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Administration Plans Escalation Study Through Honolulu Conference
The document outlines how in 1964 the Johnson administration built a staged escalation plan for Southeast Asia, detailing Rusk, McNamara, Bundy and others crafting a 30 day program, the push for a joint congressional resolution, and limited piecemeal actions as debates over bombing North Vietnam and supporting Laos and South Vietnam continued.
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Rusk
Saigon
Ledge
Ottawa
J. Blair Seaborn
Canada
International Control Commission
United States
Dong
Seaborn
Hanoi
Khanh
North Vietnam
United States Army
Lodge
McNamara
North
Pathet Lao
Plaine Des Jarres
Souvanna Phouma
United States Navy
Air Force
Washington
William Bundy
McNaughton and Sullivan
National Security Council
Tonkin Gulf
Honolulu
Adm
Harry D. Felt
Pacific Forces
Cincpac
Joint Chiefs
William J. Jorden
New York Times
State Department
South Vietnam
Johnson
Laos
Vietnam
William C. Westmoreland
Harkins
Military Assistance Command
Felt
Taylor
McCone
Sullivan
Patience
South
U.S
Southeast Asia
White House
Bundy
Pentagon
State
Defense Department
Korat
Thailand
Times