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President Johnson held an impromptu press conference on the morning of August 3, 1964, to release a statement instructing the Navy to continue and strengthen its patrols in the Gulf of Tonkin and to take action against any further attacks. Throughout the day, he met with and telephoned various officials and advisors about the situation in Vietnam, the upcoming Presidential election, a labor dispute in the shipping industry, and the Poverty Bill and other legislation pending in Congress.
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President's Daily Diary Entry, August 3, 1964
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President's Daily Diary Entry, August 3, 1964
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President Johnson held an impromptu press conference on the morning of August 3, 1964, to release a statement instructing the Navy to continue and strengthen its patrols in the Gulf of Tonkin and to take action against any further attacks. Throughout the day, he met with and telephoned various officials and advisors about the situation in Vietnam, the upcoming Presidential election, a labor dispute in the shipping industry, and the Poverty Bill and other legislation pending in Congress.
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collections
President's Daily Diary
President's Daily Diary
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AFL-CIO
New York Shipping Association.
McNamara, Robert Strange, 1916-2009
Bundy, McGeorge, 1919-1996
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973
Clifford, Clark M. (Clark McAdams), 1906-1998
O'Brien, Larry
Smathers, George A. (George Armistead), 1913-2007
Anderson, Robert Bernerd, 1910-1989
Rusk, Dean, 1909-1994
Wheeler, Earle Gilmore, 1908-1975
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