Documents prove war corrupts good men and truth’s casualty
James Reston argues that liberated documents on Vietnam show how officials from Kennedy to Johnson pursued war for pragmatic aims, with little moral dissent. The New York Times collection reveals deceptions, silences, and a mindset of serving the President over justifying actions, even as early doubts surfaced.
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James Reston
New York Times
Washington
America
Nixon
Vietnam
Kennedy
Johnson
Robert S. McNamara
Dean Rusk
Walt W. Rostow
Bundy Brothers
George Ball
Congress
McNamara’s Historians Probe Vietnam War Decisions
Analysis notes that recruiting outside historians to examine official documents yields a solid base for a thorough history of the war. It highlights the decision-making process and the series of blunders that shaped U S actions in Vietnam and the risk of Communist advances elsewhere.
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Moscow
Peking
Vietnam
McNamara
Generals Su therland Delvin and Abrams in Da Nang ceremony
At Da Nang South Vietnam three U S Army generals Lt Gen Welborn G Delvin Lt Gen James W Sutherland Jr and Gen Creighton Abrams walk in step though out of parade formation On motion Delvin replaces Sutherland as head of the U S Army in a ceremony away from the march route
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U.S
da Nang
South Vietnam
Creighton Abrams
James W. Su
Seven slayings in Detroit narcotics war shocks city
Police report four women and three men shot to death at a Detroit home in a suspected gangland narcotics war. One man, Robert Gardner, 28, in critical condition, with twelve handguns and drugs found at the scene. Victims tied or shot in the head in the first floor living room.
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Detroit
James Bannon
Robert Gardner
Ford Hospital
Bannon
Supreme Court allows pool closures to dodge integration
The court ruled 5 to 4 that cities facing integration orders may close swimming pools and other public facilities, denying access to both black and white residents. It held no illegal discrimination when neither group can use the facilities, signaling a pivotal but controversial civil rights setback.
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Supreme Court
Jackson, Miss
Hugo L. Black
High Court
Black
Nixon Administration
Warren E. Burger
Harry A. Blackmun
John M. Harlan
Potter Stewart
William O. Douglas
William J
Mine strike idles 6000 in West Virginia coalfields
An apparent wildcat strike in sympathy with embattled United Mine Workers President W. A. Boyle idle about 6,000 miners in southern West Virginia today. Picket lines spread to northern West Virginia and southeastern Ohio idling 1,600 more as James Leeber of UMW District 17 cites no formal plan.
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Associated Press
United Mine Workers
W. A
Tony’’ Boyle
West Virginia
Ohio
Appalachian
James Leeber
UMW District 17
Beckley
W. Va
Bomb decision returns to 64 as Johnson weighs North Vietnam strikes
The New York Times reveals a 40‑volume McNamara era secret study showing President Johnson weighed escalating action against North Vietnam before the 1964 election. It traces plans from 34A to bombing options and the Hull of the Tonkin Gulf crisis, highlighting pressures from McNamara Bundy Rusk and Johnson’s restraint stance.
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McNamara
Johnson
North Vietnam
Pentagon
United States
Indochina
Barry Goldwater
Robert S. McNamara
Nguyen Khanh
South Vietnam
Henry Cabot Lodge
Saigon
Lodge
William P. Bundy
Dean Rusk
Earle G. Wheeler
U.S
Hanoi
Rusk
North
U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
Khanh
South
William Bundy
Vietnam
Honolulu
Ambassador Lodge
J. Blair Seaborn
Pham van Dong
C.I.A
Cambodia
Laos
USS
Prestige
Gulf of Tonkin
Maddox
C. Turner Joy
Washington
Tonkin Gulf
Maxwell D. Taylor
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Call Air
Southeast Asia
John T. McNaughton
International Security Affairs
White House
Bien Hoa
Joint Chiefs
Taylor
Interagency
Bundy
US S
Chronicle
National Security Council Select Committee
George W. Ball
Ball
Laird orders probe into Times access to secret Pentagon study
Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird said he asked the Justice Department to investigate how the New York Times obtained parts of a highly classified Pentagon Vietnam war study. He urged action for possible national security law violations as the Times continued reporting on the documents.
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Secretary of Defense
Melvin Laird
Justice Department
New York Times
Pentagon
Times Sunday
Laird
Stuart Symington
DMO
Symington
Defense
Robert McNamara
Times
Mansfield proposes trade in phased Vietnam pullout plan
Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield urged a two part tempo of U.S. pullout from Vietnam tied to staged prisoner releases. He spoke at Boston College and called for final prisoner exchanges with a fixed date for total withdrawal. White House declined immediate comment while a draft amendment by McGovern and Hatfield seeks to halt funds after Dec 31 if prisoners remain unreleased.
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James Doyle
Washington Star
Washington Senate
Mike Mansfield
U.S
Vietnam
Boston College University
Montana
Ronald Ziegler
White House
Mansfield
Senate
George McGovern
Ds.d
Mark O. Hatfield
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Pleiku
Cong Hoi
Ation
Rolling Thunder
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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