request help, leading to Kennedy sending Taylor Rostow on a fact finding mission.
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Rusk Rejected Vietnam Pullout, Times Reports
The Los Angeles Times cites a secret Pentagon study saying Dean Rusk in 1963 rejected a State Department pullout option in Vietnam. McNamara and then Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson reportedly supported his stance, with the Times basing its story on NSC notes from August 1963.
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