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TELEGRAM Department of State
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one SUCRET
Action
CONTROL:
5063
SS RECEIVED:
AUGUST 7, 19 64, 12:48 A.M.
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FROM:
SAIGON
ACTION:
SECSTATE 332 IMMEDIATE
DEFENSE 32 IMMEDIATE
WHITE HOUSE 24 IMMEDIATE
DATE:
August 7, NOON
DECLASSIFIED
EXDIS
Authority
STATE letter OCT 111978
FOR RUSK FROM TAYLOR
By imp
,
NARS, Date JUL 3 0 1979
DOD FOR MCNAMARA, WHITE HOUSE FOR BUNDY
AS YOU ARE AUARE, WE HAVE SUSPENDED ACTIONS UNDER OPERATION
PLAN 34-A IN ORDER TO AVOID CONFUSING SIGNALS ASSOCIATED WITH
RECENT-EVENTS IN THE GULF OF TONKIN. THE JCS RPT JCS HAS
NOW RPT NOW ASKED CINCPAC TO RECOMMEND A DATE FOR THE RESUMPTION
OF THESE ACTIONS. FROM A MILITARY POINT OF VIEW, MARITIME
OPERATIONS COULD BE RESUMED ABOUT AUG 10. AIR OPERATIONS,
WHICH DEPEND UPON THE MOON PHASE, COULD BE SCHEDULED TO BEGIN
AUG 17.
FROM THIS PERSPECTIVE, I CANNO T RPT CANNOT JUDGE THE TOTAL
POLITICAL CONSEQUENCES WHICH MIGHT RESULT FROM RESUMPTION
OF THESE ACTIONS AT AN EARLY DATE. IN GENERAL, I WOULD EXPECT
THAT, UNLESS THE DRV RPT DRV OBTAINS JET FIGHTERS IN THE NEAR
FUTURE, AIR OPERATIONS, WHICH ARE PRINCIPALLY RE-SUPPLY DROPS
AND PROPAGANDA LEAFLETS DROPS CO ULD BE RESUMED WITH THE MOON
PHASE ON AUG-1 7. HOWEVER THE MARITINE OPERATIONS, WHICH INCLUDE
TWO OR THREE BOMBARDMENTS FROM SHIP TO SHORE, AS WELL AS
JUNK CAPTURES, COULD ADVER SELY INTERFERE WITH ACTION UNDERWAY
IN THE SECURITY COUNCIL AND ELSEWHERE. I THEREFORE HESITATE
TO CONCUR IN ANY RECOMMENDATION BY MACV RPT MACV TO CINCPAC
THAT THESE MARITIME OPERATIONS RECOMMENCE AS EARLY AS AUG 20
WITHOUT KNOWING PLANNING IN THE LARGER FOLITICAL
ARENA.
CN THE OTHER HAND, IT IS MY CONVICTION THAT WE MUST RESUME
THESE OPERATIONS AND CONTINUE THE RR PRESSURE ON NORTH VIETNAM
AS SO ON AS POSSIBLE, LEAVING NO RPT NO IMPRESSION THAT WE OR
THE SOUTH VIETNAMESE HAVE BEEN DETERRED FROM OUR OPERATIONS
BECAUSE OF THE TONKIN GULF INCIDENTS. I WOULD THEREFORE APPREC-
IATE YOUR COLLECTIVE GUIDANCE IN THE LIGHT OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES
REPRODUCTION FROM THIS . COPY IS
TOP SECRET
PROHIBITED UNLESS "UNCLASSIFIED"
XEROX FROM QUICK COPY
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