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TOP SECRET / NODIS
March 25, 1968
INTRODUCTORY MEMORANDUM
This group will be asked to give its judgment in three
broad areas of policy:
a. Possible US force increases and related strategy.
b. The US negotiating posture.
C. Bombing policy, either in relation to negotiating
posture or separately.
The first of these issues will be presented orally by
Secretary Clifford at the appropriate time. Certain of the
options in the negotiating areas are included in these
briefing papers as indicated below, but would be further
refined by Secretary Rusk orally. Bombing policy will also
be discussed orally.
The schedule calls for oral briefings this evening on
the military situation, the over-all security situation and
enemy capabilities and intentions, the internal political
situation in South Viet-Nam, and the negotiating situation.
In preparation for these briefings, and for the ensuing
discussion of policy issues, we have prepared this briefing
book. It may well be too bulky for any member of the group
in toto, but is designed to contain essential general
material and also considerable detail on certain aspects of
particular interest to individual members of the group--
notably in the military area.
An index of the papers in this book will be found on
the next page. Broadly, the papers are divided as follows:
Section A contains excerpts from over-all reports
recently received from Ambassador Bunker, with dates.
Section B contains intelligence evaluations prepared
in Washington dealing with the situation in key areas and
with certain estimates of the reaction of the other side to
postulated courses of action by us.
DECLASSIFIED
Authority
State Letter 1-24-79
TOP SECRET NODIS
By
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NARS, Date 4-4-79
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